Thomas John Jaeschke ( ; born September 4, 1993) is an American professional

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player who plays as an outside hitter for Panasonic Panthers and the U.S. national team. He won a bronze medal at the

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and Paris 2024.

Early life and education

He is the son of John and Danielle Jaeschke. Thomas has a twin sister named Jaime and a brother named Joseph. Jaeschke went to Wheaton-Warrenville South High School and reached the final of the Illinois state championship in 2010 and winning the finals in his senior season in 2012. Jaeschke was studying finance at

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, but he interrupted his studies to start his professional career in Asseco Resovia Rzeszów. He went back to college to finish his undergraduate degree during the summer of 2022, therefore missing the

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Career

College

He played for

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for three seasons; 2013-2015. He reached the semifinals of the 2013 NCAA Men's DI-II National Championship, and won the 2014 and 2015 NCAA Men's DI-II National Championships. He was named to the NCAA All-Tournament Team in 2014 and 2015, and in 2015 he was named AVCA Player of the Year. After his junior year of college, he interrupted his studies to sign a three-year contract with

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club Asseco Resovia Rzeszów, who were the Polish Champions in the previous season. This was his first professional contract of his career. Jaeschke would later sit out the first half of his second professional season to complete his college degree. In 2017, he moved to Italian club Calzedonia Verona.

National team

Jaeschke made his debut on the national team during the 2015 NORCECA Champions Cup. He was named to the U.S. national team for the 2015 FIVB World League where the team would capture the bronze medal. He missed competing in the 2015 FIVB World Cup due to injury.''Canada overcome USA in tough 3-2 duel at NORCECA Champions Cup final''
- fivb.org - May 23, 2015 Jaeschke was named to the U.S Olympic Men's Volleyball team for the

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, winning a bronze medal, the

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, and the

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, winning another bronze medal.

Honors

Club

* Domestic ** 2015–16 Silver medal with cup

Polish Championship, with Asseco Resovia ** 2022–23 Gold medal with cup

Chinese Championship, with Beijing BAIC Motor ** 2023–24 Silver medal with cup

Japanese Championship, with Panasonic Panthers

Individual awards

* AVCA National Player of the Year – 2015 * AVCA First-Team All-American – 2014, 2015 * NCAA Championship All-Tournament Team – 2014, 2015 * MIVA Player of the Year – 2014, 2015 * MIVA Freshman of the Year – 2013 * MIVA All-Conference First Team – 2013, 2014, 2015 * MIVA All-Tournament Most Valuable Player – 2015 * MIVA All-Tournament Team – 2013, 2015 * MIVA Academic All-Conference – 2013, 2014, 2015

References

External links

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