Jamestown (UJ) University of Jamestown head men’s volleyball coach Riley Salmon has announced the first wave of signings to the Jimmie men’s volleyball program, which will begin play in the 2019-2020 season.
Incoming freshmen include Josh Boze (Viper Volleyball Club/Temecula, Calif.), Caylor Cox (Helena, Mont.), Kodiak Cranford (Escondido, Calif.), Jaden Gaalema (Absolute Zero VBC/Seattle, Wash.), Jack Harris (Viper VBC/Temecula, Calif.), Austin Jacob (HVA/Houston, Texas), Gui Luciano (Spokane, Wash.), Mason Plews (Candruff, Saskatchewan), Riley Semmens (Viper VBC/Temecula, Calif.), Chase Robinson (Kimberly HS/Kimberly, Wis.), and Nick Vanags (Wave VBC/Del Mar, Calif.).
Patrick Magadia (Tacoma CC) and Chris Ross (Miramar College) will be joining the program as juniors, and current University of Jamestown student Hunter Braunberger will be a senior.
Coach Salmon is looking to bring in 20 players for the Jimmies’ first season of competition. In 2018-19, men’s volleyball became the 26th sport in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) to have a national championship. There are 40 institutions currently sponsoring a team this season. Men’s volleyball offered three invitationals from 2016-2018, and this year’s national championship will be held April 16-20, 2019, at the Charles S. Johnson Wellness Center in Des Moines, Iowa.
