Justin Lui Season 2023

In the News

• 4/10/23: Unexpected Journey (YouTube)

Career Accolades

• Two-time AVCA All-America honorable mention (2022, 2023)
• All-MPSF second team (2023)
• All-MPSF honorable mention (2022)
• Two-time MPSF All-Tournament Team (2022, 2023)
• Off the Block - Erik Shoji Award finalist (2022)
• Off the Block - Steve Shondell Award finalist (2022)
• Off the Block National Libero of the Week (Jan. 16, 2023)
• Five-time MPSF Defensive Player of the Week (April 5, 2021, Jan. 10, 2022, Jan. 9, 2023, Jan. 16, 2023, Jan. 23, 2023)
• College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District (2023)
• Four-time MPSF All-Academic (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
• Three-time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2021, 2022, 2023)

As a Redshirt Senior (2023)

• AVCA All-America honorable mention
• All-MPSF second team
• MPSF All-Tournament Team
• Off the Block National Libero of the Week (Jan. 16)
• Three-time MPSF Defensive Player of the Week (Jan. 9, Jan. 16, Jan. 23)
• CSC Academic All-District
• MPSF All-Academic Team
• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
• Started 27 matches at libero
• Led the MPSF and ranked 12th nationally with 2.10 digs per set
• Notched double-digit digs in eight matches
• Tallied a kill in the season-opener versus Saint Francis (Jan. 6)
• Career-high 19 digs in a win over No. 10 UC Santa Barbara (Jan. 14)

As a Redshirt Junior (2022)

• AVCA All-America honorable mention
• All-MPSF honorable mention
• MPSF All-Tournament Team
• Off the Block - Erik Shoji Award finalist
• Off the Block - Steve Shondell Award finalist
• MPSF Defensive Player of the Week (Jan. 10)
• MPSF All-Academic Team
• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
• Started all 28 matches at libero, averaging 2.18 digs per set
  • Ranked third in the MPSF and 15th nationally in digs per set
• Ranked 10th in the MPSF with 0.79 assists per set
• Tallied double-digit digs in 11 matches
• Recorded a kill versus No. 1 Hawai'i (Feb. 5)
• Season-high 16 digs at No. 2 Long Beach State (Feb. 25)

As a Redshirt Sophomore (2021)

• MPSF Defensive Player of the Week (April 5)
• MPSF All-Academic
• Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
• Started all 17 matches at libero
  • Only player on the roster to appear in all 61 sets
• Averaged 1.92 digs per set, ranking fourth in the MPSF
• Season-high 14 digs in a win over Concordia (April 3)
• Tallied eight digs and an assist in his postseason debut versus No. 5 Pepperdine (April 22)

As a Redshirt Freshman (2020)

• MPSF All-Academic
• Only player on the roster to appear in all 60 sets, splitting time at libero and setter
  • Made 12 starts at libero and five at setter
• Second in the MPSF and 15th nationally with 2.23 digs per set
• Registered a double-double with a career-high 52 assists and a season-best 15 digs against No. 8 Pepperdine (Feb. 6)
• Recorded his first collegiate kill against No. 7 UCLA (Feb. 8)
  • Also had a career-high two blocks against the Bruins
• Put down his first career ace versus No. 1 Hawaii (Feb. 15)

As a Freshman (2019)

• Redshirted his first season on The Farm

National Team Experience

• Named to Canada's 2022 VNL roster
• Won a silver medal with the Canadian National Team at the NORCECA Continental Championship in Durango, Mexico (2021)
• Played for the Canadian Junior National Team
• Competed at the U21 NORCECA Championships in Havana, Cuba
• Trained in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada

Prior to Stanford

• A 2018 graduate of Pickering High School in Ajax, Ontario
• First player from his high school to attend an NCAA Division I school for volleyball 
• Played for Durham Attack Volleyball Club
• Captained his club from 2015-18
• Four-time OVA Provincial champions (2014-17)
• Two-time Canadian national champions (2014, 2016)
• USA HP champions (2017)
• Canada Games champions (2017) 
• 2018 Ken Davies Award winner
• 2018 Petro Canada FACE program award winner
• Two-time Quest for Gold recipient (2016, 2018)
• OVA All-Star (2016, 2017)
• 2015 USA BJNC Tournament all-star team
• Earned all-district in soccer
• LOSSA West Champion in badminton 

Personal

• Son of Raymond and Christine Lui
• Has an older sister, Kayla
• 2010 Canadian Junior National Pokemon Champion
• Full name is Justin Gai-Leun Lui

Career Highs