Tyler-Marie Kalei Mau (born March 10, 1995) is a professional Filipino-American volleyball player. She is currently a member of the Philippines women's national team. She debuted in the Philippines with the

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(originally known as the

COCOLIFE Asset Managers The United VC was a professional women's volleyball team in the Philippine Superliga (PSL). Established in 2017, the club debuted under the sponsorship of United Coconut Planters Life Assurance Corporation (COCOLIFE) and played as the COCOLIFE As ...

) in the Philippine Super Liga.

Career

College

Mau started her college career at University of Minnesota before transferring to University of Arizona for her last 3 seasons. In 2016, she was named as part of the

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(AVCA) Third-Team All-American team.

Club

Mau played for

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in Puerto Rico from 2016 to 2017 and

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in France from 2017 to 2018. Mau returned in the United States when she dislocated her shoulder and undergone surgery. On her return to the Philippines, she suited up for the

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(United Volleyball Club), a team in the Philippine Superliga (PSL) in 2018. She moved to the F2 Logistics Cargo Movers another PSL team in 2019. In early 2021, Mau had a brief stint with Puerto Rico side

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at the 2021

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. Mau rejoined F2 Logistics after her playing in Puerto Rico. She was expected to play in the

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but her team opted not to participate. She would later help F2 Logistics clinch the 2021 PNVF Champions League title. Then she went on to join

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in the United States. Mau is set to play for a team in Athletes United in March 2022, although she remains committed to rejoin F2 Logistics once again once her stint in the US pro league is done.

National team

Mau has represented the Philippines in international volleyball, particularly at the first leg of the

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. She took part in the national team's training camps in Thailand and Japan leading up to the

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before being declared ineligible to compete in the regional games after she was found to have failed to meet a two-year residency requirement set by the

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(FIVB). While she has obtained a Philippine passport in early 2019, she is still a member of USA Volleyball and had to transfer to the

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(now the

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), the Philippines' national association and served two-year residency before being eligible to play for the national team in FIVB-sanctioned tournaments. In June 2021, Mau was allowed by the FIVB to represent the Philippines.

Personal life

Mau was born in Hawaii to a Filipino/Haole mother. Her ethnic background is Native Hawaiian and Filipino heritage.

Clubs

(2016–2017) *

(2017–2018) * Cocolife Asset Managers / United Volleyball Club (2018–2019) * F2 Logistics Cargo Movers (2019–present) *

(2021)

Awards

* '' 2019 PSL All-Filipino Conference "Best Scorer"'' * '' 2019 PSL All-Filipino Conference "Most Valuable Player"''

Club

* 2017 Puerto Rico - Liga de Voleibol Superior Femenino - Bronze medal, with

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- Champion, with F2 Logistics Cargo Movers *

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- Champion, with F2 Logistics Cargo Movers

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mau, Kalei 1995 births Living people Filipino women's volleyball players Outside hitters Arizona Wildcats women's volleyball players American sportspeople of Filipino descent Minnesota Golden Gophers women's volleyball players Sportspeople from Hawaii American women's volleyball players Philippines women's international volleyball players