Pepperdine University Athletics

AWARDS:
MPSF All-Freshman Team - 2024
MPSF Offensive Player of the Week (3/18/24)
Pepperdine Scholar Athlete – 2024

PEPPERDINE 2025: Appeared in 20 sets across 13 matches, with two starts … Registered 59 assists … Had two service aces and 29 assists against D'Youville (1/19).
 
PEPPERDINE 2024: Played in 24 matches and 74 sets, including 14 starts … Recorded 596 assists, 18 kills, and five service aces … Had a season-high 53 assists against The Master’s (4/5) … Posted 16 matches with double-figure assists.
 
USA VOLLEYBALL: Part of the USA NTDP for two years.
 
CLUB: Played for A4 Volley for six years … On the AAU Boys 17u team and USAV 16’s … Led the squad to SoCal Cup Winter 17 Open and The Showcase 17 Open championship crowns in 2021 and 2022 … Tournament MVP on both occasions. 
 
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Arnold O. Beckman High School in Tustin, Calif. in 2023 … Played four years of varsity volleyball … Holds Beckman’s single-season assist record of 1,252 in the 2022 season … Three-time Pacific Coast League first team and two-time Pacific Coast League MVP … Awarded Arnold O. Beckman Male Athlete of the Year in 2023 … Won the Pacific Coast League Championship in 2023 .. Helped Beckman to a CIF Division I and State semifinal appearance in 2022 and CIF Division 2 semifinalist finish in 2021.
 
PERSONAL: Majoring in business finance … Born in Irvine, Calif. … Son of Geoffrey and Trisha Graves … Is a triplet with one brother, Jack, and a sister Madi, and has an older sister, Hannah … Brother also plays volleyball at Pepperdine … Grandfather played football at Cal Tech … Chose to attend Pepperdine because of the “amazing people, culture, and history of the school.”
 
FAVORITES: Enjoys going to the beach and hanging out with friends and family … Favorites included Josh Tuaniga (pro volleyball player), Kobe Bryant (pro athlete), BR Volley (pro volleyball team), Lakers (pro team), How to Win Friends and Influence People (book), Remember the Titans (movie), Criminal Minds (TV show), Zach Bryan (music artist), pickleball (sport other than volleyball), and burgers (food).