2022 USC Men's Volleyball Roster
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Paxson, Cole
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Jersey Number 3
Cole Paxson
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 165
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Laguna Beach, CA
- High School:
- Laguna Beach
Bio
CAREER: He has 428 digs, 125 assists and 2 kills while appearing in 65 matches (starting 55) in his career.
2022: Paxson returns for his fourth year as the starting libero as a senior in 2022.
2021: He started for his third season at libero, starting all 18 matches as a senior in 2021 ... Overall in 2021, he led USC with 141 digs and had 47 assists .... He had 5-plus digs 14 times, including 5 times with 10-plus ... His 19 digs against Grand Canyon were a career high, the most by an MPSF player in 2021, the most by a Trojan since Micah Christenson’s 19 in 2015 versus UCLA and 2 shy of tying the USC rally scoring era record of 21 ... He led the MPSF in digs (2.17) ... He made 2021 All-MPSF honorable mention ... He was a USC co-captain.
2020: He re-assumed the starting libero job as a junior in 2020 ... Overall in 2020 while appearing in all 19 matches (starting 18), he had a team-best 136 digs along with 43 assists ... He had 5-plus digs 15 times (including 10-plus 4 times) ... He had more than 2 receptions errors just 3 times (with a total of 18 receptions errors in 408 attempts) ... His 13 digs against Long Beach State and Cal State Northridge were USC season highs.
2019: He saw action as a backup libero in 3 early-season matches in 2019 as a sophomore ... He was slowed in the fall of 2018 after having surgery on both hips and then broke his hand in the middle of the 2019 season, sidelining him the rest of the way ... Overall in 2019, he had 10 digs (including 5-plus once) and 4 assists.
2018: He started most of 2018 at libero as a first-year freshman ... Overall in 2018 while appearing in 25 matches (starting 19), he had 141 digs (third on USC) and 2 kills ... He had 5-plus digs 15 times, including 4 times with 10-plus digs ... He had more than 2 reception errors just 4 times (with a total of 30 receptions errors in 434 attempts) ... He was 49th nationally in digs (1.76, fifth in MPSF) ... He made the 2018 MPSF All-Freshman team.
HIGH SCHOOL: He made 2017 Volleyballmag.com Fab 50 as a senior libero and setter at Laguna Beach (Calif.) High ... He earned 2016 All-CIF Division 2 first team and Orange County Register All-Orange County honorable mention as a junior while getting 332 digs, 155 assists, 10 kills, 9 aces and 9 blocks ... As a 2015 sophomore, he made Orange County Register All-Orange County second team and All-Orange Coast League second team while recording 282 digs, 54 assists and 27 aces ... Laguna Beach won the 2014 and 2015 CIF Southern California Regional Division III championships
PERSONAL: He helped the USA Volleyball Boys Youth National Team win a silver medal at the 2016 NORCECA U19 Continental Championship in Havana, Cuba, and qualify for the 2017 FIVB Boys U19 World Championship in Bahrain ... At the Junior Olympics, he was on Balboa Bay Volleyball Club teams that won a 17 Open gold medal in 2016, a 16 Open silver in 2015 (he made the All-Tournament team) and a 15 Open gold in 2014 ... He is a business administration major at USC with a 3.00 GPA ... Birthdate is Feb. 12, 1999.
2022: Paxson returns for his fourth year as the starting libero as a senior in 2022.
2021: He started for his third season at libero, starting all 18 matches as a senior in 2021 ... Overall in 2021, he led USC with 141 digs and had 47 assists .... He had 5-plus digs 14 times, including 5 times with 10-plus ... His 19 digs against Grand Canyon were a career high, the most by an MPSF player in 2021, the most by a Trojan since Micah Christenson’s 19 in 2015 versus UCLA and 2 shy of tying the USC rally scoring era record of 21 ... He led the MPSF in digs (2.17) ... He made 2021 All-MPSF honorable mention ... He was a USC co-captain.
2020: He re-assumed the starting libero job as a junior in 2020 ... Overall in 2020 while appearing in all 19 matches (starting 18), he had a team-best 136 digs along with 43 assists ... He had 5-plus digs 15 times (including 10-plus 4 times) ... He had more than 2 receptions errors just 3 times (with a total of 18 receptions errors in 408 attempts) ... His 13 digs against Long Beach State and Cal State Northridge were USC season highs.
2019: He saw action as a backup libero in 3 early-season matches in 2019 as a sophomore ... He was slowed in the fall of 2018 after having surgery on both hips and then broke his hand in the middle of the 2019 season, sidelining him the rest of the way ... Overall in 2019, he had 10 digs (including 5-plus once) and 4 assists.
2018: He started most of 2018 at libero as a first-year freshman ... Overall in 2018 while appearing in 25 matches (starting 19), he had 141 digs (third on USC) and 2 kills ... He had 5-plus digs 15 times, including 4 times with 10-plus digs ... He had more than 2 reception errors just 4 times (with a total of 30 receptions errors in 434 attempts) ... He was 49th nationally in digs (1.76, fifth in MPSF) ... He made the 2018 MPSF All-Freshman team.
HIGH SCHOOL: He made 2017 Volleyballmag.com Fab 50 as a senior libero and setter at Laguna Beach (Calif.) High ... He earned 2016 All-CIF Division 2 first team and Orange County Register All-Orange County honorable mention as a junior while getting 332 digs, 155 assists, 10 kills, 9 aces and 9 blocks ... As a 2015 sophomore, he made Orange County Register All-Orange County second team and All-Orange Coast League second team while recording 282 digs, 54 assists and 27 aces ... Laguna Beach won the 2014 and 2015 CIF Southern California Regional Division III championships
PERSONAL: He helped the USA Volleyball Boys Youth National Team win a silver medal at the 2016 NORCECA U19 Continental Championship in Havana, Cuba, and qualify for the 2017 FIVB Boys U19 World Championship in Bahrain ... At the Junior Olympics, he was on Balboa Bay Volleyball Club teams that won a 17 Open gold medal in 2016, a 16 Open silver in 2015 (he made the All-Tournament team) and a 15 Open gold in 2014 ... He is a business administration major at USC with a 3.00 GPA ... Birthdate is Feb. 12, 1999.
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