Zach Eschenberg
Outside Hitter #11
Ht
6'
6"
Class
Graduate
Hometown
Newbury Park, 
California
Last School
Newbury Park High School
Roster Years
2017-2021


Personal:

  • Parents are Michael and Amy
  • Oldest of four boys 
  • Married to Kennedy Redding Eschenberg, who is a member of the BYU women's volleyball team
  • Major: Neuroscience with a minor in Business Management
  • Speaks Spanish
  • Earned Eagle Scout award

High School:

  • Four-year varsity player
  • Named the Best Offensive Player as a sophomore
  • Named the Team MVP as a junior and senior
  • Named the 2014 Marmonte league MVP
  • Named to the 2014 Boys Fab 50 list
  • 2012 first-team all-league Marmonte 
  • MVP award at NPHS (2013)
  • 2013 first-team all-league Marmonte
  • 2013 first-team all-county Ventura

Club:

  • Played for Ventura Country Volleyball Club
  • Collected the silver medal in the 18's club division
  • Invited to play on the HP A1 national beach team in 2012
  • Played on the SoCal HP regional beach team in 2013
  • Earned a spot to play at the HP National Beach tournament in 2013

Mission

  • Lima
BYU Hall of Fame

Freshman Year 2017

  • Had a kill in his first match vs. MCK (1/14)
  • Collected a kill, two digs and a block vs. UCSD (2/17)
  • Added two kills and two digs vs. UCSD (2/18)
Sophmore Year 2018

  • Played in five matches
Junior Year 2019

  • Played in 12 matches 
  • Recorded 12 kills, nine digs, two aces and two total blocks vs. McKendree (3/22)
  • Had five kills against No. 8 USC (3/30)
  • Collected four kills, five digs and four blocks against No. 3 UC Irvine (3/8)
Senior Year 2020

General Notes
(2020 season canceled 18 matches into the season due to COVID-19)

  • 2020 AVCA All-America Honorable Mention
  • 2020 All-MPSF Second Team
  • MPSF All-Academic Team
  • Started all 17 matches he played in (55 total sets)
  • Had a breakout year where he ended the season third on the team with 132 kills, 12 aces and 162 points
  • Recorded a career-high 14 kills in two different matches: at No. 5 UC Irvine (1/24) and at No. 1 Hawai'i (3/6)
  • Reached double-figures in kills in six matches
  • Totaled a career-best four aces against No. 6 Loyola Chicago (1/3)
  • Matched his career high in digs with nine against No. 5 UC Irvine (1/22)
  • Recorded a career-high six blocks in a sweep over No. 13 Stanford (2/29)
Graduate Year 2021

  • Played in 74 of 81 sets
  • Started in 23 of 23 matches played
  • 195 kills on 429 attempts for a .315 hitting percentage
  • 25 service aces
  • All- America Honorable Mention
  • All- MPSF Second Team
  • All- MPSF Academic team
Redshirt Year

Medical Redshirt Year



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    2021 Y-Awards
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    Miki Jauhiainen cheers
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    BYU men's volleyball four AVCA All-Americans - graphic
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    BYU men's volleyball Zach Eschenberg celebrate a sweep over Grand Canyon
    M Volleyball | Feb, 14

    No. 2 Cougars improve to 13-0

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