Micah Goss

  • Award
    Defensive Player of the Week
  • Week Of
    1/27/2025
  • Sport
    Men's Volleyball
  • School
    UC Irvine
  • Year
    Freshman
  • Position
    Middle Blocker
  • Hometown
    Santa Barbara, Calif.
  • High School
    Dos Pueblos

  • Freshman Micah Goss controlled the net in No. 2 UC Irvine’s two victories over No. 5 BYU to pick up Big West Defensive Player of the Week honors, a first career weekly award.  

  • The middle blocker averaged 1.63 kills, 2.63 points and 1.88 blocks per set, including nine total blocks in the opening contest. At 13-12 in the fifth set, Goss had a solo block to give UCI match point. Goss also added eight kills on .467 hitting in Thursday’s five setter.   

  • The Santa Barbara, Calif., product followed with six blocks and five kills while hitting .400 in Friday’s sweep of the Cougars.  

  • With the big weekend on the block, Goss bumped the season average to 1.438 blocks per set, good for fifth in the country and third in the powerhouse Big West.