The AVCA is pleased to announce its 36th All-America teams for National Collegiate men’s volleyball.
The 2026 honorees include 24 players—12 each on the first and second teams—from 11 schools. UCLA and Long Beach State University lead the way with four total All-Americans, and all four of the Bruins are first-team picks. UC Irvine, the University of Hawai‘i, and Pepperdine University all have three players on the first or second teams.
Andrew Rowan becomes just the fourth player to earn first-team All-America honors four times. His teammate, Cameron Thorne, is a first-team selection for the third-consecutive year. Four additional first-team picks in 2026 also were first-teamers a year ago: Ryan Barnett of Pepperdine, Dillon Klein of USC, Tread Rosenthal of Hawai‘i, and Skyler Varga of Long Beach State.
The 2026 AVCA Newcomer of the Year is Andrej Jokanovic, UC Irvine. The freshman averages 3.37 kills per set and 4.07 points per set heading into the 2026 NCAA Championship semifinals, to go with 176 digs, 56 blocks, and a team-best 49 aces. He came up big for the Anteaters in their regional final win at UCLA by posting 14 kills and nine digs.
The selections were made by the 2026 AVCA National Collegiate Men’s Volleyball All-America Committee: Jonathan Winder of Pepperdine (chair), Sam Albus of Lees-McRae, Brian Baise of Harvard, Karl France of Fairleigh Dickinson, Dan Friend of Lewis, Danny Goncalves of NJIT, John Hawks of UCLA, David Kniffin of UC Irvine, Thiago Lopes of St. Thomas Aquinas, Brad Rostratter of UC San Diego, Nickie Sanlin of McKendree, Derek Sullivan of Belmont Abbey, Ryan Thompson of Missouri S&T, and Devin Walker of Central State.
2026 Award Winners
Newcomer of the Year: Andrej Jokanovic, UC Irvine, OH, Fr.
Player of the Year: announcement is Friday, May 8, late evening ET
Coach of the Year: announcement is Thursday, May 7, 1pm ET
Assistant Coach of the Year: announcement is Thursday, May 7, 1pm ET
Click here to see links to bios on all First- and Second-Team All-Americans
ALL-AMERICANS
HONORABLE MENTION
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