Sophomore JT Hatch, the MPSF Freshman of the Year in 2015, was named to the second team of the Off the Block/Springbak, Inc. Preseason-All-American squad released on Thursday.

The squad was selected by an 18-member voting committee which was comprised of men's volleyball head coaches and volleyball reporters from around the nation. The 10 players receiving the most votes were named Preseason First-Team All-Americans., while the next 10 vote getters comprised the second team.

Three other Bruins each received votes for the All-America team --- Middle blocker Mitch Stahl, Outside Hitter Jake Arnitz and setter/hitter Micah Ma'a.

Off the Block/Springbak Inc. First-Team Preseason All-Americans

Setter: Peter Hutz, Loyola
Setter: Jonah Seif, UCSB
Opp.: Tamir Hershko, UCI
Opp.: Ben Patch, BYU
Outside Attacker: Nicolas Szerszen, Ohio State
Outside Attacker: Sinisa Zarkovic, Hawai'i
Middle Attacker: Jason Agopian, UCI
Middle Attacker: Jeff Jendryk, Loyola
Middle Attacker: Bobby Walsh, Lewis
Libero: Kolby Kanetake, Hawai'i

Second-Team
Setter: Scott Fifer, Lewis
Setter: Jennings Franciskovic, Hawai'i
Setter: James Shaw, Stanford
Opp.: Matt Tarantino, Pepperdine
Outside Attacker: JT Hatch, UCLA
Outside Attacker: Jake Langlois, BYU
Outside Attacker: Brenden Sander, BYU
Middle Attacker: Andy Benesh, USC
Middle Attacker: Conrad Kaminski, Stanford
Middle Attacker: Nick Olson, Loyola
Libero: Andrew Sato, UCSB

Also receiving votes: from UCLA Mitch Stahl, Jake Arnitz, Micah Ma'a

UCLA will begin play in 2016 with an exhibition match on Jan. 3 vs. the University of British Columbia in Pauley at 7 p.m. The regular season begins on the road with a match on Jan.5 at George Mason.