NCAA Championship Up For Grabs in Columbus

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1 OHIO STATE ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS Fawcett Center, 6th Floor 2400 Olentangy River Rd. Columbus, Ohio SCHEDULE JANUARY 6 USC St. John Arena W, #2 UCLA St. John Arena W, #11 GEORGE MASON St. John Arena W, at #10 Stanford Palo Alto, Calif. W, at #10 Stanford Palo Alto, Calif. W, at Saint Francis Loretto, Pa. W, #14 PENN STATE St. John Arena W, BARTON St. John Arena W, #4 LONG BEACH ST. St. John Arena W, 3-1 FEBRUARY 2 at #12 Ball State Muncie, Ind. W, at Fort Wayne Fort Wayne, Ind. W, #6 LEWIS St. John Arena W, #10 LOYOLA St. John Arena W, QUINCY St. John Arena W, LINDENWOOD St. John Arena W, at Grand Canyon Phoenix, Ariz. W, at Grand Canyon Phoenix, Ariz. W, 3-2 MARCH 3 SAINT FRANCIS St. John Arena W, UC SAN DIEGO St. John Arena W, #6 UC IRVINE St. John Arena L, at #10 Loyola Chicago, Ill. W, at #7 Lewis Romeoville, Ill. W, FORT WAYNE St. John Arena W, #11 BALL STATE St. John Arena W, at Penn State University Park, Pa. L, MCKENDREE St. John Arena W, 3-0 APRIL 1 MCKENDREE St. John Arena W, at Lindenwood Saint Charles, Mo. W,3-0 8 at Quincy Quincy, Ill. W, QUINCY St. John Arena W, #11 BALL STATE St. John Arena W, #14 GRAND CANYON St. John Arena W, 3-0 MAY 4 #4 HAWAII St. John Arena 8 p.m. 6 NCAA Finals St. John Arena 7 p.m. -All times eastern -Home matches in BOLD CAPS NCAA Championship Up For Grabs in Columbus St. John Arena hosts entire NCAA Tournament The final four teams left standing in collegiate men's volleyball will continue to do battle inside St. John Arena for the NCAA Semifinals Thursday (May 4) before coming to a crescendo Saturday evening with the NCAA Finals aired nationally on ESPN2. Top-ranked and defending champion Ohio State begins its title defense versus No. 4-seed Hawaii in Thursday's second semifinal contest. WEEKLY BASICS Thursday, May 4 - Columbus, Ohio (St. John Arena) 6 p.m. ET - No. 2-seed Long Beach State (27-3) vs. No. 3-seed BYU (25-4) 8 p.m. ET - No. 1-seed Ohio State (30-2) vs. No. 4-seed Hawaii (27-5) Live Stats: GameTracker link available at Video Stream: NCAA.com (free) Saturday, May 6- Columbus, Ohio (St. John Arena) 7 p.m. ET - NCAA Championship Match Live Stats: GameTracker link available at Television: ESPN2 SCHOOL-RECORD FIVE BUCKEYES EARN ALL-AMERICA RECOGNITION Five members of the Ohio State University men s volleyball team received 2017 American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) All-America laurels on Monday (May 1). First Team selections, Miles Johnson and Nicolas Szerszen, are joined by Christy Blough (Second Team), Gabriel Domecus (Honorable Mention) and Driss Guessous (Honorable Mention). Blough, Domecus, Johnson and Szerszen all earned repeat distinctions from last season s NCAA-Championshipwinning campaign while Guessous picks up the 17 honors after being named to the Second Team in The five-player group is the largest in Ohio State history, breaking the previous mark of four honorees set just a year ago in SUCCESS FOUND BETWEEN WOODY HAYES DRIVE & LANE AVENUE 2017 marks the 50th season for Ohio State Men's Volleyball, calling St. John Arena home throughout. The historic venue has treated the Buckeyes quite well over the years. Ohio State owns an.839 all-time winning percentage ( ) inside the friendly confines. EXPERIENCED BUNCH Five different Buckeyes are the NCAA's active career leader in a major statistical category. No active D I-II player has more career kills than Miles Johnson, more assists than Christy Blough, more digs than Gabriel Domecus, more aces than Nicolas Szerszen or a higher hitting percentage than Driss Guessous MIVA STANDINGS Entering the NCAA Tournament MIVA Overall TEAM W-L Pct. W-L Pct. Ohio State Lewis Grand Canyon Ball State Loyola McKendree Lindenwood Quincy Fort Wayne STATISTICALLY SPEAKING Ohio State not only owns the country's best win-lose percentage (.933; 30-2), but is slotted highly in nearly every statistical category as well. The Buckeyes lead nationally with 1.90 aces/set and rank second in hitting percentage (.365); while also being slotted Top-10 with an opponent hitting percentage of.190 (4th), kills/set (6th), assists/set (6th) and 2.37 blocks/set (10th). Individually, four Buckeyes rank Top-20 in an NCAA statistical category: Nicolas Szerszen.63 aces/set (1st), 4.54 points/set (9th),.385 hitting percentage (9th), 3.70 kills/set (11th) Miles Johnson 4.75 points/set (6th), 3.88 kill/set (8th),.46 aces/set (12th),.338 hitting percentage (20th) Christy Blough assists/set (6th) Blake Leeson 1.00 blocks/set (20th) 1

2 ALL HE DOES IS WIN, WIN, WIN Assistant coach Kevin Burch has been on the coaching staff of an NCAA national championship program for six consecutive years. The 2016 crown completed a circle for Burch as the championship streak started with the OSU graduate serving as Ohio State s volunteer assistant coach during the 2011 title run. He has not gone an entire academic year without bringing home NCAA hardware as a collegiate volleyball coaching staff member: To be determined - Ohio State (assistant coach) NCAA Men s National Champions - Ohio State (assistant coach) NCAA Women s National Champions - Penn State (director of operations) NCAA D-III Men s National Champions - Springfield College (assistant coach) NCAA Men s National Champions - UC Irvine (assistant coach) NCAA D-III Men s National Champions - Springfield College (assistant coach) NCAA Men s National Champions - Ohio State (volunteer assistant coach) 26-6 Since joining the OSU coaching staff for the 2011 season, Burch's teams have posted an overall winning percentage of.869 (206-31).He was selected to the American Volleyball Coaches Association 'Thirty Under 30' list on April 7, KINGS OF THE MIVA Ohio State captured its league-best 26th MIVA regular season championship (Ball State ranks second with 21) way back on March 31 before going on to post a 16-0 conference record. It marks just the second team in the last 25 years to run through a MIVA regular season unbeaten (Loyola went 14-0 in 2014). The Buckeyes have not lost to a MIVA opponent in 32 straight match-ups. Ohio State also leads the conference all-time with 16 MIVA Tournament crowns. Miles Johnson earned Most Outstanding Player dinstinction in the 2017 MIVA Touranment and he was joined on the all-tourney team by Christy Blough and Nicolas Szerszen. BUCKEYES FLEX MUSCLE IN ALL-MIVA SELECTIONS Ohio State dominated the 2017 All-MIVA postseason awards announced on Thursday (Apr. 13): Pete Hanson was named the MIVA Coach of the Year for the 13th time overall and second straight season Nicolas Szerszen earned back-to-back MIVA Player of the Year accolades Szerszen is joined on the All-MIVA First Team by Christy Blough and Miles Johnson Gabriel Domecus and Driss Guessous were voted to the All-MIVA Second Team Maxime Hervoir received All-MIVA Honorable Mention Eighteen different Buckeyes have been named MIVA Player of the Year a total of 22 times Hanson is one of seven OSU leaders voted as the league s Coach of the Year, a group totaling 23 awards MILLENNIAL MILESTONE Pete Hanson has roamed the sideline as Ohio State men's volleyball head coach for more than three decades and March 18 at Lewis was his 1,000th career match as the Buckeye leader. In 1,010 contests, Hanson owns an overall winning percentage of.668 ( ) which includes a (.767) ledger in MIVA play. The four-time National Coach of the Year has guided OSU to a pair of NCAA titles, 17 MIVA regular season championships and 12 MIVA Tournament trophies. TOP OF THE HEAP Ohio State was positioned atop the AVCA Coaches Poll for 11 consecutive weeks (2016 final poll through March 6, 2017). That stretch marked just the seventh time since 1986, when the AVCA first released a weekly poll, in which a team has manned the top spot for 11 weeks in a row. The Buckeyes have been slotted inside the Top-2 in 22 straight polls (ranked fourth on March 14, 2016). STREAK SNIPPETS Ohio State registered a 42-match winning streak from Feb. 6, 2016 through March 10, 2017 (398 days) Marks the longest winning streak in OSU Athletics history for teams competing in head-to-head competition Also represents the MIVA's all-time best (previous: Loyola - 40 matches in ) Ohio State won 126 of 152 sets (83%) during the victorious stretch The streak included six wins over Top-5 opponents and 18 against teams ranked inside the Top-12 UCLA set the all-time record of 47 straight in both and OSU also registered a streak of 20 straight wins in true road matches from 2015 until March 28, 2017 INAUGURAL MIVA HALL OF FAME CLASS FILLED WITH BUCKEYES The Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association announced its inaugural Hall of Fame class on Monday (Apr. 10). The 11-member class consists of the most influential student-athletes, coaches and administrators in the league s history and includes six members with Ohio State ties: Doug Beal, Aldis Berzins, Ken Dunlap, Rich Duwelius, D.C. Koehl, and Marc Waldie. RANKINGS & HONORS RATING PERCENTAGE INDEX April 22 Rank School Record 1 Long Beach State Ohio State BYU Hawaii UC Irvine Lewis UCLA Penn State Ball State Stanford AVCA COACHES POLL April 24 Rank School Points Record 1 Long Beach State (20) Ohio State (4) Hawaii BYU UC Irvine UCLA Lewis Pepperdine Stanford USC Ball State Penn State Grand Canyon Loyola CSUN Receiving Votes: Barton 10, Saint Francis 8, UC Santa Barbara 2 AVCA ALL-AMERICA First Team Miles Johnson, Nicolas Szerszen Second Team Christy Blough Honorable Mention Gabriel Domecus, Driss Guessous MIVA POSTSEASON AWARDS MIVA Coach of the Year Pete Hanson MIVA Player of the Year Nicolas Szerszen All-MIVA First Team Christy Blough, Miles Johnson, Nicolas Szerszen All-MIVA Second Team Gabriel Domecus, Driss Guessous All-MIVA Honorable Mention Maxime Hervoir WEEKLY AWARDS AVCA National Player of the Week Miles Johnson - Jan. 31 Nicolas Szerszen - Jan. 10 MIVA Offensive Player of the Week Miles Johnson - Jan. 31 Feb. 7 Feb. 14 Apr. 4 Nicolas Szerszen - Jan. 10 MIVA Defensive Player of the Week Gabriel Domecus - Jan. 24 2

