2023 Men's Volleyball Roster
Skyler Varga
- Position:
- OH
- Height:
- 6-7
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Major:
- KIN Sport Psych Leadership
- Hometown:
- Muenster, Saskatchewan
- Prev School:
- University of Saskatchewan
2025 CSC Third Team Academic All-American
2025 AVCA First Team All-American
2025 First Team All-Conference
2024 AVCA Honorable Mention All-American
2024 Honorable Mention All-Conference
2025 (R-Junior): Selected AVCA first-team All-American ... Named to the NCAA All-Tournament team ... Chosen first-team All-Conference ... Led the Big West with a .377 attack percentage ... His 2.81 kills, 3.56 points, 0.74 blocks, and 0.35 aces per set put him in the top 10 in The Big West ... Recorded 13 double-figure kill performances and has led the Beach in kills 11 times ... Selected Big West Offensive Player of the Week on March 17 and Big West Defensive Player of the Week on March 24 ... Named named CSC Third-Team Academic All-American, becoming just the 20th student-athlete from Long Beach State to be recognized in the program ... Joined Stacy Black of Women's Water Polo, Keri Nishimoto of Women's Volleyball and Shane Peterson of Baseball as the only others from Long Beach State Athletics to be named both Academic and Athletic All-American.
2024 (R-Sophomore): Named Honorable Mention All-America and Honorable Mention All-Conference ... Was the team-leader in aces per set (0.35) which ranked him in the top 10 in the Big West ... His 0.86 blocks per set, 3.77 points per set, and 2.98 kills per set were good for sixth, eighth, and ninth, respectively, in the league ... Recorded 16 double-figure kill performances, while leading the Beach in kills on five separate occasions, and leading the team in blocks four times ... Registered a season-high 20 kills in the semifinals of the NCAA Championships against Grand Canyon on May 2 ... Registered a double-double on Mar. 1 against Penn State when he posted 14 kills and 10 digs, while hitting .444 in the match ... Named Academic All-Conference.
2023 (Redshirt): Saw action in two matches, before an injury ended his season … Played against King (1/13) and Lindenwood (1/14).
Prior to LBSU: Named to Canada West and U-Sport All-Rookie Team for the University of Saskatchewan… Earned Howard Nixon Male Athlete of the Year award.
High School: Attended Muenster Public School ... At the Club level, played for Muenster Volleyball Club ... Selected to the 2021 U19 Canadian National Team … Selected for the 2022 U21 and U23 Canadian National Team … Won a gold medal at 2022 Canada Cup and Canada Games for Team Saskatchewan … Earned a silver medal at Bicentennial Independence Cup with U23 Team Canada.
Personal: Son of Jewel and Darren Varga… Older brothers, Devin and Lyndon, both played in the ACAC for the Augustana Vikings … Devin is now a head coach, while Lyndon plays professionally in Luxembourg ... Older sister, Jenay, is currently playing in the ACAC for the Lakeland Rustlers ... Majoring in Kinsieolgy Sport Psych Leadership.
