The 2021 Men's Volleyball All-Cal Pac Teams
The California Pacific Conference announces the men's volleyball 2021 All-Conference teams, as voted on by conference coaches. Benedictine-Mesa's Bobby Henige was voted the Cal Pac's Player of the Year for the second consecutive year, and UC Merced's Ryan Steele garnered his second straight Setter of the Year honor. BENU's Landon Fuller, last season's Newcomer of the Year, was named the Attacker of the Year this spring.
INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Bobby Henige (Benedictine-Mesa)
ATTACKER OF THE YEAR: Landon Fuller (Benedictine-Mesa)
DEFENDER OF THE YEAR: Zach Brill (UC Merced)
NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR: Jared Guglielmana (UC Merced)
SETTER OF THE YEAR: Ryan Steele (UC Merced)
COACH OF THE YEAR: Ai Prachumsri (UC Merced)
ASSISTANT COACH OF THE YEAR: Aaron Samarin (UC Merced)
ALL-CONFERENCE TEAMS
First Team
Player | School | Year | Pos | Hometown |
James Contreras | Park-Gilbert | SR | OH | Gilbert, Ariz. |
Grant DeGrasse | Benedictine-Mesa | SR | OH | Chatsworth, Calif. |
Landon Fuller | Benedictine-Mesa | SO | OH | Tempe, Ariz. |
Bobby Henige | Benedictine-Mesa | SR | MB | Phoenix, Ariz. |
Nikos Kalagasidis | Simpson | SO | S | Greece |
Chris Morikawa | UC Merced | SO | S/OPP | Yorba Linda, Calif. |
Ryan Steele | UC Merced | SR | S | Sacramento, Calif. |
Second Team
Player | School | Year | Pos | Hometown |
Zach Brill | UC Merced | JR | L | Palos Verdes, Calif. |
Emmanuel Egun | UC Merced | SR | MB | Woodland Hills, Calif. |
Troy Jackson | Saint Katherine | GS | MB | San Diego, Calif. |
Jean-Jacques James | Simpson | SO | MB | Elk Grove, Calif. |
Charles Pollnow | Benedictine-Mesa | SR | OH | Las Vegas, Nev. |
Dapre Rogers | Benedictine-Mesa | SO | RS | Tempe, Ariz. |
Xander Thesz | Park-Gilbert | FR | MB | Phoenix, Ariz. |
Honorable Mention
Pacific Union: Samuela Waituruturu; Park-Gilbert: Hunter Miller; Saint Katherine: Nik Gettman, Jeremiah Cook; Simpson: Christian Murray