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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Aug. 2, 2025) – USA Volleyball announces the 12 athletes on the 2025 U21 Men’s National Team who will compete at the NORCECA Men’s U21 Pan American Cup, Aug. 5-10 in Calgary, Canada.
The 12 were chosen from 24 athletes who participated in a training block from July 27-Aug. 2 at the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The 24 athletes were also training for possible selection to the upcoming Men’s U21 World Championship in China, Aug. 21-31. That roster will be announced after a second training block, Aug. 7-17 at the USOPTC.
The 2025 Pan Am team features several athletes with previous U.S. national team experience:
- Victor Loiola, Trent Taliaferro and Josh Aruya were all on the NORCECA U21 Continental Championship team that won gold in 2024. The gold medal qualified the team for this year’s World Championship.
- Tre Jordan, Kellen Larson, Marek Turner and Kainoa Wade were all part of the 2024 Men’s U21 National Team although they did not compete at the Continental Championship.
- Larson, Turner, Loiola, Taliaferro, Sebastiano Sani and Aruya all played on the 2023 Boys U19 Team that had the program’s best-ever finish at the U19 World Championship (fourth).
Four athletes are making their international debut for the U.S.: setter Jacob Little-Phillips, libero Johnny Dykstra, outside hitter Riggs Guy and middle blocker Micah Goss.
UCLA head coach John Hawks will lead both the Pan Am and Worlds teams.
2025 Men’s U21 National Team
Name (Pos., Height, Hometown, School/Club, USAV Region)
1 Kellen Larson (L, 5-9, Irvine, Calif., Long Beach State, Southern California)
5 Marek Turner (OH, 6-6, Long Beach, Calif., Team Rockstar, Southern California)
6 Victor Loiola (OH, 6-4, Manhattan Beach, Calif., N/A, Southern California)
7 Trent Taliaferro (S, 6-5, San Clemente, Calif., UCLA, Southern California)
8 Jacob Little-Phillips (S, 6-2, Winter Park, Fla., Winter Park HS, Florida Region)
9 Tre Jordan (MB, 6-10, Mesa, Ariz., Grand Canyon, Arizona)
10 Johnny Dykstra (L, 6-2, Manhattan Beach, Calif., Univ. of Southern California, Southern California)
15 Joshua Aruya (MB, 6-9, Mission Viejo, Calif., UC Santa Barbara, Southern California)
17 Riggs Guy (OH, 6-3, Newport Beach, Calif., UC Santa Barbara, Southern California/Southern Nevada)
18 Kainoa Wade (OPP, 6-10, Kailua, Hawaii, Univ. of Hawaii, Aloha Region)
22 Sebastiano Sani (OH, 6-8, Aliso Viejo, Calif., Long Beach State, Chesapeake)
23 Micah Goss (MB, 6-6, Santa Barbara, Calif., UC Irvine, Southern California)
Alternates
2 Roan Alviar (L, 5-11, Hayward, Calif., Princeton, Northern California)
4 Aidan Klein (MB, 6-10, Evanston, Ill., Loyola Chicago, Great Lakes)
11 Finn Kearney (OH, 6-5, Phoenix, Ariz., Univ. of Hawaii, Arizona)
14 Justin Todd (MB, 6-7, Honolulu, Hawaii, Univ. of Hawaii, Aloha)
19 Grayson Bradford (OPP, 6-11, Redondo Beach, Calif., Mira Costa HS, Southern California)
24 Kahale Clini (OH, 6-3, Honolulu, Hawaii, UCLA, Aloha)
Coaches
Head Coach: John Hawks (UCLA)
Assistant Coach: Donan Cruz (Ball State)
Assistant Coach: Matthew Pollock (Pepperdine)
Performance Analyst: Thomas Shaffer (Loyola Chicago)
Athletic Trainer: Hazel Peterson (USOPTC)
Team Lead: Brandon Oswald (NTDP)
Schedule
All times Pacific
Aug. 5: USA vs. Chile, 3:30 p.m.
Aug. 6: USA vs. Barbados, 1:30 p.m.
Aug. 7: USA vs. Canada, 6 p.m.
Aug. 8: USA vs. Mexico, 3:30 p.m.
Aug. 9: USA vs. Puerto Rico, 3:30 p.m.
Aug. 10: Medal Matches and Classification