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Full name | Kyle Ensing | ||||||||||
Nationality | American | ||||||||||
Born | Santa Clarita, California, United States | March 6, 1997||||||||||
Hometown | Santa Clarita, California, United States | ||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | ||||||||||
Weight | 220 lb (100 kg) | ||||||||||
Spike | 144 in (366 cm) | ||||||||||
Block | 139 in (353 cm) | ||||||||||
College / University | Long Beach State | ||||||||||
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Position | Opposite | ||||||||||
Current club | Saint-Nazaire VBA fr) | ||||||||||
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Kyle Ensing (born March 6, 1997) is an American indoor volleyball player plays as an opposite hitter on the United States men's national volleyball team. On club level, he plays for Saint-Nazaire Volley-Ball Atlantique in France.[1]
Ensing is from Santa Clarita, California and attended high school at Valencia High School. He primarily played basketball and football in his youth and discovered interest in volleyball in high school. For his performance on the volleyball team, he was named the 2014 All Santa Clarita Valley Player of the Year as well as the Daily News All-Area Player of the Year.[2]
His brother, Eric, also played volleyball at Long Beach State.[3]
Ensing played volleyball for Long Beach State, where he made the final four all four years, winning NCAA titles in 2018 and 2019.[4] While there, he played alongside fellow members of the United States men's national volleyball team TJ DeFalco and Joshua Tuaniga.
Ensing has participated in four major tournaments with the U.S. men's national team: 2018, 2019 and 2021 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League and 2019 Men's NORCECA Volleyball Championship. In June 2021, he was named to the 12-player 2020 Summer Olympics roster.[5]