2019 (Redshirt Senior): Named an All-EIVA Second Team performer...Finished second on the team with 259 kills while hitting .254…Played in 28 matches with 93 total sets…Third on the team with 99 digs and 23 service aces…Posted double-digit kills in 16 matches, including five-straight matches 3/15-29…Set season high with 18 kills while hitting .500 in a four-set win at Harvard (3/29)…Had 17 kills, seven digs, and two aces in the EIVA championship at Princeton (4/20).
2018 (Redshirt Junior): Named First Team All EIVA...Led the Nittany Lions with 256 kills...Only Penn State player to appear in all 26 matches...Had a .291 attached percentage...Second on the team with 135 digs and 36 service aces...Set a career-high with 22 kills 3/3 vs. Princeton...Had 12 digs 4/19 vs. Harvard...Recorded double-digit kills in 13 of 26 matches.
2017 (Redshirt Sophomore): Had three kills against No.2 UCLA (1/6)... Played 42 sets this season... Finished the season with 18 kills, five assists and nine digs.
2016 (Redshirt Freshman): Played in 36 of 108 sets during the 2016 season... Recorded a career high 26 kills, six service aces, 18 digs and four total blocks... hit .250 for the season.
2015 (Freshman): Redshirt season.
HIGH SCHOOL
Led his high school team, Cherokee Trail, to a state title in 2014 ... Picked up 5A Colorado All-State honors during junior and senior season ... Played with Front Range Volleyball Club.
PERSONAL
Born Matthew John McLaren March 24, 1996 in Centennial, Colo. ... Parents are Greta and Scott McLaren ... Has two sisters, Haley and Winter.
WHY PENN STATE?
"I chose Penn State because of the exceptional mixture between academics, athletics and education."
Matthew McLaren Season 2016
#13PositionOH
Height6-4
ClassRedshirt Freshman
HometownAurora, Colo.
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Wildman Named 2020 AVCA All-America Honorable Mention
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Men's Volleyball Announces 2019-20 Freshmen Class
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Offensive Onslaught Powers Nittany Lions To EIVA Title Match
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Nittany Lions Ready Up For EIVA Tournament
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Five Nittany Lions Garner All-EIVA Honors
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Hot-Hitting Tigers Take Down Nittany Lions To End Regular Season
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Nittany Lions Buckle Down To Win Four-Set Battle At NJIT
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Nittany Lions' Win Streak Stymied On Senior Night
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Smith Enjoying New Role in Final Season
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McLaren Named EIVA Offensive Player of the Week
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Nittany Lions Win Fourth In A Row At Sacred Heart
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Efficient Attack Gives Nittany Lions Four-Set Victory at Harvard
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Men's Volleyball Travels To Harvard and Sacred Heart
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Nittany Lions' Depth Overwhelms St. Francis In 3-0 Win
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Men's Volleyball Takes On St. Francis In Key EIVA Battle
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Balanced Attack Leads To 3-0 Sweep of Rival Ohio State
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Late Ball State Rally Topples Nittany Lions, 3-1
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Men's Volleyball Faces Two More Ranked Foes On The Road
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Men's Volleyball Drops Five-Set Battle To #11 USC
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Hot-Hitting Nittany Lions Take Down Highlanders In Four Sets
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Men's Volleyball Comes Up Short Versus Princeton, 3-1
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Men's Volleyball Sweeps Sacred Heart
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Nittany Lions Earn Convincing Sweep Over Harvard
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Nittany Lions Drop In Three Sets To No. 6 UC Santa Barbara
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Men's Volleyball Edged By #7 Loyola Chicago, 3-1
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Men's Volleyball Falls To No. 10 Lewis
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Men's Volleyball Handles Lindenwood, 3-0
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MVB Takes #4 BYU To Brink In Five-Set Thriller
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Penn State Sweeps NGU 3-0 In Home Opener
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Nittany Lions Start 2019 With Road Test At No. 8 Ohio State
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MVB Duo to Compete at College Beach Championships
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Five-Set Loss Ends 2018 for MVB in EIVA Semifinals
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Postmatch Notes: vs. Harvard - EIVA Semifinals (April 19, 2018)
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MVB Heads to EIVA Championship
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Trio Earns All-EIVA Honors
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Postmatch Notes: NJIT (April 14, 2018)
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MVB Seniors Cap Home Careers with Win over NJIT
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MVB Falls to Hot-Hitting Princeton, 3-0
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MVB Primed for Final Home Weekend
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Postmatch Notes: at George Mason (April 7, 2018)
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MVB Outlasts George Mason in Five Sets
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MVB Sweeps Past Charleston (W.Va.) on the Road
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Postmatch Notes: at Charleston (W.Va.) (4/6/18)
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MVB Makes Final Road Trip of 2018
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Shorthanded MVB Drops Five Setter at Harvard
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Postmatch Notes: at Harvard (March 31, 2018)
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MVB Opens Road Trip with 3-1 Victory at Sacred Heart
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MVB Heads North to Face Sacred Heart, Harvard in EIVA Action
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MVB Battles Against Princeton
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No. 9 MVB Thumps Harvard, 3-0
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No. 9 MVB Vanquish Pioneers, 3-1
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No. 9 MVB Sweeps Saint Francis (Pa.)
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MVB Falls to Ohio State, 3-0
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No. 9 MVB Outlasts No. 13 USC, 3-2
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No. 9 MVB Falls to No. 2 UCLA, 3-1
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MVB Falls to Stanford 3-0
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Nittany Lions Sweep Trojans 3-0
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Penn State Defeats NJIT 3-1
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No. 10 Men's Volleyball Travels to Ball State, No. 13 IPFW
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