Kyle_Ensing
Kyle Ensing
American volleyball player
Kyle Ensing (born March 6, 1997) is an American indoor volleyball player plays as an opposite hitter on the United States men's national volleyball team. On club level, he plays for Saint-Nazaire Volley-Ball Atlantique in France.[1]
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| Full name | Kyle Ensing | ||||||||||
| Nationality | American | ||||||||||
| Born | (1997-03-06) March 6, 1997 (age 27) Santa Clarita, California, United States | ||||||||||
| Hometown | Santa Clarita, California, United States | ||||||||||
| 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 | Long Beach State | ||||||||||
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| Position | Opposite | ||||||||||
| Current club |  Saint-Nazaire VBA fr) | ||||||||||
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Ensing 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.[2]
His brother, Eric, also played volleyball at Long Beach State.[3]
Long Beach State
Ensing played volleyball for Long Beach State, where he made the final four all four years, winning NCAA titles in 2018 and 2019.[4] While there, he played alongside fellow members of the United States men's national volleyball team TJ DeFalco and Joshua Tuaniga.
Professional clubs
Berlin Recycling Volleys (2019–2020)
Maccabi Tel Aviv (2020–2022)
Saint-Nazaire VBA (2022–)
National team
Ensing has participated in four major tournaments with the U.S. men's national team: 2018, 2019 and 2021 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League and 2019 Men's NORCECA Volleyball Championship. In June 2021, he was named to the 12-player 2020 Summer Olympics roster.[5]
Professional clubs
- 2021–2022 Israeli Premier League –
Champions, with Maccabi Tel Aviv - 2021–2022 Israeli Cup – Champions, with Maccabi Tel Aviv
- 2020–2021 Israeli Premier League – Champions, with Maccabi Tel Aviv
- 2019–2020 German Volleyball Cup – Champions, with Berlin Recycling Volleys
- 2019–2020 German Super Cup – Champions, with Berlin Recycling Volleys
Individual awards
- 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
- "KYLE ENSING, NOUVEAU POINTU DE SAINT NAZAIRE !" (in French). snvba.net. Retrieved June 22, 2022.
- Lunetta, Caleb (July 18, 2021). "Two SCV Olympians making their way to Tokyo". Santa Clarita Valley Signal. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
- "Kyle Ensing - LBSU". LBSU. 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". USA Volleyball. June 14, 2021. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
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