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2025 Volleyball Roster

1 Malaya Jones

  • Position Opposite Hitter
  • Height 6-0
  • Class GS
  • Hometown El Dorado Hills, Calif.
  • High School Santa Margarita HS
  • Prev School Colorado State

Biography

HONORS & AWARD
AVCA Preseason National Player of the Year Watchlist (2025)
Preseason All-ACC Team (2025)
AVCA All-American Honorable Mention (2024)
AVCA West Region First-Team (2024)
Mountain West Player of the Year (2024)
Mountain West All Conference (2024)
AVCA Pacific North Region Honorable Mention (2023)
Mountain West All-Conference (2023)
Mountain West All-Tournament (2023)
Mountain West Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 2, 2023, Oct. 16, 2023)

PRONUNCIATION: Muh-LAY-uh

2024 (Redshirts Senior at Colorado State)
• Started in all 31 matches for the Rams, playing in all 121 sets
• Averaged 4.69 kills per set, ranking 13th in the nation and first in the Mountain West
• Finished the season with 640 points, 7th in the nation, averaging 5.29 points per set, which ranked 13th in the country
• Total 567 kills and 268 digs last season at Colorado State while hitting .311, a career-best in all three categories
• Her 567 kills was the fifth most in the NCAA
• Shatter her own single-season kills record at Colorado State by more than 100 kills
• Broke Colorado State's four-set single-match record for kills at 31 on .509 hitting with a season-high 15 digs against Boise State on Nov. 9
• Holds all three single match kills records at Colorado State, setting the three-set and five-set records last season in 2023
• Reached double-digit kills in all but three matches in 2024, added 14 20+ kill performances, and 13 10+ dig outings
• Logged 11 double-doubles in her senior campaign with the Rams
• Played in 336 sets and 88 matches in her three playing seasons at Colorado State
• Has 1,271 kills, 525 digs, and 196 total blocks in her career 

2023 (Redshirt Junior at Colorado State)
• Started all 31 matches last season on the right side, playing in 125 of 127 sets
• Broke the single-season kill school record with 466 kills on the season including 3.73 kills per set and a .309 hitting percentage
• Played as six-rotation player for the first time in her career boasting 215 digs in addition to 86 total blocks on defense
• Totaled 25 service aces, good for fourth in the Rams serving rotation
• Recorded 27 double-digit kill game including six double-doubles, recorded her first career double-double against Colorado on Sept. 15
• Boasted a 12 game double-digit kills streak from Oct. 3 to Nov. 11
• Was named to the Mountain West All-Conference First-Team at the conclusion of the regular season 
• Helped lead the Rams to a Mountain West Championship game appearance where she broke the five-set single match Mountain West Record for kills in a set, totaling 34
• In the post season, she was named as a AVCA All-District Honorable Mention
• Game highlights include recording four aces against Northern Colorado Aug. 29
• Recorded 11 kills in the fifth set alone to propel the Rams past Air Force Oct. 12

2022 (Redshirt Sophomore at Colorado State)
• Played in 90 sets across 26 matches
• Recorded 238 kills on the season which ranked fourth on the team and 2.64 kills per set, good for second on the team
• Finished the season with 36 total blocks on the outside while being apart of 259 total points on the season
• Had a season high 19 kills in a win vs Colorado on Sept. 15 and had a four block win against Nevada Oct. 6

2021 (Redshirt Freshman at Colorado State)
• Was not cleared to be eligible by the NCAA due to transfer rules

2020 (Freshman at USC)
• Did not compete at USC. Redshirted
 
High School
• Was a one-year letterwinner at Santa Margarita High School in Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif., under head coach Katy Gammon
• Named to the AVCA Under Armour All-American Watch List
• PrepVolleyball Sophomore 79 list and PrepVolleyball Senior Ace
• Previously won three letters at San Juan Hills High School in San Juan Capistrano, Calif., under head coach Jessica Papell
• Helped SJHHS win back-to-back South Coast League championships in 2017 and 2018
• Named All-South Coast League second team and All-Section as a junior
• As a sophomore earned All-SCL honorable mention and SJHHS Most Improved Player
• Three-time Scholar-Athlete selection 

Personal
• Daughter of Shannon Guerrero
• Has two younger brothers Jody and Tosh and a younger sister Jayda

Statistics

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