Kyle Ensing

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Kyle Ensing
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Personal information
Born (1997-03-06) March 6, 1997 (age 29)
Santa Clarita, California, U.S.
Height6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Weight220 lb (100 kg)
Spike144 in (366 cm)
Block139 in (353 cm)
College / UniversityCSULB
Volleyball information
PositionOpposite
Current clubWarta Zawiercie
Number55
Career
YearsTeams
2016–2019Long Beach State
2019–2020Berlin Recycling Volleys
2020–2022Maccabi Tel Aviv
2022–2024SNVBA
2024–Warta Zawiercie
National team
2018–File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
Medal record
FIVB World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2023 Japan
FIVB Nations League
Silver medal – second place 2022 Bologna
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Lille
NORCECA Championship
Silver medal – second place 2019 Winnipeg

Kyle Ensing (born March 6, 1997) is an American professional volleyball player who plays as an opposite hitter for Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie and the U.S. national team.[1][2]

Personal life

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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.[3]

His brother, Eric, also played volleyball at Long Beach State.[4]

Career

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Long Beach State

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Ensing played volleyball for Long Beach State, where he made the final four all four years, winning NCAA titles in 2018 and 2019.[5] While there, he played alongside fellow members of the U.S. national team, TJ DeFalco and Joshua Tuaniga.

National team

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Ensing has participated in four major tournaments with the U.S. men's national team: 2018, 2019 and 2021 Nations League and 2019 NORCECA Championship. In June 2021, he was named to the 12-player 2020 Summer Olympics roster.[6]

Honors

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Club

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Individual awards

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  • 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

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