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Jersey Number 5
Tayah Mahi
- Position:
- Setter
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Cedar Falls, Iowa
- High School:
- Cedar Falls HS
- Prev School:
- Northern Iowa
PEPPERDINE 2019: Played in 15 matches with five starts as a redshirt-freshman … In 45 sets played, averaged 8.24 assists/set, 1.51 digs/set, 0.31 blocks/set, 0.29 kills/set and 0.16 aces/set for 0.60 points/set … Posted 371 assists and 68 digs, while adding 14 block assists, seven aces and 13 kills on a .237 hitting percentage … Led the Waves in assists in eight matches … Marked one double-double in assists, digs … Posted a season-high 44 assists against Illinois State (8/31) and 12 digs at North Texas (8/30).
NORTHERN IOWA: Spent one redshirt-season under Head Coach Bobbi Petersen at University of Northern Iowa in the Missouri Valley Conference.
CLUB/USA: Was a 2014 Junior Beach Tour National Champion and helped her teams to 9th place finishes at both the 2016 BVCA National Championships 16U and AAU Beach National Championships 16U … Helped her teams to 17thplace finishes for AAU Beach National Championships 18U and BVCA National Championships 18U … Played for CIA (Club Iowa from 2011-18, from 11U-18U … Finished 2nd in 17 Open at the Windy City Qualifier in 2017, 7th place in the 17 Open at Colorado Crossroads Qualifier, 3rd place at Nationals in 2015 … Named to 2015 Nationals All-Tournament Team, was a 2018 PrepVolleyball Andie Collins Award finalist, 2018 PrepVolleyball National Pre-Season Cub Ranking (#29), 2017 PrepVolleyball Final National Ranking (#31 and 2016 PrepVolleyball Final National Ranking (#29).
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Cedar Falls High School in Cedar Falls, Iowa in 2018 … Also took classes at Hawkeye Community College from 2014-18 … Lettered four seasons as a setter under Head Coach Matt Johnson with CFHS in the Mississippi Valley League … Throughout her career, amassed 4,115 assists, 10.15 assists/set, 669 total digs, 312 total kills and 176 total aces … In her senior year, led her team to a 5A State Championship crown, while also finishing as State runner-up in her junior season and quarterfinalist in her sophomore campaign … Captained the State All-Tournament Team … Earned 5A All-State first team honors in her senior and junior seasons and 2nd team honors in her sophomore season … Garnered Mississippi Valley Conference Player of the Year honors in her senior and junior seasons … Earned IGCA Elite All-State Team honors in her senior and junior seasons and as a senior, earned a spot on Des Moines Register’s Top 50 Iowa High School Volleyball Players of All-Time lists … Named Mississippi Valley 1st team All-conference for her last three seasons of high school competition and 2nd team in her freshman season … Earned Senior Valley All-Metro Team in her freshman campaign … Held the Cedar Falls High School Career Assists program record after the 2018 season … Led the team to Mississippi Valley Volleyball Champion status in 2016 and 2017 and to a 2017 Prep Volleyball National High School final ranking of #12.
PERSONAL: Majoring in sociology … Born in Norman, Okla. to Kalani and Christy Mahi … Parents are volleyball club owners and her father is a retired college volleyball coach who spent time on the sidelines for Oklahoma (head coach), Illinois (assistant), Bradley (assistant) and Northern Iowa (assistant) … Has two siblings, Halia and Nohea … Has career aspirations of coaching collegiate volleyball … Her middle name is 26 letters long and was given to her by her uncle, Aaron Mahi; ‘Kealohilani’ikamahinala’ila’i’ means ‘the heavenly brightness of the moon in the quiet peace.”
FAVORITES: Lebron James (pro athlete) … Golden State Warriors (pro team) … Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (book) … Bob’s Burgers (TV show) … Harry Styles (musical artist) … sushi (food) … soccer (sport other than volleyball) … “I love being part of a team and as a setter, I like to attack the other team’s weaknesses and try to confuse their blockers” (favorite thing about volleyball).
NORTHERN IOWA: Spent one redshirt-season under Head Coach Bobbi Petersen at University of Northern Iowa in the Missouri Valley Conference.
CLUB/USA: Was a 2014 Junior Beach Tour National Champion and helped her teams to 9th place finishes at both the 2016 BVCA National Championships 16U and AAU Beach National Championships 16U … Helped her teams to 17thplace finishes for AAU Beach National Championships 18U and BVCA National Championships 18U … Played for CIA (Club Iowa from 2011-18, from 11U-18U … Finished 2nd in 17 Open at the Windy City Qualifier in 2017, 7th place in the 17 Open at Colorado Crossroads Qualifier, 3rd place at Nationals in 2015 … Named to 2015 Nationals All-Tournament Team, was a 2018 PrepVolleyball Andie Collins Award finalist, 2018 PrepVolleyball National Pre-Season Cub Ranking (#29), 2017 PrepVolleyball Final National Ranking (#31 and 2016 PrepVolleyball Final National Ranking (#29).
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Cedar Falls High School in Cedar Falls, Iowa in 2018 … Also took classes at Hawkeye Community College from 2014-18 … Lettered four seasons as a setter under Head Coach Matt Johnson with CFHS in the Mississippi Valley League … Throughout her career, amassed 4,115 assists, 10.15 assists/set, 669 total digs, 312 total kills and 176 total aces … In her senior year, led her team to a 5A State Championship crown, while also finishing as State runner-up in her junior season and quarterfinalist in her sophomore campaign … Captained the State All-Tournament Team … Earned 5A All-State first team honors in her senior and junior seasons and 2nd team honors in her sophomore season … Garnered Mississippi Valley Conference Player of the Year honors in her senior and junior seasons … Earned IGCA Elite All-State Team honors in her senior and junior seasons and as a senior, earned a spot on Des Moines Register’s Top 50 Iowa High School Volleyball Players of All-Time lists … Named Mississippi Valley 1st team All-conference for her last three seasons of high school competition and 2nd team in her freshman season … Earned Senior Valley All-Metro Team in her freshman campaign … Held the Cedar Falls High School Career Assists program record after the 2018 season … Led the team to Mississippi Valley Volleyball Champion status in 2016 and 2017 and to a 2017 Prep Volleyball National High School final ranking of #12.
PERSONAL: Majoring in sociology … Born in Norman, Okla. to Kalani and Christy Mahi … Parents are volleyball club owners and her father is a retired college volleyball coach who spent time on the sidelines for Oklahoma (head coach), Illinois (assistant), Bradley (assistant) and Northern Iowa (assistant) … Has two siblings, Halia and Nohea … Has career aspirations of coaching collegiate volleyball … Her middle name is 26 letters long and was given to her by her uncle, Aaron Mahi; ‘Kealohilani’ikamahinala’ila’i’ means ‘the heavenly brightness of the moon in the quiet peace.”
FAVORITES: Lebron James (pro athlete) … Golden State Warriors (pro team) … Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (book) … Bob’s Burgers (TV show) … Harry Styles (musical artist) … sushi (food) … soccer (sport other than volleyball) … “I love being part of a team and as a setter, I like to attack the other team’s weaknesses and try to confuse their blockers” (favorite thing about volleyball).
