Connor Hughes

Height:
6-6
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Costa Mesa, Calif.

2013

Named MVP of the NCAA Championship.
UCSB Invitational All-Tournament Team.
Averaged 1.89 kills, 2.22 points and 0.89 digs per set.
Put away 11 kills over three sets in the NCAA Championshipmatch against BYU.
Had 11 matches with double-digitkills.
Played in 97 sets.

2012

Named to the NCAA All-Tournament team
Averaged 3.71 kills per set over the four post-seasonmatches.
Averaged 1.89 kills and 1.00 digs per set overall.
Played in 56 sets.
Had a career high 19 kills in the MPSF Tournament final versusStanford.

2011

Redshirted.

2010

Averaged 1.79 kills per set.
Also averaged 2.26 points and 0.89 digs.
Had eight aces.
Played in 38 sets as the only true freshman on the squad.

Mater Dei High School

AVCA second team Boys' High School Senior All-America.
Three-time Trinity League choice as well as a two-time All-CIFselection.
Monarchs were 2009 state champions.
Mater Dei Male Athlete of the Year as a senior.

Club

Played for the LBC for 17s and 18s and won two bronze medals atthe Junior Olympics.
Played for the Balboa Bay Club for 14s and 16s and took home abronze and a gold medal at JOs.

USA Volleyball

Participated on the U.S. beach team at the 2013 WorldUniversity Games with Jeff Carlson in Kazan, Russia.
Paired with Maddison McKibbin for a seventh place finish at the2011 World University Games in Shenzhen, China.
Finished fifth with Jeff Carlson at the 2010 SWATCH FIVB Junior(Under-21) World Championships in Alanya, Turkey.
Member of the Junior National Beach Team.

Personal

Sociology major.
Two-time UCI Scholar-Athlete.
Sister Lauren played volleyball for Fairfield University andsister Sara plays sand volleyball for USC.

Career Highlights

Kills: 19 vs STAN 4/28/12
Digs: 10 vs UH 2/18/13
Aces: 4 vs PRIN 1/26/10

CAREER TOTALS
Year	SP	K	E	TA	PCT.	A	SA	DIG	BS	BA
2014	101	262	89	600	.288	18	19	165	2	28
2013	103	195	76	500	.238	21	4	92	4	51
2012	56	106	30	217	.350	6	4	56	4	10
2011				Redshirt
2010	38	68	39	169	.172	8	8	34	3	14
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Totals	298	631	234	1,486	.267	53	35	347	13	103

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