COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Aidan Klein of the Loyola University Chicago men's volleyball team was selected to the 2024 U.S. Men's U21 National Team, the organization announced. Loyola Head Coach John Hawks will lead the group June 1-8 at the Olympic & Paralympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. 

Twelve of the 21 selected athletes will earn a roster spot and compete at the 2024 NORCECA Men's U21 Continental Championship. The event will run June 9-16 in Nogales, Senora, Mexico, and serve as a qualifier for the 2025 FIVB Men's U21 World Championship.

Klein, who joins the team for the first time, recently completed his first season with the Ramblers. The middle blocker saw action in eight matches and 15 sets in 2024, playing a career-high four sets at Stanford on Jan. 8. He totaled a career-high five kills on nine swings in that match and had a set assist. The match prior against the Cardinal, he logged a career-best three blocks plus an ace. He ended his inaugural season with 11 kills, 21 swings, five blocks, and a .429 hitting percentage.  

The complete team can be seen below. 

2024 U.S. Men's U21 National Team
Name (Pos., Height, Hometown, School, USAV Region)
Roan Alviar (L, 5-11, Hayward, Calif., Princeton, Northern California)
Joshua Aruya (MB, 6-9, Mission Viejo, Calif., UC Santa Barbara, Southern California)
Caleb Blanchette (S, 6-5, Franklin, Tenn., Univ. of Southern California, Southern)
Jackson Cryst (MB, 6-10, Long Beach, Calif., Sage Hill School, Southern California)
Sterling Foley (OH, 6-7, Newport Beach, Calif., Univ. of Southern California, Southern California)
Cole Hartke (OH, 7-0, Barrington, Ill., Pepperdine, Great Lakes)
Tre Jordan (MB, 6-10, Mesa, Ariz., Grand Canyon, Arizona)
Finn Kearney (Opp, 6-5, Phoenix, Ariz., Univ. of Hawaii, Arizona)
Sean Kelly (OH, 6-7, Manhattan Beach, Calif., UCLA, Southern California)
Aidan Klein (MB, 6-10, Evanston, Ill., Loyola University Chicago, Great Lakes)
Kellen Larson (L, 5-10, Irvine, Calif., Long Beach State, Southern California)
Victor Loiola (OH, 6-4, Manhattan Beach, Calif., Long Beach State, Southern California)
Tread Rosenthal (S, 6-9, Hermosa Beach, Calif., Univ. of Hawaii, Southern California)
Braydon Savitski-Lynde (Opp, 6-7, Roscoe, Ill., Ball State, Great Lakes)
Trent Taliaferro (S, 6-5, San Clemente, Calif., UCLA, Southern California)
Justin Todd (OH, 6-8, Honolulu, Hawaii, University of Hawaii, Aloha)
Parker Tomkinson (MB, 7-0, Carlsbad, Calif., Univ. of Southern California, Southern California)
Marek Turner (OH, 6-5, Long Beach, Calif., Woodrow Wilson HS, Southern California)
Jameson Vaccaro (OH, 6-4, San Diego, Calif., Princeton, Southern California Region)
Kainoa Wade (Opp, 6-9, Kailua, Hawaii, Kamehameha Schools, Aloha)
Tristan Whitfield (MB, 6-7, Virginia Beach, Va., Princeton, Old Dominion)

Head Coach: John Hawks, Loyola Chicago
Assistant Coach: Donan Cruz, Ball State
Assistant Coach: Matthew Pollock, Pepperdine
Performance Analyst: AJ Ruttenberg, UCLA
Athletic Trainer: Dr. Christopher Cornell, Coduhi Clinic
Team Leader: Donovan Martinez, USAV NTDP