Santa Barbara Transfer to Hawaii

Photo Credit: The Channels (Ryan Collum)

The Warrior Volleyball team picked up another player for the program in the upcoming season. This one coming as a transfer in Jackson Wopat (Goleta, CA). He is recently coming from Santa Barbara City College where he graduated and played as an opposite at 6'5".

In his single season with the Vaqueros, Wopat played mostly as an opposite but played occasionally at outside hitter. For the season he was second on the team in blocks and aces and third in kills. He had a career high 12 kills twice and a career high of six blocks in a four set loss to Santa Monica. Overall the team went 9-10 and went 4-8 in conference.

Before coming to Santa Barbra CC, Wopat played his freshman season at UC San Diego where he signed as a middle blocker. He had limited playing time as he appeared in three sets in three matches all season where his only two kills came against Hawaii (1/24/14). That year the team went 2-26 with wins over Grand Canyon and Holy Names.

During his prep career, he was a middle blocker at Dos Pueblos HS where he also played basketball. In 2013, he was named All-CIF DII First Team as well as a All-Channel League First Team member. He averaged over 10 kills a game for a team that went to the CIF DII Southern Section Quarterfinals. In the club scene, he played for multiple teams but his most recent being with Santa Barbara Volleyball Club which is the same club that beach player Katie Spieler played on. Lastly he played with the USA High Performance team that competes in Des Moines, Iowa.

His last name may sound familiar as his older sister Carly was an All-American middle blocker for Stanford and played against Hawaii in Stan Sheriff Center during her senior season (2013). Their younger brother Eli has recently signed with Stanford and will attend this fall. The Wopat's have spent time in the state of Hawaii as they have family in the outer islands.

Wopat joins Austin Matautia (Ewa Beach, HI), Everett Schuett (Thousand Oaks, CA), Jack Reese (Pittsburgh, PA), Jackson Van Eekeren (Lisle, IL), Isaac Liva (Mililani, HI), and transfer Larry "Tui" Tuileta (Honolulu, HI) for the 2016-17 season. It is not known what position he is playing for the program, but look for it be either as an opposite or middle blocker. Also not known is what year of eligibility he is due to his Santa Barbara CC profile listing him as a freshman this past season.

Big congrats to both of my brothers! Jackson just graduated from SBCC and is transferring to the University of Hawaii to play volleyball and study global environmental sciences. Eli is graduating from Dos Pueblos High School and will play volleyball and study at Stanford University. Can't wait to visit both of them! #triplethreat #nosmiling #polaroid

A photo posted by Carly Anelalani Wopat (@carlywopat) on May 14, 2016 at 6:39pm PDT