3 THE ACE RACE Miles Johnson surpassed Buckeye great Steve Potter ( ) with his 124th career service ace way back on Jan. 28 vs. Long Beach State, becoming Ohio State s all-time career leader for aces. Johnson s sole ownership of the school record lasted just 37 minutes, however, as Nicolas Szerszen also tallied his 124th ace to pull even atop the list later in that same match. Szerszen is now a few steps ahead at 173 aces while Johnson owns 160 aces. The aforementioned dynamic duo does not represent the only Buckeyes chasing all-time career marks. Christy Blough, Gabriel Domecus, Driss Guessous and Blake Leeson are climbing up the school rankings as well. A comprehensive look at the Career Records Watch can be found on Page 9 of the match notes. THE COVELLI CENTER FUTURE HOME OF OHIO STATE MEN'S VOLLEYBALL Ohio State University Men's Volleyball will move into the Covelli Center upon its completion as part of the new Ohio State Athletic District. This state-of-the-art facility will span over 100,000 square feet in total and include a locker room and coaching suite designed specifically for the men's volleyball program ROSTER No. Name...Pos...Hgt... Cl... Hometown... Last School 1 Aaron Samarin...L Jr... Clovis, Calif...Buchanan H.S. 2 Andrew Hillman... S Fr... Allentown, Pa...Parkland H.S. 3 Tyler Alter... OH Fr... Laguna Beach, Calif...Laguna Beach H.S. 4 Driss Guessous...MB r-sr... Pasadena, Calif... Loyola H.S. 5 Christy Blough... S Sr... Ontario, N.Y...McQuaid Jesuit H.S. 6 Darcy Taig... OH r-Fr... McKinnon, Victoria (Australia)...McKinnon Secondary College H.S. 7 Gabriel Domecus... L/OH Sr... Vallejo, Calif...St. Patrick-St. Vincent H.S. 8 Reese Devilbiss... OH Fr... Manchester, Pa... Northeastern H.S. 9 Nicolas Szerszen... OH Jr... Conflans Ste Hne, France... Lycee International 10 Ryan Genn... OPP Sr... Pleasanton, Calif... Univeristy of the Pacific 11 Blake Leeson...MB r-So... Mequon, Wis... Homestead H.S. 12 Zach Yerington...MB r-Fr... Hamburg, N.Y...Hamburg H.S. 13 Miles Johnson... OPP Sr... Carlsbad, Calif...La Costa Canyon H.S. 14 Shawn Hughes... OH Fr... St. Louis, Mo... St. Louis University H.S. 15 Matt Dorn...MB Sr... San Diego, Calif... University of the Pacific 16 Jake Hanes... OPP Fr... Orland Park, Ill...Carl Sandburg H.S. 17 Josh Tublin...L r-Jr... Pittsburgh, Pa...Fox Chapel H.S. 18 Dejon Clark... OH/OPP Fr... Pickerington, Ohio... Pickerington North H.S. 19 Sanil Thomas...S/L So... Tinley Park, Ill... Victor J. Andrew H.S. 20 Paul Henken... S Fr... St. Louis, Mo... St. Louis University H.S. 21 Nick Laffin...MB r-Jr... Holbrook, N.Y...Sachem East H.S. 22 Jason Bruggemann...MB Fr... Cincinnati, Ohio...Archbishop Moeller H.S. 23 Maxime Hervoir... OH Jr... Royan, France... IUT Informatique Montpellier Head Coach: Pete Hanson, 33rd season (Ball State, 1979) Assistant Coach: Tim Embaugh, 26th season (Ohio State, 1990) Assistant Coach: Kevin Burch, 2nd season (Ohio State, 2011) Volunteer Coach: Michael Henchy, 1st season (Ohio State, 2015) 3 PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Christy Blough...rhmyes with wow Jason Bruggemann... Brew - guh - man Dejon Clark... Day - jahn Gabriel Domecus... Doe - mee - cus Driss Guessous... Guh - seuss Maxime Hervoir... Err - zwar Nick Laffin... Laugh - in Aaron Samarin...Sa - mare - in Nicolas Szerszen...sure - zin Darcy Taig... Tayg Sanil Thomas...Sa - nil

4 1 Ohio St. (30-2) Hawaii (26-5) Semifinals May 4 8 p.m. NCAA.com May 2 at 8 p.m. Penn St. (21-10) 2 Long Beach St. (27-3) Winner of Opening Round Final May 6 7 p.m. ESPNU NATIONAL CHAMPION BYU (24-4) Semifinals May 4 6 p.m. NCAA.com Barton (23-5) May 2 at 6 p.m. Winner of Opening Round All times are listed in Eastern time 2017 National Collegiate Athletic Association. No commercial use without the NCAA's written permission. The NCAA opposes all forms of sports wagering. 4

5 SEASON STATISTICS Overall record: 30-2 Conf: 16-0 Home: 19-1 Away: 11-1 Neutral: 0-0 Attack Set Serve Dig Blocking ## Player sp k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa se sa/s re dig dig/s bs ba total blk/s be bhe points 2 Hillman, Andrew Guessous, Driss Blough, Christy Domecus, Gabriel Devilbiss, Reese Szerszen, Nicolas Genn, Ryan Leeson, Blake Johnson, Miles Hughes, Shawn Dorn, Matt Tublin, Josh Clark, Dejon Thomas, Sanil Laffin, Nick Hervoir, Maxime OHIO STATE Opponents Team Statistics OSU OPP ATTACK Kills Errors Total Attacks Attack Pct Kills/Set SET Assists Attempts Assist Pct Assists/Set SERVE Aces Errors Attempts Serve Pct Aces/Set SERVE RECEPTIONS Errors Errors/Set Attempts Reception Pct DEFENSE Digs Digs/Set BLOCKING Block Solo Block Assist Total Blocks Blocks/Set Block Errors Ball handling errors ATTENDANCE Total Dates/Avg Per Date 20/930 12/1099 Neutral site #/Avg 0/0 Current win streak 7 - Home win streak 7 - Date Opponent Score Score by set Att. Jan 06 USC W ,27-25,25-18, Jan 07 #2 UCLA W ,18-25,25-21, Jan 10 #11 GEORGE MASON W ,25-22, Jan 13 at #10 Stanford W ,25-21, Jan 14 at #10 Stanford W ,29-27, Jan 20 at Saint Francis W ,25-18, Jan 24 #14 PENN STATE W ,25-22, Jan 27 BARTON W ,25-14, Jan 28 #4 LONG BEACH STATE W ,24-26,25-21, *Feb 02 at #12 Ball State W ,25-19, *Feb 04 at Fort Wayne W ,25-13, *Feb 09 #6 LEWIS W ,20-25,25-14, *Feb 11 #10 LOYOLA W ,25-18, *Feb 17 QUINCY W ,22-25,25-15, *Feb 19 LINDENWOOD W ,22-25,25-21, *Feb 24 at Grand Canyon W ,17-25,26-24, *Feb 26 at Grand Canyon W ,22-25,25-22,25-27, Mar 03 SAINT FRANCIS W ,23-25,25-15, Mar 10 UC SAN DIEGO W ,25-19, Mar 11 #6 UC IRVINE L ,19-25, *Mar 16 at #10 Loyola W ,25-21, *Mar 18 at #7 Lewis W ,25-23,23-25,14-25, *Mar 23 FORT WAYNE W ,25-11, *Mar 25 #11 BALL STATE W ,25-15, Mar 28 at #13 Penn State L ,25-14,15-25,25-22, *Mar 31 MCKENDREE W ,29-27, *Apr 01 MCKENDREE W ,26-24, *Apr 07 at Lindenwood W ,25-15, *Apr 08 at Quincy W ,25-27,25-15, Apr 15 QUINCY W ,25-20, Apr 19 #11 BALL STATE W ,25-23,23-25,23-25, Apr 22 #14 GRAND CANYON W ,25-22, Record in 3-set matches:18-1 Record in 4-set matches:9-0 Record in 5-set matches:3-1 5

6 CONFERENCE MATCH STATISTICS Overall record: 16-0 Conf: 16-0 Home: 8-0 Away: 8-0 Neutral: 0-0 Attack Set Serve Dig Blocking ## Player sp k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa se sa/s re dig dig/s bs ba total blk/s be bhe points 2 Hillman, Andrew Guessous, Driss Blough, Christy Domecus, Gabriel Devilbiss, Reese Szerszen, Nicolas Genn, Ryan Leeson, Blake Johnson, Miles Hughes, Shawn Dorn, Matt Tublin, Josh Clark, Dejon Thomas, Sanil Laffin, Nick Hervoir, Maxime OHIO STATE Opponents Team Statistics OSU OPP ATTACK Kills Errors Total Attacks Attack Pct Kills/Set SET Assists Attempts Assist Pct Assists/Set SERVE Aces Errors Attempts Serve Pct Aces/Set SERVE RECEPTIONS Errors Errors/Set Attempts Reception Pct DEFENSE Digs Digs/Set BLOCKING Block Solo Block Assist Total Blocks Blocks/Set Block Errors Ball handling errors 8 7 ATTENDANCE Total Dates/Avg Per Date 8/955 8/1353 Neutral site #/Avg 0/0 Current win streak 16 - Home win streak 8 - Date Opponent Score Score by set Att. *Feb 02 at #12 Ball State W ,25-19, *Feb 04 at Fort Wayne W ,25-13, *Feb 09 #6 LEWIS W ,20-25,25-14, *Feb 11 #10 LOYOLA W ,25-18, *Feb 17 QUINCY W ,22-25,25-15, *Feb 19 LINDENWOOD W ,22-25,25-21, *Feb 24 at Grand Canyon W ,17-25,26-24, *Feb 26 at Grand Canyon W ,22-25,25-22,25-27, *Mar 16 at #10 Loyola W ,25-21, *Mar 18 at #7 Lewis W ,25-23,23-25,14-25, *Mar 23 FORT WAYNE W ,25-11, *Mar 25 #11 BALL STATE W ,25-15, *Mar 31 MCKENDREE W ,29-27, *Apr 01 MCKENDREE W ,26-24, *Apr 07 at Lindenwood W ,25-15, *Apr 08 at Quincy W ,25-27,25-15, Record in 3-set matches:9-0 Record in 4-set matches:5-0 Record in 5-set matches:2-0 6

