Daenan Gyimah led the MPSF in hitting percentage in 2020.
Photo by: Don Liebig/ASUCLA
Daenan Gyimah Earns Third Straight All-A Honor
April 21, 2020 | Men's Volleyball
LEXINGTON, Ky. – UCLA middle blocker Daenan Gyimah was named a first-team NVA/AVCA Division I-II All-American for the third straight season in an announcement made on Tuesday by The American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) which released its 30th annual squad.
Gyimah ranked sixth in the NCAA in hitting percentage (.492) in 2020 and led the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF). He topped all men's volleyball middle attackers nationally with a 2.98 kills per set average this past season. Gyimah ranks as UCLA's all-time career leader in hitting percentage at .483 and is listed fourth in all-time total blocks (431) and sixth in aces (96). This past season, he had double-digit kills in 10 matches, with a season-high of 16 against UC San Diego (h), while hitting at least .400 in 11 matches. Gyimah had multiple aces in four matches, with a high of three versus CSUN (h), and recorded at least 4.0 total blocks in six matches.
The 2020 selections were made by the AVCA Division I-II Men's Volleyball All-America Committee: chairperson Dan Friend (Lewis); Kevin Ring (UC San Diego), Rick McLaughlin (UC Santa Barbara), Ali'I Keohohou (Mount Olive), Jeff Lennox (Barton), Danny Goncalves (NJIT), Mike Rumbaugh (Saint Francis), Mark Hulse (Loyola-Chicago), Jeff Nygaard (USC), Shawn Olmstead (BYU), John Cash (Lincoln Memorial).
2020 NVA/AVCA Division I-II Men's First-Team All-America
NVA/AVCA Division I-II Men's Second-Team All-America
TeamSnap/AVCA Division I-II Men's National Player of the Year: Announced April 23.
AVCA Division I-II Men's Newcomer of the Year: Kyle McCauley, UC San Diego
Gyimah ranked sixth in the NCAA in hitting percentage (.492) in 2020 and led the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF). He topped all men's volleyball middle attackers nationally with a 2.98 kills per set average this past season. Gyimah ranks as UCLA's all-time career leader in hitting percentage at .483 and is listed fourth in all-time total blocks (431) and sixth in aces (96). This past season, he had double-digit kills in 10 matches, with a season-high of 16 against UC San Diego (h), while hitting at least .400 in 11 matches. Gyimah had multiple aces in four matches, with a high of three versus CSUN (h), and recorded at least 4.0 total blocks in six matches.
The 2020 selections were made by the AVCA Division I-II Men's Volleyball All-America Committee: chairperson Dan Friend (Lewis); Kevin Ring (UC San Diego), Rick McLaughlin (UC Santa Barbara), Ali'I Keohohou (Mount Olive), Jeff Lennox (Barton), Danny Goncalves (NJIT), Mike Rumbaugh (Saint Francis), Mark Hulse (Loyola-Chicago), Jeff Nygaard (USC), Shawn Olmstead (BYU), John Cash (Lincoln Memorial).
2020 NVA/AVCA Division I-II Men's First-Team All-America
| Name | Institution | Pos. | Year |
| Ryan Coenen | Lewis University | OH | RS-Sr. |
| Gabi Garcia Fernandez | Brigham Young University | RS | Jr. |
| Davide Gardini | Brigham Young University | OH | So. |
| Daenan Gyimah | UCLA | MB | Sr. |
| Kyle McCauley | UC San Diego | OH | Jr. |
| Casey McGarry | UC Santa Barbara | S | Sr. |
| Tyler Mitchem | Lewis University | MB | RS-Jr. |
| Rado Parapunov | University of Hawai'i | RS | Sr. |
| Wil Stanley | Brigham Young University | S | Sr. |
| Gage Worsley | University of Hawai'i | L | Jr. |
NVA/AVCA Division I-II Men's Second-Team All-America
| Name | Institution | Pos. | Year |
| Mason Briggs | Long Beach State University | L | Fr. |
| Colton Cowell | University of Hawai'i | OH | RS-Sr. |
| Randy DeWeese | UC Santa Barbara | RS | Sr. |
| Patrick Gasman | University of Hawai'i | MB | RS-Sr. |
| Alvaro Gimeno | NJIT | OH | Jr. |
| Angelos Mandilaris | Barton College | RS | Sr. |
| Keenan Sanders | UC Santa Barbara | MB | Sr. |
| Joel Schneidmiller | UC Irvine | OH | Jr. |
| Scott Stadick | UC Irvine | MB | Sr. |
| Connor Walbrecht | UC San Diego | S | Sr. |
TeamSnap/AVCA Division I-II Men's National Player of the Year: Announced April 23.
AVCA Division I-II Men's Newcomer of the Year: Kyle McCauley, UC San Diego
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