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Jersey Number 7
May Pertofsky
- Position:
- Outside Hitter/Middle Blocker
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 6-1
- Hometown:
- Los Angeles, Calif.
- High School:
- Sierra Canyon
- Previous College:
- Michigan
- Major:
- Postbaccalaureate Study
2023 AVCA All-Pacific North Region Honorable Mention
2022 AVCA All-North Region Honorable Mention
2021 AVCA All-North Region Honorable Mention
2019 Big Ten All-Freshman Team
The fifth-year opposite/middle, originally from Los Angeles, joined the Huskies for her final year of eligibility and earned All-Region honorable mention in spite of missing seven matches with a foot injury … Pertofsky produced consistently for the previous four years in the Big Ten, posting 798 kills on a .287 attack percentage, with 109 aces, 212 digs, and 252 blocks as a Wolverine … Pertofsky led the Big Ten in 2021 with 0.46 aces per set … at Michigan she was enrolled in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, earning a degree in General Studies.
2023 (As A Fifth-Year Senior)
Earned AVCA All-Pacific North Region honorable mention after being an offensive and defensive force for the Dawgs in her one season in Seattle ... playing mostly right side, hit a team-high .294 and ranked second on the team with a career-high 3.09 kills per set ... second on the team with a 0.75 blocks/set average and had a career-high 1.27 digs per set ... led the team in kills in 10 matches and in blocks in 7 matches ... had 15 matches with double-figure kills, hitting over .300 in 8 of the 15 ... hit over .400 with 10+ kills on four occasions ... missed 7 matches in Pac-12 play with a foot injury, and was one match played short of qualifying for All-Pac-12 consideration ... stellar capstone to career in season finale vs. WSU, leading UW with 14 kills and 8 digs ... first career 20+ kills match in penultimate match of the season, posting 22 kills on a .462 Att% (22-4-39) in 3-1 win over Arizona (11/22) ... put down 11 kills and 7 blocks in win at Utah (11/17) where UW rallied from 0-2 down ... tied then-career-high with 18 kills in 1-3 result against UCLA (11/12) adding 4 blocks and hitting .273 ... reached 1,000 career kills in 11/10 match against USC, putting down 10 kills on 19 swings with just 1 error to hit .474 ... led UW with 12 kills, hitting .345, in 1-3 result at No. 5 Stanford (11/5) ... returned to action on 11/3 at Cal after missing seven of the past eight matches with a foot injury, starting at middle blocker and posting 6 kills and 5 blocks in the 3-1 victory ... in 3-1 win over Cal (10/8) had 6 kills and 2 aces playing front row for just two sets ... 16 kills on 36 swings without an error to hit .444 in win at Oregon State (10/1) adding 8 digs and 4 blocks ... in four set loss at No. 6 Oregon (9/29) had 11 kills, 8 digs and 3 blocks ... at Arizona State (9/24) had 8 kills, team-high 4 blocks, and a career-high 11 digs ... a dozen kills, hitting .333, with 2 aces at Washington State in Pac-12 opener (9/21) ... in spite of a loss, had 17 kills in just three sets, hitting .350 with 8 digs on 9/15 vs Pepperdine ... In five set win at Cal Poly (9/14) had 7 kills and 8 digs ... named tourney MVP of the Husky Invitational, leading UW with 37 kills and 13 blocks in 3 wins ... led team with 17 kills (.350 Att%) and 6 blocks to outlast UNLV in five sets (9/8) ... in home opener win against Memphis (9/7) had 8 kills, 2 aces, and 3 blocks ... stuffed the Hoosiers (9/2) with a career-high 8 blocks in just 3 sets, adding 8 kills without an error to hit .500 ... first double-double of career in 3-1 win at Long Beach State, posting 12 kills and a career-best 10 digs with 2 aces and 2 blocks ... stellar opening weekend as a Husky, leading the team with 3.45 kills per set and hitting .387 for the week, including consecutive .545 attack percentages in wins over SE Louisiana and Grambling, and a career-high-tying 23 kills in the season-opener vs. UTEP on 8/25.
2022 (Fourth-Year Junior At Michigan)
Earned AVCA All-North Region Honorable Mention … Academic All-Big Ten and Big Ten Distinguished Scholar … appeared in 27 matches, starting 26 times … ranked third on the team, averaging 2.23 kills per set on a .297 attack percentage that was second-highest on the squad … also averaged 0.79 blocks per set, totaling 76.0 total blocks, third-most on the team … six matches with at least 10 kills … finished the season with at least 10 kills in three of the last four matches … put down a season-best 16 kills against Wisconsin (10/23) … matched career-high 7.0 blocks against Mississippi State (9/16) … had 10 matches of 7+ kills and a .300+ attack percentage.
2021 (Third-Year Sophomore At Michigan)
AVCA All-Region Honorable Mention helping UM reach the first round of the NCAA Championships … Academic All-Big Ten … appeared in 28 matches, starting 26 times … third on the team with 2.24 kills per set on a .277 hitting percentage … led the Big Ten Conference with 0.46 aces per set, as she had 47 aces on the year … also averaged 0.93 blocks/set to rank second on the team … matched a career high with 7.0 blocks against Navy (9/3) … recorded career-high seven service aces vs. North Carolina (9/12), the fourth-best single-match performance in program history … put down a season-best 17 kills versus Navy (9/3) … had nine double-digit kill matches on the season … in five set win over No. 8 Minnesota (10/8) had 11 kills hitting .258 with 4 aces and 3 blocks.