7 MIVA TOURNAMENT STATS RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES CONFERENCE NON-CONFERENCE Attack Set Serve Dig Blocking ## Player sp k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa se sa/s re dig dig/s bs ba total blk/s be bhe points 2 Hillman, Andrew Guessous, Driss Blough, Christy Domecus, Gabriel Devilbiss, Reese Szerszen, Nicolas Genn, Ryan Leeson, Blake Johnson, Miles Hughes, Shawn Dorn, Matt Tublin, Josh Thomas, Sanil Hervoir, Maxime TEAM OHIO STATE Opponents Team Statistics OSU OPP ATTACK Kills Errors Total Attacks Attack Pct Kills/Set SET Assists Attempts Assist Pct Assists/Set SERVE Aces Errors Attempts Serve Pct Aces/Set SERVE RECEPTIONS Errors Errors/Set Attempts Reception Pct DEFENSE Digs Digs/Set BLOCKING Block Solo 8 1 Block Assist Total Blocks Blocks/Set Block Errors 5 4 Ball handling errors 1 1 ATTENDANCE Total Dates/Avg Per Date 3/713 0/0 Neutral site #/Avg 0/0 Current win streak 3 - Home win streak 3 - Date Opponent Score Score by set Att. Apr 15 QUINCY W ,25-20, Apr 19 #11 BALL STATE W ,25-23,23-25,23-25, Apr 22 #14 GRAND CANYON W ,25-22, Record in 3-set matches: 2-0 Record in 4-set matches: 0-0 Record in 5-set matches: 1-0 7

8 TEAM COMPARISON STATS Date Opponent Score Kills Errors TA Hit% Assists SA SE RE Digs Blocks BS BA BE BHE Jan 06, 2017 USC / / / / / 37 7 / 4 20 / 16 4 / 7 30 / / / 2 16 / 15 2 / 0 0 / 2 Jan 07, 2017 UCLA / / / / / 34 9 / 4 26 / 18 4 / 9 28 / / / 1 2 / 18 3 / 0 1 / 0 Jan 10, 2017 GEORGE MASON / / / / / 24 5 / 4 20 / 11 4 / 5 21 / / / 5 4 / 6 2 / 2 0 / 0 Jan 13, 2017 at Stanford / / / / / 26 4 / 2 21 / 12 2 / 4 23 / / / 1 12 / 16 0 / 1 0 / 0 Jan 14, 2017 at Stanford / / / / / / 7 24 / 9 7 / / / / 1 12 / 8 1 / 2 1 / 1 Jan 20, 2017 at Saint Francis / / / / / 33 2 / 2 12 / 16 2 / 2 31 / / / 0 22 / 9 1 / 0 0 / 1 Jan 24, 2017 PENN STATE / / / / / 25 9 / 1 12 / 8 1 / 9 33 / / / 0 12 / 8 0 / 0 0 / 0 Jan 27, 2017 BARTON / / / / / 24 6 / 3 14 / 10 3 / 6 37 / / / 1 14 / 8 1 / 0 0 / 0 Jan 28, 2017 LONG BEACH STATE / / / / / 45 4 / 6 16 / 19 6 / 4 34 / / / 3 6 / 10 1 / 6 3 / 1 Feb 02, 2017 at Ball State / / / / / 37 9 / 1 14 / 8 1 / 9 25 / / / 1 9 / 5 0 / 1 0 / 0 Feb 04, 2017 at Fort Wayne / 19 7 / / / / 17 5 / 3 19 / 7 3 / 5 21 / / / 0 16 / 8 2 / 1 1 / 0 Feb 09, 2017 LEWIS / / / / / 40 8 / 2 10 / 9 2 / 8 30 / / / 2 13 / 6 2 / 1 0 / 0 Feb 11, 2017 LOYOLA / / / / / 27 3 / 1 19 / 12 1 / 3 28 / / / 1 8 / 2 1 / 0 0 / 1 Feb 17, 2017 QUINCY / / / / / 35 9 / 1 19 / 13 1 / 9 23 / / / 2 5 / 13 1 / 1 0 / 0 Feb 19, 2017 LINDENWOOD / / / / / 39 5 / 4 18 / 21 4 / 5 34 / / / 3 8 / 14 1 / 2 0 / 1 Feb 24, 2017 at Grand Canyon / / / / / 37 4 / 4 29 / 12 4 / 4 32 / / / 1 14 / 5 4 / 0 1 / 0 Feb 26, 2017 at Grand Canyon / / / / / 46 6 / 2 24 / 21 2 / 6 20 / / / 2 23 / 28 0 / 2 1 / 0 Mar 03, 2017 SAINT FRANCIS / / / / / / 2 20 / 15 3 / 9 37 / / / 1 10 / 8 1 / 1 1 / 0 Mar 10, 2017 UC SAN DIEGO / 24 7 / / / / 23 4 / 0 18 / 12 0 / 4 17 / / / 1 22 / 2 1 / 1 0 / 0 Mar 11, 2017 UC IRVINE / / / / / 37 9 / 3 15 / 7 3 / 9 23 / / / 4 12 / 8 1 / 1 0 / 0 Mar 16, 2017 at Loyola / / / / / 27 5 / 1 10 / 15 1 / 5 32 / / / 1 14 / 6 1 / 0 0 / 1 Mar 18, 2017 at Lewis / / / / / 43 8 / / / 8 42 / / / 2 8 / 22 5 / 1 2 / 0 Mar 23, 2017 FORT WAYNE / 23 5 / / / / / 0 9 / 8 0 / / / / 1 11 / 4 0 / 0 0 / 1 Mar 25, 2017 BALL STATE / 23 7 / / / / 20 6 / 3 15 / 14 3 / 6 31 / / / 0 10 / 0 1 / 0 1 / 0 Mar 28, 2017 at Penn State / / / / / 45 7 / 4 23 / 20 4 / 7 35 / / / 2 17 / 17 4 / 0 0 / 1 Mar 31, 2017 MCKENDREE / / / / / 29 8 / 3 13 / 13 3 / 8 32 / / / 0 7 / 4 3 / 4 0 / 0 Apr 01, 2017 MCKENDREE / / / / / 28 8 / 1 12 / 10 1 / 8 19 / / / 1 2 / 6 2 / 0 0 / 1 Apr 07, 2017 at Lindenwood / / / / / / 1 12 / 17 1 / / / / 1 4 / 10 0 / 2 0 / 1 Apr 08, 2017 at Quincy / / / / / 32 4 / 2 17 / 15 2 / 4 45 / / / 3 4 / 6 0 / 2 2 / 1 Apr 15, 2017 QUINCY / 23 7 / / / / 22 8 / 2 15 / 9 2 / 8 21 / / / 0 7 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 0 Apr 19, 2017 BALL STATE / / / / / 49 5 / 5 19 / 20 5 / 5 48 / / / 1 22 / 20 3 / 1 1 / 0 Apr 22, 2017 GRAND CANYON / 24 8 / / / / 23 6 / 5 12 / 12 5 / 6 23 / / / 0 15 / 2 2 / 1 0 / 1 Note: Match totals are displayed in the format TEAM/OPPONENT for each category UNIVERSITY FACTS Location...Columbus, Ohio Founded Enrollment... 66,046 Nickname...Buckeyes Colors... Scarlet and Gray Mascot... Brutus Buckeye Director of Athletics...Eugene Smith President...Michael V. Drake Conference... Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (1968) VOLLEYBALL HISTORY First Year All-Time Record (Yrs.)...1, ,.715 (49+) MIVA Record (Yrs.) ,.797 (49+) St. John Arena Record (Yrs.) ,.839 (49+) AVCA All-Americans since honors by 13 different Buckeyes All-MIVA Selections (first or second team) MIVA Regular Season Championships MIVA Tournament Titles NCAA Semifinals Appearances NCAA Finals Appearances... 4 NCAA Championships... 2 Facility/Capacity... St. John Arena/13,276 8

