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2023 MIT Men's Volleyball Roster

David Silverman
David Silverman
David Silverman

8 Troy Oliveira

  • Position OH
  • Height 6-5
  • Weight 180
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown San Diego, Calif.
  • High School Point Loma

Biography

Career Highs
Kills 23 vs. Elms (2/2/20)
Assists 3 vs. Nichols (2/4/23)
Hitting Percentage .643 vs. Regis (1/17/20)
Service Aces 3 Twice - Most Recently vs. Nazareth (3/10/23)
Digs 11 vs. Elmira (4/14/23)
Block Solo 2  Twice - Most Recently vs. Vassar (4/15/23)
Block Assists 4 vs. Emerson (3/19/19)

Accolades:
- UVC All-Conference Honorable Mention (2020)
- UVC Player of the Week (1/28/20)
- Sports Imports/AVCA Men's Division III National Player of the Week (2020)
- UVC All-Tournament Team (2023)


2023:
- Team Captain
- Finished second on the team with 286 kills
- Had 16 double-digit kill matches
- Played in 95 sets


2022: 
- Missed most of the season with an injury
- Played in eight matches
- Finished the year with 37 kills and 25 digs


2020:
- In 17 matches, tallied 189 kills (3.50 per set), two assists, 64 digs and 35 total blocks
- Registered a career-high 23 kills against Elms on February 8
- Also notched a career-highs in hitting percentage (.643) against Regis on January 17
- Led Engineers in kills and kills per set. Also ranked fourth in digs and total blocks


2019:
- Tallied 112 kills (2.24 per set), three assists, 46 digs and 16 total blocks 
- Ranked fourth on the team in kills and second in kills per set
- Registered a career-high 18 kills in a 3-2 win over Wentworth on February 20
- Notched a career-high seven digs against No. 2 Springfield on March 6 
- Had a career-high four total blocks against Emerson on March 19


Favorite Sports Memory:
- Getting my AA in Beach Volleyball


Favorite Memory as an MIT Student-Athlete:
- Beating Vassar


Off the Court at MIT:
- Majoring in Computer Science
- Spanish Concentration 
- Internships at Ketchep.com and Divvly
- Research at the MIT Gabrieli Lab - reinforcement learning study


High School:
- A 2018 graduate of Point Loma High School 
- Four-time varsity letterwinner in volleyball 
- First Team All-League selection
- Second Team All-CIF honoree
- AA Rated Beach Volleyball
- Also competed for the WAVE Volleyball team where he won a bronze medal at the 218 BJNC 
- Volunteered at homeless shelters while in high school
- Honor Roll
- Cabrillo Civic Club Scholarship
- USAV/TTS Scholarship


Club:
- WAVE Volleyball

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 18

    2019First Year

    OH/RS
    6'5" 0 lbs
    18
  • 8

    2020Sophomore

    OH
    6'5" 0 lbs
    8
  • 8

    2022Junior

    OH
    6'5" 180 lbs
    8
  • 8

    2023Senior

    OH
    6'5" 180 lbs
    8