Four Bruins have been honored as AVCA Division I-II Men's Volleyball All-America selections in an announcement on Monday by the American Volleyball Coaches Association. Andrew Rowan, Cooper Robinson, and Cameron Thorne were all named first-team All-America, while junior Zach Rama earned a spot on the second team.
Setter Andrew Rowan earns his third consecutive All-America first team honors in 2025, after being named to the first team in both 2023 and 2024 as well. Rowan becomes the 11th Bruin to earn first team All-America honors at least three times, and becomes just the ninth Bruin to earn first team accolades three seasons in a row. Only Karch Kiraly (1979, 1980, 1981, 1982) and Adam Naeve (1997, 1998, 1999, 2001) have been named first team All-America four times.
The junior from Trabuco Canyon, California, directed the Bruins offense to an MPSF-leading .367 hitting percentage, which was also second nationally. Rowan totaled 40 or more assists across 13 matches in 2025 and led the team to a hitting percentage of over .350 in 15 matches. He also paced the Bruins offense to a .400 or better hitting percentage in eight different matches, including a season-high .479 hitting percentage in UCLA's four-set win over BYU on April 12. Individually, Rowan amassed 891 assists and averaged 10.01 assists per set through the 2025 regular season and also added 30 service aces (0.34 per set), and 38 kills.
Cooper Robinson, a redshirt junior outside hitter from Pacific Palisades, California, has earned his first career first-team All-America honors after being named AVCA honorable mention All-America in 2024. Robinson took home MPSF Player of the Year honors in 2025 and ranks in the MPSF's top seven in four categories entering the postseason. He is fifth with 3.58 kills per set, sixth with 4.25 points per set, and seventh in both aces per set (0.36) and hitting percentage (.389), while the Bruins hit an MPSF-best .367 in the regular season. Robinson won two MPSF/Molten Offensive Player of the Week awards this year on March 10 and 31. His most recent conference honor came after he hit .443 with 4.71 kills per set through two MPSF wins over Pepperdine. Robinson's first weekly award was following a 31-kill series with a .491 clip in another two-match top-10 MPSF series win over Stanford. In the final home match of the year (Apr. 17), he put away a career-high and 2025 MPSF second-most 25 kills with a .537 hitting percentage in a win over No. 5 USC. He produced 18 double-digit kill matches in the regular season.
A two-time all-conference selection, Robinson also earned MPSF second team honors in 2024. On the year, Robinson has recorded a total of 335 kills, hit .387 and tallied 37 service aces. He ranks 12th nationally in hitting percentage, and is second nationally in hitting percentage amongst players with at least 300 kills on the season.
Middle Blocker Cameron Thorne was also named first-team All-America. A transfer from GCU, this is Thorne's second career All-America honors after earning first-team honors in 2024 while at GCU. Thorne recorded the highest hitting percentage of any player in the conference in 2025, finishing with a hitting percentage of .530. The Hollywood, Florida, native recorded 186 kills, and also finished second in the conference in blocks by averaging 1.06 blocks per set. Thorne finished with 100 blocks across 94 sets played, including 12 solo blocks.
Thorne's blocks per set number of 1.06 is good for 13th nationally, and his total blocks number of 100 is the 12th most of any player in the country.
Outside Hitter/Opposite Zach Rama was named to the AVCA second team All-America, after earning All-MPSF first team honors as well. This is the first national honor for Rama who was also a first-team all MPSF honoree. In 2025, Rama totaled 288 kills and hit .322 on the season. The Phoenix, Arizona, native tallied at least 10 kills in 18 matches played, and recorded a career-high 21 kills in UCLA's match against Ohio State at the First Point Collegiate Challenge in Austin, Texas, on January 18. Rama earned 15 or more kills in seven matches, including three of his last four in MPSF play, where he recorded 18 kills in a five-set win over BYU, 19 kills in a five-set win over USC, and 18 two nights later at USC.
