CHICAGO (December 18, 2019) – Thomas Jaeschke and Jeff Jendryk, previously of the Loyola University Chicago men's volleyball team, have been selected to the Off the Block All-Decade First Team, the organization announced on Tuesday.
 
Off the Block, a website that focuses solely on college men's volleyball, compiled a nationwide voting committee to select 30 players to the All-Decade team, which is composed of the best college volleyball players from the last 10 years. The All-Decade award is made up of three teams, with the top 10 vote-getters being first-team selections.
 
Jaeschke was a member of the Loyola men's volleyball team from 2013-15 before joining the pro's after his junior season. The outside hitter finished fifth in the nation with a career-best 4.04 kills his junior year and led the country with a 0.57 aces per game average. Jaeschke helped lead Loyola to victory in the 2015 NCAA Tournament, recording 20 kills and three aces against Lewis in the finals.
 
Jendryk competed for the Loyola men's volleyball team from 2015-18. The middle hitter finished each of his final three seasons in the nation's top five for attack percentage (.449) and remains second in program history. Jendryk, also a member of the 2015 NCAA Championship team, recorded 17 kills while hitting .500 against Lewis in the NCAA Tournament finals.

Additionally, Loyola is in three finalist categories for the National All-Decade Awards. Former Loyola men's volleyball head coach Shane Davis is up for National Coach of the Decade, Loyola is up for National Program of the Decade and the 2014 NCAA Championship team is up for National Team of the Decade. Off the Block is set to reveal the winners next week.

More about Jaeschke and Jendryk from Off the Block:
 
Thomas Jaeschke, Loyola (2013-15)
Awards and honors: 2013 First-Team All-MIVA, 2013 MIVA All-Tournament Team, 2014 First-Team All-American, 2014 MIVA Player of the Year, 2014 First-Team All-MIVA, 2014 NCAA All-Tournament Team, 2015 National Player of the Year, 2015 First-Team All-American, 2015 Off the Block National Server of the Year, 2015 Karch Kiraly Award finalist, 2015 MIVA Player of the Year, 2015 First-Team All-MIVA, 2015 MIVA Tournament Most Valuable Player, 2015 NCAA All-Tournament Team, 2015 MIVA All-Tournament Team
Player bio: In Jaeschke's final year at Loyola before declaring pro, the junior finished fifth in the nation with a career-best 4.04 kills per game average and led the country with a 0.57 aces per game average. The outside attacker had both a team-high 20 kills and three aces in Loyola's five-game overtime victory against Lewis in the NCAA Tournament finals. In 2014, Jaeschke was in the nation's top 20 with both a 3.73 kills per game average and a career-best .397 attack percentage as Loyola won its first national title in program history. Jaeschke concluded his three-year career seventh in program history with a .371 attack percentage.
 
Jeff Jendryk Loyola (2015-18)
Awards and honors: 2015 National Newcomer of the Year, 2015 Off the Block Freshman All-American, 2015 Second-Team All-MIVA, 2015 NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player, 2015 NCAA All-Tournament Team, 2016 Second-Team All-American, 2016 Ryan Millar Award finalists, 2016 First-Team All-MIVA, 2017 First-Team All-American, 2017 Ryan Millar Award finalist, 2017 Off the Block National Blocker of the Year finalist, 2017 First-Team All-MIVA, 2018 First-Team All-American, 2018 Ryan Millar Award finalist, 2018 First-Team All-MIVA
Player bio: Jendryk finished each of his final three seasons in the nation's top five for attack percentage and remains second in program history with a .449 career attack percentage. As a freshman, Jendryk had a season-high 17 kills while hitting .500 in a five-game victory against Lewis in the 2015 NCAA Tournament finals. During his senior season, Jendryk was second in the nation with a .457 attack percentage and had double-digit kills in 10 matches. The future U.S. Men's National Team middle attacker also was third in program history with 424 career blocks, including being seventh in the nation with a 1.16 blocks per game average in 2017.