Mokihana Tufono

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Class:
Senior
Position:
S
Height:
5-10
Experience:
1L
Hometown:
Aiea, Hawaii
High School:
‘Iolani School
Prev. School:
UCLA
Major:
Multi-Disciplinary Studies

2024 (JUNIOR): AVCA All-South Region … Recorded 27 assists and five digs in her Rebel debut against Saint Louis (8/30) … Recorded her first double-double of the season later that day with 34 assists and 13 digs against Arkansas State (8/30) … Tallied 46 assists and a season-high 20 digs in a win over SEMO (8/31) … Jumped in the offense for three kills alongside another 46 assist performance at Northern Colorado (9/5) … Tallied 39 assists and five blocks in a three set win over Drake (9/13) … Recorded the first 50-assist match of her career alongside 14 digs in a five set thriller against FGCU (9/14) … Matched her season-high in digs with 20, while adding 45 assists in a win at Houston (9/20) … Notched her first SEC double-double with 41 assists and 10 digs at Arkansas (9/29) … Exploded for back-to-back 50 assist performances, with a then career-high 54 assists in a win over Tennessee (10/4) and a 50-assist, 11 dig and 5 block showing in a win over LSU (10/6) … Named the SEC Setter of the Week on October 7 … Tallied 43 assists, 11 digs and four blocks at Georgia (10/13) … Followed it up with another double-double of 31 assists and 10 digs in a sweep at South Carolina (10/18) … Exploded for 53 assists and 13 digs in a key road win at Auburn (10/30) … Secured her fifth 50-assist match of the year with 53 against Oklahoma (11/6) … Notched a season-best 7.5 points on five kills and two aces, to go alongside 43 assists and 12 digs in a win over Arkansas (11/15) … Set a new career-high with 56 assists and 11 digs in a five set win over Mississippi State (11/17) … Notched her third straight double-double with 46 assists and 18 digs vs. No. 25 Missouri (11/22) … Saved her best for last with a stunning 59 assists and 17 digs in a five set thriller at No. 14 Texas (11/30) … Matched her performance at Texas by leading the Rebels to their first NCAA Tournament win in program history with 59 assists, 12 digs, three blocks and two kills to defeat No. 21 Florida State (12/5) … Earned her second straight double-double in the NCAA Tournament with 30 kills and 10 digs against No. 6 Creighton (12/6) … Named to First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll

UCLA: Appeared in nearly 50 matches for the Bruins, making 12 starts over the course of two seasons ... A versatile player on the court, she saw collegiate action as a setter, libero and defensive specialist ... Ranked second on the team with 21 service aces and led the Bruins with 0.25 service aces per set as a sophomore … Added 100 digs and 27 assists … Recorded double-digit digs in her two starts at libero with 12 at Arizona (Oct. 6) and a season-high 16 at Arizona State (Oct. 8) … Tallied back-to-back season-high ace totals with four at Washington (Nov. 12) and four vs. No. 2 Stanford (Nov. 17) ... Finished second on the team with 200 assists as a freshman in 2022 … Made her collegiate debut in front of her hometown faithful at Hawai’i, notching three assists and serving up match point (Sept. 9) … Tied the UCLA program record for service aces in a match with eight at Oregon in the first start of her career (Oct. 18) … Also recorded the first double-double of her career in that match with 24 assists and 16 digs … Had a season-high 35 assists vs. Utah (Sept. 30) … Recorded a double-double in the final match of the season at USC with 26 assists and 10 digs (Nov. 25).

High School: A four-year letterwinner and the starting setter at ‘Iolani School in Honolulu … Tabbed at No. 3 on Hawaii’s Fab 15 List, honoring the top 15 volleyball players in the state … Selected as a 2021 AVCA High School Second Team All-American her senior season after leading her team with 241 assists along with 108 kills … Honored as the 2022 Interscholastic League of Honolulu (ILH) Girls Volleyball Player of the Year … Selected ILH First Team all four years of high school … Totaled 348 assists and 108 kills her freshman year on the way to leading ‘Iolani School to a Division I State Championship … Finished her high school career with 929 assists, 247 kills and 74 service aces … Played club for Kuikahi Volleyball Club.

Personal: Daughter of Misty and Albert Tufono ... Full name is Mokihana Mae Avasa Thompson Tufono … Born June 29, 2004 ... Majoring in multi-disciplinary studies ... Has three brothers Jack-Eli, Maninoa and Pati … Her father, Albert, played linebacker at Washington from 1983-87 … Brother, Jack-Eli, was an offensive lineman at Idaho State from 2017-19 and is now a graduate assistant coach at Arizona State … Brother, Maninoa, is a defensive lineman at USC.