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  • Volleyball icon Currently partnered with Tri Bourne
  • Volleyball icon Started his career playing for Canada, but debuted internationally as a Team USA athlete in 2019
  • Volleyball icon Has dual USA-Canadian citizenship through his mother
  • Volleyball icon Former partners include: Theo Brunner (2021-22); Chase Budinger (2020); Jeremy Casebeer (2019); Ben Saxton (2012-17)
  • Volleyball icon Has won five medals on the FIVB tour
  • Volleyball icon All-Canadian as a setter for the Trinity Western University indoor team
  • Volleyball icon Won two national championships with Red Deer College indoor team

Events

  • flag icon 2024 BPT Doha Elite 16 - T17th with Tri Bourne
  • flag icon 2023 BPT Chiang Mai Challenge - T19th with Tri Bourne
  • flag icon 2023 BPT Haikou Challenge - 4th with Tri Bourne
  • flag icon 2023 FIVB Beach World Championship - T37th with Tri Bourne
  • flag icon 2023 BPT Paris Elite 16 - T21st with Tri Bourne
  • flag icon 2023 BPT Montreal Elite 16 - T21st with Tri Bourne
  • flag icon 2023 BPT Edmonton Challenge - T9th with Tri Bourne
  • flag icon 2023 BPT Espinho Challenge - T5th with Tri Bourne
  • flag icon 2023 BPT Jurmala Challenge - T5th with Tri Bourne
  • flag icon 2023 BPT Uberlandia Elite 16 - T5th with Tri Bourne
  • flag icon 2023 BPT Challenge Itapema - T5th with Tri Bourne
  • flag icon 2023 BPT Tepic Elite 16 - T13th with Tri Bourne
  • flag icon 2023 BPT La Paz Challenge - T19th with Tri Bourne
  • Medal 2022 NORCECA Beach Tour Final - Bronze with Theo Brunner
  • flag icon 2022 BPT World Championship - 4th with Theo Brunner
  • flag icon 2022 BPT Jurmala Elite 16 - T5th with Theo Brunner
  • flag icon 2022 BPT Ostrava Elite 16 - T13th with Theo Brunner
  • flag icon 2022 BPT Itapema Challenge - T5th with Theo Brunner
  • flag icon 2022 BPT Rosarito Elite 16 - T9th with Theo Brunner
  • flag icon 2022 BPT Tlaxcala Challenge - T9th with Theo Brunner
  • flag icon 2021 FIVB Itapema - T9th with Theo Brunner
  • Medal 2021 FIVB Rubavu - Gold with Theo Brunner
  • flag icon 2021 FIVB Cancun 1- T9th with Theo Brunner
  • Medal 2021 AVP Atlanta - Silver with Theo Brunner
  • Medal 2019 NORCECA Dominican Republic - Gold with Jeremy Casebeer
  • Medal 2019 NORCECA Jamaica - Bronze with Jeremy Casebeer
  • 2016 Olympic Games - T9th with partner Ben Saxton (for Canada)

Personal Highlights

  • Volleyball icon Born in 1986
  • Volleyball icon Married to beach player Lane Carico, one daughter, Koa
  • Volleyball icon Has had dual citizenship from birth through his mother
  • Volleyball icon Second youngest of five brothers, all who played volleyball
  • Volleyball icon Started playing indoor volleyball at 12; later asked his father to build the family a beach court in the backyard

 

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  • On choosing to play for the United States after being a Canadian Olympian“I was weighing a ton of pros and cons. Do I pick up another partner in Canada? Or do I switch to the U.S., focus on the AVP for a little while and then play FIVB?" “Looking at the two systems in terms of support, there was a pretty obvious advantage in the U.S.”