LEXINGTON, Ky. — The American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) is proud to announce its 16th annual AVCA Men's Division III All-America Teams.
Leading the way in this year’s class is Springfield College, who notches a class-best four combined players on the First and Second-Teams.
S C H O O L H I S T O R Y ⚔️🏐
— SVU Athletics (@svuathletics) April 22, 2019
Men's Volleyball produces University's first All-American First Team honors. Most honors won by one team!
Paul Clark ➡️ All-American First Team ✔️
Nahuel Recabarren ➡️ All-American First Team ✔️
Danny Aina ➡️ All-American Honorable Mention ✔️ https://t.co/Whlj3jZZ5a
Carthage’s Matt Reinsel is the lone player this year to take home his fourth AVCA All-American nod, while a pair of players are picking up their third award: Stevens Right Side David Lehman and Springfield Middle Blocker Kyle Jasuta.
STATS AND SCORES: Men's DIII volleyball statistics | Current national rankings
The selections were made by the AVCA Men's Division III Volleyball All-America Committee: chairperson LJ Marx; chairperson (Carthage), Dan Liberto (Marymount), Scott Reslow (Johnson & Wales), Aldis Berzins (Stevenson), Kyle Exline (North Central), Ryan Shopf (Lakeland), Katie LaClaire (SUNY Poly), Sheila Gisbrecht (Elms), Bill Kropp (St. Joseph’s – Long Island), Dan Miranda (Elmira), and Ryan Thompson (Wittenberg).
First-Team All-Americans
| Player | Institution | Pos. | Yr. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Braas | Arcadia University | MB | Jr. |
| Raymond Cascio | UC Santa Cruz | MB | Sr. |
| Paul Clark | Southern Virginia University | OH | Sr. |
| Kamil Garbowski | Kean University | MB | Sr. |
| Eli Gabriel Irizarry Pares$ | Springfield College | S | So. |
| David Lehman*$ | Stevens Institute of Technology | RS | Jr. |
| Danny Martens* | Milwaukee School of Engineering | L | Jr. |
| Nate Miller* | Lancaster Bible College | RS | Jr. |
| Quinn Peterson! | Juniata College | RS | Sr. |
| Nahuel Recabarren | Southern Virginia University | OH | So. |
| Matt Reinsel*$% | Carthage College | S | Sr. |
| Landon Shorts | Stevenson University | OH | Sr. |
| Matt Slivinski | Carthage College | OH | So. |
| Nick Smith | SUNY New Paltz | OH | Sr. |
Second-team All-Americans
| Player | Institution | Pos. | Yr. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brennen Brandow | Springfield College | OH | Fr. |
| Ian Capp! | Kean University | S | Jr. |
| Neil Ferraro* | New York University | MB | Jr. |
| Matt Grace | SUNY New Paltz | S | Jr. |
| Kyle Jasuta!$ | Springfield College | MB | Gr. |
| Ethan Klosak | Dominican University | OH | Jr. |
| Quin Krisik& | Milwaukee School of Engineering | S | Sr. |
| Bryn Lipton! | Endicott College | OH | Jr. |
| Elijah Medlock | Benedictine University (IL) | RS | Jr. |
| Johjan Mussa Robles | Springfield College | L | Jr. |
| Nate Reynolds | Stevenson University | MB | So. |
| Jeremy Torres | Elms College | OH | So. |
| Jovanny Torres | Elms College | OH | So. |
| Evan Walsh! | Carthage College | RS | Sr. |
Honorable Mention All-Americans
| Player | Institution | Pos. | Yr. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Aina | Southern Virginia University | L | Sr. |
| Jack Bittker | Stevens Institute of Technology | OH | So. |
| Skyler Kaufman | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | MB | Sr. |
2019 TeamSnap/AVCA Division III Men's National Player of the Year: Announced April 25 at the NCAA Division III Men's Volleyball Championship banquet in Union, New Jersey.
2019 AVCA Newcomer of the Year: Brennen Brandow, Springfield, OH
* - 2018 AVCA Division III Men's First-Team All-America selection
! - 2018 AVCA Division III Men's Second-Team All-America selection
^ - 2017 AVCA Division III Men's First-Team All-America selection
$ - 2017 AVCA Division III Men's Second-Team All-America selection
# - 2016 AVCA Division III Men's First-Team All-America selection
% - 2016 AVCA Division III Men's Second-Team All-America selection
& - 2015 AVCA Division III Men’s Second-Team All-America selection
