Jon Diedrich and Bryce Walker Selected for USA Collegiate National Team
7/14/2023 2:17:00 PM | Men's Volleyball
The pair trained with some of the best collegiate volleyball players in Anaheim, California. The total roster consisted of 21 student-athletes from across the country, hailing from schools in the Big West, EIVA, MIVA and MPSF.
Purdue Fort Wayne was one of four schools in the country and the only in the MIVA to have multiple representatives on the team. UC Irvine, CSUN and Grand Canyon were the other three. Diedrich and Walker were two of the six MIVA players selected for the roster. Ball State head coach Donan Cruz was an assistant coach for the squad.
Roster for the 2023 Men's Collegiate National Team
Name (Position, Height, Hometown, College, USAV Region)
Luke Benson (OH, 6-7, Newbury Park, Calif., BYU, Southern California)
Cole Bogner (S, 6-3, Chesapeake, Va., Penn State, Old Dominion)
Vanis Buckholz (MB, 6-6, Newport Beach, Calif., Ball State, Southern California)
Jon Diedrich (OH, 6-8, Orlando, Fla., Purdue Fort Wayne, Florida)
Nolan Flexen (OH, 6-10, Rio Rancho, N.M., UC Irvine, Sun Country)
Chaz Galloway (OH, 6-3, San Diego, Calif., Hawaii, Southern California)
Nathaniel Gates (MB, 6-8, La Jolla, Calif., Stanford, Southern California)
Clarke Godbold (Opp, 6-5, San Pedro, Calif., Long Beach State, Southern California)
Jackson Hickman (OH, 6-4, Phoenix, Ariz., Grand Canyon, Arizona)
Kyle Hobus (Opp, 6-8, San Pedro, Calif., CSUN, Southern California)
AJ Lewis (OH, 6-5, Shorewood, Ill., Lindenwood, Great Lakes)
Jalen Philips (OH, 6-6, Anaheim, Calif., CSUN, Southern California)
Cole Power (L, 5-11, Huntingdon Beach, Calif., UC Irvine, Southern California)
Cooper Robinson (OH, 6-7, Pacific Palisades, Calif., UCLA, Southern California)
Nicholas Slight (S, 6-3, Storm Lake, Iowa, Grand Canyon, Iowa)
Parker Van Buren (Opp, 6-9, Cross Plains, Wis., Loyola, Badger)
Bryce Walker (MB, 6-8, Bartlett, Ill., Purdue Fort Wayne, Great Lakes)
Rico Wardlow (MB, 6-7, Bolingbrook, Ill., Grand Canyon, Great Lakes)
Henry Wedbush (S, 6-4, Manhattan Beach, Calif., Princeton, Southern California)
Paul Wysznski (L, 5-9, Chicago, Ill., George Mason, Great Lakes)
Cole Young (MB, 6-10, Powell, Ohio, Ohio State, Ohio Valley)
Head Coach: Chris McGown
Assistant Coach: Donan Cruz (Ball State)
Assistant Coach: Paul Carroll (Pepperdine)
Assistant Coach: Jonathan Charette (Long Beach City College)
Performance Analyst: Virginia Pham (Univ. of Southern California)
ATC: Cherryl Bueno
Team Lead: Kevin Moore (USAV NTDP)
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