Name: Kaleo Kanahele Maclay
Sport: Sitting Volleyball
Discipline(s):
Sitting Volleyball
Position: Setter
Height: 5-6
Birthplace: Oklahoma City, Okla.
Hometown: Honolulu, Hawaii
High School: Edmond Santa Fe High School
College: Youth American College
Paralympic Experience
- 2016: Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro (Gold)
- 2012: Paralympic Games in London (Silver Medal)
World Championship Experience
- 2018: World ParaVolley Sitting Volleyball World Championships (Silver Medal)
- 2014: World ParaVolley Sitting Volleyball World Championships (Silver Medal)
- 2010: WOVD Sitting Volleyball World Championships (Silver Medal)
Other Career Highlights
- 2019: Parapan American Games (Gold)
- 2018: USA Exhibitions vs Canada at USAV Open Nationals
- 2018: USA Exhibitions vs Russia and Canada at Colorado Crossroasd
- 2017: ParaVolley Pan America Championships (Gold)
- 2017: World ParaVolley World Super 6 (Silver)
- 2016: World ParaVolley Intercontinental Cup (Gold); Exhibition tournament vs. Russia; Dutch Tournament (First)
- 2015: Parapan American Games (Gold)
- 2014: Denver Sitting Volleyball Challenge
- 2013: Moscow Cup (Gold Medal)
- 2012: Volleyball Masters (Gold Medal); Shanghai Exhibition Tournament, Netherlands Exhibition Tournament
- 2011: Parapan American Zonal Championships (Gold Medal), ECVD Continental Cup (Gold Medal).
- 2010: Parapan American Championship in Colorado (Gold Medal).
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- MOST NOTABLE
- Selected Best Setter at 2019 Parapan American Games
- Named Best Setter at 2018 World ParaVolley World Championships
- Member of the U.S. Women's Sitting Team named Team USA's 2016 "Best Paralympic Team"
- Named the 2014 "Female Sitting Player of the Year" by USA Volleyball
- World ParaVolley Sitting Volleyball Championship Best Setter (2014)
- Named Best Setter at the 2011 Parapan American Zonal Championships where the team won gold
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- DID YOU KNOW?
- Was born with a club foot; a tenotomy at 9 months old placed pins through the toe and heel bones, but left Kaleo with limited calf flexibility and muscle
- Competed at the 2017 World ParaVolley World Super 6 while pregnant
- Joined the U.S. Women's Sitting Team when she was 12
Personal:
Parents are Lubile and Charla Dye-Kanahele... Has a brother named Jonathan Wong and a sister named Kau'i... Married Matt Maclay in August of 2016... The couple has a son named Duke, born in 2017... Works at Church of the Harvest in Oklahoma City, working with inner-city youth... Also has a business selling decorated cookies... Started playing volleyball when she was 9 years old. Joined Oklahoma Peak Performance 12s team when she was 10... Her hobbies include surfing and skating... Would like to own a floral business one day... Her favorite bands include the Beach Boys and Kings of Leon
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