Pepperdine University Athletics

CAREER: A two-time All-American after two seasons ... Ranked seventh all-time at Pepperdine in assists (3,003) and eighth in assists per set (10.39) after his junior campaign … Also ranked fifth in service aces per set (0.39) after three seasons … Averaged 1.36 digs, 0.42 blocks and 0.40 blocks per set.
 
PEPPERDINE 2023: Awarded AVCA All-American honorable mention recognition … Earned a spot on the All-MPSF second team … Played in all 30 matches and saw action in 112 sets … Ranked second both in the MPSF and nationally with 10.67 assists per set … Ranked sixth in the MPSF for aces with 39 … Led the team with 1195 assists … Had a season-high 57 assists against Stanford (2/18) ... Posted 10 digs against both Hawaii (3/1) and BYU (3/25) ... MPSF Offensive Player of the Week (1/16).
 
PEPPERDINE 2022: Made the AVCA All-American second team as a sophomore ... Also earned a spot on the All-MPSF second team ... Was named MPSF Tournament MVP after leading the Waves to the title ... Started all 29 matches and played in all 108 sets ... Ranked second in the MPSF and fourth nationally with 10.80 assists per set ... Ranked second in the MPSF and 14th nationally with 0.47 aces per set ... Also averaged 1.37 digs, 0.48 blocks and 0.41 kills ... His 51 aces tied for third in Pepperdine’s rally-scoring era, and his 0.47 aces per set ranks seventh ... Had a pair of assist-dig double-doubles with 51 assists and 10 digs at McKendree (3/5) and 46 assists and 11 digs vs. BYU (3/25) ... Had a season-high 55 assists at USC (2/25) ... Had six aces vs. USC (2/23), tying the fifth-most by a Wave in a match in the rally-scoring era ... Other season highs were four kills (twice) and eight blocks vs. USC (2/23) ... Named MPSF Offensive Player of the Week on January 17 after two wins vs. Erskine ... Named MPSF Defensive Player of the Week on February 28 after the USC series.
 
PEPPERDINE 2021: Became the third Wave ever to earn the AVCA’s Newcomer of the Year award ... Also received AVCA All-American honorable mention status ... An Off the Block Freshman All-American pick ... Made the All-MPSF second team and the MPSF All-Freshman team ... Started at setter in all 20 matches and played in 69 sets ... Averaged 9.30 assists, 1.32 digs, 0.41 kills, 0.38 blocks and a team-high 0.33 aces ... Ranked fifth in the MPSF in assists and 10th in aces ... Had season highs of 47 assists against both Grand Canyon (3/27) and Stanford (4/22) ... Posted a double-double with 17 digs in the Grand Canyon match ... Received the MPSF Defensive Player of the Week award (3/29) after that match and after averaging 2.18 digs and 0.64 blocks in three wins against GCU ... Other season highs were five blocks vs. USC (2/26), four aces at Concordia (1/27) and three kills (five times) ... A Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.
 
USA VOLLEYBALL: Part of the 2021 U.S. Men’s U21 National Training team ... Named to the 2020 USA Volleyball Junior National Training team ... Selected to the 2017 USA A1 team and played for the Southern California Boys Youth International High Performance team in 2019 ... Placed third in the 2019 HP Championship with SVCA BYINT.
 
CLUB: Played for Tustin Volleyball Club (2012), 949 (2015), Balboa Bay (2013-14, 2016-17, 2020), MB Surf (2018) and Team Rockstar Volleyball Club (2019) ... Won gold medals with Balboa Bay in 2016 and 2017 ... Won bronze medals with MB Surf in 2018 and Rockstar in 2019.
 
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Corona del Mar High School, located in Newport Beach, Calif., in 2020 ... Played two years of varsity volleyball ... Named a 2020 Volleyball Magazine Boys Fab 50 selection ... Helped Corona del Mar win the Orange County Championships as a senior ... Earned All-Orange County second team honors as a junior ... Was part of a Corona del Mar team that was a co-winner of the Sunset League as a junior.
 
PERSONAL: Majoring in business administration ... Born in Laguna Beach, Calif. ... Son of Kim Dvorak and Rudy Dvorak ... Has two siblings, Sevana and Grant ... Father played volleyball at USC and with the U.S. National Team ... Uncle, Dusty Dvorak, played volleyball at USC and was the setter on the U.S. Olympic team that won the gold medal in 1984 ... Chose to attend Pepperdine because of “academics, proximity to great surf breaks and Christian values.”
 
FAVORITES: Enjoys surfing, carpentry and playing table tennis, spikeball, basketball and video games ... Favorites include James Harden (pro athlete), Los Angeles Lakers (pro team), To Kill a Mockingbird (book), The Green Mile (movie), Rick and Morty (TV Show), Khalid (musical artist), macaroni and cheese (food) and table tennis (sport other than volleyball) ... Favorite thing about volleyball is “the fact that every player has an impact on the team. When a team succeeds or fails, it’s not just one person’s fault.”