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2022 Women's Volleyball Roster

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9 Kazna Tanuvasa

9 Kazna Tanuvasa

  • Height:
    5-11
  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • Hometown:
    Lehi, Utah
  • High School:
    Pleasant Grove HS

Summary

Biography

Graduate (2022): First Team All-WAC Preseason selection … First Team All-WAC selection … Utah Classic All-Tournament Team … WAC All-Tournament Team … UVU’s all-time career leader in kills (1,931), attack attempts (5,024), and points (2,183) …. Seventh all-time in service aces (99), fourth in service attempts (1,476), seventh in digs (991), sixth in solo blocks (28), tenth in block assists (250) and seventh in total blocks (278) … played in 106 sets over 29 matches … broke UVU all-time kills record with a kill against in the season opener against No. 23 Kansas … season-high 20 kills against Abilene Christian on 10/29/22 … earned Academic All-WAC honors.

Senior (2021): Preseason WAC Player of the Year … All-WAC First-Team selection … AVCA Pacific South All-Region Honorable Mention … WAC Tournament MVP … earned Academic All-WAC honors … appeared in 110 sets over 28 matches … finished fifth in the WAC and first on the team in kills (391) and points (444) … averaged 3.55 kills/set … 943 total attacks on the year … second place all-time in career kills with 1,595 kills and points with 1,787.5 … season-high 23 kills against Weber State (09/08/21) … 25 matches with at least ten kills … a season hit percentage of .241.

Junior (2020): Played in 65 sets over 18 matches … Preseason All-WAC selection, 2020 WAC Player of the Year, and First-Team All-WAC selection … earned AVCA Pacific South All-Region Honorable Mention … led UVU with 231 kills, 251 points, and kills per set at 3.55 … recorded a .229 hit percentage … season-high 18 kills against California Baptist (02/09/21), and BYU on (02/04/21) … 14 matches with double-digit kill totals … earned Academic All-WAC honors.

Sophomore (2019): Named First-Team All-WAC for a second straight year, along with a second-consecutive nod for the WAC All-Tournament team ... appeared in 109 sets over 29 games, including 18 starts ... led the Wolverines in four categories including points (467.5), points per set (4.29), kills (414), and kills per set (3.8) ... led the WAC in kills and kills per set, and finished second in the WAC in points ... her 414 kills ranks fifth all time in a season in school history and her 467.5 points ranks seventh all time in UVU history ... finished second on the team in digs (260) and digs per set (2.39), and third on the team in blocks (68) ... also tallied 24 assists and18 service aces ... recorded double-digit kills in 25 matches, including four matches with at least 20 kills ... registered 11 matches with double-digit digs ... tallied 11 double-doubles over the course of the season, including a 13 kill, 10 dig game against #16 Marquette ... recorded a season-high 25 kills and 14 digs in a road win at Seattle U on Nov. 14 ... tallied 19 kills and a career-high 21 digs in a road victory over Grand Canyon on Oct. 5 ... registered 16 kills, 10 digs, and a season-high 6 blocks on the road at UT Rio Grande Valley ... earned Academic All-WAC honors for the second-consecutive season. 

Freshman (2018): Earned WAC Freshman of the Year honors ... also named First Team All-WAC, to the WAC All-Freshmen Team and the WAC All-Tournament Team ... set a new UVU single-season record with 558 kills during her true freshman campaign ... played in 139 sets and started all 34 matches ... led UVU and the WAC in kills (558), kills per set average (4.01), total points (624.0) and points per set (4.49) ... also recorded 266 digs (1.91 dps), 78 blocks (0.56 bps), 24 service aces, 15 assists and a .178 hitting percentage on the season ... finished the season ranked sixth in the nation in total kills (558), sixth in points (624.0) and third in total attacks (1554) ... posted nine double-doubles on the year ... reached double figures in kills 32 times on the season ...  had nine matches of 20 or more kills ... tallied a career-high 26 kills with seven blocks and five digs in a five-set match at CSU Bakersfield on Sept. 29 ... also had 25 kills on .393 hitting and nine digs in a 3-1 win over CSUB on Nov. 15 ... earned Academic All-WAC honors.  

Before Utah Valley ...
Prepped at Pleasant Grove High School ... earned Under Armour All-American honorable mention honors ... a three-time All-State honoree (two-time first team) and three-time All-Region recipient  ... during her senior season she was tabbed Deseret News 6A First Team All-State, All-Valley Offensive MVP, All-Tribune Team, First Team All-Region, Academic All-State, MaxPreps/AVCA Utah Player of the Week, Prep Volleyball Aces Top 150 in the Nation, compiled 413 kills, 33 aces, 43 blocks, 256 digs ... during her junior season she earned First Team All-State honors, First Team All-Region, All-Valley Team, AAU Volleyball Academic All-American honors, recorded 286 kills, 45 aces, 29 blocks and 188 digs ... during her sophomore year she was named All-State, All-Region and Academic All-State ... helped Pleasant Grove to a State Championship as well as three runner-up State finishes and a trio of Region titles ... played her club ball at Club V South and Aces Athletics ... also played sand volleyball.

Personal ... 
Graduated from PGHS in 2018 ... birthday is Sept. 22 ... born in Auckland, New Zealand ... major is undecided ... participated in Especially for Athletes in high school ... her favorite sports team is the New Zealand All Blacks ... her father Wayne Tarawhiti coached the BYU rugby team and led them to five national titles and is now coaching the UVU rugby team ... has one sibling, Kotahi Wolfgramm ... daughter of Wayne and Kenra Tarawhiti.
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