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 CAREER: Has appeared in 82 matches and 282 sets ... Averaged 2.65 kills, 0.90 digs and 0.50 blocks … Finished his career with 747 total kills on a .280 clip, while adding 56 aces, 253 digs and 142 blocks.
 
PEPPERDINE 2023: Appeared in 20 matches and 67 sets … Recorded 162 kills, 16 aces, and 49 digs … Had a season-high 14 kills against BYU (3/25) ... Posted four blocks against Lewis (1/21) ... Had eight matches with double-figure kills … MPSF All-Academic…CSC Academic All-District Honors... A Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.
 
PEPPERDINE 2022: Received All-MPSF honorable mention for the second straight season as a redshirt sophomore ... Averaged 2.51 kills while hitting .330 ... Also averaged 0.82 digs and 0.37 blocks ... Appeared in all 29 matches (23 starts) and in 100 sets ... Made the All-MPSF Tournament team ... Had 14 matches with double-figure kills, with a season-high 17 at UC Santa Barbara (2/4) ... Other season highs were eight digs at UC Irvine (2/11), five aces vs. Erskine (1/13) and four blocks (three times) ... Hit .714 (10-0-14) against Princeton (1/17) ... MPSF All-Academic ... A Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.
 
PEPPERDINE 2021: Made the All-MPSF honorable mention team as a redshirt freshman ... Started 19 matches and appeared in 67 sets ... Averaged a team-high 3.73 points per set along with 3.16 kills, 0.91 digs and 0.69 blocks ... Ranked eighth in the MPSF in both kills and points ... Had 12 matches with double-figure kills ... Had a season-high 19 kills at BYU (2/13) ... Hit a season-high .588 (12-2-17) vs. Grand Canyon (3/26) ... Other season highs were nine digs vs. UC Santa Barbara (5/4), five blocks (twice) and two aces (twice) ... Named to the MPSF All-Tournament team after averaging 3.60 kills, 0.70 digs and 0.60 blocks ... MPSF All-Academic ... A Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.
 
PEPPERDINE 2020: Started most of his redshirt freshman season at opposite ... Utilized a COVID-19 redshirt year ... Averaged 2.54 kills, 1.27 digs and 0.60 blocks ... Appeared in all 14 matches, starting 12, and competed in 48 sets ... Had eight matches with double-figure kills, including a season-high 15 against Harvard (1/15) ... Had his first kill-dig double-double with 13 kills and a season-high 12 digs at Stanford (2/6) ... Other season highs were four blocks (twice) and two aces (twice) ... Season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic ... MPSF All-Academic ... A Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.
 
PEPPERDINE 2019: Redshirted his first season ... A Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.
 
USA VOLLEYBALL: Member of the USA Junior National Team in 2018 and the Youth National Team in 2017.
 
CLUB: Played for Balboa Bay from 2016-18 and OC Fusion from 2015-16.
 
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from El Toro High School, located in Lake Forest, Calif., in 2018 ... Lettered three seasons for head coach Cory Thissell ... Made the 2018 Volleyball Magazine Fab 50 list ... Team MVP as a junior and freshman ... Set the school record with the most kills in a single match with 29 against Northwood High in 2017 ... Finished in the top 20 of his class academically.
 
PERSONAL: Majoring in computer science/math ... Son of J Steele and Cheri Steele ... Has two siblings, Clark and Kara ... Clark played volleyball at Orange Coast College ... Chose Pepperdine because “I really love the community and family atmosphere of the volleyball team at Pepperdine, as well as the size of the school. The location is a bonus.”
 
FAVORITES: Enjoys watching and playing hockey ... Favorites include Sidney Crosby (pro athlete), Pittsburgh Penguins (pro team), The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (book), Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (movie), Game of Thrones (TV show), Johnny Cash (musical artist), steak and garlic mashed potatoes (food) and hockey (sport other than volleyball).