MPSF Places 18 on AVCA All-American Lists

MPSF Places 18 on AVCA All-American Lists

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2026 AVCA Natl Collegiate MVB All-Americans | AVCA Awards

The AVCA is pleased to announce its 36th All-America teams for National Collegiate men’s volleyball.

The 2026 honorees include 24 players—12 each on the first and second teams—from 11 schools. UCLA and Long Beach State University lead the way with four total All-Americans, and all four of the Bruins are first-team picks. UC Irvine, the University of Hawai‘i, and Pepperdine University all have three players on the first or second teams.

Andrew Rowan becomes just the fourth player to earn first-team All-America honors four times.  His teammate, Cameron Thorne, is a first-team selection for the third-consecutive year. Four additional first-team picks in 2026 also were first-teamers a year ago: Ryan Barnett of Pepperdine, Dillon Klein of USC, Tread Rosenthal of Hawai‘i, and Skyler Varga of Long Beach State.

The 2026 AVCA Newcomer of the Year is Andrej Jokanovic, UC Irvine. The freshman averages 3.37 kills per set and 4.07 points per set heading into the 2026 NCAA Championship semifinals, to go with 176 digs, 56 blocks, and a team-best 49 aces. He came up big for the Anteaters in their regional final win at UCLA by posting 14 kills and nine digs.

The selections were made by the 2026 AVCA National Collegiate Men’s Volleyball All-America Committee: Jonathan Winder of Pepperdine (chair), Sam Albus of Lees-McRae, Brian Baise of Harvard, Karl France of Fairleigh Dickinson, Dan Friend of Lewis, Danny Goncalves of NJIT, John Hawks of UCLA, David Kniffin of UC Irvine, Thiago Lopes of St. Thomas Aquinas, Brad Rostratter of UC San Diego, Nickie Sanlin of McKendree, Derek Sullivan of Belmont Abbey, Ryan Thompson of Missouri S&T, and Devin Walker of Central State.

2026 Award Winners
Newcomer of the Year: Andrej Jokanovic, UC Irvine, OH, Fr.
Player of the Year: announcement is Friday, May 8, late evening ET
Coach of the Year: announcement is Thursday, May 7, 1pm ET
Assistant Coach of the Year: announcement is Thursday, May 7, 1pm ET

Click here to see links to bios on all First- and Second-Team All-Americans

The 2026 AVCA First-Team All-Americans for National Collegiate men's volleyball.

ALL-AMERICANS

Team First Name Last Name School Pos. Class Previous All-America Honors
1st Shane Aitken UC Irvine L RS-So.
1st Ryan Barnett Pepperdine University OH RS-Sr. 2025 (1st)
1st Cole Hartke Pepperdine University OH/RS So. 2025 (2nd)
1st Sean Kelly UCLA OH So.
1st Dillon Klein University of Southern California OH Sr. 2025 (1st)
1st Zach Rama UCLA OH Sr. 2025 (2nd)
1st Patrick Rogers Ball State University OH Sr.
1st Tread Rosenthal University of Hawai'i S Jr. 2025 (1st)
1st Andrew Rowan UCLA S Sr. 2025 (1st), 2024 (1st), 2023 (1st)
1st Louis Sakanoko University of Hawai'i OH/RS Jr.
1st Cameron Thorne UCLA MB Sr. 2025 (1st), 2024 (1st - with Grand Canyon)
1st Skyler Varga Long Beach State University OH Sr. 2025 (1st)
2nd Trevor Clark UC Irvine OH/RS Jr.
2nd Jackson Cryst Long Beach State University MB Fr.
2nd Wojciech Gajek Long Beach State University RS Fr.
2nd Sean Harvey Penn State University OH/RS RS-So.
2nd Andrej Jokanovic UC Irvine OH Fr.
2nd Aidan Klein Loyola University Chicago MB Jr.
2nd Kellen Larson Long Beach State University L So.
2nd Lucas Machado Ball State University S Jr.
2nd Jalen Phillips Cal State University Northridge RS RS-Jr. 2025 (1st)
2nd Andrej Polomac Pepperdine University S Jr.
2nd Adrien Roure University of Hawai'i OH So. 2025 (1st)
2nd Sebastiano Sani UC San Diego OH Jr.

HONORABLE MENTION

First Name Last Name School Pos. Class
Wil Basilio Ball State University OH So.
Ben Braun Long Beach State University MB Sr.
George Bruening UC Santa Barbara OH RS-So.
Christopher Connelly UCLA L RS-Jr.
AJ Cottle Brigham Young University MB Fr.
William D'Arcy UC Irvine RS Sr.
Caden Day Belmont Abbey College OH Sr.
David Decker UCLA RS RS-Jr.
Johnny Dykstra University of Southern California L So.
Jibriel Elhaddad Belmont Abbey College MB Sr.
Daniel Fabikovic Loyola University Chicago OH Jr.
Isaiah Fedd Fort Valley State University OH Sr.
Nate Flayter McKendree University S Jr.
Sterling Foley University of Southern California OH So.
Jim Garrison UC San Diego MB RS-Sr.
Micah Goss UC Irvine MB So.
Quintin Greenidge University of Hawai'i L Jr.
Daniel Haber Lewis University OH Sr.
Cameron Hoying Lewis University RS RS-So.
Cameron Kosty UC Irvine S/RS RS-Fr.
Ryan Louis Ball State University RS So.
Ryan Merk Penn State University L RS-Sr.
Nate Meyer Missouri S&T OH Sr.
Logan Muir Purdue University Fort Wayne RS Jr.
Wiktor Nowak New Jersey Institutue of Technology RS So.
Connor Oldani Brigham Young University OH So.
Nico Paula Lewis University L Sr.
Jake Pazanti Long Beach State University S RS-Fr.
Jacob Reilly Pepperdine University L Sr.
Owen Rose Penn State University MB RS-Sr.
Eliel Salva-Torres Ohio State University MB Jr.
Braydon Savitski-Lynde Ball State University MB/RS Jr.
Josh Schellinger Loyola University Chicago OH Gr.
Cole Schobel UC Santa Barbara S Jr.
Wesley Smith University of Southern California MB RS-So.
Zach Solomon Lindenwood University S Sr.
Justin Todd University of Hawai'i OH/MB RS-So.
Parker Tomkinson University of Southern California MB So.
Kyran Versteegen St. Thomas Aquinas College OH Jr.
Shane Wetzel Ohio State University RS Sr.
Micah Wong Diallo UCLA MB Jr.