Caydann Cox named third team NAIA All-American
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) announced the 2024 Men's Volleyball All-America Teams along with Player and Coach of the Year on Thursday.
Caydann Cox from the University of Jamestown was named to the third team. Cox finished the season with 264 kills and hit .357 while averaging 3.57 kills per set. Defensively, Cox had 163 digs and 46 total blocks (21 solo). He also had 21 service aces and recorded a .973 serve reception percentage.
The NAIA All-America Volleyball teams are selected by the NAIA-MVCA Executive Committee. The All-America Selection Committee must select players from a pool of candidates from the All-Conference/Independent Teams.
Jared Goldberg of The Master's (Calif.) was named the 2024 NAIA Coach of the Year in his fourth season as head coach of the Mustangs. Goldberg improved the team's record to 24-2, while the Mustangs saw their second through fifth No. 1 rank in program history. Goldberg coached his team to the championship match for the first time in program history.
Patrick Paragas of The Master's was named the 2024 NAIA Player of the Year. Paragas finished the season ranked first in the nation in assists per set (10.51) and second in assists (925) and service aces (38). The setter directed the Mustangs offense to a season attack percentage of 0.346 while seeing the team to its first championship match appearance. Paragas recorded a season-high 55 assists vs. Menlo (Calif.) on March 2.
The Master's had the largest number of All-Americans, with six total honorees. Four of the six honorees were on the second team, and one was on both the first and third teams.
2024 NAIA Men's Volleyball All-Americans
(Alphabetical order by institution)
First Team
| NAME | INSTITUTION | POSITION | CLASS | HOMETOWN |
| Ryan Gunn * | Georgetown (Ky.) | OH | Sr. | Auckland, New Zealand |
| Addah Nestor | OUAZ (Ariz.) | OH | Jr. | Navrongo, Ghana |
| Emery Outin ^ | OUAZ (Ariz.) | OH | Sr. | Laval, France |
| Zeo Meyer | OUAZ (Ariz.) | S | Sr. | Wheaton, Ill. |
| Joao Friedrich * | Park (Mo.) | OH | Sr. | Joinville, Brazil |
| Jan Lopuch | Saint Xavier (Ill.) | OH | So. | Kraków, Poland |
| Patrick Paragas | The Master's (Calif.) | S | Sr. | Newport Beach, Calif. |
| Will Anderson * | Vanguard (Calif.) | OPP | Sr. | Tualatin, Ore. |
| Landon Krause | William Penn (Iowa) | RS | Sr. | Appleton, Wis. |
Second Team
| NAME | INSTITUTION | POSITION | CLASS | HOMETOWN |
| Bayron Valdez Pena | Grand View (Iowa) | OH | Sr. | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
| Daniel Galili | Grand View (Iowa) | OPP | Jr. | Shomrat, Israel |
| Andres Velez | Saint Xavier (Ill.) | LB | So. | Toa Baja, Puerto Rico |
| Braden Van Groningen | The Master's (Calif.) | OH | Jr. | Ripon, Calif. |
| Diego Perez ^ | The Master's (Calif.) | OH | Jr. | Irvine, Calif. |
| Mason Mullins | The Master's (Calif.) | MB | Sr. | Chandler, Ariz. |
| Will Avera | The Master's (Calif.) | MB | Sr. | Fresno, Calif. |
| Ryan Smith ^ | Vanguard (Calif.) | S | Sr. | Parker, Colo. |
| Charlie Figy | William Penn (Iowa) | MH | Sr. | Appleton, Wis. |
Third Team
| NAME | INSTITUTION | POSITION | CLASS | HOMETOWN |
| Dapre Rogers | Benedictine Mesa (Ariz.) | MB | R-Sr. | Tempe, Ariz. |
| Ernest Broaster | Cornerstone (Mich.) | OH | Jr. | Belize City, Belize |
| Tyree Wesley | Georgetown (Ky.) | MB | Sr. | St. Louis, Mo. |
| Caydann Cox | Jamestown (N.D.) | OH | Fr. | Jamestown, N.D. |
| Eduardo Ayala ^ | Lourdes (Ohio) | OH | Sr. | Curitiba, Brazil |
| Konrad Stoklosinski * | Menlo (Calif.) | OH | Sr. | Poland |
| Akeel Oxley | Mount Mercy (Iowa) | OH | Sr. | Bridgetown, Barbados |
| Rodolfo Biegelmeyer | Reinhardt (Ga.) | OH | So. | Farroupilha, Brazil |
| Isaac Seltzer | The Master's (Calif.) | RS | So. | Santa Ana, Calif. |
Previous All-American Key
* 2023 1st team
^ 2023 2nd team