MPSF Men's Volleyball to Hold First Media Day
The Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) will host its inaugural men’s volleyball media day on Monday, December 15, 2025, at the Costa Mesa Marriott in Costa Mesa, California.
The MPSF’s 10 head coaches along with at least one student-athlete from each program, will be available in-person for interviews and questions.
Media Day can be viewed in its entirety through MPSF Volleyball live stream partner B1G+ (
https://www.bigtenplus.com/), and will be moderated by Rob Espero, who has handled play-by-play for numerous collegiate volleyball events and serves as the public address announcer for the MPSF Beach Volleyball Championship. Former AVCA Women’s Volleyball Player of the Year and current B1G+ Color Commentator Sarah Pavan will interview student-athletes.
The format for media day will include individual interviews from each MPSF Head Coach and at least one student-athlete per team, who will be in attendance for interviews and questions beginning at 9:30 am PT. A complete schedule for the event is detailed on page two, which includes the availability of the student-athletes.
The 2026 MPSF Men’s Volleyball season will feature 10 teams—BYU, Concordia, Jessup, Menlo, Pepperdine, Stanford, UC Merced, UCLA, USC, and Vanguard. The conference championship tournament will be held at BYU’s Smith Fieldhouse (April 22-25) with the champion receiving an automatic bid to the NCAA Championship (May 9-11 at UCLA).
Since its inaugural year of 1993, the MPSF has won 18 NCAA Championships in men’s volleyball. The conference enters the 2026 calendar year with 114 NCAA Championships, leading the nation among Non-Power Four conferences.
MPSF Men’s Volleyball information, including championship details, is located on the conference website
www.mpsports.org as well as on social media @MPSFSports.
2026 MPSF MEN’S VOLLEYBALL MEDIA DAY INFORMATION
Date: Monday, December 15, 2025
Time: 9:30 am-3:00 pm PT
Location: Costa Mesa Marriott; Costa Mesa, Calif.
MPSF MEDIA DAY SCHEDULE (All Times Pacific and Approximate):
9:30-9:35 am MPSF Commissioner Foti Mellis
9:40-10:00 am Vanguard: Brian Rofer (Head Coach) & Logan Freemon (Athlete)
10:05-10:25 am Jessup: Kyle Steele (Head Coach) & Colin Marks, CJ Osahon (Athletes)
10:30-10:50 am UC Merced: Chris Carter (Head Coach) & Kaleb Cole, Mason Stokes (Athletes)
10:55-11:15 am Pepperdine: Jonathan Winder (Head Coach) & Jacob Reilly (Athlete)
11:20-11:40 am USC: Jeff Nygaard (Head Coach) & Dillon Klein (Athlete)
11:45-12:45 pm Lunch
1:00-1:20 pm Stanford: John Kosty (Head Coach) & Theoren Brouillette (Athlete)
1:25-1:45 pm UCLA: John Hawks (Head Coach) & Andrew Rowan, Zack Rama, Sean Kelly (Athletes)
1:50-2:10 pm BYU: Shawn Olmstead (Head Coach) & Trent Moser, Jackson Fife, Tyler Herget (Athletes)
2:15-2:35 pm Menlo: Ali’i Keohohou (Head Coach) & Josh Friedman (Athlete)
2:40-3:00 pm Concordia: Jon Girten (Head Coach) & Connor Orrock (Athlete)