9 CAREER RECORDS WATCH ACES Nicolas Szerszen Miles Johnson Steve Potter ACES PER SET (Min. 40) 1.51 Nicolas Szerszen Miles Johnson Steve Potter DIGS Mik Berzins Gabriel Domecus Conor Martin Craig Geibel Jose' Bengoa Tom Trantow Jose Rivera Steven Kehoe Adam Spitznagle Daniel Mathews Mike Terpstra Steve Potter Pieter Olree Miles Johnson Angel Aja Phil Kerewich Shawn Sangrey Nicolas Szerszen Mike Wauligaman ATTACK ATTEMPTS 1 3,267 Steve Potter ,137 Shawn Sangrey ,962 Pieter Olree ,864 Miles Johnson ,845 Robbie Klein ,671 Jose Bengoa ,652 Dan Mihacevich ,520 Andy Cole ,433 Nicolas Szerszen SOLO BLOCKS David Frette Rene Esteves Colin McMillan Driss Guessous Gary Wrobel Adam Spitznagle Grayson Overman Jon Yunker Phil Kerewich Jose' Bengoa Eliot Winer Daniel Mathews Tom Hoff Steve Potter John Tholen Eduardo Marxuach Michael Henchy Blake Leeson John Albertson Miles Johnson Dan Mihacevich ASSISTS 1 6,797 Angel Aja ,528 Adam Spitznagle ,291 Daniel Mathews ,723 Mark Peckham ,247 Christy Blough POINTS 1 1,893.5 Steve Potter ,836.0 Pieter Olree ,698.5 Rene Esteves ,675.0 Shawn Sangrey ,630.0 Miles Johnson ,614.0 Jose Bengoa ,576.5 Colin McMillan ,518.0 Robbie Klein ,516.0 Dan Mihacevich ,511.0 Nicolas Szerszen KILLS 1 1,602 Steve Potter ,583 Pieter Olree ,441 Shawn Sangrey ,378 Jose Bengoa ,356 Rene Esteves ,346 Miles Johnson ,318 Dan Mihacevich ,227 Robbie Klein ,274 Chris Fash ,249 Nicolas Szerszen ATTACK PERCENTAGE (Min. 600 kills) Colin McMillan Rene Esteves Layne Dreven Kevin Heine Driss Guessous Adam Pedersen Eduardo Marxuach John Albertson Scott Spurlock Gary Wrobel Nicolas Szerszen POINTS PER SET Chris Fash Pieter Olree Steve Potter Rene Esteves Shawn Sangrey Dan Mihacevich Jose Bengoa Nicolas Szerszen Colin McMillan David Frette Jeff Korterba Phil Kerewich Andy Cole Mark Greaves Andrew Lutz Robbie Klein Miles Johnson ASSISTS PER SET (Min. 1,000) Angel Aja Kurt Hofelich Adam Spitznagle Mark Peckham Chuck Voss Daniel Mathews Steven Kehoe Christy Blough KILLS PER SET (Min. 600) Chris Fash Pieter Olree Steve Potter Shawn Sangrey Dan Mihacevich Jose Bengoa Rene Esteves Eduardo Marxuach Nicolas Szersszen DIGS PER SET Brennan Anderson Craig Geibel Mik Berzins Jose Bengoa Jose Rivera Rob Burton Mike Terpstra Conor Martin Gabriel Domecus David Frette Phil Kerewich Tom Trantow Pieter Olree Steven Kehoe Stuart Katz Dan Mihacevich Mike Wauligman Chuck Voss Jose Pereira Nicolas Szerszen TOTAL BLOCKS Colin McMillan Rene' Esteves Adam Pedersen Grayson Overman Daniel Mathews Scott Spurlock Gary Wrobel Adam Spitznagle Kevin Heine John Albertson David Frette Jon Yunker Layne Dreven Mark Peckham Driss Guessous BLOCKS PER SET (Min. 250) Jon Yunker Colin McMillan Rene' Esteves David Frette Tom Hoff John Albertson Gary Wrobel Grayson Overman Scott Spurlock Adam Pedersen Layne Dreven Eliot Winer Kevin Heine Chris Fash Daniel Mathews Adam Spitznagle Phil Kerewich Driss Guessous

10 #2 ANDREW HILLMAN SET HEIGHT: 6-3 FRESHMAN ALLENTOWN, PA. PARKLAND H.S. Ripped an ace on his very first career service attempt in the season opener against USC Played in 21 of 32 matches this season AVCA First Team High School Senior All-American (2016) Three-year captain and Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletics Assocation state champion for Parkland High (first boys volleyball state title in school history) All-Pennsylvania performer Sister, Erin, was a four-year starter for the Eastern University women s volleyball program # 2 Hillman, Andrew Jan 06, 2017 USC Jan 07, 2017 UCLA Jan 10, 2017 GEORGE MASON Jan 13, 2017 at Stanford Jan 20, 2017 at Saint Francis Jan 27, 2017 BARTON Jan 28, 2017 LONG BEACH STATE Feb 02, 2017 at Ball State Feb 17, 2017 QUINCY Feb 19, 2017 LINDENWOOD Mar 03, 2017 SAINT FRANCIS Mar 10, 2017 UC SAN DIEGO Mar 11, 2017 UC IRVINE Mar 16, 2017 at Loyola Mar 18, 2017 at Lewis Mar 25, 2017 BALL STATE Mar 28, 2017 at Penn State Mar 31, 2017 MCKENDREE Apr 01, 2017 MCKENDREE Apr 15, 2017 QUINCY Apr 22, 2017 GRAND CANYON Totals Hillman s Career Highs Kills... - Attacks... - % (min. 10 att)... - Assists... - Aces (4x) last: UC San Diego, 3/10/17 Digs (2x) last: at Penn State, 3/28/17 Solo Blocks... - Assist Blocks... - Total Blocks... - Points (4x) last: UC San Diego, 3/10/17 TOTAL CAREER STATISTICS Hillman, Andrew TOTAL Hughes, Shawn 10

11 #4 DRISS GUESSOUS MB HEIGHT: 6-8 R-SENIOR PASADENA, CALIF. LOYOLA H.S AVCA All-America Honorable Mention; All-MIVA Second Team Started all 32 matches this season and has started 96 of 97 matches in his career 2014 AVCA All-America Second Team, AVCA Newcomer of the Year, All-MIVA First Team 2014 Freshman All-American (Off the Block/Springbak, Inc.), MIVA Freshman of the Year CAREER RECORDS WATCH 70 solo blocks rank 4th in school history.446 hitting percentage (6th) 299 total blocks (15th).86 blocks/set (18th) 229 block assists (19th) OSU SEASON RECORDS TOP solo blocks (T-7th all-time) solo blocks (T-12th) attack percentage (14th) # 4 Guessous, Driss Jan 06, 2017 USC * Jan 07, 2017 UCLA * Jan 10, 2017 GEORGE MASON * Jan 13, 2017 at Stanford * Jan 14, 2017 at Stanford * Jan 20, 2017 at Saint Francis * Jan 24, 2017 PENN STATE * Jan 27, 2017 BARTON * Jan 28, 2017 LONG BEACH STATE * Feb 02, 2017 at Ball State * Feb 04, 2017 at Fort Wayne * Feb 09, 2017 LEWIS * Feb 11, 2017 LOYOLA * Feb 17, 2017 QUINCY * Feb 19, 2017 LINDENWOOD * Feb 24, 2017 at Grand Canyon * Feb 26, 2017 at Grand Canyon * Mar 03, 2017 SAINT FRANCIS * Mar 10, 2017 UC SAN DIEGO * Mar 11, 2017 UC IRVINE * Mar 16, 2017 at Loyola * Mar 18, 2017 at Lewis * Mar 23, 2017 FORT WAYNE * Mar 25, 2017 BALL STATE * Mar 28, 2017 at Penn State * Mar 31, 2017 MCKENDREE * Apr 01, 2017 MCKENDREE * Apr 07, 2017 at Lindenwood * Apr 08, 2017 at Quincy * Apr 15, 2017 QUINCY * Apr 19, 2017 BALL STATE * Apr 22, 2017 GRAND CANYON * Totals Guessous Career Highs Kills Harvard, 3/18/14 Attacks Harvard, 3/18/14 % (min. 10 att) (8-0-10)... Ball State, 4/9/15 Assists (6x) last: at Penn State, 3/28/17 Aces at Stanford, 1/14/17 Digs vs. Cal State Northridge, 3/15/14 Solo Blocks UCLA, 1/7/17 Assist Blocks Erskine, 3/28/15 Total Blocks Erskine, 3/28/15 Points (2x) last: Harvard, 3/18/14 CAREER STATISTICS Guessous, Driss TOTAL Hanes, Jake 11

12 #5 CHRISTY BLOUGH SET HEIGHT: 6-5 SENIOR ONTARIO, N.Y. MCQUAID JESUIT H.S. CAREER RECORDS WATCH 4,247 assists rank 5th in school history assists per set (8th) OSU SEASON RECORDS TOP ,232 assists (18th all-time) 2017 AVCA All-America Second Team; All-MIVA First Team 2017 All-MIVA Tournament Team Ranks sixth in the NCAA with assists per set Started 30 of 32 matches this season and 108 of 110 matches in his career 2016 AVCA All-America Second Team selection, All-MIVA First Team and All-MIVA Tournament Team Ranked 2nd nationally in 2016 with assists per set in NCAA contests Ranked 4th nationally in 2015 with assists per set; ranked 10th nationally in 2014 with assists per set 2014 Freshman All-American (Off the Block/Springbak, Inc.) Big Ten Medal of Honor recipient (2017) and First Team Academic All-America (2016) # 5 Blough, Christy Jan 06, 2017 USC * Jan 07, 2017 UCLA * Jan 10, 2017 GEORGE MASON * Jan 13, 2017 at Stanford * Jan 14, 2017 at Stanford * Jan 20, 2017 at Saint Francis * Jan 24, 2017 PENN STATE * Jan 28, 2017 LONG BEACH STATE * Feb 02, 2017 at Ball State * Feb 04, 2017 at Fort Wayne * Feb 09, 2017 LEWIS * Feb 11, 2017 LOYOLA * Feb 17, 2017 QUINCY * Feb 19, 2017 LINDENWOOD * Feb 24, 2017 at Grand Canyon * Feb 26, 2017 at Grand Canyon * Mar 03, 2017 SAINT FRANCIS * Mar 10, 2017 UC SAN DIEGO * Mar 11, 2017 UC IRVINE * Mar 16, 2017 at Loyola * Mar 18, 2017 at Lewis * Mar 23, 2017 FORT WAYNE * Mar 25, 2017 BALL STATE * Mar 28, 2017 at Penn State * Mar 31, 2017 MCKENDREE * Apr 01, 2017 MCKENDREE * Apr 07, 2017 at Lindenwood * Apr 15, 2017 QUINCY * Apr 19, 2017 BALL STATE * Apr 22, 2017 GRAND CANYON * Totals Blough s Career Highs Kills (2x) last: McKendree, 1/3/15 Attacks (2x) last: Long Beach State, 1/28/17 % (min. 10 att)... - Assists Lewis, 3/13/15 Aces at Quincy, 4/4/15 CAREER STATISTICS Blough, Christy Digs vs. George Mason, 5/3/16 Solo Blocks (6x) last: Quincy, 4/15/17 Assist Blocks (4x) last: at Grand Canyon, 2/26/17 Total Blocks at George Mason, 4/6/14 Points (3x) last: UCLA, 1/7/ TOTAL

