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The long college men’s volleyball offseason is almost over.
With the 2025 season slated to start in about a week, check out the returning players who were among the national stat leaders last season.
Returning 2024 leaders: Kills per game average
1. Geste Bianchi, UC Santa Barbara – 4.82
2. Hilir Henno, UC Irvine – 4.76
3. Jamal Ellis Carballo, Fairleigh Dickinson – 4.44
4. Raje Alleyne, Ball State (transferred from Quincy) – 4.41
5. Parker Van Buren, Loyola – 4.28
6. Tinaishe Ndavazocheva, Ball State – 4.04
7. Nathan Zini, Saint Francis – 3.83
8. Logan Whitaker, Merrimack – 3.72
9. Max Roquet, Lewis – 3.63
10. Pablo Zamar, Erskine – 3.57
11. Nyherowo Omene, Princeton – 3.49
12. Zach Puentes, Belmont Abbey – 3.48
13. Deklan Wingo, Tusculum – 3.47
14. Luke Benson, BYU – 3.45
15.Dillon Klein, USC – 3.44
16. Phinehas Wiley, Vanguard (transferred from Dominican) – 3.42
T-17. Shane Wetzel, Ohio State – 3.37
T-17. Nate Meyer, Missouri S&T – 3.37
19. Ian Schuller, Lindenwood – 3.36
20. Isaiah Fedd, Fort Valley State – 3.31
Returning 2024 leaders: Attack percentage
1. D’Aaron McCraney, McKendree – .409
2. Tymek Brzoza, D’Youville – .381
3. Hilir Henno, UC Irvine – .373
4. Parker Van Buren, Loyola – .364
5. Michael de la Cruz, North Greenville – .362
6. Luke Benson, BYU – .344
7. Sotiris Siapanis, Long Beach State – .342
8. Maxim Grigoriev, UC Irvine – .339
9. Nathan Zini, Saint Francis – .335
10. Cooper Robinson, UCLA – .332
T-11. Daniel Fabikovic, Loyola – .300
T-11. Paul Fillion, Roberts Wesleyan – .330
13. Isaiah Fedd, Fort Valley State – .329
14. Tinaishe Ndavazocheva, Ball State – .325
15. Jake Reed, Loyola – .321
16. Clay Wieter, Hawai’i (transferred from Lindenwood) – .319
17. Haven Wankerl, D’Youville – .317
18. Maverick O’Neil, Daemen – .313
19. Raje Alleyne, Ball State (transferred from Quincy) – .311
20. Max Roquet, Lewis – .305
Returning 2024 leaders: Aces per game average
1. Isaiah Fedd, Fort Valley State – 0.66
2. Nathan Zini, Saint Francis – 0.59
3. Griffin Monrad, Roberts Wesleyan – 0.50
T-4. Luke Koster, Lindenwood (transferred from Dominican) – 0.46
T-4. Clay Wieter, Hawai’i (transferred from Lindenwood) – 0.46
6. Louis Sakanoko, Hawai’i – 0.43
T-7. Kyran Versteegen, St. Thomas Aquinas – 0.42
T-7. Hilir Henno, UC Irvine – 0.42
T-7. Anthony Cherfan, UC San Diego – 0.42
T-10. Jackson Lahey, Mount Olive – 0.41
T-10. Tread Rosenthal, Hawai’i – 0.41
T-12. Nyherowo Omene, Princeton – 0.40
T-12. Ido David, UCLA – 0.40
T-12. Logan Whitaker, Merrimack – 0.40
T-12. Matthew Staskunas, Belmont Abbey – 0.40
T-16. Keoni Thiim, BYU (transferred from Hawai’i) – 0.39
T-16. Brady Stump, Saint Francis – 0.39
T-18. Geste Bianchi, UC Santa Barbara – 0.38
T-18. Kevin Schuele, McKendree – 0.38
20. Cooper Robinson, UCLA – 0.37
Returning 2024 leaders: Assists per game average
1. Logan Taylor, North Greenville – 10.41
2. Francisco Pomar, Erskine – 10.25
3. Kohl Kutsch, Ohio State (transferred from Lincoln Memorial) – 10.21
4. Andrew Rowan, UCLA – 10.15
5. Tread Rosenthal, Hawai’i – 10.08
6. Donovan Constable, CSUN – 9.88
7. Tyler Morgan, Lewis – 9.82
8. Jackson Lahey, Mount Olive – 9.77
9. Henry Wedbush, Princeton – 9.76
10. Tyler Herget, BYU – 9.74
11. Andrej Polomac, Purdue Fort Wayne – 9.67
12. Lucas Machado, Ball State – 9.44
13. Randy Adomo, D’Youville – 9.42
14. Joseph Morris, Belmont Abbey – 9.41
15. Jose Angarita, Fairleigh Dickinson – 9.23
Returning 2024 leaders: Blocks per game average
1. Cameron Thorne, UCLA (transferred from Grand Canyon) – 1.36
2. Jibriel Elhaddad, Belmont Abbey – 1.30
3. Nicodemus Meyer, Loyola – 1.14
4. Holden Mayott, Mount Olive – 1.07
5. Jim Garrison, UC San Diego – 1.06
6. Kurt Nusterer, Hawai’i – 1.05
7. Constantinos Iacovou, Mount Olive – 0.99
T-8. Greg Bodus, Emmanuel – 0.98
T-8. Cole Young, Ohio State – 0.98
10. Wesley Smith, USC – 0.95
11. Caleb Rohlwing, Missouri S&T – 0.94
12. Ondrej Arabasz, Daemen – 0.91
13. Maverick O’Neil, Daemen – 0.90
14. Roen Lively, McKendree – 0.89
T-15. Nicolas Lynch, Saint Francis – 0.88
T-15. Maxim Grigoriev, UC Irvine – 0.88
T-15. James Feuchtgruber, St. Thomas Aquinas – 0.88
T-15. Peter Selcho, UC San Diego – 0.88
T-19. Gavin Tate, Dominican – 0.86
T-19. Skyler Varga, Long Beach State – 0.86
T-19. Erel Bardah, Lees-McRae – 0.86
Returning 2024 leaders: Digs per game average
1. Clint Forbes,Benedict – 3.22
2. Kyle Standage, Merrimack – 2.78
3. Moises Jimenenz, Roberts Wesleyan – 2.70
4. Javier Saldivar, Kentucky State – 2.39
5. Alejandro Leno, Belmont Abbey – 2.30
6. Grady Hoffman, Fairleigh Dickinson – 2.27
7. Tyler Roukey, Dominican – 2.26
8. Dominik Wagiel, Quincy – 2.23
9. Zac Clark, Maryville – 2.20
10. Kevin Schuele, McKendree – 2.13
11. Ryan Merk, Penn State – 2.12
12. Nico Paula, Lewis – 2.08
13. Mert Asma, Mount Olive – 2.07
14. Yadiel Diaz, McKendree – 2.06
15. Diego Cardona, Fort Valley State – 2.00