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Pepperdine University Athletics

2025 Men's Volleyball Roster

Morgan Davenport
Martin A. Folb
Ron Hall

4 Brendan Read

  • Position L
  • Height 6-3
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Newport Beach, Calif.
  • High School Newport Harbor HS

Biography

AWARDS:
MPSF All-Academic – 2023, 2024
Pepperdine Scholar Athlete – 2022, 2023, 2024
 
PEPPERDINE 2024: Appeared in 24 matches and 74 sets … Recorded 19 digs and 10 service aces … Had a season-high five digs against Morehouse (1/5) … Posted three service aces against Stanford (2/23) and The Master’s (4/5).
 
PEPPERDINE 2023: Appeared in 26 matches and 68 sets … Recorded 25 kills and nine aces … Had a season-high eight kills and three aces against Emmanuel (1/14) ... Posted 14 digs against UC Irvine (2/8).
 
PEPPERDINE 2022: Redshirted his freshman season.
 
CLUB: Played for Balboa Bay Volleyball Club ... Won a gold medal at the 2019 Junior Olympics 16s.
 
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Newport Harbor High School, located in Newport Beach, Calif., in 2021 ... A 2021 Volleyball Magazine Fab 50 selection ... Played two years of varsity volleyball ... Earned All-CIF first team honors and was co-MVP of the Sunset League as a senior ... Was the CIF runner-up and co-league champion that year ... Was a scholar-athlete all four years.
 
PERSONAL: Majoring in pre-integrated marketing communications ... Born in Newport Beach, Calif. ... Son of Shelly and Jeff Read ... Has three siblings: Amber, Colin and Jake ... His mother attended graduate school at Pepperdine ... His father played club volleyball at California ... Chose Pepperdine because “I really liked the coaches, the people on the team, the location of the school and its tight community.”
 
FAVORITES: Enjoys playing basketball and golf and going to the beach ... Favorites include Kobe Bryant (pro athlete), Los Angeles Lakers (pro team), Lone Survivor (book), Step Brothers (movie), The Office (TV show), Travis Scott (musical artist), burgers (food) and basketball and golf (sports other than volleyball) ... Favorite things about volleyball are “competition and winning.”

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Historical Player Information

  • 28

    2022Freshman

    Libero
    6'3"
    28
  • 4

    2023Redshirt Freshman

    Libero
    6'3"
    4
  • 4

    2024Redshirt Sophomore

    Libero
    6'3"
    4
  • 4

    2025Senior

    L
    6'3"
    4