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Jersey Number 16
Sam Taumoepeau
- Position:
- Outside Hitter
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Senior
- Last School(s):
- Mt. Carmel
- Hometown:
- San Diego, Calif.
As a Senior (2023)
- Started all 31 matches for the Bears and played in 114 sets
- Second on the team with 332 kills, 16th-most in the Pac-12 that year
- Posted double-digit kills in 17 matches
- Third on the team with 33 aces (19th Pac-12)
- Fourth on the team with 221 digs and 33 assists
- Notched six double-doubles on the year, third-most on the team
- Had a career-high 18 digs in the win over UCLA (Nov. 19)
- Collected a career-high 20 kills (.308) against Southeastern Louisiana (Sept. 8)
- Posted four aces against Fairfield (Aug. 26), tied for a team-high that season
- Wolf Pack Invitational All-Tournament
- Bobcat Classic All-Tournament
- CSC Academic All-District
- Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll
As a Junior (2022)
- Competed in 50 sets over 15 matches before sitting out the second half of the season due to injury
- Posted a season-high 14 kills against Nevada (Sept. 10) before repeating that total at Oregon State (Sept. 23)
- Reached 13 kills and 10 digs against UC Davis (Sept. 17)
- Collected a season-high 11 digs against Tennessee State (Sept. 9)
- CSC Academic All-District
- Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
- Received the Golden Bear Award for having the highest GPA on the team
As a Sophomore (2021)
- Appeared in 24 matches and 53 total sets
- Posted 81 kills on the season
- Had 11 kills at Colorado (Nov. 21) and 10 at Washington (Oct. 22)
- Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll
- Received the Golden Bear Award for having the highest GPA on the team
As a Freshman (2020-21):
- Played in 20 matches, appearing in 61 sets
- Sixth on team with 70 kills
- Tallied 17 blocks
Three-year letter winner at Mt. Carmel… 2018 First Team All-League selection… 2017 Second Team All-League selection… advanced to San Diego California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) Championship freshman year… won two qualifiers in 2016-17 with Wave 15s… placed fourth at Triple Crown with Wave in 2016-17… took second place with Wave at 2017-18 Triple Crown… Scholar Athlete and All-Academic at Mt. Carmel.
Personal:
Graduated with a degree in philosophy and is attending grad school at Cal... daughter of Gretchen and John Taumoepeau... mother Gretchen played volleyball at Oregon... father John played football at Oregon… uncle Devo played football at Utah... uncle Charlie played football at San Diego.
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