Luka Cajic, Miljan Kastratovic and Steven Rodriguez were selected as members of the 12 man All-America team, and Cameron Hibbler garnered an Honorable Mention. Kastratovic was also named Newcomer of the Year, while Tom Young closed out the awards for the Spartans, being named 2019 Coach of the Year. For more information, see the the American Volleyball Coaches Association release below:

LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 15, 2019) - The American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) is proud to announce its 10th annual AVCA Men's NAIA All-America Teams.

This marks the third season where the All-American team has 12 student-athletes with an Honorable Mention All-America list.

Lourdes University leads all teams with four AVCA All-Americans named. Missouri Baptist is third with Benedictine (AZ) and Grand View each landing a pair.

Four players are taking home their second AVCA All-American honor: Missouri Baptist's Luka Cajic and Steven Rodriguez, and Grand View's John Chamone and Felix Chapman.

The selections were made by the AVCA NAIA Men's Volleyball All-America Committee: chairperson Donan Cruz (Grand View), Dan Mathews (Cardinal Stritch), Greg Reitz (Lourdes), Mike Talamantes (Park), Ray Lewis (Benedictine Mesa), Ray Vance (Bluefield).

AVCA NAIA ALL-AMERICA

*Denotes number of years named an AVCA NAIA Men's All-American

AVCA NAIA HONORABLE MENTION ALL-AMERICA

TeamSnap/AVCA NAIA Men's National Player of the Year: Announced at the NAIA Banquet on Monday, April 15

AVCA NAIA Newcomer of the Year: Miljan Kastratovic, Missouri Baptist, RS

AVCA NAIA ALL-AMERICA

Matheus Andrade, Lourdes, L, So.
Stats: 3.06 D/S, .154 Opponent Team Hitting %
The lone libero in this year's class…Part of a team-leading four players to make AVCA All-American in 2019.

Luka Cajic, Missouri Baptist, OH, Jr.
Stats: 3.55 K/S, .348 Hitting %, 1.45 D/S
Second consecutive AVCA All-American honor…Joins teammate Steven Rodriguez as the only players from Missouri Baptist to garner AVCA All-American honors in each of the last two seasons.

John Chamone, Grand View, OH, Sr.
Stats: 3.2 K/S, .395 Hitting %, 1.2 D/S
Two-time AVCA All-American (2019 + 2018)…The Vikings have registered at least two AVCA All-Americans in four consecutive years.

Felix Chapman, Grand View, OH, Jr.
Stats: 5.2 K/S, .410 Hitting %, 0.77 B/S, 1.5 D/S
Two-time AVCA All-American (2019 + 2018)…Joins teammate John Chamone as the fifth and six players in program history to garner AVCA All-American honors multiple times…2018 AVCA Newcomer of the Year.

Evan Gebert, Lourdes, RS, RS-Jr.
Stats: 3.76 K/S, .294 Hitting %, 1.68 D/S, 0.56 B/S
Alongside his three other teammates to be named AVCA All-American they become the sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth players to win the honor with Lourdes.

Henrique Gehrke, Lourdes, S, So.
Stats: 11.02 A/S, 1.77 D/S, .296 Team Hitting %
The nine AVCA All-American certificates ties them with St. Ambrose University for fourth-most all-time.

Bobby Henige, Benedictine at Mesa, MB, Jr.
Stats: 2.2 K/S, .378 Hitting %, 1.13 B/S
Joins teammate Jaron Jones as the second and third different AVCA All-American in program history…Benedictine (AZ) becomes just one off 11 teams in NAIA Men to pick up at least three different AVCA All-Americans.

Edin Ibrahimovic, Menlo, OH, Fr.
Stats: 4.9 K/S, .321 Hitting %, 0.46 B/S, 1.9 D/S
First AVCA All-American in program history…Becomes the 20th different NAIA Men's program to have an AVCA All-American to its name.

Jaron Jones, Benedictine at Mesa, S, Sr.
Stats: 10.5 A/S, 0.59 B/S, 2.1 D/S, .262 Team Hitting %
Benedictine (AZ) is one of four schools to garner at least three AVCA All-American awards in the last two years.

Miljan Kastratovic, Missouri Baptist, RS, Fr.
Stats: 3.17 K/S, .323 Hitting %, 1.55 D/S
Becomes the 10th different AVCA All-American in program history…That number is the most in NAIA Men (Lourdes is second with nine).

Jeff Lam, Lourdes, OH, So.
Stats: 3.20 K/S, .302 Hitting %, 1.77 D/S, 0.43 B/S
The four AVCA All-Americans in this year's class is most in one year in program history…Previous high was two in 2017.

Steven Rodriguez, Missouri Baptist, OH, Sr.
Stats: 3.18 K/S, .324 Hitting %, 59 Aces, 1.09 D/S, 0.44 B/S
Two-time AVCA All-American (2019 + 2018)…Seventh time in program history that MBU has multiple AVCA All-Americans in one class.