Futi Tavana Athlete Profile - MVLB

Futi Tavana

Middle Blocker #17

Class

Senior

Hometown

Saipipi,

Last School

Kauai High School

Roster Years

2006 | 2009-2012

Personal

Son of Gaugau and Palagi Tavana of Saipipi, Savaii Samoa
Born in Auckland, New Zealand
One of seven children
Little brother Devin plays football at SUU
Enjoys playing all sports and hanging out with friends and family
Majoring in business management
Would like to be just like his father who has always been a great example of hard work and dedication

Before BYU

Attended Kauai HS and played under coach Shawn Doo
Second team All-KIF as a sophomore in 2003
First team All-KIF as a junior and member of 17's Club Junior Olympics All-Tournament Team
Named KIF Player of the Year his senior season in 2005, as well as first team all-state and a member of the 18's Club Junior Olympic All-Tournament Team
Also lettered in basketball, where he was named the 2005 Player of the Year as a senior

Stats

Career Match Highs
Kills: 16 vs. USC, 2/7/09
Attempts: 29 (two times)
Hitting %: .833 vs. Long Beach State on 3/23/12
Digs: 7 vs. UCLA on 4/6/12
Block Assists: 13 (four times)
Block Solos: 3 vs. Stanford, 4/10/09
Total Blocks: 15 (twice)
Service Aces: 1 (twelve times)
Assists: 4 vs. UC Irvine on 1/29/2011

Year-by-Year stats
Year	SP	K	K/G	E	TA	PCT	A	SA	SE	SA/G	RE	D	D/G	BS	BA	TOT	B/G
2009	115	255	2.23.	60	505	.387	23	9	48	.08	0	51	.44	16	153	169	1.47
2010	93	200	2.15	54	367	.398	14	12	52	.13	4	52	.56	14	137	151	1.62
2011	105	234	2.23	56	408	.436	23	7	26	.07	2	44	.42	16	144	160	1.52
2012	91	170	1.87	34	353	.385	12	5	21	.05	1	56	.62	14	131	145	1.59
Total	404	859	2.13	204	1634	.401	72	33	147	.08	7	256	.50	60	565	625	1.55

BYU Hall of Fame

Freshman Year 2009

Second-team All-MPSF
Played in and started all 30 matches and saw action in 115 sets on the year
Led the team with 169 blocks, averaging 1.47 per set
Recorded 153 block assists, fourth-most in BYU rally scoring history
Third on the team with 256 kills on the year
Led the team with a .387 attack percentage, ranking sixth in the conference
Named MPSF and National Player of the Week following his back-to-back double-double performances against No. 5 Long Beach State
Knocked down a season-high 16 kills against USC on Feb. 7
Knocked down double-digit kills 10 times
Led the team in blocks in 17 matches
Put up a season-high 13 blocks against LBSU on March 21, also a team-high for the season
Named Walk-On of the Year at the 2009 Y Awards
Led the MPSF and ranked third nationally in blocks per set

Sophmore Year 2010

Named second-team All-American and second team All-MPSF
Started 25-of-30 matches following his stellar season as a redshirt freshman in 2009
Broke the BYU all-time record for total blocks with 15 (1-14) achieved against then-No. 10 UC Santa Barbara on March 27 - helping BYU achieve a new all-time record for team blocks with 24.5 in the same match
His average of 1.62 blocks per set led the MPSF and ranked second nationally
Ranked second for the Cougars with 151 blocks
Helped the team set a new single-season record for total blocks with 423, 19.5 more than the previous record set in 2009
Helped the team be ranked No. 1 in the NCAA and the MPSF in blocks per set with 3.55, while kills per game ranked them No. 4 in the Nation with 15.80

Junior Year 2011

AVCA All-America First Team
Named Blocker of the Year in Off-The-Block's inagural season of the award
MPSF All-Academic Team
All-MSPF First Team
Played in 105 sets and started all 28 games
Tallied 234 kills, 23 assists, 7 service aces, 44 digs and a team-high 160 blocks that also led the NCAA

Senior Year 2012

Named to the AVCA All-America First Team
Named to the All-MPSF First Team
Played in 91 sets and 24 matches, starting all 24
Missed the first 3 weeks due to an achilles injury
Finished the season with 170 kills, a .385 hitting percentage, 6 aces and 155 digs
His 1.59 blocks per set ranked second in the NCAA
Also contributed a team-high 14 solo blocks and 145 total blocks to bring his career total to 625 and put him in first in the BYU Rally Scoring Era for career total blocks
Second in the BYU Rally Scoring Era for solo blocks and first in the BYU Rally Scoring Era for block assists
Second in the BYU Rally Scoring Era for his career hitting percentage of .492
Season-high 13 kills came in first match back from injury on Feb. 3 against Stanford
Season-high .833 hitting percentage came on Mar. 23 against Long Beach State
Season-high 7 digs came on Apr. 6 against UCLA
Season-high 15 blocks came on Apr. 21 against Long Beach State in the MPSF Quarterfinals (second-most in the BYU Rally Scoring Era for blocks in a single match and tied for first (his own record) in the MPSF Rally Scoring Era)
Season-high 2 block assists came 4 different times throughout the season