UCLA BIO

2024 - Has seen action this season at both outside hitter and libero ... returned to libero down the home stretch of the season in matches at BYU, versus USC, Penn St., Ohio St., GCU, CUI (a), USC and GCU (MPSF) ... has received 194 of last 204 (.951) opponent serves without error ... as an outside hitter, he achieved an attack percentage of over .300 in 11 matches ... 10 kills v. Pepperdine / CUI; 14 kills v. Beach ... 10 kills, 2 aces, 6 block assists vs. Pepperdine ... career-best 16 kills vs. UCSB; 9 kills vs. Penn State ... 9 digs at libero vs. Lewis; 6 digs at Loyola; 9 kills in opener vs. Fort Valley St.

2023 - Second-team AVCA All-America selection ... named first-team All-MPSF ... named Most Outstanding Player at the 2023 NCAA Championship Tournament after hitting over .350 in both matches with 21 kills (career-high tying 15 kills vs. UH in title match), 4 aces 6 blocks ... saw action in 28 matches ... had 13 double-digit kill matches with high of 15 against UH and at UC Irvine ... hit at least .350 in 14 matches ... had at least three digs in 18 contests ... recorded at least 3 blocks in 16 matches ... career-high tying 6 block assists at Pepperdine ... Off the Block National Outside Attacker of the Week after hitting over .400 with double-digit kills in each match vs. USC ... recorded career-best 18.5 points and tied his best with 15 kills in win at UC Irvine ... had 8 blocks in the two wins at Stanford ... Named Off the Block's National Attacker of the Week in leading the Bruins to 2 wins over BYU (hit .708 with 17 kills on 24 attempts) ... MPSF Offensive Player of the Week for his play in leading UCLA to a pair of wins against Long Beach State when he hit a combined .476 with 23 kills ... had 9 digs at Penn State ... produced 7 kills and 4 blocks vs Ohio State ... team-best 13 kills vs. Princeton ... named to the MPSF Men's Volleyball All-Academic Team.

2022 - Saw action in 24 matches ... started 15 of the last 16 matches of the season ... had 10 matches with 7 or more kills and four double-digit efforts ... 19 multi-dig matches ... 11 multi-block matches including season-high 6 BAs at BYU ... posted .943 serve reception rate on 349 attempts ... 53 digs and 69 kills over the last 10 MPSF matches ... season-high 14 kills and 6 BAs at BYU ... season-high 11 digs at USC ... 10 kills (.556), 5 blocks, 8 digs at Stanford ... 11 kills, 8 digs at CUI ... 9 kills v. Lewis ... 8 kills, 5 blocks v. Penn St. ... 10 matches with 5 or more digs ... named to the MPSF Men's Volleyball All-Academic Team.

2021 - Saw action in 11 matches, including the last six of the season ... made four starts ... had a season-best 15 kills in an MPSF Tournament match against Concordia ... recorded a .951 serve receive percentage on 142 attempts. 

2020 - Saw action in 16 matches with 14 starts ... Had a season-high 15 kills against Princeton (h) ... Recorded five double-digit kill matches ... Had a season-best three aces versus Ohio State, with multiple aces in four matches during the year ... Had double-digit digs in two matches (13 v. Long Beach State, 10 at Long Beach State)  and at least five digs in seven matches ... Posted a season-best four blocks against Long Beach State (a) and CSUN (h).

High School - Named to the Volleyballmag.com Fab 50 recruit list ... 2019 Volleyballmag.com National High School Player of the Year ... First-team all-league for three seasons, league MVP and two-time All-CIF selection .... Helped lead the Sea Wolves to the Southern Section Division 5 championship match, where he posted 35 kills in a loss to El Modena ... Also lettered in basketball and baseball (pitcher, outfield).                            

USA Volleyball - Member of the U.S. Youth National Team which won the silver medal at the 2018 NORCECA U19 championships in Costa Rica ... Served as team captain ... He finished with six points in the championship match against Cuba ... 2018 USA Volleyball Boys Youth Training Team ... USA HP Championships Select Red Team in 2017 at Ft. Lauderdale for USA Beach.

Club - Played for Pac6 Volleyball Club ... Named to the 2018 all-tournament team at Junior Nationals where his team won the bronze medal in 17-Open.
   
Personal - Son of Jim and Sue Knight ... Has one brother, Ryan, and two sisters Ellie and Lindsey ... Both parents, his older sister and grandmother attended UCLA ... Lists his greatest athletic thrill as pitching and winning the U.S. Championship at the Pony World Series for baseball ... Football’s Tom Brady is the famous athlete he most admires ... Hobbies include beach volleyball, surfing and video games ... Earned a spot on the Athletic Director's Honor Roll in Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Winter 2021, Fall 2022, Winter 2023, Spring 2023 and Fall 2023.​