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CAREER: Appeared in 53 matches and 167 sets over four seasons ... Averaged 1.90 kills, 1.09 digs, 0.31 blocks, 0.21 aces and 2.28 points ... Hit .281 with 318 career kills.
 
PEPPERDINE 2019: Collected All-American honorable mention status from both the AVCA and Volleyball Magazine as a senior ... Also made the All-MPSF second team ... One of two players to start all 30 matches and play in all 110 sets ... Third on the team at 2.82 kills and 3.33 points ... Ranked ninth in the MPSF in aces at 0.29 ... Hit .287 with 310 total kills ... Had double-figure kills 16 times, including a season-high 18 vs. UCLA (3/27), which led to AVCA National Player of the Week honors (4/2) ... Earned MPSF Player of the Week awards for both offense (4/1) and defense (2/25) ... Had four kill-dig double-doubles ... Other season highs were 12 digs at Concordia (2/22), five blocks vs. Grand Canyon (3/29) and five aces vs. Princeton (12/30) ... Hit a season-high .647 (12-1-17) vs. King (3/8) ... Selected to the Hawai’i Outrigger Invitational All-Tournament team ... MPSF All-Academic ... A Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.
 
PEPPERDINE 2018: Played in 19 matches and 53 sets as a junior ... Amassed eight kills, three aces, 18 digs and six blocks ... Averaged 0.15 kills, 0.34 digs, 0.11 blocks and 0.26 points ... Put up a season-best six blocks and four digs at Concordia (2/10) ... MPSF All-Academic ... A Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.
 
PEPPERDINE 2017: Played in two sets and two matches as a sophomore … Had a block assist at USC (2/18) ... A Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.
 
PEPPERDINE 2016: Played in one set of one match as a freshman ... A Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.
 
USA VOLLEYBALL: Played for the U.S. Junior National Beach Team at both U19 and U21 levels.
 
CLUB: Played for Balboa Bay and Redlands Tiger Volleyball Clubs ... Placed third at the junior opens 18’s in 2015.
 
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Arrowhead Christian Academy, located in Redlands, Calif., in 2015 ... Lettered four years ... Named Ambassador League MVP, CIF Division 5 Player of the Year, Inland Valley Player of the Year and Daily Facts Boys Volleyball Player of the Year honors ... Led his team to Ambassador League Championship title matches in his sophomore through senior campaigns, taking home the title in all but his senior season ... Helped the Eagles to a 25-3 record in 2015 ... Also played basketball ... Was an Academic Honor Roll selection.
 
PERSONAL: Majoring in business administration ... Son of Kent and Laura Denmark ... Has three siblings: Jordan, Kyra and Lexi ... Chose Pepperdine because “the coaching staff and the team are at an incredible level; and their focus is to give 100 percent in all aspects of life.” 
 
FAVORITES: Favorites include the Los Angeles Lakers (pro team), The Power of One (book), Troy (movie), Vikings (TV show), Mexican (food) and basketball (sport other than volleyball).