The U.S. preliminary roster is set for an upcoming international tournament.
USA Volleyball announced recently the 21-player training roster for the U23 NORCECA Pan American Cup.
The roster for this tournament is comprised of recent college graduates and current NCAA men’s volleyball players. In addition, the roster will be reduced to 12 players for the event following a one-week training block in late July.
UCLA leads all schools with three current players making this U.S. roster. Penn State, Pepperdine and Stanford also each have multiple current players selected to the team.
Along with these schools, Ball State, BYU, CSUN, Loyola, McKendree, UC Santa Barbara and USC all have a current player on the team.
This the first time the United States has competed in the U23 Pan American Cup since the international started in 2023.
U.S. Men’s U23 National Team training roster
Setter: Donovan Constable, CSUN (2022-25)
Setter: Nathan Flayter, McKendree
Setter: Ryan McElligott, Loyola
Opposite: George Bruening, UC Santa Barbara
Opposite: Jalen Phillips, CSUN
Outside attacker: Ryan Barnett, Pepperdine
Outside attacker: Andrew Deardorff, Saint Francis (2022-25)
Outside attacker: Trent Moser, BYU
Outside attacker: Nyherowo Omene, Princeton (2022-25)
Outside attacker: Zach Rama, UCLA
Outside attacker: Patrick Rogers, Ball State
Outside attacker: Alex Rottman, Stanford
Outside attacker: Theo Snoey, Stanford
Middle attacker: D’Aaron McCraney, McKendree (2024-25) and Central State (2022-23)
Middle attacker: Nicodemus Meyer, Loyola (2022-25)
Middle attacker: Owen Rose, Penn State
Middle attacker: Wesley Smith, USC
Middle attacker: Cameron Thorne, UCLA
Middle attacker: Micah Wong Diallo, UCLA
Libero: Ryan Merk, Penn State
Libero: Jacob Reilly, Pepperdine