Pronunciation: "Michael"
CAREER HONORS
- 2024 AVCA Third-Team All-American
- 2024 AVCA Central Region Player of the Year
- 2024 AVCA Central All-Region
- 2024 SEC Newcomer of the Year
- 2024 All-SEC First Team
- SEC Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 30)
- 2023 All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention (Oregon State)
- 2023 Jamaica Volleyball Female Athlete of the Year
SENIOR (2024)
- Played and started in all 31 matches for the Tigers
- Participated in all 118 sets
- Accumulated a career-high 504 kills (4.27 kills/set)
- Accomplished a career-high .640 hitting percentage against LSU (09/27)
- Recorded 26 kills and 11 digs against Texas A&M (9/29)
- Tallied 22 kills with a .378 hitting percentage against Mississippi State (10/20)
- Put up a career-high and Mizzou program-record 37 kills on 78 attacks against Arkansas (10/25)
- Tallied at least a .400 hitting percentage five times during the season
- Recorded three service aces against LSU (9/27) and Oklahoma (10/27)
- Put up double-digit kills in 29 matches
- Tallied 20 kills and a .313 hitting percentage in her first NCAA tournament match against Texas State (12/05)
- Compiled 23 kills and a .308 hitting percentage in the second round of the NCAA tournament against SMU (12/06)
PRIOR TO MIZZOU (OREGON STATE / 2020-2023)
- Spent four seasons at Oregon State (2020-2023)
- Completed 1,065 kills and 558 digs over her career with Oregon State and became the 17th Beaver to surpass 1,000 career kills
- Registered 60 double-digit kill matches
- Totaled 428 kills (3.57 kills/set) on a .232 hitting percentage in the 2023 season
- Posted 305 digs for second-most on OSU to go with 21 assists and 15 aces during the 2023 season
- Notched 24 double-digit kill performances in 2023
- Earned nine double-doubles in 2023 Pac-12 play
- Registered a career-best 26 kills and 29 points at Cal Baptist (Sept. 9, 2023)
- Compiled a 19-kill, 21-dig (career high) double-double against Arizona (Oct. 15, 2023)
- Awarded with Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week honors the week of Oct. 16
HIGH SCHOOL (OSSINING)
- Named a 2019 Under Armour First Team All-American
- Awarded 2019 New York Gatorade Player of the Year
PERSONAL
- Born on June 14, 2002 in Mount Kisco, New York
- Daughter of Veronica Hutchinson and Richard Vernon
- Has one brother, Richard, and sister, Toni
- Led Jamaica to their first senior level championship at the 2023 CZOVA Women’s Championship
- Earned Most Valuable Player, Best Receiver and Best Outside Hitter at the tournament
- Graduated from Oregon State in June 2024 with a Bachelor of Science in Health Science: Pre-Dentistry
- Wants to be an Orthodontist
- Studying Health Sciences at Mizzou