Biography
2021: Put together his best season as a Rambler, earning First Team All-Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (MIVA) honors after battling injuries in 2020 … Played in 76 sets and appeared in all 21 matches, hitting .268 (264-98-620) with 3.47 kills, 1.71 digs, 0.95 blocks and 0.24 aces per set … Reached double figures in kills 17 times after doing so just seven times in his first two seasons combined … Ranked fourth in the MIVA with 264 total kills … Had 20 or more kills on three occasions and notched a pair of double-doubles … Ran of a string of 11 straight matches with 10 or more kills, February 5 through March 26 … Showed what kind of season he was poised for right out of the chute, clubbing 17 kills, hitting .333 (17-4-39) and adding eight digs, three blocks and a pair of service aces against Lincoln Memorial (Jan. 22) … Had his way with Quincy, going for 11 kills and hitting .556 (11-1-18) with seven digs, a pair of aces and two blocks in a victory (Feb. 5), then hitting .571 (10-2-14) with three blocks and two aces (Feb. 6) … Put up a strong all-around match, tallying 17 kills, six digs, six blocks, and a .343 (17-5-35) hitting percentage at Ohio State (Feb. 20) … Blasted 20 kills and hit .370 (20-3-46) in a win at Purdue Fort Wayne (March 12) … Posted his first double-double of the season in a victory over No. 8 McKendree (March 19), depositing a career-best 25 kills and adding 11 digs … In the opener of a weekend series at Ball State, totaled 11 kills, hit .520 (11-2-17) and pitched in five digs and five blocks (March 26) … Dug a season-high 13 balls and added nine kills and five blocks at Ball State (March 27) to close out that series … Gave Loyola the MIVA Defensive Player of the Week honor for a third consecutive week on March 30 … Fell a dig shy of a double-double versus No. 5 Lewis, collecting 11 kills and nine digs (April 1) … Provided 22 kills and 10 digs in a five-set thriller with No. 5 Lewis (April 2) in the regular-season finale … Went for 13 kills, seven digs and a season-high seven blocks in a MIVA semifinal victory against No. 12 McKendree (April 17).
2020: Battled injuries during an abbreviated season but still managed to put up 86 kills (1.83 per set), 87 digs (1.85 per set), 31 blocks (0.66 per set) and 15 service aces (0.32 per set), while hitting .124 (86-57-234) over 47 sets … Recorded 10 or more kills on a pair of occasions, both coming versus nationally ranked opponents … Accounted for seven kills, six blocks and three aces at UC San Diego (Jan. 9) and the following evening tallied 11 kills, 12 digs and three blocks at No. 8 UC Irvine (Jan. 10) for his lone double-double of the year … Dug 10 balls and pitched in eight kills versus Penn State (Jan. 17) … Stood out in a four-set setback against top-ranked Hawai’i (Jan. 18) by recording a season-best 14 kills, nine digs, two blocks and a pair of aces … Served up six aces in his final three matches of the season … Tallied seven kills, nine digs and three blocks in a win against Ohio State (Feb. 21) … Put up four kills, seven digs, six blocks, which equaled a season high, and two aces in a five-set thriller versus Ball State (Feb. 22) … Member of the MIVA All-Academic Team.
2019: Made an immediate impact as a freshman, earning MIVA All-Freshman Team accolades … Captured a spot on the Off the Block Freshman All-America Team … Totaled 140 kills (2.30 per set) over the course of 61 sets … Finished fourth on the team with 19 service aces, including the team’s second most in non-conference play (15) … Started at opposite in the first 18 matches for the Ramblers … Had five matches of double-digit kills, all of which resulted in Loyola victories … Finished the season with 39 blocks and had 19 from January 18 through February 2 (0.90 per set) … Began his career with nine kills and a season-high 11 digs versus No. 4 UC Irvine (Jan. 4) … Notched his first match of double-digit kills with an 11-spot in Loyola’s lone neutral-site match of the season against Mount Olive (Jan. 11) … Ran up four service aces in his team’s sweep of UC San Diego (Jan. 19) … Had his best match of the season at No. 11 CSUN (Jan. 25), posting a match-high 15 kills, on .524 hitting, in the Ramblers’ sweep … Notched a season-high five blocks at No. 10 UC Santa Barbara (Jan. 26) … Scrapped together an 11.5-point night (nine kills, one ace, three blocks) against No. 5 UCLA (Jan. 31) … Slapped 13 kills and four blocks (on solo) at Lindenwood (Feb. 9) … Ripped 11 kills in a comeback victory at McKendree (Feb. 21) … Had his 10th and final 10.0-plus-point match at Grand Canyon (March 8) with seven kills, three aces and three blocks … Named to the MIVA All-Academic Team.
High School: Four-year letterwinner at Desert Ridge High School … Named team captain his junior and senior seasons … 2018 Central Region Player of the Year … Earned first team all-state honors in 2018 … 2017 First Team All-Central Region selection … Posted 338 kills, 101 blocks, 165 digs, 40 aces in just 74 sets, and capped it off with a .428 attack percentage … Played club volleyball with AZ Fear … Member of the 2017 Arizona Region 18’s Division championship team that posted a perfect 25-0 record … Helped the team to a second-place finish at the 2018 Boys Holiday Classic Bid Tournament in Chicago … Bronze medalist at the 2018 BTNC in Phoenix.
