Royce Hinton | Posted: 10 May 2018 | Updated: 8 Nov 2020

Three Cougars collect VolleyMob All-America honors

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PROVO, Utah – Three Cougars have been named VolleyMob All-Americans, the organization announced this week.

Senior outside hitter Brenden Sander collected VolleyMob Third-Team All-America honors while freshman opposite Gabi Garcia Fernandez and senior middle blocker Price Jarman were named VolleyMob All-America Honorable Mention.

Sander collected 367 kills this season to go with 103 digs, 75 blocks and 41 aces. He was previously named an AVCA First-Team All-American this year.

Fernandez led BYU this season in kills (387), digs (150), aces (51), blocks (90) and points (484.5). He was previously honored as the AVCA Newcomer of the Year and named an AVCA Third-Team All-American.

Despite an injury midway through the season, Jarman averaged 1.13 blocks per set while hitting at a .432 clip (115-19-222). He was also named AVCA All-America Honorable Mention this season.

All-Americans are voted on by a VolleyMob staff of writers and compiled based on aggregate results.

Six players plus a libero were selected for each level of All-America recognition.

VOLLEYMOB FIRST TEAM ALL-AMERICANS

OH:

TJ DelFalco – Junior/Long Beach State

OH:

Nicolas Szerszen – Senior/Ohio State

MB:

Daenan Gyimah – Sophomore/UCLA

MB:

Scott Stadick – Sophomore/UC Irvine

S:

Micah Ma’a – Junior/UCLA

RS:

Kyle Ensing – Junior/Long Beach State

L:

Larry Tuileta – Senior/Hawaii

VOLLEYMOB SECOND TEAM ALL-AMERICANS

OH:

David Wieczorek – RS Junior/Pepperdine

OH:

Stijn van Tilburg – Junior/Hawaii

MB:

Jeff Jendryk – Senior/Loyola-Chicago

MB:

Matt Walsh – Senior/Ball State

S:

Josh Tuaniga – Junior/Long Beach State

RS:

Arvis Greene – Senior/Cal State Northridge

L:

Joshua Ayzenberg – Senior/Sacred Heart

VOLLEYMOB THIRD-TEAM ALL-AMERICANS

OH:

Brenden Sander – Senior/BYU

OH:

Ryan Coenen– RS Sophomore/Lewis

MB:

Pedro Carvalho – Freshman/Lincoln Memorial

MB:

Nick Amado – RS Junior/Long Beach State

S:

Sanil Thomas – Junior/Ohio State

RS:

Tanner Syftestad – Senior/UC San Diego

L:

Jacob Weiser – Senior/Concordia Irvine

VOLLEYMOB ALL-AMERICA HONORABLE MENTION:

OH: Liam Maxwell (Belmont Abbey), Jeff Sprayberry (King), Pelegrin Vargas (Fort Wayne), Collin Mahan (Loyola-Chicago)
MB: Price Jarman (BYU), Tyler Mitchem (Lewis), Junior Oboh (Princeton), Brad Gretsch (Harvard), Maxime Hervoir (Ohio State)
S: Brian Negron (George Mason), Joe Worsley (Hawaii), Dante Chakravorti (UC Irvine)
RS: Karl Apfelbach (UC Irvine), Angelos Mandilaris (Barton), Christian Hessenauer (UCLA), Gabi Garcia Fernandez (BYU)
L: Evan Enriques (Stanford), David Parker (UC Irvine), Florian Ruhm (Limestone)

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