U19 Announced

[gofaster88]

Are most of these guys uncommitted?  13 States represented which is a nice mix and shows the boys game is growing. 

usavolleyball.org/story/twenty-selected-for-boys-u19-national-team/


2024 Boys U19 National Team
3 Setters, 3 Liberos, 5 Middles, 6 Outsides, 2 Opposites, 1 OH/OPP

Name (Pos., Ht, Hometown, School, USAV Region)

*Layton Bluth (L, 5-8, Gilbert, Ariz., Casteel HS, Arizona) - BYU

Titus Brown (OH, 6-4, Groton, Conn., Robert E. Fitch HS, New England)

Dante Cayaban (MB, 6-6, St. Cloud, Fla., St. Cloud HS, Florida)

Thomas Demps IV (OH, 6-4, Raleigh, N.C., Broughton HS, Carolina) - c/o 2026

Joel Eanes (Opp, 6-9, Virginia Beach, Va., Floyd E. Kellam HS, Old Dominion)

Blake Fahlbusch (OH, 6-8, Manhattan Beach, Calif., Loyola HS of Los Angeles, Southern California) - c/o 2026

Matt Fisher (S, 6-6, Camarillo, Calif., Adolfo Camarillo HS, Southern California) - uncommitted c/o 2025

*Myles Jordan (OH, 6-5, Houston, Texas, Ridge Point HS, Lonestar) - Long Beach

*Cooper Keane (Opp, 6-6, Hermosa Beach, Calif., Mira Costa HS, Southern California) - USC

*Grant Lamoureux (OH, 6-10, Clemmons, N.C., West Forsyth HS, Carolina) - Pepperdine

Isaiah McCoy (MB, 6-7, Lantana, Fla., The Kings Academy, Florida) - c/o 2026

Noah Meabon (OH/Opp, 6-4, Fairport, N.Y., Fairport, Western Empire) - c/o 2026

Leon Meng (L, 5-8, Los Altos, Calif., Homestead HS, Northern California)

Aleksey Mikhailenko (OH, 6-7, Mequon, Wis., Homestead HS, Badger) - c/o 2026

Lincoln Myers (MB, 6-9, Madison, Wis., Vel Phillips Memorial HS, Badger) - c/o 2026

*Roman Payne (MB, 6-10, Carlsbad, Calif., Carlsbad HS, Southern California) - Hawaii

*Thomas Phung (L, 5-10, Dallas, Texas, North Garland HS, Southern) - Harvard

Luc Soerensen (MB, 6-8, Meadville, Pa., Meadville Area Senior HS, Southern) - c/o of 2026

Malakai Tuakoi (S, 6-3, Los Angeles, Calif., Da Vinci HS, Southern California) - c/o 2026

*Rafa Urbina (S, 6-6, Broomfield, Colo., Legacy HS, Rocky Mountain) - UCLA


Head Coach: Charlie Sullivan (Springfield College)

Assistant Coach: Pat Shawaryn (Penn State)

Assistant Coach: Chris Seiffert (Concordia Irvine)

Performance Analyst: Evan Metzger (Springfield College)

Team Doctor: Dr. Chris Cornell (Coduhi Clinic)

Team Lead: Sean Byron (Marist College)

[mmvb805]

Apr 4, 2024 13:56:23 GMT -5 gofaster88 said:

Are most of these guys uncommitted?

usavolleyball.org/story/twenty-selected-for-boys-u19-national-team/


2024 Boys U19 National Team

Name (Pos., Ht, Hometown, School, USAV Region)

Layton Bluth (L, 5-8, Gilbert, Ariz., Casteel HS, Arizona) - BYU

Titus Brown (OH, 6-4, Groton, Conn., Robert E. Fitch HS, New England)

Dante Cayaban (MB, 6-6, St. Cloud, Fla., St. Cloud HS, Florida)

Thomas Demps IV (OH, 6-4, Raleigh, N.C., Broughton HS, Carolina)

Joel Eanes (Opp, 6-9, Virginia Beach, Va., Floyd E. Kellam HS, Old Dominion)

Blake Fahlbusch (OH, 6-8, Manhattan Beach, Calif., Loyola HS of Los Angeles, Southern California)

Matt Fisher (S, 6-6, Camarillo, Calif., Adolfo Camarillo HS, Southern California)

Myles Jordan (OH, 6-5, Houston, Texas, Ridge Point HS, Lonestar)

Cooper Keane (Opp, 6-6, Hermosa Beach, Calif., Mira Costa HS, Southern California)

Grant Lamoureux (OH, 6-10, Clemmons, N.C., West Forsyth HS, Carolina) - Pepperdine

Isaiah McCoy (MB, 6-7, Lantana, Fla., The Kings Academy, Florida)

Noah Meabon (OH/Opp, 6-4, Fairport, N.Y., Fairport, Western Empire)

