Reyes honored as AVCA Thirty Under 30 Award recipient

LEXINGTON, Ky. – BYU men's volleyball assistant coach Jaylen Reyes has been honored as an American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Thirty Under 30 Award recipient, the organization announced Thursday.

This award was created in 2009 to honor up-and-coming coaching talent at all levels of the sport. To qualify for the award, nominees had to be younger than 30 years old in 2017. The 144 total nominations broke the program record.

“Each year these selections get tougher and tougher as our sport is blessed with so many remarkable young coaches.” AVCA executive director Kathy DeBoer said. “They know they are the future of the sport and of the AVCA, and I’m impressed with their willingness to give of themselves and their desire to lead.”

Of the thirty recipients, 11 are NCAA Division I women’s coaches, five in high school/club and NCAA Division III, three in NCAA Division II, two from the NAIA and NCAA Division I-II men and one from NCAA Division I Beach and Two-Year College Beach programs.

See the complete list of recipients on the AVCA website.