13 #7 GABRIEL DOMECUS L/OH HEIGHT: 6-3 SENIOR VALLEJO, CALIF. ST. PATRICK-ST. VINCENT H.S. CAREER RECORDS WATCH 838 digs rank 2nd in school history 1.94 digs/set (T-9th) OSU SEASON RECORDS TOP digs (4th all-time) digs (11th) digs (14th) digs/set (19th) 2017 AVCA All-America Honorable Mention; All-MIVA Second Team 'Starting' libero for all 32 matches this season and owner of 96 career starts, including all 34 during the 2016 national championship run MIVA Defensive Player of the Week (Jan. 25); his third straight season earning the honor 2016 AVCA All-America Honorable Mention; All-MIVA Second Team Racked up 259 digs in 2016, the fourth-highest total in school history Parents, Steve and Danette, played basketball and volleyball, respectively, at San Francisco State Brother, Brian, played water polo at Pacific; Sisters, Jackie and Hillary, played volleyball at San Francisco State and Cal State Dominguez Hills, respectively # 7 Domecus, Gabriel Jan 06, 2017 USC Jan 07, 2017 UCLA Jan 10, 2017 GEORGE MASON Jan 13, 2017 at Stanford Jan 14, 2017 at Stanford Jan 20, 2017 at Saint Francis Jan 24, 2017 PENN STATE Jan 27, 2017 BARTON Jan 28, 2017 LONG BEACH STATE Feb 02, 2017 at Ball State Feb 04, 2017 at Fort Wayne Feb 09, 2017 LEWIS Feb 11, 2017 LOYOLA Feb 17, 2017 QUINCY Feb 19, 2017 LINDENWOOD Feb 24, 2017 at Grand Canyon Feb 26, 2017 at Grand Canyon Mar 03, 2017 SAINT FRANCIS Mar 10, 2017 UC SAN DIEGO Mar 11, 2017 UC IRVINE Mar 16, 2017 at Loyola Mar 18, 2017 at Lewis Mar 23, 2017 FORT WAYNE Mar 25, 2017 BALL STATE Mar 28, 2017 at Penn State Mar 31, 2017 MCKENDREE Apr 01, 2017 MCKENDREE Apr 07, 2017 at Lindenwood Apr 08, 2017 at Quincy Apr 15, 2017 QUINCY Apr 19, 2017 BALL STATE Apr 22, 2017 GRAND CANYON Totals Domecus Career Highs Kills (2x) last: at IPFW, 4/19/14 Attacks vs. Penn State, 1/11/14 % (min. 10 att)... - Assists (3x) last: at Grand Canyon, 2/24/217 Aces (3x) last: at George Mason, 4/6/14 Digs Lewis, 3/13/15 Solo Blocks George Mason, 1/18/14 Assist Blocks IPFW, 4/4/14 Total Blocks IPFW, 4/4/14 Points (2x) last: IPFW, 4/4/14 CAREER STATISTICS Domecus, Gabriel TOTAL Dorn, Matt 13

14 #8 REESE DEVILBISS OH HEIGHT: 6-2 FRESHMAN MANCHESTER, PA. NORTHEASTERN H.S. Played in 30 of 32 matches as a true freshman, including six starts AVCA First Team High School Senior All-American (2016) Notched 21 kills in the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association finals sweep, securing Northeastern High s fourth straight state title All-Pennsylvania Team selection in all four high school seasons Competed in the 2016 NORCECA U-21 Continental Championship as a member of the U.S. Men s Junior Team # 8 Devilbiss, Reese Jan 06, 2017 USC * Jan 07, 2017 UCLA Jan 10, 2017 GEORGE MASON Jan 13, 2017 at Stanford * Jan 24, 2017 PENN STATE Jan 27, 2017 BARTON Jan 28, 2017 LONG BEACH STATE Feb 02, 2017 at Ball State Feb 04, 2017 at Fort Wayne * Feb 09, 2017 LEWIS Feb 11, 2017 LOYOLA Feb 17, 2017 QUINCY Feb 19, 2017 LINDENWOOD * Feb 24, 2017 at Grand Canyon * Feb 26, 2017 at Grand Canyon Mar 03, 2017 SAINT FRANCIS Mar 10, 2017 UC SAN DIEGO Mar 11, 2017 UC IRVINE Mar 16, 2017 at Loyola Mar 18, 2017 at Lewis Mar 23, 2017 FORT WAYNE Mar 25, 2017 BALL STATE Mar 28, 2017 at Penn State Mar 31, 2017 MCKENDREE Apr 01, 2017 MCKENDREE * Apr 07, 2017 at Lindenwood Apr 08, 2017 at Quincy Apr 15, 2017 QUINCY Apr 19, 2017 BALL STATE Apr 22, 2017 GRAND CANYON Totals Devilbiss Career Highs Kills (2x) last: Lindenwood, 2/19/17 Attacks Lindenwood, 2/19/17 % (min. 10 att) (7-2-15)...(2x) last: Lindenwood, 2/19/17 Assists Penn State, 1/24/17 Aces Fort Wayne, 3/23/17 Digs Lindendwood, 2/19/17 Solo Blocks (2x) last: Saint Francis, 3/3/17 Assist Blocks at Fort Wayne, 2/4/17 Total Blocks at Fort Wayne, 2/4/17 Points at Fort Wayne, 2/4/17 CAREER STATISTICS Devilbiss, Reese TOTAL Domecus, Gabriel 14

15 #9 NICOLAS SZERSZEN OH HEIGHT: 6-4 JUNIOR CONFLANS STE HNE, FRANCE LYCEE INTERNATIONAL 2017 AVCA All-America First Team, MIVA Player of the Year and First Team member 2017 All-MIVA Tournament Team Ranks Top-12 in the NCAA with.63 aces/set (1st), 4.54 points/set (9th), a.385 hitting percentage (9th) and 3.70 kills/set (11th) Recorded six aces at Stanford (Jan. 14), tied for the fourth highest total ever by a Buckeye Named both the AVCA National and MIVA Offensive Player of the Week (Jan. 10) following the opening weekend 2016 AVCA National Player of the Year, All-America First Team and All-NCAA Tournament Team 2016 MIVA Player of the Year, All-MIVA First Team and MIVA Tournament MVP Two-time AVCA National Player of the Week (3/15/16; 1/10/17) Nine-time MIVA Player of the Week selection (eight Offensive, one Defensive); including six times in 2016 Has started every match of his collegiate career 2015 AVCA All-America honorable mention, MIVA Freshman of the Year and All-MIVA First Team 2015 Off The Block/Springbak, Inc. Freshman All-American (top vote-getter in the country) Sister, Anna, played at Ohio State ( ) and still ranks in the top-20 all-time for career kills and points Father, Jacek, played in the top Poland professional league CAREER RECORDS WATCH.51 aces per set rank 1st in school history 173 aces (1st) 4.48 points/set (T-8th) 3.71 kills/set (9th) 2,433 attempts (9th) 1,511.0 points (10th) 1,249 kills (10th).364 attacking percentage (11th) 533 digs (T-18th) 1.58 digs/set (20th) OSU SEASON RECORDS TOP aces per set (1st all-time) aces (1st) aces (2nd) aces/set (2nd) kills (4th) points (5th) total attempts (5th) aces/set (T-9th) aces (T-10th) points (15th) digs (15th) points/set (16th) kills (18th) COMPLETE STATISTICAL INFORMATION FOR SZERSZEN AVAILABLE ON THE NEXT PAGE 15

16 NICOLAS SZERSZEN (CONT.) # 9 Szerszen, Nicolas Jan 06, 2017 USC * Jan 07, 2017 UCLA * Jan 10, 2017 GEORGE MASON * Jan 13, 2017 at Stanford * Jan 14, 2017 at Stanford * Jan 20, 2017 at Saint Francis * Jan 24, 2017 PENN STATE * Jan 27, 2017 BARTON * Jan 28, 2017 LONG BEACH STATE * Feb 02, 2017 at Ball State * Feb 04, 2017 at Fort Wayne * Feb 09, 2017 LEWIS * Feb 11, 2017 LOYOLA * Feb 17, 2017 QUINCY * Feb 19, 2017 LINDENWOOD * Feb 24, 2017 at Grand Canyon * Feb 26, 2017 at Grand Canyon * Mar 03, 2017 SAINT FRANCIS * Mar 10, 2017 UC SAN DIEGO * Mar 11, 2017 UC IRVINE * Mar 16, 2017 at Loyola * Mar 18, 2017 at Lewis * Mar 23, 2017 FORT WAYNE * Mar 25, 2017 BALL STATE * Mar 28, 2017 at Penn State * Mar 31, 2017 MCKENDREE * Apr 01, 2017 MCKENDREE * Apr 07, 2017 at Lindenwood * Apr 08, 2017 at Quincy * Apr 15, 2017 QUINCY * Apr 19, 2017 BALL STATE * Apr 22, 2017 GRAND CANYON * Totals Szerszen s Career Highs Kills at LBSU, 3/12/16 Attacks Lewis, 4/23/16 % (min. 10 att) ( )... George Mason, 1/15/16 Assists (5x) last: Grand Canyon, 4/22/17 Aces at Stanford, 1/14/17 Digs vs. George Mason, 5/3/16 Solo Blocks (2x) last: McKendree, 4/20/16 Assist Blocks (3x) last: Pfeiffer, 2/26/16 Total Blocks McKendree, 4/20/16 Points at LBSU, 3/12/16 CAREER STATISTICS Szerszen, Nicolas TOTAL

