Avery Aylsworth
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| Nationality |  American | ||||
| Born | 18 October 1996 San Jose, California, United States of America | ||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | ||||
| Spike | 315 cm (124 in) | ||||
| Block | 310 cm (122 in) | ||||
| College / University | Loyola University Chicago | ||||
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| Position | Libero | ||||
| Current club |  VfB Friedrichshafen | ||||
| 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 Evan Aylsworth[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]
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[5]. Aylsworth was also named a high school AVCA All-American in 2015[6].
College Career
Aylsworth attended Loyola University Chicago[7][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[8]. Aylsworth competed in the AVP Grass Nationals finishing 3rd[9] after losing to Taylor Crabb, Andy Benesh, and Eric Beranek. Soon after, Aylsworth played for VfB Friedrichshafen[10][1] for the 2020/21 season where he played with libero Markus Steuerwald, setters Dejan Vincic and Joseph Worsley, outside hitters Nicolas Marechal, Rares Balean, Benjamin Bonin, and Martti Juhkami, opposites Linus Weber and Lukas Maase 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[11]
- 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 Gage Worsley and Evan Corey
- 2020/2021 German Championship, with VfB Friedrichshafen
- 2020/2021 German Cup, with VfB Friedrichshafen
Personal Achievements
- 2014 All Mercury News Second Team[12]
- 2015 All Mercury News First Team[13]
- 2015 AVCA High School All-American[6]
- 2015 Volleyball Magazine Fab 50[5]
- 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
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "GER M: Friedrichshafen acquire American libero". worldofvolley.com. 20 November 2020. Retrieved 2021-05-17.
- ^ 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.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b Staff, V. B. M. (2015-05-21). "2015 Boys' Fab 50 and 25 Underclassmen to Watch". Volleyballmag.com. Retrieved 2021-05-16.
- ^ 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.