2020 USC Men's Volleyball Roster
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Lewis, Sam
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Jersey Number 23
Sam Lewis
- Height:
- 6-10
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Long Beach, CA
- High School:
- Long Beach Poly
Bio
CAREER: He has 246 kills while hitting .348, plus 157 blocks, 33 digs and 31 kills while appearing in 53 matches (starting 49) in his career
2020: Lewis returns for his third season as a starting middle blocker as a junior in 2020 ... He suffered a collapsed lung (his second in 2 years) in the fall that has sidelined him entering the 2020 season
2019: He started for his second season at middle blocker as a sophomore in 2019 ... He was slowed early in the 2019 season while recuperating from a collapsed lung suffered in November of 2018 ... Overall in 2019 while appearing in 26 matches (starting 23), he had 94 kills while hitting .370, plus a team-high 70 blocks along with 20 digs and 19 aces ... He hit .500-plus 11 times and had 5-plus blocks 3 times (including a USC season high 7 against BYU)
2018: He started at middle blocker as a first-year freshman in 2018 ... Overall in 2018 while appearing in 27 matches (starting 26), he had 152 kills (fourth on USC) while hitting .334, plus a team-best 87 blocks, 13 digs and 12 aces ... He had double kills figures 5 times, hit .500-plus 7 times (including a USC season high .786 against Princeton) and had 5-plus blocks 6 times (including a USC season high 11 against Penn State) ... He was 37th nationally in blocks (0.90, ninth in MPSF) ... He made the 2018 MPSF All-Freshman team ... He made OffTheBlock.com National Freshman of the Week honorable mention (Jan. 22)
HIGH SCHOOL: He made 2017 Volleyballmag.com Fab 50, FloVolleyball Boys' All-American second team, All-CIF Division 2 and Long Beach Press-Telegram Dream Team Player of the Year as a senior outside hitter and middle blocker at Long Beach (Calif.) Poly High ... He was the 2016 Long Beach Press-Telegram Dream Team Player of the Year as a junior
PERSONAL: At 6-10, he is tied for the second tallest USC volleyball player ever (with Szilard Kovacs and Chris McKniff, behind 6-11 Phil Small) ... He was captain of the 2018 USA Volleyball Junior National Team that placed fourth at the NORCECA U21 Continental Championship in Havana, Cuba ... He was the starting middle blocker on the 2017 USA Volleyball Boys Youth National Team that played in the 2017 FIVB U19 World Championship in Bahrain ... He helped the USA Volleyball Boys Youth National Team win a silver medal at the 2016 NORCECA U19 Continental Championship in Havana, Cuba, and qualify for the 2017 FIVB Boys U19 World Championship in Bahrain ... He was a member of the Team Rockstar Volleyball Club that won a 17 Open bronze medal at the 2016 Junior Olympics and the High Line Volleyball Club that won a 16 Club bronze at the 2014 Junior Olympics ... His brother, Cameron Jones, played basketball at Northern Arizona (2008-11) and then professionally in the NBA Development League (Fort Wayne and Santa Cruz) and in Russia, Israel and Greece, while his cousin, Landry Fields, played basketball at Stanford (2007-10) and then with the New York Knicks (2011-12) and Toronto Raptors (2013-15) ... He is an openly-gay student-athlete who on 2018 National Coming Out Day shared his coming out story and his journey of learning to love the person he is (the video was posted on USCTrojans.com); as a 6-10, multiracial, gay athlete, he has many descriptors, but as he grew up, he never found an individual with whom to identify, therefore he wants to be a relatable figure for those facing similar struggles ... He is a sociology major at USC ... Birthdate is Aug. 27, 1999.
2020: Lewis returns for his third season as a starting middle blocker as a junior in 2020 ... He suffered a collapsed lung (his second in 2 years) in the fall that has sidelined him entering the 2020 season
2019: He started for his second season at middle blocker as a sophomore in 2019 ... He was slowed early in the 2019 season while recuperating from a collapsed lung suffered in November of 2018 ... Overall in 2019 while appearing in 26 matches (starting 23), he had 94 kills while hitting .370, plus a team-high 70 blocks along with 20 digs and 19 aces ... He hit .500-plus 11 times and had 5-plus blocks 3 times (including a USC season high 7 against BYU)
2018: He started at middle blocker as a first-year freshman in 2018 ... Overall in 2018 while appearing in 27 matches (starting 26), he had 152 kills (fourth on USC) while hitting .334, plus a team-best 87 blocks, 13 digs and 12 aces ... He had double kills figures 5 times, hit .500-plus 7 times (including a USC season high .786 against Princeton) and had 5-plus blocks 6 times (including a USC season high 11 against Penn State) ... He was 37th nationally in blocks (0.90, ninth in MPSF) ... He made the 2018 MPSF All-Freshman team ... He made OffTheBlock.com National Freshman of the Week honorable mention (Jan. 22)
HIGH SCHOOL: He made 2017 Volleyballmag.com Fab 50, FloVolleyball Boys' All-American second team, All-CIF Division 2 and Long Beach Press-Telegram Dream Team Player of the Year as a senior outside hitter and middle blocker at Long Beach (Calif.) Poly High ... He was the 2016 Long Beach Press-Telegram Dream Team Player of the Year as a junior
PERSONAL: At 6-10, he is tied for the second tallest USC volleyball player ever (with Szilard Kovacs and Chris McKniff, behind 6-11 Phil Small) ... He was captain of the 2018 USA Volleyball Junior National Team that placed fourth at the NORCECA U21 Continental Championship in Havana, Cuba ... He was the starting middle blocker on the 2017 USA Volleyball Boys Youth National Team that played in the 2017 FIVB U19 World Championship in Bahrain ... He helped the USA Volleyball Boys Youth National Team win a silver medal at the 2016 NORCECA U19 Continental Championship in Havana, Cuba, and qualify for the 2017 FIVB Boys U19 World Championship in Bahrain ... He was a member of the Team Rockstar Volleyball Club that won a 17 Open bronze medal at the 2016 Junior Olympics and the High Line Volleyball Club that won a 16 Club bronze at the 2014 Junior Olympics ... His brother, Cameron Jones, played basketball at Northern Arizona (2008-11) and then professionally in the NBA Development League (Fort Wayne and Santa Cruz) and in Russia, Israel and Greece, while his cousin, Landry Fields, played basketball at Stanford (2007-10) and then with the New York Knicks (2011-12) and Toronto Raptors (2013-15) ... He is an openly-gay student-athlete who on 2018 National Coming Out Day shared his coming out story and his journey of learning to love the person he is (the video was posted on USCTrojans.com); as a 6-10, multiracial, gay athlete, he has many descriptors, but as he grew up, he never found an individual with whom to identify, therefore he wants to be a relatable figure for those facing similar struggles ... He is a sociology major at USC ... Birthdate is Aug. 27, 1999.
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