17 #10 RYAN GENN OPP HEIGHT: 6-4 SENIOR PLEASANTON, CALIF. UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC Made his Buckeye debut on Jan. 16, 2015 vs. Limestone Played in 20 matches for Pacific (2014), totaling 35 kills, 33 digs and 20 blocks Transferred to Ohio State from the University of the Pacific (2014) #10 Genn, Ryan Jan 13, 2017 at Stanford Jan 14, 2017 at Stanford Jan 24, 2017 PENN STATE Jan 27, 2017 BARTON Feb 02, 2017 at Ball State Feb 17, 2017 QUINCY Mar 03, 2017 SAINT FRANCIS Mar 10, 2017 UC SAN DIEGO Mar 18, 2017 at Lewis Mar 23, 2017 FORT WAYNE Apr 01, 2017 MCKENDREE Apr 08, 2017 at Quincy Apr 15, 2017 QUINCY Apr 19, 2017 BALL STATE Apr 22, 2017 GRAND CANYON Totals Genn s Career Highs Kills Fort Wayne, 3/23/17 Attacks at UC Santa Barbara, 1/17/14* % (min. 10 att) (7-1-14)... at Quincy, 4/8/17 Assists Long Beach State, 2/1/14* Aces Fort Wayne, 3/23/17 Digs Barton, 1/27/17 Solo Blocks UCLA, 2/23/14* Assist Blocks (2x) last: BYU, 2/14/14* Total Blocks (2x) last: BYU, 2/14/14* Points Fort Wayne, 3/23/17 *while playing for Pacific CAREER STATISTICS Genn, Ryan 2014* TOTAL * All

18 #11 BLAKE LEESON MB HEIGHT: 6-7 R-SOPHOMORE MEQUON, WIS. HOMESTEAD H.S. CAREER RECORDS WATCH 38 solo blocks rank T-18th in school history OSU SEASON RECORDS TOP solo blocks (T-18th all-time) Ranks 20th nationally with 1.00 blocks per set Started the first 60 matches of his career and 65 of 66 overall 2016 All-NCAA Tournament Team performance capped off with 11 kills on 13 errorless swings in the NCAA Finals, including the title-clinching termination 2016 All-MIVA Honorable Mention Placed third in the high jump at the 2014 Wisconsin state championships; qualified for the state championships in the triple jump as well #11 Leeson, Blake Jan 06, 2017 USC * Jan 07, 2017 UCLA * Jan 10, 2017 GEORGE MASON * Jan 13, 2017 at Stanford * Jan 14, 2017 at Stanford * Jan 20, 2017 at Saint Francis * Jan 24, 2017 PENN STATE * Jan 27, 2017 BARTON * Jan 28, 2017 LONG BEACH STATE * Feb 02, 2017 at Ball State * Feb 04, 2017 at Fort Wayne * Feb 09, 2017 LEWIS * Feb 11, 2017 LOYOLA * Feb 17, 2017 QUINCY * Feb 19, 2017 LINDENWOOD * Feb 24, 2017 at Grand Canyon * Feb 26, 2017 at Grand Canyon * Mar 03, 2017 SAINT FRANCIS * Mar 10, 2017 UC SAN DIEGO * Mar 11, 2017 UC IRVINE * Mar 16, 2017 at Loyola * Mar 18, 2017 at Lewis * Mar 23, 2017 FORT WAYNE * Mar 25, 2017 BALL STATE * Mar 28, 2017 at Penn State * Mar 31, 2017 MCKENDREE * Apr 07, 2017 at Lindenwood * Apr 08, 2017 at Quincy * Apr 15, 2017 QUINCY * Apr 19, 2017 BALL STATE * Apr 22, 2017 GRAND CANYON * Totals Leeson s Career Highs Kills Ball State, 2/6/16 Attacks Ball State, 2/6/16 % (min. 10 att) ( )...vs. BYU, 5/7/16 Assists Fort Wayne, 3/23/17 Aces at Lindenwood 4/7/17 Digs (2x) last: Lindenwood, 4/9/16 Solo Blocks (7x) last: at Quincy, 4/8/17 Assist Blocks at Saint Francis, 1/20/17 Total Blocks (2x) last: at Grand Canyon, 2/26/17 Points Ball State, 2/6/16 CAREER STATISTICS Leeson, Blake TOTAL

19 #13 MILES JOHNSON OPP HEIGHT: 6-6 SENIOR CARLSBAD, CALIF. LA COSTA CANYON H.S AVCA All-America First Team; All-MIVA First Team 2017 MIVA Tournament Most Outstanding Player; All-MIVA Tournament Team Ranks Top-20 in the country with 4.75 points/set (6th), 3.8 kills/set (8th),.46 aces/set (12th) and a.338 hitting percentage (20th) Named the AVCA National Player of the Week Back-to-back-to-back MIVA Offensive Player of the Week (Jan. 31-Feb. 14) Started all 32 matches this season and got the nod in 114 of 120 career matches 2016 AVCA All-America First Team 2016 NCAA Tournament MVP 2016 All-MIVA First Team and All-MIVA Tournament Team AVCA National Player of the Week (2/16/16) Participated in Ohio State Athletics Soles4Souls service trip to Jamaica in May AVCA All-America honorable mention and Second Team All-MIVA selection CAREER RECORDS WATCH 160 aces rank 2nd in school history.38 aces/set (2nd) 2,864 attack attempts (4th) 1,630.0 points (5th) 1,346 kills (6th) 558 digs (14th) 3.86 points/set (17th) 36 solo blocks (T-20th) OSU SEASON RECORDS TOP aces (4th all-time) aces (T-5th) aces/set (T-5th) aces/set (7th) aces (9th) aces/set (T-9th) points (13th) kills (13th) attempts (14th) points (16th) kills (17th) points/set (19th) total attempts (20th) COMPLETE STATISTICAL INFORMATION FOR JOHNSON AVAILABLE ON THE NEXT PAGE 19

20 MILES JOHNSON (CONT.) Jan 06, 2017 USC * Jan 07, 2017 UCLA * Jan 10, 2017 GEORGE MASON * Jan 13, 2017 at Stanford * Jan 14, 2017 at Stanford * Jan 20, 2017 at Saint Francis * Jan 24, 2017 PENN STATE * Jan 27, 2017 BARTON * Jan 28, 2017 LONG BEACH STATE * Feb 02, 2017 at Ball State * Feb 04, 2017 at Fort Wayne * Feb 09, 2017 LEWIS * Feb 11, 2017 LOYOLA * Feb 17, 2017 QUINCY * Feb 19, 2017 LINDENWOOD * Feb 24, 2017 at Grand Canyon * Feb 26, 2017 at Grand Canyon * Mar 03, 2017 SAINT FRANCIS * Mar 10, 2017 UC SAN DIEGO * Mar 11, 2017 UC IRVINE * Mar 16, 2017 at Loyola * Mar 18, 2017 at Lewis * Mar 23, 2017 FORT WAYNE * Mar 25, 2017 BALL STATE * Mar 28, 2017 at Penn State * Mar 31, 2017 MCKENDREE * Apr 01, 2017 MCKENDREE * Apr 07, 2017 at Lindenwood * Apr 08, 2017 at Quincy * Apr 15, 2017 QUINCY * Apr 19, 2017 BALL STATE * Apr 22, 2017 GRAND CANYON * Totals Johnson s Career Highs Kills at Penn State, 3/19/16 Attacks Ball State, 4/19/17 % (min. 10 att) ( )...vs. USC, 1/7/16 Assists Ball State, 2/26/14 Aces (3x) last: Penn State, 1/24/17 Digs vs. Cal State Northridge, 3/15/14 Solo Blocks (3x) last: UCLA, 1/7/17 Assist Blocks (2x) last: at Grand Canyon, 2/26/17 Total Blocks Grand Canyon, 2/20/16 Points Ball State, 2/6/16 CAREER STATISTICS Johnson, Miles TOTAL Laffin, Nick 20

21 #14 SHAWN HUGHES OH HEIGHT: 6-4 FRESHMAN ST. LOUIS, MO. ST. LOUIS UNIVERSITY H.S. Made collegiate debut in season opener against USC (Jan. 6) and delivered first career ace four days later vs. George Mason (Jan. 10) Played in 18 of 32 matches as a true freshman Three-time All-Missouri First Team selection Paired with OSU teammate Paul Henken to seize back-to-back state titles for St. Louis University High School St. Louis Dispatch s High School Male Athlete of the Year Sister, Christian, was a two-time national champoin racquetball player at the University of Missouri #14 Hughes, Shawn Jan 06, 2017 USC Jan 10, 2017 GEORGE MASON Jan 13, 2017 at Stanford Jan 14, 2017 at Stanford Jan 28, 2017 LONG BEACH STATE Feb 04, 2017 at Fort Wayne Feb 17, 2017 QUINCY Feb 19, 2017 LINDENWOOD Feb 24, 2017 at Grand Canyon Mar 03, 2017 SAINT FRANCIS Mar 10, 2017 UC SAN DIEGO Mar 16, 2017 at Loyola Mar 18, 2017 at Lewis Mar 23, 2017 FORT WAYNE Mar 25, 2017 BALL STATE Apr 07, 2017 at Lindenwood Apr 08, 2017 at Quincy Apr 15, 2017 QUINCY Totals Hughes Career Highs Kills... - Attacks... - % (min. 10 att)... - Assists... - Aces (3x) last: Quincy, 4/15/17 Digs at Lewis, 3/18/17 Solo Blocks... - Assist Blocks... - Total Blocks... - Points (3x) last: Quincy, 4/15/17 CAREER STATISTICS Hughes, Shawn TOTAL

22 #15 MATT DORN MB HEIGHT: 6-5 SENIOR SAN DIEGO, CALIF. UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC Made 14 starts, including a stretch of 12 straight, while pacing the Buckeyes with a.490 attacking efficiency in 2016 Played in 16 matches for Pacific in 2014, accumulating 62.5 points on 43 kills and 34 blocks Transferred to Ohio State from the University of the Pacific (2014) #15 Dorn, Matt Jan 20, 2017 at Saint Francis Jan 27, 2017 BARTON Feb 04, 2017 at Fort Wayne Mar 03, 2017 SAINT FRANCIS Mar 10, 2017 UC SAN DIEGO Mar 16, 2017 at Loyola Mar 23, 2017 FORT WAYNE Apr 01, 2017 MCKENDREE * Apr 15, 2017 QUINCY Totals Dorn s Career Highs Kills at BYU, 1/25/14* Attacks at BYU, 1/25/14* % (min. 10 att) (9-0-16)...at BYU, 1/25/14* Assists at Loyola, 2/12/16 Aces Pfeiffer, 2/26/16 Digs (5x) last: Grand Canyon, 2/19/16 Solo Blocks (10x) last: at Loyola, 2/12/16 Assist Blocks Coker, 1/22/16 Total Blocks Coker, 1/22/16 Points at BYU, 1/25/14* *while playing for Pacific CAREER Dorn, Matt STATISTICS 2014* TOTAL * All