The Bruins are back in action on Thursday, May 8, in the quarterfinal round of the NCAA Tournament in Columbus, Ohio. The Bruins are the three seed in the tournament and will play No. 6 Belmont Abbey at 8 am PT (11 am ET), with the match being streamed on ESPN+.
Setter Andrew Rowan earns his third consecutive All-America first team honors in 2025, after being named to the first team in both 2023 and 2024 as well. Rowan becomes the 11th Bruin to earn first team All-America honors at least three times, and becomes just the ninth Bruin to earn first team accolades three seasons in a row. Only Karch Kiraly (1979, 1980, 1981, 1982) and Adam Naeve (1997, 1998, 1999, 2001) have been named first team All-America four times.
The junior from Trabuco Canyon, California, directed the Bruins offense to an MPSF-leading .367 hitting percentage, which was also second nationally. Rowan totaled 40 or more assists across 13 matches in 2025 and led the team to a hitting percentage of over .350 in 15 matches. He also paced the Bruins offense to a .400 or better hitting percentage in eight different matches, including a season-high .479 hitting percentage in UCLA's four-set win over BYU on April 12. Individually, Rowan amassed 891 assists and averaged 10.01 assists per set through the 2025 regular season and also added 30 service aces (0.34 per set), and 38 kills.
Cooper Robinson, a redshirt junior outside hitter from Pacific Palisades, California, has earned his first career first-team All-America honors after being named AVCA honorable mention All-America in 2024. Robinson took home MPSF Player of the Year honors in 2025 and ranks in the MPSF's top seven in four categories entering the postseason. He is fifth with 3.58 kills per set, sixth with 4.25 points per set, and seventh in both aces per set (0.36) and hitting percentage (.389), while the Bruins hit an MPSF-best .367 in the regular season. Robinson won two MPSF/Molten Offensive Player of the Week awards this year on March 10 and 31. His most recent conference honor came after he hit .443 with 4.71 kills per set through two MPSF wins over Pepperdine. Robinson's first weekly award was following a 31-kill series with a .491 clip in another two-match top-10 MPSF series win over Stanford. In the final home match of the year (Apr. 17), he put away a career-high and 2025 MPSF second-most 25 kills with a .537 hitting percentage in a win over No. 5 USC. He produced 18 double-digit kill matches in the regular season.
A two-time all-conference selection, Robinson also earned MPSF second team honors in 2024. On the year, Robinson has recorded a total of 335 kills, hit .387 and tallied 37 service aces. He ranks 12th nationally in hitting percentage, and is second nationally in hitting percentage amongst players with at least 300 kills on the season.
Middle Blocker Cameron Thorne was also named first-team All-America. A transfer from GCU, this is Thorne's second career All-America honors after earning first-team honors in 2024 while at GCU. Thorne recorded the highest hitting percentage of any player in the conference in 2025, finishing with a hitting percentage of .530. The Hollywood, Florida, native recorded 186 kills, and also finished second in the conference in blocks by averaging 1.06 blocks per set. Thorne finished with 100 blocks across 94 sets played, including 12 solo blocks.
Thorne's blocks per set number of 1.06 is good for 13th nationally, and his total blocks number of 100 is the 12th most of any player in the country.
Outside Hitter/Opposite Zach Rama was named to the AVCA second team All-America, after earning All-MPSF first team honors as well. This is the first national honor for Rama who was also a first-team all MPSF honoree. In 2025, Rama totaled 288 kills and hit .322 on the season. The Phoenix, Arizona, native tallied at least 10 kills in 18 matches played, and recorded a career-high 21 kills in UCLA's match against Ohio State at the First Point Collegiate Challenge in Austin, Texas, on January 18. Rama earned 15 or more kills in seven matches, including three of his last four in MPSF play, where he recorded 18 kills in a five-set win over BYU, 19 kills in a five-set win over USC, and 18 two nights later at USC.
The Bruins are back in action on Thursday, May 8, in the quarterfinal round of the NCAA Tournament in Columbus, Ohio. The Bruins are the three seed in the tournament and will play No. 6 Belmont Abbey at 8 am PT (11 am ET), with the match being streamed on ESPN+.