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Pepperdine University Athletics

2017 Women's Beach Volleyball Roster

12 Tiffany Morales

  • Height 5-6
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Hermosa Beach, Calif.
  • High School Redondo Union HS
  • Prev School Michigan

Biography

PEPPERDINE 2017: Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete … WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll ‘gold’ honors … Played two matches alongside Nikki Lyons in one season as a graduate student for the Waves in 2017 … Defeated CSU Bakersfield’s Sidney Wicks and Hannah Manzanares 21-5, 21-6 position at Zuma Beach and Cal Poly’s Dora Beilin and Hollan Boege 22-20, 21-15 in the No. 5 position at Zuma Beach (3/25) … Member of the squad that finished as NCAA National Runners-Up in Gulf Shores, Ala. and that won the second-straight West Coast Conference Championship crown. 

MICHIGAN INDOORS CAREER: Played at the University of Michigan in the Big Ten for four seasons under head coach Mark Rosen … Finished career with 1,747 digs, which ranked third all-time in Michigan history … Holds all-time freshman dig record with 559 in 2012 … First player in school history to reach 1,000 career digs during sophomore campaign … Third player all-time to reach the 1,500 dig-mark … Second all-time in NCAA Tournament digs with 109 … Collected 22 digs against #2 Stanford, to help the team to first NCAA Final Four appearance in school history (2/12) … Passed 2,895 balls in career with 95.3 accuracy … Tied for first all-time in single season matches after starting in 39 matches (2012) … Played in 131 career matches which is tied 5thall-time … Led 2012 recruiting class with 116 career starts and had twenty or more digs in 24 career matches … Posted double-digit digs in 93 career matches and led the team in digs 83 times during her career … Led team in service aces 26 times during career … Had four aces in a single match twice in her career.

MICHIGAN INDOOR 2015: Awarded as Big Ten Distinguished Scholar in 2016 … All-Tournament team and Outstanding Libero at the Michigan Invitational on Aug. 29, 2015 … captain … Averaged 3.96 digs/set in matches started as libero … Led team in digs/set … Recorded a season-high 24 digs against Ohio (9/5/15) … Played in 30 matches with 18 starts as libero … Double digit digs in 9-of-first-12 matches.

MICHIGAN INDOOR 2014: Academic All-Big Ten … Most Outstanding Libero at Arkansas Invitational … Captain … Led team with 432 dig and 3.82 digs/set … Had a season-high 24 digs vs. Oregon State (9/12/14) and #11 Illinois (11/1/14) … Had 22 double-digit dig performances and six 20 or more dig matches … Led Michigan in digs 21 separate times … Had 17 digs to go along with six assists and a pair of aces against Stephen F. Austin (8/29/14).

MICHIGAN INDOOR 2013: U-M Athletic Academic Achievement Award (2013) … Started in 32 matches for the Wolverines … Led the team with 477 total digs and 3.79 digs/set … Led team with most sets played with 126 and led Michigan in digs in 22 of 32 matches … Earned 1,000th career dig against Michigan State (11/27/13) and had 20 digs and two aces in the first round of the NCAA Tournament (12/6/13) … Recorded double-digit performances in all three matches of the Xavier Invitational (8/31/13) … Amassed 20 digs in a win at #10 Michigan State (10/23/13).

MICHIGAN INDOOR 2012: Big Ten All-Freshman team … Big Ten Freshman of the Week (19/4/12) … Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week (10/4/12) … Tiger Invitational All-Tournament team (8/25/12) … Tabbed a team-high 559 digs (highest ever for a Wolverine freshman and fourth most all-time in a season) … Led team with 3.86 digs/set and appeared in all 39 matches … Led Michigan with a career-high 27 digs in a win over Arkansas (9/1/12) … Registered 22 digs in a win over #2 Stanford in the NCAA Tournamant regional final (12/8/12).

USA BEACH VOLLEYBALL/CLUB: Maintained a AA CBVA rating since 2010 … USA Beach Volleyball High Performance U19 National Training Team (2011) … Teamed with Jayce Pardon to claim the USA Volleyball Youth Beach High Performance U19 division championship in June 2011 … Advanced to the final round of the 2011 USA Beach Volleyball High Performance Championships … Won the inaugural High School Sand Volleyball Championship for Redondo Union High School with USC beach player and NCAA Beach VB Championship (team) winner Abril Bustamante (2011) … Awarded as 2010 AAU Beach Volleyball Player of the Year … Won AAU Beach Volleyball 16U National Championship with partner Skylar Dykstra (sister of former indoor and beach Wave standout Lara Dykstra) (2010) … USA Beach Volleyball High Performance U17 National Training Team (2009) … Won AAU Beach Volleyball 16U National Championship with partner Alexa Strange (USC National Champion) … Won AAU Beach Volleyball 16U National Championship with partner Becca Strehlow, a former Wave indoor and beach All-American (2008) … Won AAU Best of the Beach 14 U National Championship with Strehlow (2008).

USA INDOOR VOLLEYBALL/CLUB: 2015 USA Collegiate National Team China … Finalist for 2010 USA Women’s Team Youth Olympic Games Singapore … USA HP A2 2010 … Played for Mizuno Long Beach (2007-12) and Seal Beach (2003-06) … 2008 Junior Olympics 14 U Open National Champion as an outside hitter … Won 2006 USA HP Championships (SCVA Team).

HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year varsity starter at Redondo Union High School in Redondo Beach, Calif. … Graduated from RUHS in 2012 … All-CIF Southern Section Division 1AA first team (2012) … MVP varsity volleyball (2011) … Bay League Most Outstanding Player award (2011) … All-Tournament team at Durango High School Fall Classic Volleyball Tournament in Las Vegas, Nev. (2011) … Bay Libero of the Year (2008 through 2010) … PrepVolleyball Defensive Dandy (2009 and 2011) .. Outstanding Defensive Player Varsity Volleyball (2010) Redondo Union High School Female Athlete of the Year (2009, 2011-12).

PERSONAL: Daughter of Louis Morales and Sylvia Morales … Born in Bellflower, Calif. and family current lives in Redondo Beach, Calif. … Has two sisters, Clarissa and Zoe … Currently pursuing a Masters in clinical psychology.

FAVORITES:  Favorite sports other than volleyball are football and water polo … Favorite professional team is the Los Angeles Rams … Favorite professional athlete is Marshall Faulk … Favorite food is mint-chip ice cream … Favorite TV show is The Office … Favorite book is Wizard of Oz.

Historical Player Information

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    2017Graduate Student

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