UC Santa Barbara
2021 AVCA Player of the Week
2020 AVCA Second Team All-American
2020 Big West First Team All-Conference
3x Big West Conference Player of the Week
2020
- Was named an AVCA Second Team All-American and earned First Team All-Conference honors from the Big West
- Made the transition from the team's starting setter, to an opposite hitter that led the team in swings
- Was 16th in the country with a 3.70 kills p/set mark
- Had 207 total kills, 22 aces, 103 digs, and 52 blocks
- Notched new career-highs in every category with the exception of assists
- Had a career-high 22 kills in the team's 3-1 win over UCLA
- Notched double-digit kills in 10 of the team's 16 contests
- Had 15+ kills in four straight matches
2019: Appeared in 26 matches and 92 sets as the primary setter his junior year … First with a total of 572 assists … Second on the team with a total of 28 service aces … Racked up a career-high 58 assists and added six total blocks, four digs, two kills, and two service aces in a thrilling five-set victory vs. CSUN (Apr. 18) to advance to the Big West Tournament Semifinals … Finished the season with 37 assists vs. then No. 1 Long Beach State in the Big West Tournament Semifinals on Apr. 19 … Logged 99 digs (1.08 digs per set) and 47 total blocks … Added 49 assists to a five-set win against Lewis (Jan. 25) … Reached 45 assists at UC Irvine on Apr. 13 … Finished with 34 kills and a .381 hitting percentage … Had more than 25 assists in 13 matches … Finished with at least 45 assists in three matches.
2018: Played in all 24 matches and 86 sets as the primary setter during his sophomore campaign … Totaled 637 assists for an average of 7.41 assists per set … Also led the team with 33 service aces, good for fifth in the Big West … Second on the team with 62 total blocks (0.72 blocks per set) … Ranked fourth on the team with 120 digs (1.40 digs per set) … Finished with 48 kills and a .494 hitting percentage (48-7-83) … Earned Big West Defensive Player of the Week honors on Mar. 5 after recording three straight double-digit dig matches … Started his tear with a career-high 13 digs in a five-set victory over UC San Diego on Feb. 23 … Followed up his performance with back-to-back 10-dig efforts in wins at USC (Mar. 1) and at UC San Diego (Mar. 2) … During the same stretch, he added a season-high of 52 assists against the Tritons on Feb. 23 and his second-highest tally of the year, 47 assists at USC on Mar. 1 … Finished with 45 assists vs. Pepperdine on Feb. 21 … Had a season-high seven kills and seven total blocks at CSUN on Mar. 30 … Finished with at least 25 assists in 16 of his 18 starts … Surpassed the 40 assist plateau six times.
2017: As a true freshman, entered 23 matches and 62 sets ... Finished the year with a 6.84 assists per set average, 37 kills (0.60 per game), 32 blocks (0.52), 60 digs (0.97), and six aces ... Started his career with a bang, recording 45 assists, seven digs, four blocks, and a season-high two aces in a four-set win over McKendree in the Jan. 6 season opener ... Had a pair of 50-assist performances ... Had his most well-rounded outing of the year Feb. 11 at Stanford, landing season highs in assists (56), digs (10), and kills (five) while finishing one off his season high with four blocks ... Came close to eclipsing those figures on Mar. 30 at Cal Baptist as he had 51 assists, five kills, and four blocks ... Recorded a season-best five blocks – including his only two solo blocks of the campaign – on Mar. 8 against Cal State Northridge ... Averaged 9.60 assists per set over eight matches in March.
Club/High School
Played club volleyball for Northern California Volleyball Club (NCVC) ... Was a setter and opposite ... In 2016, was named to the U.S. Junior National Training Team ... Named to Volleyball Magazine's Fab 50 ... Attended Natomas Pacific Pathways Prep in Sacramento ... Named to the National Honors Society in three of his four years, made the school honor roll all four years ... Did not play high school volleyball.
Personal
Randy DeWeese was born on Jun. 5, 1998 in Sacramento, Calif. to parents Micheal and Terry ... Has one younger brother, Ryan ... Aspires to play volleyball professionally ... Plans on majoring in sociology ... Roots for the Dallas Cowboys and Sacramento Kings ... His favorite movies include Pirates of the Caribbean and The Avengers ... Enjoys reading the Percy Jackson Series and The 5th Wave ... Lists Rick Riordan as his favorite writer ... Listens to Jason Derulo ... In his free time, likes to watch movies and hang out with friends ... Cites Matt Anderson and David Lee as his favorite athletes ... His top TV shows include Castle, Forensic Files, and Marvel Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. ... Was also recruited by UCLA and UC Irvine ... Calls finishing in second place at the NorCal Championship his most memorable pre-UCSB sporting moment.
