UC SANTA BARBARA
2014: Redshirted.
UC SAN DIEGO
2013: Appeared in 23 matches with 10 starts ...Averaged 2.19 kills per set, good for fourth best on the team ...Finished the year with 169 kills, 12 aces, and 75 digs ... Had aseason-high 16 kills against Long Beach State in the UCSB AsicsInvitational ... Named to the Asics Invitational All-TournamentTeam.
2012: Started 28 matches, ranking second on theteam with 293 kills ... His 16 aces and 136 digs were good enoughfor third best among the Tritons ... Was named AVCA Player of theWeek on Apr. 3 after swinging a collective .632 and recording 25kills in wins over UCLA and UCSB ... Had a career-high 25 killsagainst BYU on Feb. 11 ... Had double-digit kills on 15 occassions... MPSF All-Academic Team member ... Honored as team's "MostImproved Player."
2011: Played in 16 matches and 40 sets as afreshman, ending the year with four kills and sevendigs.
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB
Graduated from Loyola High School in 2010 ... Earned three lettersunder Michael Boehle ... As a senior, was an All-Mission LeagueFirst Teamer and All-CIF Second Teamer ... Won state championshipswith the Cubs in both 2009 and 2010 ... Won league championships ineach year from 2008-2010 ... Played football his freshman andsophomore years ... Played for the Riptides South Bay Club fromages 13-17 before making the switch to Manhattan Beach Surf as an18-year old ... Won Junior Olympics gold medals in 2007 and2010.
PERSONAL
Born Jan. 26, 1992 in Venice, Calif. ... Parents are Denny Lennonand Gena Valdez ... Has two younger siblings, Ciena and Tino ...Majors in sociology ... Roots for the Los Angeles Kings, LosAngeles Lakers, and Los Angeles Dodgers ... Lists winning the CIFChampionship in 2010 as his favorite sporting moment ... Callslongtime Lakers point guard Derek Fisher his favorite athlete ...Favorite book is To Kill A Mockingbird.