2020-21 (Sophomore At Michigan)
Academic All-Big Ten … during the pandemic-shortened spring season, played in 12 of the 13 matches with nine starts, 45 sets in total … averaged 2.49 kills per set on a .319 hitting percentage … also averaged 0.47 blocks and 0.31 service aces per set … led team in hitting percentage (.319) and service aces with 14 … had five matches with double-digit kills and a better than .300 Hit% … recorded a season-best 17 kills versus Indiana (3/13) hitting .571 … opened the year with a stellar 16 kills on 25 swings (.520 Att%) vs. Purdue … at Ohio State (3/19) had 14 kills on a .324 percentage with 9 digs and 3 blocks.
2019 (Freshman At Michigan)
Voted to the All-Big Ten Freshman Team, helping the Wolverines make the second round of the NCAA tournament … earned Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors twice (9/30; 10/7) … made collegiate debut on August 30 vs. Oakland … appeared in 28 matches, starting 24 times, but missed the final four matches of the year … averaged 2.37 kills per set on a .272 hitting percentage … led the team with 0.35 aces per set … 0.79 blocks per set to rank second on the team … registered 11 double-digit kill performances, leading the team four times … led Michigan in blocks 10 times … tallied a career-best 18 kills while hitting .400 and adding 4.0 blocks at Michigan State (11/20) … had 15 kills and hit .542 against Northern Arizona (8/30) … recorded 14 kills, seven blocks and six digs at Dayton (9/7) … registered two matches of four aces, against Northern Illinois (9/6) and at Maryland (10/4).
High School and Personal: Parents are Adam Pertofsky and Sarah Bleakley … has two sisters … a 2018 PrepVolleyball.com Senior Ace … 2018 Sierra Canyon Trailblazer Award … 2018 UnderArmour/AVCA 3rd Team High School All-American … MaxPreps SoCal Player of the Year in both 2016 and 2017 … MaxPreps Sophomore and Junior All-American … the 2017 California D-III Player of the Year … in freshman, sophomore, and junior seasons was a PrepVolleyball.com National Player of the Year finalist for her specific class … 2015, 2016 and 2017 Gold Coast League MVP and First Team All-CIF … 2017 Daily News All-Area Player of the Year … 2016 California D-IV Player of the Year … 2015 MaxPreps Underclassman All-American … played club volleyball from 2012-19 with Sunshine Volleyball Club.
2022 AVCA All-North Region Honorable Mention
2021 AVCA All-North Region Honorable Mention
2019 Big Ten All-Freshman Team
The fifth-year opposite/middle, originally from Los Angeles, joined the Huskies for her final year of eligibility and earned All-Region honorable mention in spite of missing seven matches with a foot injury … Pertofsky produced consistently for the previous four years in the Big Ten, posting 798 kills on a .287 attack percentage, with 109 aces, 212 digs, and 252 blocks as a Wolverine … Pertofsky led the Big Ten in 2021 with 0.46 aces per set … at Michigan she was enrolled in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, earning a degree in General Studies.
2023 (As A Fifth-Year Senior)
Earned AVCA All-Pacific North Region honorable mention after being an offensive and defensive force for the Dawgs in her one season in Seattle ... playing mostly right side, hit a team-high .294 and ranked second on the team with a career-high 3.09 kills per set ... second on the team with a 0.75 blocks/set average and had a career-high 1.27 digs per set ... led the team in kills in 10 matches and in blocks in 7 matches ... had 15 matches with double-figure kills, hitting over .300 in 8 of the 15 ... hit over .400 with 10+ kills on four occasions ... missed 7 matches in Pac-12 play with a foot injury, and was one match played short of qualifying for All-Pac-12 consideration ... stellar capstone to career in season finale vs. WSU, leading UW with 14 kills and 8 digs ... first career 20+ kills match in penultimate match of the season, posting 22 kills on a .462 Att% (22-4-39) in 3-1 win over Arizona (11/22) ... put down 11 kills and 7 blocks in win at Utah (11/17) where UW rallied from 0-2 down ... tied then-career-high with 18 kills in 1-3 result against UCLA (11/12) adding 4 blocks and hitting .273 ... reached 1,000 career kills in 11/10 match against USC, putting down 10 kills on 19 swings with just 1 error to hit .474 ... led UW with 12 kills, hitting .345, in 1-3 result at No. 5 Stanford (11/5) ... returned to action on 11/3 at Cal after missing seven of the past eight matches with a foot injury, starting at middle blocker and posting 6 kills and 5 blocks in the 3-1 victory ... in 3-1 win over Cal (10/8) had 6 kills and 2 aces playing front row for just two sets ... 16 kills on 36 swings without an error to hit .444 in win at Oregon State (10/1) adding 8 digs and 4 blocks ... in four set loss at No. 6 Oregon (9/29) had 11 kills, 8 digs and 3 blocks ... at Arizona State (9/24) had 8 kills, team-high 4 blocks, and a career-high 11 digs ... a dozen kills, hitting .333, with 2 aces at Washington State in Pac-12 opener (9/21) ... in spite of a loss, had 17 kills in just three sets, hitting .350 with 8 digs on 9/15 vs Pepperdine ... In five set win at Cal Poly (9/14) had 7 kills and 8 digs ... named tourney MVP of the Husky Invitational, leading UW with 37 kills and 13 blocks in 3 wins ... led team with 17 kills (.350 Att%) and 6 blocks to outlast UNLV in five sets (9/8) ... in home opener win against Memphis (9/7) had 8 kills, 2 aces, and 3 blocks ... stuffed the Hoosiers (9/2) with a career-high 8 blocks in just 3 sets, adding 8 kills without an error to hit .500 ... first double-double of career in 3-1 win at Long Beach State, posting 12 kills and a career-best 10 digs with 2 aces and 2 blocks ... stellar opening weekend as a Husky, leading the team with 3.45 kills per set and hitting .387 for the week, including consecutive .545 attack percentages in wins over SE Louisiana and Grambling, and a career-high-tying 23 kills in the season-opener vs. UTEP on 8/25.
