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Coming from a family of athletes, Micah Christenson is one of the world’s best setters on Team USA

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                                Micah Christenson dove for a dig during the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Micah Christenson dove for a dig during the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

COURTESY CHRISTENSON FAMILY
                                Micah, right, and his sister, Joanna, with their grandfather, Harry Kahuanui, one of the all-time UH greats who starred in football and basketball in the 1940s. Micah Christenson was 5 in this picture, and Joanna, 3.
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COURTESY CHRISTENSON FAMILY

Micah, right, and his sister, Joanna, with their grandfather, Harry Kahuanui, one of the all-time UH greats who starred in football and basketball in the 1940s. Micah Christenson was 5 in this picture, and Joanna, 3.

COURTESY CHRISTENSON FAMILY
                                Micah Christenson, at 11, was a left-handed thrower of the football. But he was a right-handed shooter in basketball.
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Micah Christenson, at 11, was a left-handed thrower of the football. But he was a right-handed shooter in basketball.

COURTESY CHRISTENSON FAMILY
                                Brothers Kawika, left, and Erik Shoji, and Micah Christenson are at the airport. Kawika is Christenson’s roommate and his backup at setter.
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Brothers Kawika, left, and Erik Shoji, and Micah Christenson are at the airport. Kawika is Christenson’s roommate and his backup at setter.

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                                Micah Christenson dove for a dig during the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
COURTESY CHRISTENSON FAMILY
                                Micah, right, and his sister, Joanna, with their grandfather, Harry Kahuanui, one of the all-time UH greats who starred in football and basketball in the 1940s. Micah Christenson was 5 in this picture, and Joanna, 3.
COURTESY CHRISTENSON FAMILY
                                Micah Christenson, at 11, was a left-handed thrower of the football. But he was a right-handed shooter in basketball.
COURTESY CHRISTENSON FAMILY
                                Brothers Kawika, left, and Erik Shoji, and Micah Christenson are at the airport. Kawika is Christenson’s roommate and his backup at setter.