Leon Meng (L, 5-8, Los Altos, Calif., Homestead HS, Northern California)

Aleksey Mikhailenko (OH, 6-7, Mequon, Wis., Homestead HS, Badger)

Lincoln Myers (MB, 6-9, Madison, Wis., Vel Phillips Memorial HS, Badger)

Roman Payne (MB, 6-10, Carlsbad, Calif., Carlsbad HS, Southern California) - Hawaii

Thomas Phung (L, 5-10, Dallas, Texas, North Garland HS, Southern)

Luc Soerensen (MB, 6-8, Meadville, Pa., Meadville Area Senior HS, Southern)

Malakai Tuakoi (S, 6-3, Los Angeles, Calif., Da Vinci HS, Southern California)

Rafa Urbina (S, 6-6, Broomfield, Colo., Legacy HS, Rocky Mountain) - UCLA


Head Coach: Charlie Sullivan (Springfield College)

Assistant Coach: Pat Shawaryn (Penn State)

Assistant Coach: Chris Seiffert (Concordia Irvine)

Performance Analyst: Evan Metzger (Springfield College)

Team Doctor: Dr. Chris Cornell (Coduhi Clinic)

Team Lead: Sean Byron (Marist College)

I think the majority are uncommitted. There’s some that come to mind, like Payne at Hawaii, Urbina at UCLA, and Lamoureux at Pepperdine, but besides that, I’m not sure

[gofaster88]

Yeah, I listed those and Bluth to BYU. But most of the others I don't know if they are even 2025 or younger kids.

[mmvb805]

Apr 4, 2024 14:01:26 GMT -5 gofaster88 said:

Yeah, I listed those and Bluth to BYU. But most of the others I don't know if they are even 2025 or younger kids.

I think a lot are juniors in high school and will probably commit in the coming year. There could also be some sophomores, I’m not sure

[alohavball]

No Kainoa Wade?

[gofaster88]

* denoted Keane (USC) and Jordan (Long Beach)

[gofaster88]

Apr 4, 2024 14:07:39 GMT -5 alohavball said:

No Kainoa Wade?

He's a 2006 I believe which means he has to be on U21

[alohavball]

Apr 4, 2024 14:08:33 GMT -5 gofaster88 said:

Apr 4, 2024 14:07:39 GMT -5 alohavball said:

No Kainoa Wade?

He's a 2006 I believe which means he has to be on U21

Gotcha! I figured he fits the U19 category since he's still a junior in high school that might graduate early. 

Just seen on the USAV website that U19 is for players born in 2007 or later and U21 is 2005 or later. 

[jmpy5]

The Wisconsin kids are Sophomores/2026s.

[1volley1]

Please chime in if I am misremembering -Noah Meabon’s selection is the first 24+ month escalation since Micah Christenson. That’s immediate crazy hype. What I’ve seen from this player looks very good. Raw almost like Anderson was, with Olympian potential.

[jmpy5]

Is he a 2009?

[gofaster88]

Apr 6, 2024 4:07:34 GMT -5 1volley1 said:

Please chime in if I am misremembering -Noah Meabon’s selection is the first 24+ month escalation since Micah Christenson. That’s immediate crazy hype. What I’ve seen from this player looks very good. Raw almost like Anderson was, with Olympian potential.

What does 24+ month escalation mean?  He's a class of 2026 so he's a sophomore.  Which means he falls in line with most of the other kids on this list 2007 and 2008 birth years.

[wilbur]

Apr 6, 2024 9:53:58 GMT -5 gofaster88 said:

Apr 6, 2024 4:07:34 GMT -5 1volley1 said:

Please chime in if I am misremembering -Noah Meabon’s selection is the first 24+ month escalation since Micah Christenson. That’s immediate crazy hype. What I’ve seen from this player looks very good. Raw almost like Anderson was, with Olympian potential.

What does 24+ month escalation mean?  He's a class of 2026 so he's a sophomore.  Which means he falls in line with most of the other kids on this list 2007 and 2008 birth years.

He could be young for his class and born in 2009 but he is listed on the spring roster as 2008. Phung is born in 2007 and class of 2024 for example.

This is the 20 player group, it will be reduced down to 12 or 14. Grant Lamoureux was bumped up for at least one of the 20 or 24 person training groups in the past U19 2005/2006 sessions. I am not sure who the last player was who made a travel roster from an earlier age group. Deflaco would be my first guess.

Of the 2009 age group, Fuerbringer has a lot of potential but he isn't on this roster.

[vckt]

Fisher is class of 2025 and uncommitted.

[gofaster88]

I couldn't find anything on Brown, Cayaban, Eanes, Meng they all appear to be c/o 2025 along with Fisher.

Always interesting to see how the top guys according to USA Volleyball (NTDP) get placed among the schools.

Breakdown:
c/o 2026 - 7

c/o 2025 -13
Committed - 7/13