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composed of 24 players and is the pipeline to the the U.S. was down 6 - 5, but after Jeff rotated out at
Olympic team. Players are selected for the national the service line they were up 12 - 6, giving the U.S.
team for three years, and the fourth year is the the needed advantage. Jeff helped get the U.S. the
Olympic year with twelve players on the team. silver medal.”
After graduating from high school, Jeff went Jeff has now been playing professionally for four
to Loyola University in Chicago on a volleyball years. Over that time, he’s hardly had a day off
scholarship; at the time, he was the number three because he’s always training and travelling. Jeff has
pick in the entire U.S. In his first year, the Loyola played volleyball in Russia, Poland, Germany, France,
team won the national championship and Jeff was Italy, Netherlands, Brazil, China, and Japan. He now
selected as the Most Outstanding Player of the NCAA has his sights set on the Olympics; this past summer,
tournament, and is still the only freshman to ever win he was the first alternate for the Tokyo games, and
that award. He was Loyola’s first 4-time All American, Jeff is hoping to train hard and stay healthy to prepare
and upon graduation he joined the professional for the Paris Olympics in 2024, and even the Los
volleyball team in Berlin, Germany. Angeles games in 2028.
“In 2019, the Volleyball Men’s Nations League Jeff’s dad is incredibly proud of how far his 13
(VNL) played against Brazil,” said Jeff Sr. “The basketball-loving son has made it in volleyball. We
Americans had never won better than bronze in hope Jeff has a great year! Please visit the following
recent tournaments. But, in 2019 at the VNL, the U.S. link to watch an amazing video of Jeff’s serve
ranked second in the world versus Brazil, who was performance in the VNL match against Brazil: https://
number one. Jeff came in and served in the fifth set of tinyurl.com/dxm8xrjb.
the semi-final match. The final set goes to 15 points;