2023 Volleyball Roster
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Pertofsky, May
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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
Bio
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 โฆ 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 โฆ Pertofsky led the Big Ten in 2021 with 0.46 aces per set โฆ 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.
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2022 (Fourth-Year Junior At Michigan)
Earned AVCA All-North Region Honorable Mention โฆ Academic All-Big Ten and Big Ten Distinguished Scholar โฆ appeared in 27 matches, starting 26 times โฆ ranked third on the team, averaging 2.23 kills per set on a .297 attack percentage that was second-highest on the squad โฆ also averaged 0.79 blocks per set, totaling 76.0 total blocks, third-most on the team โฆ six matches with at least 10 kills โฆ finished the season with at least 10 kills in three of the last four matches โฆ put down a season-best 16 kills against Wisconsin (10/23) โฆ matched career-high 7.0 blocks against Mississippi State (9/16) โฆ had 10 matches of 7+ kills and a .300+ attack percentage.
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2021 (Third-Year Sophomore At Michigan)
AVCA All-Region Honorable Mention helping UM reach the first round of the NCAA Championships โฆ Academic All-Big Ten โฆ appeared in 28 matches, starting 26 times โฆ third on the team with 2.24 kills per set on a .277 hitting percentage โฆ led the Big Ten Conference with 0.46 aces per set, as she had 47 aces on the year โฆ also averaged 0.93 blocks/set to rank second on the team โฆ matched a career high with 7.0 blocks against Navy (9/3) โฆ recorded career-high seven service aces vs. North Carolina (9/12), the fourth-best single-match performance in program history โฆ put down a season-best 17 kills versus Navy (9/3) โฆ had nine double-digit kill matches on the season โฆ in five set win over No. 8 Minnesota (10/8) had 11 kills hitting .258 with 4 aces and 3 blocks.
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2020-21 (Sophomore At Michigan)
Academic All-Big Ten โฆ during the pandemic-shortened spring season, played in 12 of the 13 matches with nine starts, 45 sets in total โฆ averaged 2.49 kills per set on a .319 hitting percentage โฆ also averaged 0.47 blocks and 0.31 service aces per set โฆ led team in hitting percentage (.319) and service aces with 14 โฆ had five matches with double-digit kills and a better than .300 Hit% โฆ recorded a season-best 17 kills versus Indiana (3/13) hitting .571 โฆ opened the year with a stellar 16 kills on 25 swings (.520 Att%) vs. Purdue โฆ at Ohio State (3/19) had 14 kills on a .324 percentage with 9 digs and 3 blocks.
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2019 (Freshman At Michigan)
Voted to the All-Big Ten Freshman Team, helping the Wolverines make the second round of the NCAA tournament โฆ earned Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors twice (9/30; 10/7) โฆ made collegiate debut on August 30 vs. Oakland โฆ appeared in 28 matches, starting 24 times, but missed the final four matches of the year โฆ averaged 2.37 kills per set on a .272 hitting percentage โฆ led the team with 0.35 aces per set โฆ 0.79 blocks per set to rank second on the team โฆ registered 11 double-digit kill performances, leading the team four times โฆ led Michigan in blocks 10 times โฆ tallied a career-best 18 kills while hitting .400 and adding 4.0 blocks at Michigan State (11/20) โฆ had 15 kills and hit .542 against Northern Arizona (8/30) โฆ recorded 14 kills, seven blocks and six digs at Dayton (9/7) โฆ registered two matches of four aces, against Northern Illinois (9/6) and at Maryland (10/4).
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High School and Personal: Parents are Adam Pertofsky and Sarah Bleakley โฆ has two sisters โฆ a 2018 PrepVolleyball.com Senior Ace โฆ 2018 Sierra Canyon Trailblazer Award โฆ 2018 UnderArmour/AVCA 3rd Team High School All-American โฆ MaxPreps SoCal Player of the Year in both 2016 and 2017 โฆ MaxPreps Sophomore and Junior All-American โฆ the 2017 California D-III Player of the Year โฆ in freshman, sophomore, and junior seasons was a PrepVolleyball.com National Player of the Year finalist for her specific class โฆ 2015, 2016 and 2017 Gold Coast League MVP and First Team All-CIF โฆ 2017 Daily News All-Area Player of the Year โฆ 2016 California D-IV Player of the Year โฆ 2015 MaxPreps Underclassman All-American โฆ 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 โฆ 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 โฆ Pertofsky led the Big Ten in 2021 with 0.46 aces per set โฆ 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.
