Caydann Cox from Jamestown was selected as the Hauff Mid-America Sports/GPAC Player-of-the-Year and Freshman-of-the-Year. Dustin Sahlmann of Kansas Wesleyan University and Noah Marasco-Ayau from Morningside University were named the Hauff Mid-America Sports/GPAC Co-Coaches-of-the-Year.
Jamestown won the regular season championship for 2024 with a 10-0 record as well as the winning the GPAC Men’s Volleyball Tournament Championship and automatic berth to the NAIA National Championship in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on April 30 – May 4 at the Alliant Energy PowerHouse.
The GPAC All-Conference teams were selected by the league coaches.
Dordt placed six players on the all-conference teams.
GPAC Men’s Volleyball First Team 2024 (listed alphabetically)
Owen Anderson L Morningside Jr. South Beloit, Ill.
Natan Alves OH Morningside So. Vila Velha, Brazil
*Caydann Cox OH Jamestown Fr. Jamestown, N.D.
Caylor Cox OH Jamestown Sr. Helena, Mont.
Jacob DePauw S Morningside Jr. South Beloit, Ill.
Nicodemus Elliott RS Dordt So. Oklahoma City, Okla.
Gaven Hackley S Jamestown Fr. Castle Rock, Colo.
Sebastain Ignaczak L Jamestown So. Rzeszow, Poland
Zayin Martinez RS Kansas Wesleyan Fr. Tulsa, Okla.
Rob Piekarz L Dordt Jr. Warsaw, Poland
Lukas Van Groningen S Dordt Jr. Manteca, Calif.
Akeil Williams MB Ottawa Jr. Barbados
GPAC Men’s Volleyball Second Team 2024 (listed alphabetically)
Isaiah Baynes OH Morningside Jr. Mankato, Minn.
Nazmi Bayoglu OH/S Ottawa Fr. Ankara, Turkey
Justin Burras OH Kansas Wesleyan So. Burbank, Calif.
Tharen Cox MB Morningside Jr. Norton, Kan.
Joel Creary MB Central Christian Jr. Kingson, Jamaica
Jeremy Lapeze L/DS Kansas Wesleyan So. Burbank, Calif.
Kadeem Morris MB Ottawa So. Barbados
Tysen Myers MB Jamestown So. Apple Valley, Minn.
Viet Nguyen OH/RS Kansas Wesleyan Jr. Wichita, Kan.
Cade Schmidt OH Dordt Fr. Palmdale, Calif.
Tomasz Swiderski OH/RS Jamestown Fr. Kedzierzyn-Kozle, Poland
Grant Younie OH Ottawa So. Pratt, Kan.
Honorable Mention
Central Christian – Payton Collins (OH), Bradley McCoy (OH)
Dordt – Lance Vermeer (MB), Diego Santiago ((OH)
Jamestown – Donte Jennings (OH/RS), Camden Steckler (MB)
Kansas Wesleyan – Tyler McUne (S), Kahlib Lawrence (MB)
Morningside – Erik Krenz (MB), Jacob Baynes (OH)
Ottawa – Kade Zrna (S), Andrew Salinas (S)
