Wil Stanley
Setter 3
Ht
6'
4"
Class
Graduate
Hometown
Honolulu, 
Hawaii
Last School
Punahou High School
Roster Years
2017-2021


Personal:

  • Has two brothers and an older sister
  • Parents are Jon & Tamie
  • Father, Jon, played volleyball and basketball for BYU
  • Father also played volleyball in the 1968 Olympics
  • Brother, Jon, is also currently on the BYU men's volleyball team
  • Brother Clay played volleyball in three Olympics (2004, 2008 & 2012)
  • Major: Psychology

High School:

  • Four-year varsity player
  • Led his team to consecutive Punahou Varsity Division I state and ILH championships from 2013-15
  • Named the ILH Player of the Year in 2015
  • Selected as a three-time all-state selection
  • Selected as a two-time all-tournament selection
  • Named the Star Advertiser Player of the Year
  • Added to the High Performance All-Tournament Team
  • Received a Fab 50 national ranking
  • Placed first in the 2014 Aloha Region Sand Tournament
  • Placed first in the 2014 Duke's Ocean Fest Beach Volleyball Championships

Club:

  • Played for the A'oakoa Club under coach Milan Zarckovich
  • Played for the 2015 Hawai'i Elite Southside 18s Open, taking first place
  • Played for the 2014 Outrigger 17s team, placing first
  • Took fifth place on the 2013 Outrigger 16s team
BYU Hall of Fame

Freshman Year 2017

  • Contributed 10 assists vs. UCLA (2/4)
  • Added two assists and a kill vs. USC (2/10)
  • Collected 27 assists and four digs in first career start vs. UCSD (2/18)
  • Had two kills, two aces and a block vs. STAN (2/24)
  • Contributed eight assists vs. CBU (3/3)
  • Added 24 assists and a block vs. PU (3/21)
  • Collected 36 assists and five digs vs. LBSU (3/24)
Sophmore Year 2018

  • Had seven assists, an ace and a kill vs. LUC (1/5)
  • Collected a season-high 35 assists and career-highs in blocks (three) and digs (eight) vs. BC (1/20)
  • Contributed 18 assists and an ace vs. UCI (1/27)
  • Added a kill, three assists, two aces, two digs and a block vs. LU (3/9)
  • Had a career-high four aces vs. PEP (4/5)
  • Named MPSF All-Academic
Junior Year 2019

  • Started the first 13 matches of the season before missing the final 12 matches due to injury
  • Led the team with 438 assists
  • Topped 50+ assists in a match on three occasions 
  • Recorded 30+ assists in a match in seven matches
  • Had 53 assists, 10 digs and three total blocks vs. Penn State (1/18)
  • Recorded a career-high 54 assists vs. No. 8 Stanford (2/28)
  • Totaled 52 assists, nine digs, two total blocks, two kills and an ace vs. No. 14 USC (2/16)
Senior Year 2020

General Notes
(2020 season canceled 18 matches into the season due to COVID-19)

  • 2020 AVCA All-America First Team
  • 2020 All-MPSF First Team
  • MPSF All-Academic Team
  • Back-to-back MPSF Defensive Player of the Week (1/27, 2/3)
  • Ranked third in the NCAA and led the MPSF with 10.74 aces per set
  • Led the team with 655 assists, second on the team with 107 digs (1.75 digs/set)
  • Started 17 of the 18 matches, returning this year after a season-ending injury in 2019
  • Recorded three double-doubles on the year
  • Set a career-high 57 assists against  No. 5 UC Irvine (1/24), matched that same number a second time at No. 1 Hawai'i (3/6)
  • Recorded career-high 13 digs at #5 UC Irvine on 1/22
  • Totaled a career-high five blocks at No. 5 UC Irvine (1/24) before matching the total versus No. 13 Stanford (2/29)
Graduate Year 2021

  • Started in all matches played
  • Appeared in 77 of BYU's 81 sets
  • Ranked No. 3 in MPSF and No. 9 in NCAA in assists per set
  • Led BYU in assists with 790 this season
  • All- America First Team
  • MPSF First Team
  • MPSF All-academic
  • NCAA All-Tournament 
Redshirt Year

Medical Redshirt Year