2023 Volleyball Roster

13 Tara DeSa

  • Position Libero
  • Height 5-5
  • Class Senior
  • Last School(s) Kamehameha
  • Hometown Mililani, Hawai'i

Biography

As a Senior (2023)

  • Finished her Cal career at No. 6 in program history with 1,361 career digs
  • All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention
  • Led the Pac-12 with 513 digs and 4.46 digs per set; the former ranks No. 4 in program history and was her first career 500-dig season
  • Started all 31 matches at libero for the Bears and played in all 115 sets
  • Is the only Golden Bear past or present to have three career matches of 30 digs or more and the first to have multiple outings over 31 digs
  • Tied her career high of 32 digs against No. 6 Oregon (Nov. 11) and posted 31 digs in the very next match against No. 24 USC
  • Collected double-digit digs in 28 matches, reaching 20-plus digs in 10 of those matches
  • Second on the team with 127 assists (18th Pac-12) and fourth with 24 aces
  • Posted four aces against No. 8 Oregon (Oct. 20), tied for a team-high that season
  • Recorded her first two career double-doubles against Montana State (Sept. 15) and UCLA (Nov. 19)
  • Bobcat Classic All-Tournament
  • Army Invitational MVP


As a Junior (2022)

  • Appeared in 112 sets over 30 matches
  • As Cal’s starting libero, ranked third in the Pac-12 with 448 total digs and fourth with 4.00 digs per set
  • Posted 32 digs against Arizona (Nov. 17), becoming just the 11th Golden Bear ever to record 30 or more digs in a single match and coming in at one shy of the school record
  • Third on the team with 118 total assists
  • All-Cal Tournament Team
  • All-Utah Valley Tournament Team


As a Sophomore (2021)

  • Appeared in 95 sets across 31 matches
  • Led the team in digs (278)
  • Posted 25 digs in two games (vs. Saint Mary’s, Sept. 15; vs. USC, Sept. 26)

As a Freshman (2020-21):

  • Played in 17 matches, appearing in 50 sets
  • Fourth on team with 122 digs
  • Tallied five matches with double-digit digs, including a season-best 17 on March 21 vs. Arizona
     
Prior to Cal:
Hawai'i 2019 Open Division State Champions… named to 2019 State All-Tournament Team… 2019 Interscholastic League of Honolulu (ILH) Champions… 2019 ILH First Team selection… 2019 ScoringLive All-Hawai'i First Team recognition… Hawai'i 2019 All-State No. 5 Player of the Year… 2019 Under Armour Honorable Mention All-American… 2019 MaxPreps Second Team All-American… 2018-20 PrepVolleyball.com Watch List… 2018 American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Phenom List … 2017 PrepVolleyball.com 15's Club Volleyball Third Team All-American… played on 15U National Team at 2017 Girls Junior National Championships… selected to All-Tournament Team at 2017 Girls Junior National Championships… member of Pookula Ambassadors Program 2017-20… 2016-19 Academic Honor Roll… 2016-18 President's List.  

Personal:
Graduated with a degree in microbial biology.. daughter of Lisa and Rich DeSa... brother Ty played on 2010 U.S. Champion Hawai'i Little League World Series team… father played baseball at Cornell University... grandfather Richard played professional baseball in Japan... cousin Joey played baseball for the Chicago White Sox and St. Louis Cardinals.

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Historical Player Information

  • 13

    2020-21Freshman

    Libero
    5'5"
    13
  • 13

    2021Sophomore

    Libero
    5'5"
    13
  • 13

    2022Junior

    Libero
    5'5"
    13
  • 13

    2023Senior

    Libero
    5'5"
    13