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2025 Men's Volleyball Roster

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19 Ben Volokh

  • Position RS/M
  • Height 6-5
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Studio City, Calif.
  • High School Harvard-Westlake

Biography

Career Highs
Kills - 18 vs. Ramapo (March 25, 2023)
Assists - 1 (Twice) - Most Recently vs. St. John Fisher (March 29, 2024)
Hitting Percentage - 1.000 (Three Times) - Most Recently vs. American International (April 6, 2024)
Service Aces - 5 vs. Russell Sage (March 2, 2024)
Digs - 6 vs. Rutgers-Newark (April 5, 2025)
Block Solo - 1 (Three Times) Most Recently vs. Elmira (March 28, 2025)
Block Assist - 3 (Twice) - Most Recently vs. American International (April 6, 2024)

Accolades: 
  • 2x UVC Academic All-Conference (2024, 2025)
2025:
  • Saw action in 11 matches with 35 sets played
  • Collected season-high 15 kills against Rutgers-Newark
2024: 
  • Played in 39 sets, recording 57 kills, a .361 hitting percentage, nine digs, 17 aces, and 15 blocks 
2023:
  • Played in 21 sets
  • Finished with 54 kills, four aces and nine digs
Before MIT:
  • Harvard-Westlake graduate
  • Mission All League First Team (2022), All Tournament Team honors at Dos Pueblos Invitational (2022)
  • Latin Honors Society (2020)
  • Student Athlete Leadership Committee (2021-22)
  • Captain of Harvard-Westlake Boys Volleyball Team (2020-2021, 2021-2022)
  • Eagle Scout Rank (awarded 2019)
  • Crew Leader for High Adventure Trips (Idaho 2018, Philmont 2019)
  • Cofounder of reGifting for Good 
  • Cofounder of Stand with Ukraine Flip-Flops 
  • Owner of Studio City Volleyball Lessons 
  • Gold Medal
  • National Latin Exam (2020)
  • National Etymology Exam (2020);
  • Gold Key, Scholastic Art & Writing Awards (Photography) (2021)
Personal:
  • Computer Science and Physics major
Favorite Sports Memory:
  • My whole school team traveling up to Santa Barbara for the Dos Pueblos tournament, and staying in an AirBnB there together without parents right after we had beaten our Studio City nemesis, Campbell Hall. Camaraderie was through the roof, and it was truly one of my most memorable experiences bonding with a team.
     

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Historical Player Information

  • 15

    2023First Year

    OP
    6'5" 185 lbs
    15
  • 19

    2024Sophomore

    RS
    6'5" 185 lbs
    19
  • 19

    2025Junior

    RS/M
    6'5" 0 lbs
    19