Kyle Ensing

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Kyle Ensing
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Personal information
Born (1997-03-06) March 6, 1997 (age 27)
Santa Clarita, California, U.S.
Height6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Weight220 lb (100 kg)
Spike144 in (366 cm)
Block139 in (353 cm)
College / University CSULB
Volleyball information
PositionOpposite
Current club Warta Zawiercie
Number55
Career
YearsTeams
2016–2019 Long Beach State
2019–2020 Berlin Recycling Volleys
2020–2022 Maccabi Tel Aviv
2022–2024Saint-Nazaire VBA
2024– Warta Zawiercie
National team
2018–Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Honours
FIVB World Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Japan
FIVB Nations League
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Bologna
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Lille
NORCECA Championship
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Winnipeg

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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Personal life

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. [3]

His brother, Eric, also played volleyball at Long Beach State. [4]

Career

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. [5] While there, he played alongside fellow members of the U.S. national team, TJ DeFalco and Joshua Tuaniga.

National team

Ensing 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

Club

Individual awards

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References

  1. ↑ "Kyle ENSING, nouveau pointu de Saint Nazaire". Saint-Nazaire VBA (in French). Retrieved June 22, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Zdobył mistrzostwo Francji. Teraz zagra w klubie z Zawiercia". siatka.org (in Polish). June 4, 2024. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Two SCV Olympians making their way to Tokyo". Santa Clarita Valley Signal. July 18, 2021. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Kyle Ensing". Long Beach State. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
  5. ↑ "LBSU men's volleyball repeats as NCAA champions". Press Telegram. May 4, 2019. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Speraw, USA Volleyball announce 12-player men's Olympic roster for Tokyo". Volleyballmag. June 14, 2021. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
  7. ↑ "Saint-Nazaire sacré champion de France pour la première fois de l'histoire". L'Équipe (in French). April 28, 2024. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
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