Kyle Ensing (born March 6, 1997) is an American indoor volleyball player plays as an opposite hitter on the

United States men's national volleyball team The United States men's national volleyball team represents the country in international competitions and friendly matches. The team is governed by USA Volleyball. The team has won five Olympic medals, including three gold. History As the birt ...

. On club level, he plays for Saint-Nazaire Volley-Ball Atlantique in France.

Personal life

Ensing is from Santa Clarita, California and attended high school at Valencia High School. He primarily played basketball and football in his youth and discovered interest in volleyball in high school. For his performance on the volleyball team, he was named the 2014 All Santa Clarita Valley Player of the Year as well as the Daily News All-Area Player of the Year. His brother, Eric, also played volleyball at

Long Beach State California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) is a public research university in Long Beach, California. The 322-acre campus is the second largest of the 23-school California State University system (CSU) and one of the largest universities i ...

Career

Long Beach State

Ensing played volleyball for

, where he made the final four all four years, winning NCAA titles in 2018 and 2019. While there, he played alongside fellow members of the United States men's national volleyball team TJ DeFalco and Joshua Tuaniga.

Professional clubs

Berlin Recycling Volleys Berlin Recycling Volleys is a professional men's volleyball club founded in 1991 and based in Berlin, Germany. They compete in the German Bundesliga and the CEV Champions League. Honours Domestic * Volleyball Bundesliga :Winners (12): 199 ...

(2019–2020) *

Maccabi Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel Aviv ( he, מכבי תל אביב) is one of the largest sports clubs in Israel, and a part of the Maccabi association. Many sports clubs and teams in Tel Aviv are in association with Maccabi and compete in a variety of sports, such ...

(2020–2022) * Saint-Nazaire VBA (2022–)

National team

Ensing has participated in four major tournaments with the U.S. men's national team: 2018, 2019 and 2021

FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League The FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League is an annual international volleyball competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the ' (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The first tournament took place between Ma ...

and 2019

Men's NORCECA Volleyball Championship The NORCECA Men's Volleyball Championship is the official competition for senior men's national volleyball teams of North America, Central America and the Caribbean, organized by the North, Central America and Caribbean Volleyball Confederation (N ...

. In June 2021, he was named to the 12-player 2020 Summer Olympics roster.

Honors and awards

Professional clubs

*2021–2022

Israeli Premier League The Israeli Premier League ( he, ליגת העל, ''Ligat Ha`Al'', ), is a professional association football league which operates as the highest division of the Israeli Football League – the state's league of Israel. The league is contested ...

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Champions, with Maccabi Tel Aviv *2021–2022 Israeli Cup – Simple cup icon

Champions, with Maccabi Tel Aviv *2020–2021

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Champions, with Maccabi Tel Aviv *2019–2020

German Volleyball Cup The DVV-Pokal is the national cup competition of German volleyball . The organizer is the German Volleyball Association (DVV). The finals have been held in the SAP Arena in Mannheim since 2016 . The current title holders in 2021 are the United V ...

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Champions, with Berlin Recycling Volleys *2019–2020

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Champions, with Berlin Recycling Volleys

Individual awards

* 2017: AVCA Second-Team All-American * 2018: AVCA First-Team All-American * 2018: All-Big West First-Team * 2018: NCAA National Championship – All Tournament Team * 2019: All-Big West First-Team (Player of the Year) * 2019: AVCA First-Team All-American

References

1997 births Living people Sportspeople from Santa Clarita, California American men's volleyball players Long Beach State Beach men's volleyball players American expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate volleyball players in Germany American expatriate sportspeople in Israel Expatriate volleyball players in Israel American expatriate volleyball players in France Volleyball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic volleyball players for the United States {{US-volleyball-bio-stub