Colorado Springs, Colorado (May 17, 2024) – USA Volleyball and its National Team Development Program are pleased to announce the 21 players for the 2024 U.S. Men’s U21 National Team.
The team will train at the Olympic and Paralympic Training Center in Colorado Springs from June 1-8. Twelve athletes will be selected to compete in the 2021 NORCECA Men's U21 Continental Championship, to be held from June 9th to 16th in Nogales, Senora, Mexico.
This event will be a qualifier for the 2025 FIVB Men's U21 World Championship.
Fortevictor Loiola Team players return from one of two 2023 Boys U19 rosters: Setter tred rosenthal and Trent TaliaferroLibero Lorne Alvia and Kellen Larsonoutside hitter Sterling Foley, Cole Hartke, Sean Kelly, Victor Loiola and Marek TurnerOpposition Finn Carney and middle blocker Josh Arya, Tre Jordan, tristan whitfield and Parker Tomkinson.
The 2023 U.S. Men's Under-19 Team won the NORCECA Pan American Cup and placed fourth at the FIVB World Championship, the best finish in U.S. history.
The 2023 U.S. Men's U21 Team won a silver medal at the NORCECA Pan American Cup and finished 13th at the FIVB World Championships.
Players not on the 2023 roster are setters. Caleb Blanchettoutside hitter Justin Todd and Jameson Vaccaromiddle blocker jackson christ and Aidan Klein and the opposite braydon sabitski-lind and Kainoa Wade. Blanchett, Vaccaro and Crist are on the 2022 boys U19 roster.
John HawkesHe previously served as the men's head coach at Loyola in Chicago and will be appointed as the U.S. men's U21 head coach. donan cruz ball state Matthew Pollock Pepperdine.
“We have assembled a dynamic staff and I can't wait to get in the gym with them,” Hawks said. “The men we selected reflect the best that this age group has to offer in the United States. I am confident that we can do it.”
2024 U.S. Men's U21 National Team
Name (title, height, hometown, school, USAV region)
Lorne Alvia (L, 5-11, Hayward, CA, Princeton, Northern California)
Joshua Arya (MB, 6-9, Mission Viejo, California, University of California, Santa Barbara, Southern California)
Caleb Blanchett (S, 6-5, University of Southern California, Franklin, Tennessee)
jackson christ (MB, 6-10, Sage Hill School, Long Beach, CA, Southern California)
Sterling Foley (Ohio State, Newport Beach, California, 6-7, University of Southern California, Southern California)
Cole Hartke (Ohio State, 7-0, Great Lakes Pepperdine, Barrington, Illinois)
Tre Jordan (MB, 6-10, Mesa, Arizona, Grand Canyon, Arizona)
Finn Carney (Ibid., 6-5, Phoenix, Arizona, University of Hawaii, Arizona)
sean kelly (Ohio State, 6-7, Manhattan Beach, California, UCLA, Southern California)
Aidan Klein (MB, 6-10, Evanston, IL, Loyola University Chicago, Great Lakes)
Kellen Larson (L, 5-10, Irvine, California Southern California, Long Beach)
Victor Loiola (Oh, 6-4, Manhattan Beach, California; Southern California, Long Beach)
tred rosenthal (S, 6-9, Hermosa Beach, California university ho'saii, Southern California)
braydon sabitski-lind (Opp, 6-7, Roscoe, Illinois, Ball State, Great Lakes)
Trent Taliaferro (S, 6-5, San Clemente, California; UCLA, Southern California)
Justin Todd (Oh, 6-8, honolulu, hawaii, University of Hawaii, Aloha)
Parker Tomkinson (MB, 7-0, Carlsbad, California; University of Southern California Southern California)
Marek Turner (Oh, 6-5, long beach, california, Woodrow Wilson High School, Southern California)
Jameson Vaccaro (Oh, 6-4, San Diego, California; Princeton, Southern California area)
Kainoa Wade (ibid., 6-9, Kailua, Hawaii Kamehameha School, Aloha)
tristan whitfield (MB, 6-7, virginia beach, virginia, Princeton, Old Dominion)
Head coach: John Hawkes, Loyola Chicago
Assistant coach: Donnan Cruz, Ball State University
Assistant coach: Matthew Pollock, Pepperdine
Performance analyst: AJ Ruttenberg, UCLA
Athletic trainer: Dr. Christopher Cornell, Koduhi Clinic
team leader: Donovan Martinez, USAV NTDP
