U.S. Men End 2024 Season at Final Six

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Aug. 19, 2024) – Fourteen athletes have been selected to represent USA Volleyball in the final men’s indoor event of 2024, the NORCECA Final Six on August 20-25 in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada.

The teams competing besides the United States are Canada, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Mexico and Puerto Rico. The U.S. Men are the tournament’s defending champions.

Matches will be livestreamed at youtube.com/@TheVolleyballCanada.

Setters on the team are Bryce Dvorak and Nicholas Slight. The liberos are Mason Briggs, the team’s captain, and Tim McIntosh.

Outside hitters are Nolan Flexen, Alex Knight, Cooper Robinson and Will Rottman. The opposites are Zach Rama and Grant Sloane.

The middle blockers are Ben Braun, Toby Ezeonu, DiAeris McRaven and Micah Wong Diallo.

The team’s head coach is Andy Read with assistance from Collin McMillan, Nate Ngo and Thomas Pestolesi.

“This is a lot of our next-generation guys,” Read said. “A lot of our players are going to be in LA (2028) and for sure in Brisbane (2032). It’s an opportunity for these guys to play high-level international volleyball against the best teams in our zone. I am very excited for that.”

The tournament is a round-robin format with medal matches on August 25.

U.S. Men’s Roster for the NORCECA Final Six
No. Name (Pos., Height, Hometown, School, USAV Region)
2 Cooper Robinson (OH, 6-7, Pacific Palisades, Calif., UCLA, Southern California)
5 Grant Sloane (Opp, 6-8, Irvine, Calif., UCLA, Southern California)
8 Nolan Flexen (OH, 6-9, Rio Rancho, N.M., UC-Irvine, Southern)
10 Zach Rama (Opp, 6-8, 2004, Phoenix, Ariz., UCLA, Arizona)
11 Alex Knight (OH, 6-6, Culver City, Calif., UCLA, Southern California)
12 Micah Wong Diallo (MB, 6-9, Los Angeles, Calif., UCLA, Southern California)
13 Will Rottman (OH, 6-5, Santa Barbara, Calif., Stanford, )
15C Mason Briggs (L, 6-0, Long Beach, Calif., Long Beach State, Southern California)
18 Bryce Dvorak (S, 6-4, Newport Beach, Calif., Pepperdine, Southern California)
20 Toby Ezeonu (MB, 6-7, North Brunswick, N.J., Penn State, Garden Empire)
22 Timothy McIntosh (L, 6-0, Miami, Fla., Sacred Heart, Florida)
23 DiAeris McRaven (MB, 6-5, Honolulu, Hawaii, Long Beach State, Aloha)
28 Nicholas Slight (S, 6-3, Storm Lake, Iowa, Grand Canyon Univ., Iowa)
30 Ben Braun (MB, 6-11, Rancho Mirage, Calif., Long Beach State, Southern California)

Head Coach: Andy Read
Team Manager and Performance Analyst: Nate Ngo
Assistant Coach: Collin McMillan
Assistant Coach: Thomas Pestolesi
Physiotherapist: Benjamin Colletti

U.S. Men’s Schedule for the NORCECA Final Six
(All times PDT)
Matches will be livestreamed at youtube.com/@TheVolleyballCanada
Aug. 20 at 1:30 p.m. USA vs Dominican Republic
Aug. 21 at 11:30 a.m. USA vs Mexico
Aug. 22 at 11:30 a.m. USA vs Puerto Rico
Aug. 23 at 4 p.m. USA vs Canada
Aug. 24 at 1:30 p.m. USA vs Cuba
Aug. 25 Medal matches