Anteater Duo Snag Preseason All-American Honor
December 11, 2015 | Men's Volleyball
Irvine, Calif. – Junior Tamir Hershko and senior Jason Agopian were named to the 2016 Off the Block/Springbak, Inc. Preseason All-American first team.
Hershko tied Loyola setter Peter Hutz as the two highest vote-getters in the preseason All-American voting.
UCI outside hitter Kyle Russell and middle blocker Andrew Benz received votes, but did not make the first or second team.
The annual Off the Block/Springbak, Inc. Preseason All-American Teams recognizes the NCAA Division I-II men's volleyball players projected to be the best in the nation during the upcoming season.
The 18-member voting committee for these teams was comprised of men's volleyball head coaches and volleyball reporters from around the nation.
OFF THE BLOCK/SPRINGBAK, INC. FIRST-TEAM PRESEASON ALL-AMERICANS
Setter: Peter Hutz, Loyola
Setter: Jonah Seif, UC Santa Barbara
|Opposite: Tamir Hershko, UC Irvine
Opposite: Ben Patch, BYU
Outside attacker: Nicolas Szerszen, Ohio State
Outside attacker: Sinisa Zarkovic, Hawai'i
Middle attacker: Jason Agopian, UC Irvine
Middle attacker: Jeff Jendryk, Loyola
Middle attacker: Bobby Walsh, Lewis
Libero: Kolby Kanetake, Hawai'i
OFF THE BLOCK/SPRINGBAK, INC. SECOND-TEAM PRESEASON ALL-AMERICANS
Setter: Scott Fifer, Lewis
Setter: Jennings Franciskovic, Hawai'i
Setter: James Shaw, Stanford
Opposite: Matt Tarantino, Pepperdine
Outside attacker: JT Hatch, UCLA
Outside attacker: Jake Langlois, BYU
Outside attacker: Brenden Sander, BYU
Middle attacker: Andy Benesh, USC
Middle attacker: Conrad Kaminski, Stanford
Middle attacker: Nick Olson, Loyola
Libero: Andrew Sato, Long Beach State
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