2024 Men's Volleyball Roster
Aidan Knipe
- Position:
- S
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Major:
- Consumer Affairs
- Hometown:
- Huntington Beach, Calif.
- Prev School:
- Huntington Beach HS
2024 Big West Scholar-Athlete of the Year
2024 Second-Team AVCA All-American
2024 First-Team All-Conference
2023 AVCA Honorable Mention Selection
2023 Big West Honorable Mention Selection
2022 AVCA Honorable Mention Selection
2024: Named Long Beach State's Male Big West Scholar-Athlete of the Year ... Graduated Summa Cum Laude from Long Beach State with a 4.0 GPA en route to earning master's degree in Sport Management in May 2024 ... A member of the President's List and Big West Commissioner's Honor Roll, while a student at Long Beach State ... Named CSC Academic All-District and Academic All-Conference ... Garnered All-AVCA second-team All-American and first-team All-Conference honors ... Concluded his collegiate career ranked seventh all-time at Long Beach State with 3,212 career assists ... Piloted the squad to a .342 season attack percentage as he distributed 10.28 assists per set to rank sixth in the nation as the Beach advanced to the NCAA Championship match ...
2023: Earned his second-straight AVCA Honorable Mention selection … Named Big West Honorable Mention … Led LBSU to a team .337 attack percentage to rank second in The Big West and fourth in the nation … Averaged 9.68 assists per set on the year to come in second in the conference and 17th in the country … Tallied a career-high 66 assists and 10 assists for a double-double at then-No. 15 CSUN (4/7) … Posted a season-high four blocks at then-No. 4 Penn State (1/25) … Led Long Beach State to a season-high .554 attack percentage against UC San Diego (4/1/23).
2022: Earned AVCA Honorable Mention status … Piloted Long Beach State to a .351 team attack percentage, which led The Big West and ranked second nationally … Registered a 10.89 assists per set average to lead the conference and come in third in the nation … Dished out a career-high 58 assists against then-No. 6 UC Santa Barbara (3/25) … Recorded a double-double, the first of his collegiate career, against Concordia (3/18) with 42 assists and 10 digs … Posted a career-high six blocks at then-No. 7 Lewis (1/21).
2021: Saw action in 11 matches and made six starts in a season hampered by injury … Led the team with an 8.26 assists per set average to rank fifth in the Big West… Piloted the Beach to a .300 attack percentage or higher in four of his six starts … Was named Big West Freshman of the Week (3/22) following his collegiate debut in which he averaged 12.00 assists per set to lead the nation … Dished out a career-high 57 assists against No. 3 UC Santa Barbara (3/21) leading the Beach to a .345 team hitting percentage … Averaged 1.00 digs per set, while posting eight blocks to go along with four service aces … Registered a season-high five digs on two occasions … Posted a season-best three blocks versus No. 13 UC Irvine (3/26) … Led the Beach to a season-high .432 (49-11-88) team attack percentage in the Big West Quarterfinals against No. 6 seed UC Irvine (4/22).
2020: Redshirted.
High School: Three-year letterwinner at Huntington Beach High School … Named All-Orange County … Selected All-CIF … Garnered All-America High School Player honors … Two-time All-Sunset League selection at HBHS ... Piloted the Oilers to the CIF quarterfinals all three years … Played five years with USA Volleyball … Led the 2018 USA Boys Youth National Team at the NORCECA Championship to a Silver Medal … Helped the SCVA High Performance squad win the Gold Medal and was named to the All-Tournament Team … Led Team Rockstar Volleyball Club to the Silver Medal at the Florida Region Qualifier.
Personal: Son of Alan and Jennifer Knipe … Has a younger brother, Evan, who is also a student at Long Beach State … Majoring in consumer affairs.
