Loyola University men's volleyball

Loyola University Chicago Ramblers
Men's Volleyball
University Loyola University Chicago
Conference MIVA
Location Chicago, IL
Head coach Mark Hulse (2nd year)
Home arena Joseph J. Gentile Arena (Capacity: 4,486)
Nickname Ramblers
NCAA Tournament Champions
2014, 2015
NCAA Tournament Appearances
2013, 2014, 2015
Conference Regular Season Champions
2002, 2005, 2006, 2013, 2014

The Ramblers' men's volleyball team is a member of the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association. The Ramblers are coached by Mark Hulse, who is in his second season. The Ramblers were previously coached by Loyola alumnus Shane Davis. His record through twelve seasons was 265–88 (.751), and he led Loyola Ramblers to back-to-back NCAA Championships.[1]

In 2013, the Ramblers (22-10) were defeated by the UCI Anteaters 0–3 (24-26, 18–25, 27–29) in the first semifinal of the NCAA championships on May 2, 2013 at UCLA's Pauley Pavilion. This was the teams first appearance ever in an NCAA men's collegiate volleyball tournament. [4]

On May 3, 2014, Loyola (29-1), playing host to the 2014 Championships, defeated the Stanford Cardinal (24-9) 3-1 to win the program's first-ever NCAA Men's National Collegiate Volleyball Championship.[2]

On May 10, 2015, Loyola (28-2), defeated Lewis University Flyers (26-4) in a thrilling 3-2 win for back-to-back NCAA Men's National Collegiate Volleyball Championship.[3][4]

All-Americans

The Loyola men's volleyball program has seen 23 AVCA All American honors.

Year AVCA All-Americans
1998 Dan Schultz (2nd)
2002 Brad Stoub (2nd)
2003 Shane Davis (2nd), Justin Schnor (2nd)
2005 Scott Greene (2nd), Krystian Krzyzak (2nd)
2006 James Grunst (1st), Chris Kozlarek (1st)
2007 James Grunst (2nd)
2011 Mike Bunting (2nd)
2012 Joe Smalzer (2nd)
2013 Joe Smalzer (2nd)
2014 Thomas Jaeschke (1st), Joe Smalzer (HM), Cody Caldwell (HM), Nick Olson (HM)
2015 Thomas Jaeschke (1st), Jeff Jendryk (1st), Peter Hutz (2nd), Cody Caldwell (HM)
2016 Jeff Jendryk (2nd), Peter Hutz (HM), Nick Olson (HM)

National awards

Year/Award National Coach of the Year National Player of the Year
2014 Shane Davis
2015 Thomas Jaeschke

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