2018 Men’s VolleyMob All-America First Team: DeFalco Spearheads The Top Team

The 2018 NCAA DI-II Men’s Season has come to its conclusion with Long Beach State winning the National Championship. Now let’s transition to some individual accolades to give out.

This week, we will present our end-of-season VolleyMob awards, starting with our All-Freshman Team on Tuesday, our Third-Team on Wednesday, Second-Team yesterday and First-Team today. For each level of All-America recognition, we’ve selected six players plus a libero, similar to a starting lineup. The week will culminate on Saturday with us naming our National Player of the Year and Coach of the Year.

*Note: All-Americans and National Player of the Year were voted on by a VolleyMob staff of writers and compiled based on the aggregate results.

• VolleyMob’s Second Team All-Americans
• VolleyMob’s Third Team All-Americans & Honorable Mention picks

VOLLEYMOB’S 2018 ALL-AMERICA FIRST TEAM:

TJ DEFALCO, JUNIOR OUTSIDE HITTER AT LONG BEACH STATE

6’4″ | Huntington Beach, California

• 2018 Stats: 3.62 kills per set (.377), 1.89 digs per set, 0.66 blocks per set, 0.52 aces per set
• Ranked 9th in the NCAA in points per set (4.53), 11th in hitting percentage and 35th in digs per set
• LBSU finished 28-1 and ranked 1st in the VM Top 20 after winning the National Championship

NICOLAS SZERSZEN, SENIOR OUTSIDE HITTER AT OHIO STATE

6’4″ | Conflans Ste Hne, France

• 2018 Stats: 3.76 kills per set (.388), 2.19 digs per set, 0.38 blocks per set, 0.56 aces per set
• Ranked 8th in the NCAA in points per set (4.54) and hitting % as well as 24th in digs per set
• Ohio State finished 25-6 and ranked 5th in the VM Top 20 after making the Volley Four

DAENAN GYIMAH, SOPHOMORE MIDDLE BLOCKER AT UCLA

6’8″ | Scarborough, Ontario, Canada

• 2018 Stats: 2.43 kills per set (.528), 1.22 blocks per set, 0.33 digs per set, 0.37 aces per set
• Led the nation in hitting % and ranked 3rd in blocks per set and 46th in points per set (3.46)
• UCLA finished 26-8 and ranked 2nd in the VM Top 20 after making the National Championship

SCOTT STADICK, SOPHOMORE MIDDLE BLOCKER AT UC IRVINE

7’0″ | Watertown, Wisconsin

• 2018 Stats: 2.08 kills per set (.418), 1.32 blocks per set, 0.34 digs per set, 0.04 aces per set
• Ranked 2nd in the NCAA in blocks per set and 3rd in hitting %
• UC Irvine finished 21-10 and ranked 6th in the VM Top 20 after making the NCAA Tournament

MICAH MA’A, JUNIOR SETTER AT UCLA

6’3″ | Kaneohe, Hawaii

• 2018 Stats: 10.55 assists per set, 1.71 digs per set, 0.60 blocks per set, 0.45 aces per set, 0.71 kills per set
• Ranked 4th in the NCAA in assists per set and led the 2nd best team hitting % (.350)
• UCLA finished 26-8 and ranked 2nd in the VM Top 20 after making the National Championship

KYLE ENSING, JUNIOR OPPOSITE AT LONG BEACH STATE

6’7″ | Valencia, California

• 2018 Stats: 3.55 kills per set (.355), 1.50 digs per set, 0.85 blocks per set, 0.36 aces per set
• Ranked 16th in the country in points (4.34) and kills per set as well as 13th in hitting %
• LBSU finished 28-1 and ranked 1st in the VM Top 20 after winning the National Championship

LARRY TUILETA, SENIOR LIBERO AT HAWAII

6’2″ | Honolulu, O’ahu

• 2018 Stats: 2.30 digs per set, 0.94 assists per set
• Ranked 17th in the NCAA in digs per set; Hawaii was 6th for ranked teams in opponent hitting %
• Hawaii finished 19-8 and ranked 4th in the VM Top 20