Gabriel Vega Season 2016

As a Redshirt Senior (2017)

• Starting opposite, played in 87 sets
• Averaged 3.13 kills, 1.09 digs and 3.47 blocks per set
• Recorded double-digit kills 16 times
• Tied his career-high with three aces against McKendree (Jan. 7)
• Career-best three assists at No. 7 Pepperdine (Jan. 20)
• Matched his career-high with 21 kills versus UC San Diego (April 1)
• Posted his third career double-double in his final collegiate match, totaling 12 kills and 11 digs in the MPSF quarterfinals at No. 3 BYU (April 15)
• MPSF All-Academic Team

As a Redshirt Junior (2016)

• AVCA National Player of the Week (Feb. 23)
• MPSF Player of the Week (Feb. 22)
• Stanford's starting opposite, appeared in 89 sets
• Second on the team with 2.87 kills and 3.34 points per set
• Hit .615 (10-2-13) in the season opener at Ball State (Jan. 8)
• Totaled 13 kills, nine digs and two aces in the win at No. 1 BYU (Jan. 15)
• Registered a career-best 12 digs in a win over No. 4 UC Irvine (Jan. 23)
• Tallied a season-high 17 kills and eight digs in a four-set loss at No. 2 Long Beach State (Feb. 5)
• Tied his season-best with 17 kills on .405 hitting in a win over No. 4 Hawaii (Feb. 13)
• Hit a career-high .625 (12-2-16) in a sweep over No. 10 UC Santa Barbara (Feb. 19)
• Paced the team with 16 kills and tied his career-best with five blocks against No. 9 Pepperdine (March 12)
• Put down a career-high three aces versus USC (March 24)
• Notched 16 kills on .517 hitting and matched his career-best with five blocks against No. 10 CSUN (March 30)
• Posted his second career double-double with 12 kills and 10 digs in the MPSF quarterfinals against No. 6 UC Santa Barbara (April 16)
• MPSF All-Academic Team

As a Redshirt Sophomore (2015)

• AVCA National Player of the Week (March 10)
• MPSF Player of the Week (March 9)
• Played in 24 matches, making 16 starts
• Averaged 2.44 kills, 1.30 digs and 2.79 points per set
• Produced double-digit kills on seven occasions
• Registered his first career double-double with a career-best 21 kills and 10 digs in a win over BYU (March 7)
• Also tallied a then-career-high four blocks against the Cougars
• MPSF All-Academic Team

As a Sophomore (2014)

• Redshirted his second season on The Farm

As a Freshman (2013)

• Played in four matches, starting one
• Had a season-high three kills in his first career start in loss against Long Beach State (March 30)
• Posted one ace, two block assists in collegiate debut against UC Santa Cruz (Jan. 11)

High School/Club

• A 2012 graduate of Iolani School in Honolulu, the same school that produced Stanford's 2010 AVCA National Player of the Year Kawika Shoji, Cardinal All-American Brad Lawson, and Scott Sakaida
• Played club ball for Kuikahi Volleyball Club and Outrigger VBC
• Earned recognition as an Interscholastic League of Hawaii all-star and was selected to the 2011 Hawaii All-State Fab 15 team
• Selected to the 2011 USA junior national championship all-tournament team in the 17-U division
• Good vertical jump and brings an intimidating presence to the net
• A lifelong basketball player
• Named to the 2012 Mizuno/Volleyball Boys' Fab 50, which honors the top 50 seniors in the country 

Personal

• Born on the Island of Oahu in Hawai'i
• Has an older sister, Teale
• Major is electrical engineering; interested in applications in neuroscience or renewable energy

Career Highs