Kyle Ensing (born March 6, 1997) is an American professional volleyball player who plays as an opposite hitter for Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie and the U.S. national team.[1][2]
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| Born | March 6, 1997 Santa Clarita, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 220 lb (100 kg) | ||||||||||||
| Spike | 144 in (366 cm) | ||||||||||||
| Block | 139 in (353 cm) | ||||||||||||
| College / University | CSULB | ||||||||||||
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| Position | Opposite | ||||||||||||
| Current club | Warta Zawiercie | ||||||||||||
| Number | 55 | ||||||||||||
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Personal life
editEnsing is from Santa Clarita, California and attended high school at Valencia High School. He primarily played basketball and football in his youth and discovered interest in volleyball in high school. For his performance on the volleyball team, he was named the 2014 All Santa Clarita Valley Player of the Year as well as the Daily News All-Area Player of the Year.[3]
His brother, Eric, also played volleyball at Long Beach State.[4]
Career
editLong Beach State
editEnsing played volleyball for Long Beach State, where he made the final four all four years, winning NCAA titles in 2018 and 2019.[5] While there, he played alongside fellow members of the U.S. national team, TJ DeFalco and Joshua Tuaniga.
National team
editEnsing has participated in four major tournaments with the U.S. men's national team: 2018, 2019 and 2021 Nations League and 2019 NORCECA Championship. In June 2021, he was named to the 12-player 2020 Summer Olympics roster.[6]
Honors
editClub
edit- Domestic
- 2019–20 German SuperCup, with Berlin Recycling Volleys
- 2019–20 German Cup, with Berlin Recycling Volleys
- 2020–21 Israeli Championship, with Maccabi Tel Aviv
- 2021–22 Israeli Cup, with Maccabi Tel Aviv
- 2021–22 Israeli Championship, with Maccabi Tel Aviv
- 2023–24 French Championship, with Saint-Nazaire VBA[7]
- 2024–25 Polish SuperCup, with Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie
Individual awards
edit- 2017: AVCA Second-Team All-American
- 2018: AVCA First-Team All-American
- 2018: All-Big West First-Team
- 2018: NCAA National Championship – All- tournament team
- 2019: All-Big West First-Team (Player of the Year)
- 2019: AVCA First-Team All-American
References
edit- ^ "Kyle ENSING, nouveau pointu de Saint Nazaire". Saint-Nazaire VBA (in French). Retrieved June 22, 2022.
- ^ "Zdobył mistrzostwo Francji. Teraz zagra w klubie z Zawiercia". siatka.org (in Polish). June 4, 2024. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
- ^ "Two SCV Olympians making their way to Tokyo". Santa Clarita Valley Signal. July 18, 2021. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
- ^ "Kyle Ensing". Long Beach State. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
- ^ "LBSU men's volleyball repeats as NCAA champions". Press Telegram. May 4, 2019. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
- ^ "Speraw, USA Volleyball announce 12-player men's Olympic roster for Tokyo". Volleyballmag. June 14, 2021. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
- ^ "Saint-Nazaire sacré champion de France pour la première fois de l'histoire". L'Équipe (in French). April 28, 2024. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
External links
edit- Player profile at the European Volleyball Confederation
- Player profile at Volleybox.net
- Player profile at Olympics.com
- Player profile at Olympedia (archive)