Pepperdine University Athletics

CAREER: Appeared in 26 matches and 76 sets over two seasons ... Handed out 396 assists (5.21 average).
 
PEPPERDINE 2021: Saw action as the backup setter or serving specialist in 13 matches and 33 sets as a sophomore ... Recorded 77 assists (2.33 average) and 16 digs (0.48 average) ... Had a season-high 35 assists at Stanford (2/20) ... Had a season-high four digs vs. BYU (3/19).
 
PEPPERDINE 2020: Took over as the starting setter partway through his first season and earned a spot on the MPSF All-Freshman team ... Ranked fourth in the MPSF with 7.40 assists per set ... Appeared in 13 matches (43 sets) and made nine starts ... Also averaged 1.16 digs ... Had a pair of assist-dig double-doubles, with a season-high 59 assists and 11 digs vs. Concordia (2/12), and 34 assists and 11 digs at Grand Canyon (2/23) ... Also had a season-high four blocks vs. Concordia ... Season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
 
USA VOLLEYBALL: Part of the 2021 U.S. Men’s U21 National Training team ... Named to the 2020 USA Volleyball Junior National Training team ... Member of U.S. squads that played in the 2018 NORCECA U19 Continental Championship and the 2019 FIVB U19 World Championship ... Began training in the USA Volleyball system in 2015.
 
CLUB: Played with Balboa Bay Volleyball Club ... Team captain from 2013-19 ... Earned MVP awards at the 2016 and 2017 USA Volleyball Junior Nationals ... Won a silver medal at the 2019 USA Volleyball Junior Nationals and a gold medal in 2016 and 2017 ...
 
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Newport Harbor High School, located in Newport Beach, Calif., in 2019 Played four years of varsity volleyball ... 2019 Volleyball Magazine Fab 50 selection ... 2019 All-CIF Southern Section Division I first team ... Two-time Orange County Register all-county and All-Sunset League first team ... MVP of the 2019 Best of the West and Tesoro tournaments ... Had 1,244 assists, 120 digs and 23 service aces as a senior ... Named 2019 national champions by MaxPreps and the High School Team of the Year by Volleyball Magazine ... Won CIF state and Southern Section titles in 2019 ... Won the Sunset League all four years ... Made the superintendent’s honor roll.
 
PERSONAL: Majoring in psychology ... Born in Laguna Hills, Calif. ... Son of Remoun and Theolla Karlous ... Has one sister, Rebecca ... Chose to attend Pepperdine because of “the history of the program and school, the coaches and teammates, and that Pepperdine is a Christian university.”
 
FAVORITES: Enjoys going to church, going to the beach, writing poems and playing the ukulele ... Favorites include Shaquille O’Neal and Russell Wilson (pro athletes), Seattle Seahawks (pro sports team), The Bible and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (books), Rocky IV, Forrest Gump and The Green Mile (movies), The Office (TV show), Khalid and Chance (musical artists), sushi hand rolls (food) and basketball (sport other than volleyball) ... Favorite thing about the sport of volleyball is “my teammates.”