2024 Men's Volleyball Roster
Sotiris Siapanis
- Position:
- OH
- Height:
- 6-3
- Class:
- Junior
- Major:
- Sociology
- Hometown:
- Limassol, Cyprus
- Prev School:
- Ohio State
2024 AVCA First-Team All-American
2024 First-Team All-Conference
2023 AVCA Second Team All-American
2023 First-Team All-Conference
2024 (Junior): Started all 27 matchs ... Named first-team AVCA All-American and first-team All-Conference ... Ranked in the Top 10 in the Big West in kills (3.18), hitting percentage (.342), digs (1.43) and points per set (3.80) ... Led Long Beach State in kills nine times and recorded three double-doubles ... Owned 19 double-figure kill performances, including a pair of season-high 18-kill showings (against UCLA on Feb. 9 and at UC Santa Barbara on Mar. 9) ... Hit .714 (10-0-14) with six blocks against King on Feb. 3. ... Hit .625 (11-1-16) in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Championships against Belmont-Abbey ... Named Academic All-Conference.
2023 (Sophomore): Named second-team AVCA All-American and first-team All-Conference. … Started in 25-of-26 matches for the Beach …Led Long Beach State in kills per set (3.21) and points per set (3.92) to rank seventh in both respective categories in The Big West … Finished the season ranking in the Top 10 in The Big West in aces per set (0.41), digs per set (1.64), and hitting percentage (.265) … Posted a season-high 19 kills at No. 1 Hawaii (3/17) … Hit a career-best .667 (8-0-12) against UC San Diego (4/1) … Logged a career-high 12 digs versus then-No. 12 Ball State (3/3) … Served up a career-best eight aces against Long Island (1/20) to rank second all-time in the LBSU single-match record book … Named Big West Defensive Player of the Week (2/6) … Led the Beach in kills on 15 occasions … Recorded double-figure kills 16 times … Recorded four double-doubles on the year.
Prior to LBSU: Earned MIVA Newcomer of the Year as a freshman at Ohio State in 2022… Selected first-team All-MIVA … Named to the Freshman All-American Team… Earned honorable mention All-American honors.
High School: Prepped at The Grammar School in Limassol, Cyprus where his team went undefeated ... At the club level, played for Nea Salamina ... Won three Youth Championships ... Earned Fourth place at U20 European Beach Volleyball Championships on two separate occasions… Had Senior Indoor National Team debut at 18… Earned Best Cypriot Youth Athlete title.
Personal: Son of Elenna and Ioannis Siapanis… Both sisters play for Youth National Team of Cyprus… Majoring in sociology.
