The AVCA has announced their 2017 Division I-II Men’s All-America teams, with Long Beach State garnering five players on the list.
After one of their programs best years, Long Beach State has five players honored as All-Americans. Next in line are Ohio State and Hawaii with three honored and UC Irvine had two players.
Four of Long Beach State’s five honorees earned First Team accolades – TJ DeFalco, Amir Lugo-Rodriguez, Andrew Sato and Josh Tuaniga – with Kyle Ensing earning Second-Team honors. DeFalco and Tuaniga are now two-time AVCA All-Americans. Sato earns the only libero spot in the First-Team All-American list.
Loyola-Chicago’s Jeff Jendryk is the only Rambler to earn AVCA All-American honors three times. Jendryk was named to the First-Team in 2015, Second-Team in 2016 and against to the First-Team in 2017.
Earning this years, AVCA Newcomer of the Year is Lewis’ Ryan Coenen who has produced 3.20 kills per set on a .288 hitting percentage this season. Coenen also garnered MIVA Co-Freshmen of the Year honors and earlier this season the VolleyMob National Player of the Week.
AVCA DIVISION I-II MEN’S FIRST-TEAM ALL-AMERICA
| TJ DeFalco* | Long Beach State University | OH | So. | Huntington Beach, Calif. |
| Jennings Franciskovic | University of Hawai’i | S | Sr. | Westlake Village, Calif. |
| Jeff Jendryk+^ | Loyola University Chicago | MB | Jr. | Wheaton, Ill. |
| Miles Johnson* | Ohio State University | RS | Sr. | Carlsbad, Calif. |
| Jake Langlois+ | Brigham Young University | OH | Sr. | San Jose, Calif. |
| Amir Lugo-Rodriguez | Long Beach State University | MB | Sr. | South Pasadena, Calif. |
| Andrew Sato | Long Beach State University | L | Sr. | Calabasas, Calif. |
| Nicolas Szerszen* | Ohio State University | OH | Jr. | Conflans Ste Hne, France |
| Josh Tuaniga+ | Long Beach State University | S | So. | Long Beach, Calif. |
| Stijn van Tilburg | University of Hawai’i | RS | So. | Amsterdam. Netherlands |
AVCA DIVISION I-II MEN’S SECOND-TEAM ALL-AMERICA
| Jake Arnitz+ | UCLA | OH | Jr. | Yorba Linda, Calif. |
| Christy Blough+ | Ohio State University | S | Sr. | Ontario, N.Y. |
| Ryan Coenen | Lewis University | OH | RS-Fr. | Franklin, Wis. |
| Kyle Ensing | Long Beach State University | RS | So. | Valencia, Calif. |
| Jabarry Goodridge | New Jersey Institute of Technology | OH | Sr. | Bridgetown, Barbados |
| Tamir Hershko% | UC Irvine | OH | Sr. | Hod Ha’Sharon, Israel |
| Chris Nugent | Penn State University | OH | Sr. | Fair Lawn, N.J. |
| Michael Saeta | UC Irvine | S | Sr. | South Pasadena, Calif. |
| Larry Tuileta | University of Hawai’i | L | So. | Honolulu, O’ahu, Hawai’i |
| Lucas Yoder | University of Southern California | OH | Sr. | San Clemente, Calif. |
TeamSnap/AVCA Division I-II Men’s National Player of the Year: Announced at NCAA Championship Banquet on May 3.
AVCA Division I-II Men’s Newcomer of the Year: Ryan Coenen, Lewis, OH
* – 2016 AVCA Division I-II Men’s First-Team All-America selection
+ – 2016 AVCA Division I-II Men’s Second-Team All-America selection
^ – 2015 AVCA Division I-II Men’s First-Team All-America selection
% -2015 AVCA Division I-II Men’s Second-Team All-America selection
$ – 2014 AVCA Division I-II Men’s First-Team All-American selection
! – 2014 AVCA Division I-II Men’s Second-Team All-America selection
AVCA DIVISION I-II HONORABLE MENTION
| Joshua Ayzenberg | Sacred Heart University | L | Jr. | Long Beach, N.Y. |
| Andy Benesh | University of Southern California | MB | Sr. | Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. |
| Gabriel Domecus | Ohio State University | L | Sr. | Vallejo, Calif. |
| Leo Durkin | Brigham Young University | S | Jr. | Las Vegas, Nev. |
| Evan Enriques | Stanford University | L | Jr. | Punalu’u, Hawai’i |
| Arvis Greene | CSUN | RS | Jr. | Los Angeles, Calif. |
| Driss Guessous | Ohio State University | MB | RS-Sr. | Pasadena, Calif. |
| Thomas Hodges | UC Irvine | OH | Sr. | Melbourne, Australia |
| Dillon Hoffman | UC Irvine | L | Sr. | San Clemente, Calif. |
| Price Jarman | Brigham Young University | MB | Jr. | Las Vegas, Nev. |
| Vasilis Mandilaris | Barton College | OH | So. | Chalkida, Greece |
| Calvin Mende | Penn State University | RS | RS-Fr. | Redlands, Calif. |
| Hendrik Mol | University of Hawai’i | MB | Sr. | Sand, Norway |
| Mitch Perinar | Lewis University | RS | RS-So. | Channahon, Ill. |
| Kevin Rakestraw | Stanford University | MB | RS-Jr. | Newport Beach, Calif. |
| Brenden Sander | Brigham Young University | OH | Jr. | Huntington Beach, Calif. |
| Michael Simmons | Lewis University | L | RS-So. | Aurora, Ill. |
| Jeff Sprayberry | King University (TN) | OH | Jr. | Oak Forest, Ill. |
| Scott Stadick | UC Irvine | MB | Fr. | Watertown, Wis. |
| Mitch Stahl | UCLA | MB | Sr. | Chambersburg, Pa. |
| Matt Szews | Ball State University | RS | Fr. | Brookfield, Wis. |
| Matt Walsh | Ball State University | MB | Jr. | Chicago, Ill. |
| David Wieczorek | Pepperdine University | OH | RS-So. | Chicago, Ill. |
| Matt Yoshimoto | Lewis University | S | So. | Ventura, Calif. |
| Bryce Yould | Long Beach State University | MB | Sr. | Laguna Niguel, Calif. |
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