Mychael Vernon

AT OREGON STATE
2023

Named Honorable Mention All-Pac-12
Appeared in all 120 sets in the 30 matches
Led OSU in kills with 428, finished career with 1,065
Recorded 1,000th career kill at Stanford (Nov. 11), becoming the 17th Beaver to achieve the feat
Tallied career-best of 26 kills and 29 points at Cal Baptist (Sep. 9)
Had 24 instances of double-digit kills, including 15 of the last 18
Put up double-doubles in nine Pac-12 matches
Had a 19-kill, 21-dig double-double in the five-set win over Arizona (Oct. 15) - the 21 digs were a career-high
Second on the team in digs with 305
Named Pac-12's Offensive Player of the Week after the home sweep of No. 19 ASU and Arizona

2022

Appeared in 29 matches with 27 starts
Led OSU in kills 18 of 29 matches played
Finished the year with a team-high 353 kills
Had two-stretches of double-digit kills
Career-high 22 kills in the win over Colorado, the most in a four-set match for the Beavs
Tallied 17 kills, the most in a three-set match with Washington State.
Had one double-doubles on the season with 14 kills and 10 digs against Portland State
Finished with double-digit kills in 22 matches, including 15 Pac-12 contests

2021

Played in 14 matches and 41 sets with eight starts – missed several matches due to injury
Finished the season with 103 kills (2.51 per set) – fifth on the team
Had two double-digit kills games to start the season against UAB and Colorado State
Led the Beavers in kills on four different occasions
Concluded the campaign with 38 digs and 20 blocks
Tallied a season-high 17 kills at Colorado State
Collected a season-high 10 digs at Santa Clara

2020-21

Played in 14 matches and 54 sets
Recorded 3.35 kills per set, third most for a freshman in program history
Finished 14th in the Pac-12 with 181 kills, the highest mark on OSU
Her team-leading 3.35 kills per set was 10th in the conference
She was 16th in the Pac-12 with 528 attacks and recorded the 41st-most assists with 16
Recorded seven solo blocks on the year, 13th in the league
Scored a team-best 205.0 points to finish 14th in the Pac-12, while her 3.8 points per set was 11th
Had the second most attacks on Oregon State with 528 and hit .161 on the season
Served up eight aces
Ended the year with 25 blocks
Notched four double-doubles during the season
Had double-digit kills in 12 of her 14 matches
Earned Pac-12 Freshman of the Week on Feb. 15 for her play against Arizona State
Led the Beavers in kills in 11 matches, attacks in eight matches, and points in nine matches
Had the highest individual kills in a match for an OSU players on the year with 18 in three different matches, a career-best mark at the time
Tallied a Beaver match highs of 55 attacks and 23.0 points at Cal on Mar. 5
At Oregon she totaled a career-high 17 digs (3/19/21)

OSSINING HIGH SCHOOL

2019 Under Armour First Team All-American
2019 New York Gatorade Player of the Year
2019 Senior Ace by PrepVolleyball … also named to the Soph 79 and Frosh 59
2016 MaxPreps 2016 Freshman All-American
Played for Downstate Volleyball Club playing an age group up as a freshman
Named the 17 Open Best Attacker at the Capitol Hill Classic at age 15
Played in the USA A1 High Performance tourney as a freshman
As a junior, played for her GEVA High Performance team finishing second and earning all-tournament team honors
Made the varsity squad at Ossining as a seventh-grader
Recorded her 1,000th career kill as a sophomore
Set the school record with more than 2,150 career kills
Established school record with 49 kills en route to winning a section title and advancing to the state tournament as a senior
2019 Section 1 Player of the Year
2019 Lohud Player of the Year
Three-time all-section, all-league and all-conference
HVCA Player of the Year
Earned multiple USA Today High School Player of the Week awards
Also played basketball and winter & spring track and field

PERSONAL

Born June 14, 2002 in Mount Kisco, N.Y.
Daughter of Veronica Hutchinson and Richard Vernon
Has one brother, Richard, and sister, Toni
Led Jamaica to CAZOVA Championship in July 2023; named tournament's MVP, best receiver and best outside hitter
Named Jamaica Volleyball's Female Athlete of the Year following 2023 calendar year
Honor roll student at Ossining High
Enjoys dancing
Has been involved in several community service including raising funds for pediatric cancer, distributing food at a local food pantry, and hosting a walk for Alzheimer’s
Chose Oregon State because “OSU has a beautiful and safe campus where I immediately felt comfortable. The team and coaching staff were very welcoming, and most importantly OSU offers the major that will help me pursue my dream of becoming an orthodontist.”
Plans to study pre-dentistry