Concordia Irvine Athletics

2020: Played in 68 sets and 19 matches with 19 starts… Collected 277 kills, 104 digs, 43 blocks, and 18 aces… Led the MPSF in kills… Put down 25 kills twice during the season against Long Beach State (Jan.11) and Grand Canyon (Feb. 27)… Set a career-high of 28 kills and 63 swings in the match against Pepperdine (Feb. 12)… Against UC Irvine (Feb. 25), he had a career-best of 12 digs followed with 15 kills beating the Anteaters in four sets… Earned No. 1 ranking with 857 kills for the Concordia program… Averaging 3.42 (250 sets) in kills per set for… Has 61 career aces making that first in the record book at Concordia… Named Off the Block National Outside Attacker of the Week after racking up a then career-high 25 kills against then-No. 5 Long Beach State… First CUI men’s volleyball player in program history to be named First Team All-MPSF… Also named MPSF All-Academic Scholar-Athlete and was an All-American Honorable Mention by the America Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA)… Named Concordia Co-Male Athlete of the Year at the 2020 Senior Awards.

2019: Played in 74 sets and 23 matches with 22 starts… Collected 218 kills, 78 digs, 34 blocks, and 10 aces… Put down 20 kills and had five digs in a five set battle with NJIT (Jan. 12)… Hit .600 with 17 kills on 25 swings against Dominican (Mar. 6)… Set a career-highs of 24 kills and 52 swings in win over UC San Diego (Mar. 8)… Scooped up a personal best nine digs to go along with 14 kills at USC (Mar. 16)… Against Benedictine (Mar. 23), he had 23 kills and six digs… Tied a career-high 24 kills and had six digs and three assists in five set thriller victory over BYU (Mar. 28)… Tied a career-best seven blocks and had 10 kills against Stanford (Mar. 30).

2018: Named All-MPSF Second Team… Played in 108 sets and 30 matches with 26 starts as an outside hitter and opposite… Led the team with 438 points, 362 kills, 33 aces while ranking third with 80 blocks and 134 digs… Had 23 double-digit kill matches including a streak of 10 to start the season… Notched a double-double in his first career match as an Eagle against Springfield (Jan. 13) with 14 kills and 11 digs… Had 14 kills, nine digs, and a career-high seven blocks at UC San Diego (Jan. 20)… Put down 17 kills, three aces, and had six digs against UC Irvine (Jan. 24)… In a five-set thriller over UC San Diego (Feb. 9), he had 16 kills, eight digs, six blocks, and three aces… Hit .545 with 13 kills and four blocks in a five set upset over CSUN (Feb. 24)… Set a career-high 18 kills with nine digs in a win over No. 6 Loyola-Chicago (Mar. 8)… Hit .438 with 18 kills, seven digs, and two aces in a 3-2 comeback at No. 2 BYU (Mar. 29)… Had 17 kills and two aces in a win over USC (Apr. 7).

2017: Redshirt his first year at Concordia.

PREVIOUS SCHOOL (LA PIERCE): Played one season at LA Pierce in 2016 before transferring to Concordia... Played in 20 matches and averaged 3.68 kills per set with 276 kills, 18 aces, 69 digs, and 17 blocks... He hit the 20+ kill plateau four times on the season... Had a career-high 27 kills and 10 digs in a four set match at El Camino... Hit .611 with 14 kills and two aces versus Golden West.

PERSONAL: Born September 13th, 1997 to Wanes and Carla Barsemian... Majoring in Psychology... Has two sibilngs Garo and Arpy... Brother Garo plays volleyball at UC Irvine... Favorite Athlete is LeBron James... Career goal is to play indoor volleyball in the Olympics