23 #17 JOSH TUBLIN LIB HEIGHT: 5-10 R-JUNIOR PITTSBURGH, PA. FOX CHAPEL H.S. Played in 37 career matches, including the 2016 NCAA Semfinals Member of the 2010 and 2011 A1 National Boys Select team and 2012 National Boys Youth squad Brother, Daniel, played volleyball at Stanford University #17 Tublin, Josh Jan 06, 2017 USC Jan 10, 2017 GEORGE MASON Jan 14, 2017 at Stanford Jan 20, 2017 at Saint Francis Jan 24, 2017 PENN STATE Jan 27, 2017 BARTON Jan 28, 2017 LONG BEACH STATE Feb 02, 2017 at Ball State Feb 09, 2017 LEWIS Feb 11, 2017 LOYOLA Feb 17, 2017 QUINCY Feb 26, 2017 at Grand Canyon Mar 11, 2017 UC IRVINE Mar 16, 2017 at Loyola Mar 18, 2017 at Lewis Mar 28, 2017 at Penn State Apr 01, 2017 MCKENDREE Apr 07, 2017 at Lindenwood Apr 08, 2017 at Quincy Apr 15, 2017 QUINCY Apr 19, 2017 BALL STATE Apr 22, 2017 GRAND CANYON Totals Tublin s Career Highs Kills... - Attacks... - % (min. 10 att)... - Assists IPFW, 2/4/16 Aces at UC Irvine, 3/11/16 Digs (2x) last: at Ball State, 2/2/17 Solo Blocks... - Assist Blocks... - Total Blocks... - Points at UC Irvine, 3/11/16 CAREER STATISTICS Tublin, Josh TOTAL Yerington, Zach 23

24 #18 DEJON CLARK OH HEIGHT: 6-5 FRESHMAN PICKERINGTON, OHIO PICKERINGTON NORTH H.S. Made collegiate debut on Jan. 24 versus Penn State; played in nine more matches before suffering an injury 2016 Ohio High School Player of the Year runner-up First Team All-Ohio honoree following Pickerington North High s first district championship in school history and advancement to the state championships Two-time medalist as a member of the USA Volleyball Youth A-1 High Performance Team Twin sister, Deja, is a freshman volleyball player at the University of Evansville Brother, Terrale, played basketball for West Virginia Tech Univeristy Father, Byron, competed for the Navy basketball squad #18 Clark, Dejon Jan 24, 2017 PENN STATE Jan 27, 2017 BARTON Feb 04, 2017 at Fort Wayne Feb 09, 2017 LEWIS Feb 11, 2017 LOYOLA Feb 17, 2017 QUINCY Feb 19, 2017 LINDENWOOD Feb 24, 2017 at Grand Canyon Feb 26, 2017 at Grand Canyon Mar 03, 2017 SAINT FRANCIS Totals Clark s Career Highs Kills Barton, 1/27/17 Attacks Barton, 1/27/17 % (min. 10 att)... - Assists at Fort Wayne, 2/4/17 Aces (2x) last: Saint Francis, 3/3/17 Digs (2x) last: at Grand Canyon, 2/24/17 Solo Blocks... - Assist Blocks... - Total Blocks... - Points Barton, 1/27/17 Bruggemann, Jason CAREER STATISTICS Clark, Dejon TOTAL Devilbiss, Reese 24

25 #19 SANIL THOMAS S/L HEIGHT: 6-0 SOPHOMORE TINLEY PARK, ILL. VICTOR J. ANDREW H.S. Starting setter in Ohio State s wins over Barton (Jan. 27) and at Quincy (Apr. 8); seen action in 27 of 32 contests this season Played in 19 matches as a true freshman, including two stints of back-to-back starts resulting in Buckeye sweeps Dished out assists per set in his four starts Two-time All-Illinois performer, including First Team honors in 2015 #19 Thomas, Sanil Jan 13, 2017 at Stanford Jan 20, 2017 at Saint Francis Jan 24, 2017 PENN STATE Jan 27, 2017 BARTON * Jan 28, 2017 LONG BEACH STATE Feb 02, 2017 at Ball State Feb 04, 2017 at Fort Wayne Feb 11, 2017 LOYOLA Feb 17, 2017 QUINCY Feb 19, 2017 LINDENWOOD Feb 24, 2017 at Grand Canyon Feb 26, 2017 at Grand Canyon Mar 03, 2017 SAINT FRANCIS Mar 10, 2017 UC SAN DIEGO Mar 11, 2017 UC IRVINE Mar 16, 2017 at Loyola Mar 18, 2017 at Lewis Mar 23, 2017 FORT WAYNE Mar 25, 2017 BALL STATE Mar 28, 2017 at Penn State Mar 31, 2017 MCKENDREE Apr 01, 2017 MCKENDREE Apr 07, 2017 at Lindenwood Apr 08, 2017 at Quincy * Apr 15, 2017 QUINCY Apr 19, 2017 BALL STATE Apr 22, 2017 GRAND CANYON Totals Thomas Career Highs Kills Coker, 1/22/16 Attacks Coker, 1/22/16 % (min. 10 att)... - Assists at Quincy, 4/8/17 Aces Coker, 1/22/16 Digs at Quincy, 4/8/17 Solo Blocks Lindenwood, 4/9/16 Assist Blocks Barton, 1/27/17 Total Blocks (2x) last: Barton, 1/27/17 Points Coker, 1/22/16 CAREER STATISTICS Thomas, Sanil TOTAL

26 #21 NICK LAFFIN MB HEIGHT: 6-5 R-JUNIOR HOLBROOK, N.Y. SACHEM EAST H.S. Made his collegiate debut at McKendree (4/1/16) Mother, Dawn, played basketball at Principia College Sister, Meghan, played volleyball for Coastal Carolina #21 Laffin, Nick Jan 20, 2017 at Saint Francis Mar 16, 2017 at Loyola Apr 01, 2017 MCKENDREE Apr 08, 2017 at Quincy Totals Laffin s Career Highs Kills... - Attacks... - % (min. 10 att)... - Assists at Quincy, 4/8/17 Aces... - Digs... - Solo Blocks... - Assist Blocks... - Total Blocks... - Points... - CAREER STATISTICS Laffin, Nick TOTAL

27 #23 MAXIME HERVOIR OH HEIGHT: 6-3 JUNIOR ROYAN, FRANCE IUT INFORMATIQUE MONTPELLIER 2017 All-MIVA Honorable Mention Played in 28 of 32 matches, including 26 starts Studied at IUT Informatique Montpellier for two years Competed for the French National Team in 2014 Played in the highest national amateur league in France Two-time French Cup winner, named Best Outside Hitter in 2015 #23 Hervoir, Maxime Jan 06, 2017 USC Jan 07, 2017 UCLA * Jan 10, 2017 GEORGE MASON * Jan 14, 2017 at Stanford * Jan 20, 2017 at Saint Francis * Jan 24, 2017 PENN STATE * Jan 27, 2017 BARTON * Jan 28, 2017 LONG BEACH STATE * Feb 02, 2017 at Ball State * Feb 09, 2017 LEWIS * Feb 11, 2017 LOYOLA * Feb 17, 2017 QUINCY * Feb 24, 2017 at Grand Canyon Feb 26, 2017 at Grand Canyon * Mar 03, 2017 SAINT FRANCIS * Mar 10, 2017 UC SAN DIEGO * Mar 11, 2017 UC IRVINE * Mar 16, 2017 at Loyola * Mar 18, 2017 at Lewis * Mar 23, 2017 FORT WAYNE * Mar 25, 2017 BALL STATE * Mar 28, 2017 at Penn State * Mar 31, 2017 MCKENDREE * Apr 07, 2017 at Lindenwood * Apr 08, 2017 at Quincy * Apr 15, 2017 QUINCY * Apr 19, 2017 BALL STATE * Apr 22, 2017 GRAND CANYON * Totals Hervoir s Career Highs Kills at Quincy, 4/8/17 Attacks at Penn State, 3/28/17 % (min. 10 att) ( )...Fort Wayne, 3/23/17 Assists (2x) last: UC San Diego, 3/10/17 Aces (2x) last: at Penn State, 3/28/17 Digs Ball State, 4/19/17 Solo Blocks (3x) last: Grand Canyon, 4/22/17 Assist Blocks (2x) last: Grand Canyon, 4/22/17 Total Blocks Grand Canyon, 4/22/17 Points at Quincy, 4/8/17 Henken, Paul CAREER STATISTICS Hervoir, Maxime TOTAL Hillman, Andrew 27

