Life without graduated four-time All-American outside attacker Taylor Sander will be an adjustment for BYU coach Chris McGown, but it’s a challenge he is embracing.
McGown said in a recent interview with Off the Block that despite not having a returning All-American player, BYU has now more overall depth on its roster than it had in previous seasons.
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The volleyball community stepped up and now under-privileged children in Honduras will have a better opportunity to learn the sport of volleyball.
Off the Block announced Monday that its philanthropic campaign The Assist successfully reached its goal of raising $500 to provide volleyballs and other volleyball essentials to the Franklin Delano Roosevelt training center in Puerto Cortes, Honduras.
North Greenville has yet play a regular season match in its program history, but it already has received an early-signing commitment from a high school all-conference player.
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A setter with multiple high school all-state honors will be among the newest recruits to join Ball State.
Ball State announced recently that high school seniors Jake Romano, Lemuel Turner and Parker Swartz all signed national letters of intent to play for the Cardinals beginning in 2016. (more…)
There is a cornucopia amount of things to be thankful for right now in college men’s volleyball.
Off the Block in the spirit of Thanksgiving asked its Twitter followers what in college men’s volleyball they are most thankful for this year and received variety of answers to that question.
Check out the preseason match results from the NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball teams that were in action Tuesday. (more…)
Three players with a combined seven high school state championships have committed to UCLA.
UCLA announced Tuesday that high school seniors Micah Ma’a, Davis Gillett and Spencer Sachs have all signed national letters of intent to play for the Bruins beginning in 2016.
It’s never easy when Christmas shopping to find that volleyball-theme gift for that college volleyball fan in your life.
With the Christmas shopping season beginning this week, Off the Block has scoured the internet to create the 2014 Ultimate Christmas Gift List for college volleyball fans. Everything from books and retro volleyball swag to great volleyball stocking stuffers made the cut for the second annual volleyball gift list.
The pending retirement of Hall of Fame coach Arnie Ball did not slow down IPFW’s recruiting efforts.
Ball on the verge of entering his final season announced during the weekend that high school seniors Alex Dickmann, Kyle Fitzgerald, Austin Neace and Graydon Schroeder all signed to letters of national intent to join IPFW in 2016.
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Three players who helped the United States qualify for the upcoming FIVB Youth World Championship are among the latest recruits to commit to Hawai’i.
Hawai’i announced Friday that six high school seniors have all signed national letters of intent to join the Rainbow Warriors beginning in the 2016 season.
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