University of North Florida Athletics

2024 Manny Velasquez Perseverance Award
2023 ASUN Preseason Player of the Year
2023 Honda Cup Inspiration Award Winner
2022 Second Team All-ASUN
2022 ASUN Winners for Life
ASUN Player of the Week (10/24/22)
Reached 1,000-Career Kills Friday, Nov. 4, 2022 at JU
2022 Gators Invite All-Tournament Selection 
2022 Hawkeye Invitational All-Tournament Selection
ASUN Honor Roll (2022-23)

Fall 2022 (Redshirt-Junior)

• Paced the UNF offense, earning second team all-conference honors
• Named ASUN Player of the Week Oct. 24, 2022, helping UNF earn three weekly awards that day
• Gators Invite All-Tournament Selection in her first weekend of competition
• Named to the Hawkeye Invitational All-Tournament team
• Surpassed 1,000 kills for her career Nov. 4 at JU
• Paced the ASUN in points/set (4.49) and kills/set (4.10)
• Finished 38th in the nation in kills/set and 60th in points/set 
• Finished with 393 kills on the season, leading the Ospreys in kills, kills/set and points/set
• Started all 26 matches in which she played, logging 96 sets while missing just three matches due to injury
• Notched 21 double-digit kill performances, reaching 20 kills on five occasions
• Posted 28 kills in a four-set win against Jacksonville Nov. 6, two short of the UNF four-set match kill record
• Set career highs for digs and kills
• Posted double-doubles on three occasions 
• Posted a career high for digs with 15 in a 25-kill and 15-dig game in a win against Jacksonville State Oct. 21.
• The next day, followed that up with what was then another career high with 26 kills in a 3-2 win against first-place Kennesaw State
• Dominated in a 3-2 win against South Dakota State, hitting .480 with 14 kills and a career-best seven blocks Sept. 17.
• Also contributed a 20-kill matchin a 3-2 win against eventual ASUN Champions, FGCU, Sept. 23.
• Started her UNF career off with 18 kills and .325 hitting at No. 15 Florida in the season opener

Prior to UNF/On-Court Information

• 2017 Big West Conference Freshman of the Year and all-freshman pick
• 2017 and 2019 Big West Conference First Team pick
• 2019 Big West Conference All-Academic Team
• Six-time Big West Conference Freshman of the Week 
• 676 kills and 3.35 kill/set at UC Davis
• Touts the UC Davis rookie record for kills in a season, while also posting 27 in a single match
• Had six 20-plus kill matches as a freshman, the lone freshman on the Big West First Team in 2017
• MVP of the Aggie Invitational Tournament, while also earning all-tourney accolades at Utah Valley and Cal State Bakersfield
• In her first match back after recovering from cancer, broke the single-match hitting percentage record. Posted an .813 mark in that match
• Despite missing five games due to concussion, still managed to rank 8th in the Big West in kills/set
• Had a highly lauded high school career, earning two All-Los Angeles City Section honoree
• Selected to the AVCA Under Armour Watch List heading into senior season
• Posted 593 kills, .363 hitting and West Valley League MVP honors
• Academic all-conference

Personal:

• Overcame stage four Hodgkin's Lymphoma Cancer, her proudest accomplishment
• Played basketball, softball, soccer, track and field, flag football and volleyball growing up before falling in love with volleyball
• Her mother is her greatest inspiration because she is a "resilient woman and always keeps an optimistic mindset. I look up to her and try to embody her whenever I face adversity".
• Growing up in Los Angeles, Kobe Bryant is her hometown hero and Serena Williams is another role model in the world of athletics
• Daughter of Patsy and Martin White
• Has a twin brother, Matthew, and an older brother, Michael
• Cousin, Avery, played basketball at UC Davis
• Was one of 20 in her high school to graduate as a Valedictorian
• President of the Coalition for African Diaspora Student-Athletes
• Member of the Big West Conference Diversity and Equity and Inclusion Board Committee
• Joe Singleton Athletic Scholarship recipient in 2022

Coach Wright's Words on Mahalia:
"Mahalia brings a wealth of experience that will add depth to our pin position. Mahalia is a winner in every sense of the word. The two-time first team All-Big West Conference selection and Big West Freshman of the Year honoree will score a ton of points in the Navy and Gray over the next two seasons. Her head coach at UC Davis, Dan Conners, said that 'she's one of the best people and student-athletes he has ever coached.'"

Why UNF: 
"I chose UNF because I connected really well with the coaches and players during the recruiting process. Additionally, the campus and facilities are great and the surrounding city has so much around it. UNF has the perfect grad program that fits my career goals. I was also very impressed by how the volleyball team did last year and I'm looking forward to joining a winning and competitive environment."