28 HEAD COACH PETE HANSON Pete Hanson has served as the Ohio State head men s volleyball coach for the last 32 seasons and guided the Buckeyes to a pair of NCAA national titles in the last five years (2011, 2016). He is the eighth head coach in program history. In three-plus decades at Ohio State, the Flint, Mich., native has posted an overall record of (.668) and (.777) clip in Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (MIVA) matches. Hanson has been named the National Coach of the Year four times. Volleyball Magazine tabbed him as such in 1998 and the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) did so in 2000 before both organizations selected him as the Coach of the Year following Ohio State s 2011 NCAA Championship. He picked up the prestigious AVCA honor once again in Ohio State s 2016 national championship came exactly five years to the date (May 7) after the program s first crown in Furthering the parallel, both titles were also clinched in the same facility, Penn State s Rec Hall. Hanson corralled his 12th MIVA Coach of the Year recognition in 16 following a 31-3 campaign which ended in not only the NCAA Championship but also a clean sweep of the MIVA regular season (15-1 record) and MIVA Tournament titles (he grabbed his 13th conference coach of the year award this season). The Buckeye national title in 11 concluded with a five-set victory over UC Santa Barbara. Ohio State went 26-6 and captured the MIVA regular season championship as well that season. Hanson has guided the Buckeyes to 17 MIVA regular season titles overall and made 12 NCAA Tournament appearances. Hanson s squads have racked up 20-or-more wins in 21 of 33 seasons. The Buckeyes have also swept through an undefeated home slate six times under the tutelage of Hanson. Ohio State strung together five consecutive MIVA crowns from The five-year tear ending in a 2011 national championship came with a combined winning percentage of.743 (107-37). Hanson s contributions to the game of volleyball were formally recognized with his induction in the AVCA Hall of Fame as a member of the 15 induction class. He was one of just 70 members overall at the time of enshrinement. Prior to Ohio State, Hanson served two seasons as assistant coach for the University of Wyoming women s volleyball team before becoming the program s head coach in His college career began at Kellogg Community College in Michigan, which he attended for two years. At Kellogg C.C., his team won the National Junior College Athletic Association Championships in 1976 and During the 1976 season he was selected to the N.J.C.A.A. All-America Team. In 1977, he played on the United States team that competed against the Suntory Volleyball Club from Japan and toured across the United States, playing a team from the People s Republic of China. Hanson then transferred to Ball State University, where he played during the 1978 and 1979 seasons, winning the Midwestern 28 Intercollegiate Volleyball Association Championship in 1979 and finishing fourth in the NCAA Championships. In both years he was named an All-MIVA selection and was selected as the Most Valuable Player for Ball State. After graduating in 1979 with a degree in natural resources and geology, he stayed at Ball State the next year, serving as an assistant coach. In addition, Hanson has been honored with his selection to various regional and national coaching positions. He was an assistant coach for the 1986 National Sports Festival. The next summer he was the assistant coach at the Olympic Sports Festival for the gold medalist North team. Three of his players participated on teams in the festival. In 1988, he was an assistant coach at the National Elite Junior Training Camp. The following year he worked as the head coach of the East squad at the Olympic Sports Festival. He was an assistant coach for the USA Men s B Team during the summers of 1994 and Hanson assisted the United States Men s Olympic team in Atlanta in He was an assistant coach for the USA team at the World University Games, held in China, in Pete and his wife, Marianne, have two sons John (30) and Phil (28). John is an Ohio State graduate and is in the process of completely a Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering at MIT. Phil graduated from Marquette University and earned his master s degree from the University North Carolina in Public Health and City and Regional Planning in the Spring of HANSON S OHIO STATE CAREER RECORD MIVA NCAA NCAA Year School Won Lost Pct. Finish Won Lost Finish 1985 Ohio State nd Ohio State st 0 2 4th 1987 Ohio State st 0 2 4th 1988 Ohio State nd Ohio State nd Ohio State rd Ohio State rd Ohio State rd Ohio State T1st 0 2 4th 1994 Ohio State rd Ohio State T1st Ohio State T1st Ohio State th Ohio State st Ohio State T1st Ohio State st 1 1 2nd 2001 Ohio State T2nd 0 1 Semifinalist 2002 Ohio State rd Ohio State T3rd Ohio State st Ohio State nd 0 1 Semifinalist 2006 Ohio State th Ohio State st Ohio State st 0 1 Semifinalist 2009 Ohio State st 0 1 Semifinalist 2010 Ohio State st 0 1 Semifinalist 2011 Ohio State st 2 0 Champion 2012 Ohio State T1st Ohio State T3rd Ohio State th Ohio State rd Ohio State st 3 0 Champion 2017 Ohio State st Totals

29 ASSISTANT COACHES TIM EMBAUGH 26th Season (Ohio State, 1990) KEVIN BURCH 2nd Season (Ohio State, 2011) Hall. Tim Embaugh is in his 26th year as assistant coach for the Ohio state men s volleyball progam. He served as a student assistant in 1990, and lettered three years ( ) as an outside hitter for the Buckeyes. He s coached the Buckeyes to a pair of NCAA national titles in the last five years (2011, 2016). The NCAA Championships were separated by exactly five years to the date (May 7) and were clinched in the same facility, Penn State s Rec Kevin Burch returned to the Ohio State Men s Volleyball program as a full-time assistant coach in May 2015 and immediately delivered an NCAA Championship, extending his incredible streak to six consecutive academic years as a national champion. The 16 crown completed a circle for Burch as the victorious stretch started with the OSU graduate serving as Ohio State s volunteer assistant coach during the 2011 title run: NCAA Men s National Champions Ohio State (assistant coach) Embaugh has been a part of 15 Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association championships, including a run of five straight outright titles from Most recently, he helped guide the Buckeyes to a season sweep of both the 2016 and 2017 MIVA regular season crown and MIVA Tournament title. In 25 seasons with Embaugh on staff, Ohio State has posted an overall record of (.718). Embaugh is originally from Canton, Ohio, but grew up overseas in Indonesia where he began his volleyball career. A provincial championship and a trip to the Indonesian Junior Olympics led him to seek even higher levels of competition, which he found at the NCAA Division I level. Embaugh comes from a family of three brothers and one sister. His parents were missionaries in Indonesia for 24 years. In addition to his collegiate coaching experience, Embaugh was invited to be a coach for the 1997 USA Volleyball 16-and-under boys developmental camp. Afterwards, he was selected to be the Head of Delegation for the USA Boy s Junior National team which competed in a four-nation tournament in Sicily. During the summer of 1998, he was selected as an assistant coach for the USA Boy s Youth National team which competed in the Dominican Republic, where he also served as the Head of Delegation. During the 1999 summer months, Embaugh was a staff member of the USA Boys Youth National Team. MICHAEL HENCHY 1st Season After a season of professional volleyball in Greece, Michael Henchy returns to Columbus and will serve as the program s volunteer assistant coach during the 2017 season. The Ventura, Calif., native competed for the Buckeyes from Henchy concluded his collegiate career by earning All-America Honorable Mention in He was also named to the All-MIVA First Team that season, his second such recognition after earning first team all-conference accolades in 2013 as well NCAA Women s National Champions Penn State (director of operations) NCAA D-III Men s National Champions Springfield College (assistant coach) NCAA Men s National Champions UC Irvine (assistant coach) NCAA D-III Men s National Champions Springfield College (assistant coach) NCAA Men s National Champions Ohio State (volunteer assistant coach) Following his completion of a sports and leisure studies degree from Ohio State in the Spring of 2011, Burch moved to Massachusetts as an assistant coach at Springfield College. He was named the AVCA s D-III National Assistant Coach of the Year after the Pride seized the 2012 men s national title. Under Burch s guidance, Springfield paced the entire country with an attacking efficiency of.381 that season. From there, Burch rejoined the Division-I ranks as an assistant coach for the UC Irvine men s team. In his lone season with the Anteaters, Burch helped UCI bring home the 2013 D-I NCAA Championship before returning to Springfield College the next season as an assistant coach for both the men s and women s programs. With Burch roaming the sidelines, Springfield Men s Volleyball was crowned national champions once again in Legendary volleyball coach Russ Rose then offered Burch an opportunity to join the storied women s program at Penn State University. As the Director of Operations in 2014, Burch contributed to the team s seventh NCAA Championship. Kevin s initial journey to Columbus was inspired by his late grandfather, Darrell Burch, a three-time Ohio State graduate. Darrell earned bachelors, masters and PhD degrees from the University in 51, 53 and 59. Before transitioning into coaching full-time, Burch captained the 2008 Orange Coast College men s volleyball team. His name is scattered throughout the Ohio State record books, ending his career ranked inside the top-20 for numerous statistical categories. Henchy racked up 1,213.5 points, 1,001 kills, 531 digs, 88 service aces and 39 solo blocks to crack the all-time career rankings in school history. 29

30 2017 OHIO STATE BUCKEYES 1 Aaron Samarin L, 6-0, Jr. Clovis, Calif. Buchanan H.S. 2 Andrew Hillman S, 6-3, Fr. Allentown, Pa. Parkland H.S. 3 Tyler Alter OH, 6-4, Fr. Laguna Beach, Calif. Laguna Beach H.S. 4 Driss Guessous MB, 6-8, r-sr. Pasadena, Calif. Loyola H.S. 5 Christy Blough S, 6-5, Sr. Ontario, N.Y. McQuaid Jesuit H.S. 6 Darcy Taig OH, 6-6, r-fr. McKinnon, Victoria (Australia) McKinnon Secondary College H.S. 7 Gabriel Domecus L/OH, 6-3, Sr. Vallejo, Calif. St. Patrick-St. Vincent H.S. 8 Reese Devilbiss OH, 6-2, Fr. Manchester, Pa. Northeastern H.S. 9 Nicolas Szerszen OH, 6-4, Jr. Conflans Ste Hne, France Lycee International 10 Ryan Genn OPP, 6-4, Sr. Pleasanton, Calif. University of the Pacific 11 Blake Leeson MB, 6-7, r-so. Mequon, Wis. Homestead H.S. 12 Zach Yerington MB, 6-5, r-fr. Hamburg, N.Y. Hamburg H.S. 13 Miles Johnson OPP, 6-6, Sr. Carlsbad, Calif. La Costa Canyon H.S. 14 Shawn Hughes OH, 6-4, Fr. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis University H.S. 15 Matt Dorn MB, 6-5, Sr. San Diego, Calif. University of the Pacific 16 Jake Hanes OPP, 6-10, Fr. Orland Park, Ill. Carl Sandburg H.S. 17 Josh Tublin L, 5-10, r-jr. Pittsburgh, Pa. Fox Chapel H.S. 18 Dejon Clark OH/OPP, 6-5, Fr. Pickerington, Ohio Pickerington North H.S. 19 Sanil Thomas S/L, 6-0, So. Tinley Park, Ill. Victor J. Andrew H.S. 20 Paul Henken S, 6-3, Fr. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis University H.S. 21 Nick Laffin MB, 6-5, r-jr. Holbrook, N.Y. Sachem East H.S. 22 Jason Bruggemann MB, 6-5, Fr. Cincinnati, Ohio Archbishop Moeller H.S. 23 Maxime Hervoir OH, 6-3, Jr. Royan, France IUT Informatique Montpellier Pete Hanson Head Coach 33rd Season Ball State, 1979 Tim Embaugh Assistant Coach 26th Season Ohio State, 1990 Kevin Burch Assistant Coach 2nd Season Ohio State, Michael Henchy Volunteer Coach 1st Season Ohio State, 2015