LA JOLLA, Calif. — UC San Diego men's volleyball player
Peter Selcho is among 21 of the country's top U21 athletes to be selected to the U.S. Men's U21 National Training Team. The team was recently announced by USA Volleyball.
All 21 will participate in a training camp Sept. 9-17 in Anaheim, California. From the training team, 12 will be selected to compete at the 2022 U21 Men's Pan American Cup in Havana, Cuba, Sept. 18-26.
Selcho is a 6-foot-5 middle blocker from Fountain Valley, Calif., and a 2021 graduate of Servite High School in Anaheim, Calif. A two-time team captain at Servite, he garnered First Team All-CIF, First Team All-Trinity League, and AVCA Second Team All-America accolades.
As a true freshman at UC San Diego over the 2021-22 academic year, Selcho redshirted for the Tritons and is poised to make his collegiate debut this coming season.
Selcho is majoring in international business and is a member of UC San Diego's Roosevelt College.
"I feel extremely blessed to receive this opportunity to be on the U21 National Training Team," said Selcho. "I'm looking forward to progressing my skills with this talented team and coaching staff and I can't wait to represent my school, my family, and my nation in the near future."
Over half the U21 team is from USA Volleyball's Southern California region, and two each hail from the Great Lakes and Northern California regions. Also represented are the Florida, Iowa, Arizona, Badger, and Iroquois Empire regions.
Balboa Bay Volleyball Club coach Andy Read, who led the U.S. Men's National Team to a bronze medal showing at the 2021 Men's Pan American Cup, returns for this year's U21 edition. He'll be assisted by Ohio State associate head coach Hudson Bates. Alex Hurlburt, lead volleyball trainer at The Volleyball Institute, is the team's performance analyst, and USA Volleyball's Donovan Martinez is the team leader.
U.S. Men's U21 National Training Team Roster
Athlete Name (Position; Height; City, State; College/University; USAV Region)
Brad Bell (Middle Blocker; 6-9; Salem; Wisc.; Loyola Chicago; Badger)
Owen Birg (Outside Hitter, Opposite; 6-8; Thousand Oaks, Calif.; UC Santa Barbara; Southern California)
George Bruening (Opposite; 6-9; Newport Beach, Calif.; Pepperdine (verbal); Southern California)
Max Gordon (Libero; 6-2; Manhattan Beach, Calif.; UC Santa Barbara; Southern California)
Daniel Haber (Outside Hitter; 6-6; Remsenburg, N.Y.; Lewis; Iroquois Empire)
Dane Hillis (Outside Hitter; 6-3; San Clement, Calif.; Long Beach State; Southern California)
Dillon Klein (Outside Hitter; 6-5; Pacific Palisades, Calif.; USC; Southern California)
Maxwell McCullough (Middle Blocker; 6-8; San Marcos, Calif.; Concordia University Irvine; Southern California)
Tyler Morgan (Setter; 6-7; Dike, Iowa; Lewis; Iowa)
Markus Olsson (Middle Blocker; 6-8; Cupertino, Calif.; USC; Northern California)
Nyherowo Omene (Middle Blocker; 6-8; South Holland, Ill.; Princeton; Great Lakes)
Zach Rama (Outside Hitter; 6-9; Phoenix, Ariz.; UCLA; Arizona)
Noah Roberts (Outside Hitter; 6-7; Seal Beach, Calif; USC; Southern California)
Alex Rottman (Outside Hitter; 6-6; Santa Barbara, Calif.; Stanford; Southern California)
Andrew Rowan (Setter; 6-7; Trabuco Canyon, Calif.; UCLA; Southern California)
Peter Selcho (Middle Blocker; 6-5; Fountain Valley, Calif.; UC San Diego; Southern California)
Wesley Smith (Middle Blocker; 6-10; Encinitas, Calif.; USC (verbal); Southern California)
Theo Snoey (Outside Hitter; 6-8; Berkeley, Calif.; Stanford; Northern California)
Kyle Teune (Outside Hitter; 6-6; Downers Grove, Ill.; Ohio State; Great Lakes)
Shane Wetzel (Opposite; 6-7; Longwood, Fla. Ohio State; Florida)
Niko Williams (Setter; 6-6; Poway, Calif.; Ohio State; Southern California)
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About UC San Diego Athletics
After two decades as one of the most successful programs in NCAA Division II, the UC San Diego intercollegiate athletics program began a new era in 2020 as a member of the Big West Conference in NCAA Division I. The 23-sport Tritons earned 30 team and nearly 150 individual national championships during its time in Divisions II and III and helped guide 1,400 scholar-athletes to All-America honors. A total of 84 Tritons have earned Academic All-America honors, while 38 have earned prestigious NCAA Post Graduate Scholarships. UC San Diego scholar-athletes exemplify the academic ideals of one of the world's preeminent institutions, graduating at an average rate of 91 percent, one of the highest rates among institutions at all divisions.
