AVCA announces 2014 All-American Teams, All-American Honorable Mentions

Stanford fell just short of a conference regular season title, but picked up the most All-American honors of any team in the nation.

The AVCA announced Thursday the 20 players making its annual All-American teams along with its All-American honorable mention list.

Stanford had a nation-best three players selected to an All-American team, including outside attacker Brian Cook who earned First-Team All-American honors.

The Cardinal were one of 14 teams to have a player earn AVCA All-American honors. In addition, UC Irvine, USC, Lewis and Pepperdine each had two All-American selections.

The voting committee for the AVCA All-American Teams was comprised of 10 college head coaches and all four conferences were represented in the committee. This is also the first year that the AVCA extended the All-American honors to include an All-American Honorable Mention list.

AVCA FIRST-TEAM ALL-AMERICAN
Setter: Micah Christenson, USC
Outside attacker: Brian Cook, Stanford
Outside attacker: Taylor Crabb, Long Beach State
Outside attacker: Thomas Jaeschke, Loyola
Outside attacker: Geoff Powell, Lewis
Outside attacker: Gonzalo Quiroga, UCLA
Outside attacker: Aaron Russell, Penn State
Outside attacker: Taylor Sander, BYU
Middle attacker: Taylor Averill, Hawai’i
Libero: Michael Brinkley, UC Irvine

AVCA SECOND-TEAM ALL-AMERICAN
Setter: BJ Boldog, Lewis
Setter: Jonah Seif, UC Santa Barbara
Setter: James Shaw, Stanford
Setter: Matt West, Pepperdine
Outside attacker: Steven Irvin, Stanford
Outside attacker: Josh Taylor, Pepperdine
Middle attacker: Driss Guessous, Ohio State
Middle attacker: Scott Kevorken, UC Irvine
Middle attacker: Matt Leske, Ball State
Libero: Henry Cassiday, USC

AVCA ALL-AMERICAN HONORABLE MENTIONS
Opposite: Nick Goodell, Penn State
Opposite: Cody Kessel, Princeton
Opposite: Spencer Rowe, UCLA
Opposite: Andrew Sellan, IPFW
Opposite: Joseph Smalzer, Loyola
Outside attacker: Cody Caldwell, Loyola
Outside attacker: Angel Dache, Mount Olive
Outside attacker: Mike Michelau, Erskine
Outside attacker: Robart Page, UCLA
Outside attacker: Greg Petty, Lewis
Outside attacker: DJ White, Harvard
Outside attacker: Lucas Yoder, USC
Middle attacker: Concrad Kaminski, Stanford
Middle attacker: Nicholas Olson, Loyola
Middle attacker: Matt Tarantino, Pepperdine
Middle attacker: Caleb Zimmick, Harvard