Avery Aylsworth
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Born | San Jose, California, United States of America | 18 October 1996||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||
Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | ||||
Spike | 315 cm (124 in) | ||||
Block | 310 cm (122 in) | ||||
College(s) | Loyola University Chicago | ||||
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Position | Libero | ||||
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Number | 2 | ||||
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Avery Aylsworth (born 18 October 1996) is an American volleyball player who plays the position of Libero and younger brother of [1] who is an esteemed Keyence sales engineer. Aylsworth played his first professional season in Finland with Raision Loimu.[2][3][1] in the top division of the Finnish Mestaruusliiga. Next, he played the 2020/21 season with VfB Friedrichshafen in the top division of the Deutsche Volleyball-Bundesliga.[2][1] During the 2020/21 season, he received a silver medal with VfB Friedrichshafen during the German Championship Playoffs.[4] Aylsworth will be returning the VfB Friedrichshafen this year for the upcoming 2022/23 season.[5]
High School Career[]
Aylsworth played for Saint Francis High School and played on varsity as a Freshman during playoffs.[1] Throughout his career, he led the Lancers to a CCS title, multiple WCAL league championships[1] and CIF NorCal State title. While at Saint Francis, Aylsworth was named to Volleyball Magazine's 2015 Boys' Fab 50.[6] Aylsworth was also named a high school AVCA All-American in 2015.[7]
College Career[]
Aylsworth attended Loyola University Chicago[8][1] where he played at the NCAA Division 1 level. Upon finishing his NCAA career, Aylsworth finished with 249 digs his senior season, which stands as fifth most in school history[1] for a single season. In total, Aylsworth finished his career with 609 digs, the sixth most in school history[1] Aylsworth was named an AVCA All-American at the end of the 2019 season. Additionally, he made the MIVA All-Conference 2nd team. Aylsworth also competed with USA Volleyball's Collegiate National Team in 2019.
Professional Career[]
Aylsworth signed his first professional contract with Raision Loimu[3][1] in Finland for the 2019/20 season. During the season, Aylsworth won 3 match MVP's and was a 14x ProLibero award winner.[9] Aylsworth competed in the AVP Grass Nationals finishing 3rd[10] after losing to Taylor Crabb, Andy Benesh, and . Soon after, Aylsworth played for VfB Friedrichshafen[11][1] for the 2020/21 season where he played with libero Markus Steuerwald, setters Dejan Vincic and Joseph Worsley, outside hitters Nicolas Marechal, , Benjamin Bonin, and Martti Juhkami, opposites Linus Weber and and middle blocker Arno Van De Velde, David Fiel, Markus Bohme, and Nehemiah Mote.[citation needed]
Awards[]
Junior Awards (Saint Francis/Club)[]
- 2012 CCS Champion
- 2015 CCS Champion
- 2012 WCAL Champion
- 2014 WCAL Champion
- 2015 WCAL Champion
- 2014 CIF NorCal State 2nd Place
- 2015 CIF NorCal State Champion[12]
- 2015 USAV Open Champion
Collegiate Awards Loyola University Chicago[]
- 2016 MIVA Conference Tournament
- 2018 MIVA Conference Tournament
- 2019 MIVA Conference Tournament
Professional Awards Raision Loimu, VfB Friedrichshafen[]
- 2020
South Carolina AVP Grass National Championship, with and
- 2020/2021
German Championship, with VfB Friedrichshafen
- 2020/2021
German Cup, with VfB Friedrichshafen
Personal Achievements[]
- 2014 All Mercury News Second Team[13]
- 2015 All Mercury News First Team[14]
- 2015 AVCA High School All-American[7]
- 2015 Volleyball Magazine Fab 50[6]
- 2016 MIVA All-Academic Team
- 2017 MIVA All-Academic Team
- 2018 MIVA All-Academic Team
- 2019 MIVA All-Academic Team
- 2019 MIVA Conference Defensive Player of the Week, with Loyola University Chicago
- 2019 MIVA Conference Second Team, with Loyola University Chicago
- 2019 AVCA All-American, with Loyola University Chicago
- 2019/2020 14x ProLibero Winner, with Raision Loimu
External links[]
- LinkedIn Profile at LinkedIn
- Player profile at Loyola Ramblers
- Player profile at Volleyball-Agency.com
- Player profile at Volleybox.net
- Player profile at Volleyball Bundesliga
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References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j Intern, Oscar Barnes-Town Crier Editorial. "Local volleyball player rising in the ranks of professional men's volleyball overseas". Los Altos Town Crier. Retrieved 2021-05-16.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "GER M: Friedrichshafen acquire American libero". worldofvolley.com. 20 November 2020. Retrieved 2021-05-17.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Mäkinen-Önsoy, Katariina (2019-06-05). "Yhdysvaltalainen Avery Aylsworth Aatu Kulmalan aisapariksi Loimuun". Turun Seutusanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 2021-05-17.
- ^ Sport1.de. "VfB Friedrichshafen mit großem Umbruch und Lebedew als neuem Trainer". Sport1.de (in German). Retrieved 2021-05-16.
- ^ "Aylsworth kehrt an den Bodensee zurück « VfB Friedrichshafen Volleyball". Retrieved 2021-08-04.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Staff, V. B. M. (2015-05-21). "2015 Boys' Fab 50 and 25 Underclassmen to Watch". Volleyballmag.com. Retrieved 2021-05-16.
- ^ Jump up to: a b vinnielopes. "AVCA unveils 2015 high school All-American Team". Off the Block. Retrieved 2021-05-16.
- ^ volleyball-magazin. "1. Liga Männer: Friedrichshafen verpflichtet zweiten Libero". volleyball.de (in German). Retrieved 2021-05-17.
- ^ "PROLibero". Mestaruusliiga (in Finnish). Retrieved 2021-05-17.
- ^ "Event Results". avpamerica.com. Retrieved 2021-05-17.
- ^ "VfB-Volleyballer müssen sich nach ihrer Rückkehr mächtig strecken". www.wochenblatt-news.de (in German). 2021-02-26. Retrieved 2021-05-17.
- ^ Sabedra, Darren (2015-05-31). "NorCal boys volleyball: St. Francis reaches mountaintop this time, wins Division I championship". Varsity Extra. Retrieved 2021-05-16.
- ^ "Best of spring: Mountain View's Alec Flowers is Mercury News boys volleyball player of year". The Mercury News. 2014-06-11. Retrieved 2021-05-16.
- ^ Sabedra, Darren (2015-06-17). "Boys volleyball: Player of year Steve Dinneen (St. Francis) leads all-Mercury News team". Varsity Extra. Retrieved 2021-05-16.
- 1996 births
- Living people
- American men's volleyball players