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Coach John Speraw in his first year as the UCLA head coach didn’t waste any time landing one of the nation’s top recruiting classes.
UCLA led all college teams with four incoming freshmen recruits making the AVCA High School Senior All-American Team that was released Tuesday afternoon.
The Bruins, which finished the 2013 regular season in fourth place in the MPSF and reached the MPSF Tournament semifinals, had three high school senior recruits named First-Team All-Americans and a Second-Team All-American selection.
Ohio State was second among college teams with three incoming recruits making the All-American Teams, including two First-Team All-Americans.
Along with UCLA and Ohio State, 10 other NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball teams had at least one recruit making an All-American Team. In addition, the Division III school Mount St. Joesph and the NAIA school Concordia each had a recruit earn All-American honors
This is the seventh consecutive year for the boys’ volleyball AVCA High School Senior All-American teams. To be eligible for this All-American team a boys’ volleyball player must be a senior and his high school head coach must be an AVCA member.
Check out the complete list of what high school seniors earned AVCA All-American honors.
AVCA First-Team High School Senior All-American
Setter: Christian Blough — Rochester, N.Y. (Ohio State)
Setter: Grant Chalmers — Manhattan Beach, Calif. (UCLA)
Opposite: Jackson Bantle — Los Angeles (UCLA)
Outside attacker: Gabriel Domecus — Vallejo, Calif. (Ohio State)
Outside attacker: Jennings Franciskovic — Westlake Village, Calif. (Hawai’i)
Outside attacker: Andrew Freiha — Chula Vista, Calif. (Cal State Northridge)
Outside attacker: Mitch Stahl — Chambersburg, Pa. (UCLA)
Outside attacker: Casey White — Manhattan Beach, Calif. (Harvard)
Middle attacker: Andy Benesh — Palos Verdes Estates, Calif. (USC)
Middle attacker: Mitch Penning — Town and Country, Mo. (Pepperdine)
AVCA Second-Team High School Senior All-American
Setter: Cole Fiers — Palos Verdes Estates, Calif. (Stanford)
Setter: Richie Planek — Wheaton, Ill. (Mount St. Joseph)
Setter: Curtis Stallings — Chesapeake, Va. (Long Beach State)
Opposite: Aiden Albrecht — Matawan, N.J. (Penn State)
Outside attacker: Connor Lammey — West Grove, Pa. (Lewis)
Outside attacker: Oliver Martin — Calabasas, Calif. (UCLA)
Outside attacker: Joseph Pillon — Bellflower, Calif. (Concordia)
Middle attacker: Ryan Kaseff — Manhattan Beach, Calif. (UC Santa Barbara)
Middle attacker: Garrett Mohr — Los Angeles (Ohio State)
Libero: Griffin Galvin — Folsom, Calif. (UC San Diego)