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2022 (Fourth-Year Junior At Michigan)
Earned AVCA All-North Region Honorable Mention โฆ Academic All-Big Ten and Big Ten Distinguished Scholar โฆ appeared in 27 matches, starting 26 times โฆ ranked third on the team, averaging 2.23 kills per set on a .297 attack percentage that was second-highest on the squad โฆ also averaged 0.79 blocks per set, totaling 76.0 total blocks, third-most on the team โฆ six matches with at least 10 kills โฆ finished the season with at least 10 kills in three of the last four matches โฆ put down a season-best 16 kills against Wisconsin (10/23) โฆ matched career-high 7.0 blocks against Mississippi State (9/16) โฆ had 10 matches of 7+ kills and a .300+ attack percentage.
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2021 (Third-Year Sophomore At Michigan)
AVCA All-Region Honorable Mention helping UM reach the first round of the NCAA Championships โฆ Academic All-Big Ten โฆ appeared in 28 matches, starting 26 times โฆ third on the team with 2.24 kills per set on a .277 hitting percentage โฆ led the Big Ten Conference with 0.46 aces per set, as she had 47 aces on the year โฆ also averaged 0.93 blocks/set to rank second on the team โฆ matched a career high with 7.0 blocks against Navy (9/3) โฆ recorded career-high seven service aces vs. North Carolina (9/12), the fourth-best single-match performance in program history โฆ put down a season-best 17 kills versus Navy (9/3) โฆ had nine double-digit kill matches on the season โฆ in five set win over No. 8 Minnesota (10/8) had 11 kills hitting .258 with 4 aces and 3 blocks.
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2020-21 (Sophomore At Michigan)
Academic All-Big Ten โฆ during the pandemic-shortened spring season, played in 12 of the 13 matches with nine starts, 45 sets in total โฆ averaged 2.49 kills per set on a .319 hitting percentage โฆ also averaged 0.47 blocks and 0.31 service aces per set โฆ led team in hitting percentage (.319) and service aces with 14 โฆ had five matches with double-digit kills and a better than .300 Hit% โฆ recorded a season-best 17 kills versus Indiana (3/13) hitting .571 โฆ opened the year with a stellar 16 kills on 25 swings (.520 Att%) vs. Purdue โฆ at Ohio State (3/19) had 14 kills on a .324 percentage with 9 digs and 3 blocks.
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2019 (Freshman At Michigan)
Voted to the All-Big Ten Freshman Team, helping the Wolverines make the second round of the NCAA tournament โฆ earned Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors twice (9/30; 10/7) โฆ made collegiate debut on August 30 vs. Oakland โฆ appeared in 28 matches, starting 24 times, but missed the final four matches of the year โฆ averaged 2.37 kills per set on a .272 hitting percentage โฆ led the team with 0.35 aces per set โฆ 0.79 blocks per set to rank second on the team โฆ registered 11 double-digit kill performances, leading the team four times โฆ led Michigan in blocks 10 times โฆ tallied a career-best 18 kills while hitting .400 and adding 4.0 blocks at Michigan State (11/20) โฆ had 15 kills and hit .542 against Northern Arizona (8/30) โฆ recorded 14 kills, seven blocks and six digs at Dayton (9/7) โฆ registered two matches of four aces, against Northern Illinois (9/6) and at Maryland (10/4).
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High School and Personal: Parents are Adam Pertofsky and Sarah Bleakley โฆ has two sisters โฆ a 2018 PrepVolleyball.com Senior Ace โฆ 2018 Sierra Canyon Trailblazer Award โฆ 2018 UnderArmour/AVCA 3rd Team High School All-American โฆ MaxPreps SoCal Player of the Year in both 2016 and 2017 โฆ MaxPreps Sophomore and Junior All-American โฆ the 2017 California D-III Player of the Year โฆ in freshman, sophomore, and junior seasons was a PrepVolleyball.com National Player of the Year finalist for her specific class โฆ 2015, 2016 and 2017 Gold Coast League MVP and First Team All-CIF โฆ 2017 Daily News All-Area Player of the Year โฆ 2016 California D-IV Player of the Year โฆ 2015 MaxPreps Underclassman All-American โฆ played club volleyball from 2012-19 with Sunshine Volleyball Club.
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