(Sioux City, Iowa) – The 2023 Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Men’s Volleyball All-Conference Team has been selected.
Caylor Cox from Jamestown was selected as the Hauff Mid-America Sports/GPAC Player-of-the-Year. Travers Cox from Jamestown was named the Hauff Mid-America Sports/GPAC Coach-of-the-Year. Jamestown won the regular season championship for 2023 with a 9-1 record. Lukas Van Gronigen of Dordt was named the Co-Setter of the year along with Derek Corea from Jamestown.
Dordt placed 5 players on the GPAC Men’s Volleyball first team, Andres Guzman OH Jr. Bogota, Columbia.Caleb Kulesza RS Sr. Chicago, Ill., Luke Nelson MB Sr. Plymouth, Minn., Rob Piekarz DS So. Warsaw, Poland, Lukas Van Groningen S So. Ripon, Calif. Two more Dordt players were selected to the second team, Brady Frost OH So. Neenah, Wisc. Dylan Kooiman MB So. Frankfort, Ill. Brady Fergen, Sophomore Menno, South Dakota Menno H.S. Was an Honorable mention All-GPAC pick.
The GPAC Men’s Volleyball Tournament Championship was played this past weekend in Jamestown, North Dakota, with Jamestown claiming the title and conference automatic berth to the NAIA National Championship.
Natan Alves OH Morningside Fr. Vila Velha, Brazil
Ever Cancel MB Jamestown Sr. Mayaguez, Puerto Rico
Derek Correa S Jamestown Sr. Vega Baja, Puerto Rico
*Caylor Cox OH Jamestown Sr. Helena, Mont.
Adam Lopata L Jamestown Jr. Germantown, Wisc.
Oguzhan Oguz RS Jamestown Fr. Bursa, Turkey
Akeil Williams MB Ottawa So. Barbados
Owen Anderson L Morningside So. South Beloit, Ill.
Michal Bak OH Ottawa Fr. Poland
Justin Burras OH Kansas Wesleyan Fr. Burbank, Calif.
Kolby Campbell OH Central Christian So. Lubbock, Tex.
Tharen Cox MB Morningside So. Norton, Kan.
Jacob DePauw S Morningside So. South Beloit, Ill.
Downey Huynh OH Jamestown Sr. Fountain Valley, Calif.
Kahakai Kalhoiwai OH Morningside Sr. Wahiawa, Hawaii
Erik Krenz MB Morningside So. Mankato, Minn.
Viet Nguyen OH/RS Kansas Wesleyan So. Wichita, Kan.
Central Christian – L.A. DeBerry (OH/RS) and Joel Creary (MB)
Dordt – Brady Fergen (DS)
Jamestown – Tysen Myers (MB) and Vincent Miska (MB)
Kansas Wesleyan – Jeremy Lapeze (L/DS) and Kahlib Lawrence (MB)
Morningside – Dylan Hamil (OH) and Jesse Lowe (MB)
Ottawa – Grant Younie (OH) and Kadeem Morris (MB)