2022 (Fourth-Year Junior At Michigan)
Earned AVCA All-North Region Honorable Mention … Academic All-Big Ten and Big Ten Distinguished Scholar … appeared in 27 matches, starting 26 times … ranked third on the team, averaging 2.23 kills per set on a .297 attack percentage that was second-highest on the squad … also averaged 0.79 blocks per set, totaling 76.0 total blocks, third-most on the team … six matches with at least 10 kills … finished the season with at least 10 kills in three of the last four matches … put down a season-best 16 kills against Wisconsin (10/23) … matched career-high 7.0 blocks against Mississippi State (9/16) … had 10 matches of 7+ kills and a .300+ attack percentage.
2021 (Third-Year Sophomore At Michigan)
AVCA All-Region Honorable Mention helping UM reach the first round of the NCAA Championships … Academic All-Big Ten … appeared in 28 matches, starting 26 times … third on the team with 2.24 kills per set on a .277 hitting percentage … led the Big Ten Conference with 0.46 aces per set, as she had 47 aces on the year … also averaged 0.93 blocks/set to rank second on the team … matched a career high with 7.0 blocks against Navy (9/3) … recorded career-high seven service aces vs. North Carolina (9/12), the fourth-best single-match performance in program history … put down a season-best 17 kills versus Navy (9/3) … had nine double-digit kill matches on the season … in five set win over No. 8 Minnesota (10/8) had 11 kills hitting .258 with 4 aces and 3 blocks.
2020-21 (Sophomore At Michigan)
Academic All-Big Ten … during the pandemic-shortened spring season, played in 12 of the 13 matches with nine starts, 45 sets in total … averaged 2.49 kills per set on a .319 hitting percentage … also averaged 0.47 blocks and 0.31 service aces per set … led team in hitting percentage (.319) and service aces with 14 … had five matches with double-digit kills and a better than .300 Hit% … recorded a season-best 17 kills versus Indiana (3/13) hitting .571 … opened the year with a stellar 16 kills on 25 swings (.520 Att%) vs. Purdue … at Ohio State (3/19) had 14 kills on a .324 percentage with 9 digs and 3 blocks.
2019 (Freshman At Michigan)
Voted to the All-Big Ten Freshman Team, helping the Wolverines make the second round of the NCAA tournament … earned Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors twice (9/30; 10/7) … made collegiate debut on August 30 vs. Oakland … appeared in 28 matches, starting 24 times, but missed the final four matches of the year … averaged 2.37 kills per set on a .272 hitting percentage … led the team with 0.35 aces per set … 0.79 blocks per set to rank second on the team … registered 11 double-digit kill performances, leading the team four times … led Michigan in blocks 10 times … tallied a career-best 18 kills while hitting .400 and adding 4.0 blocks at Michigan State (11/20) … had 15 kills and hit .542 against Northern Arizona (8/30) … recorded 14 kills, seven blocks and six digs at Dayton (9/7) … registered two matches of four aces, against Northern Illinois (9/6) and at Maryland (10/4).
High School and Personal: Parents are Adam Pertofsky and Sarah Bleakley … has two sisters … a 2018 PrepVolleyball.com Senior Ace … 2018 Sierra Canyon Trailblazer Award … 2018 UnderArmour/AVCA 3rd Team High School All-American … MaxPreps SoCal Player of the Year in both 2016 and 2017 … MaxPreps Sophomore and Junior All-American … the 2017 California D-III Player of the Year … in freshman, sophomore, and junior seasons was a PrepVolleyball.com National Player of the Year finalist for her specific class … 2015, 2016 and 2017 Gold Coast League MVP and First Team All-CIF … 2017 Daily News All-Area Player of the Year … 2016 California D-IV Player of the Year … 2015 MaxPreps Underclassman All-American … played club volleyball from 2012-19 with Sunshine Volleyball Club.
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