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2026 Men's Volleyball Roster

Faith Wayman, SID
Faith Wayman, SID
Faith Wayman, SID
Dave Janosz

2 Braden Gonzales

  • Class Senior
  • Position LIB
  • Height 5-9
  • Hometown Thousand Oaks, Calif.
  • High School Thousand Oaks HS
  • Major Film & Television Production
  • Previous School(s) Moorpark College

Biography

2026
Appeared in all 30 matches and 107 sets during his senior season, helping lead the Kingsmen to a third consecutive NCAA Division III Final Four appearance…Earned AVCA First Team All-America and All-Region honors after anchoring one of the nation's top defenses…Named the FrogJump Libero of the Year… Selected as a CSC Academic All-District honoree for the second consecutive season…Named Cal Lutheran Male Athlete of the Year and was honored at the Ventura County Sports Hall of Fame Awards…Led the team with a program-record 311 digs (2.91 digs/set), breaking his own single-season record set the year prior…Surpassed the program's career digs record during the NCAA Tournament and concluded his career as Cal Lutheran's all-time leader in career digs (611), career digs per set (2.77), single-season digs (311), and single-season digs per set (2.91)…Recorded double-digit digs in 20 matches, including a season-high 21 digs in a regular-season victory at UC Santa Cruz…Totaled 22 assists and helped the Kingsmen earn back-to-back five-set NCAA Tournament victories over Endicott and MIT to advance to the national semifinals.

2025
Appeared in all 30 matches and 113 sets during his first season with the Kingsmen…Stepped into the starting Libero role and helped lead Cal Lutheran to the NCAA Division III Final Four…Named to the NCAA New York Regional All-Tournament Team after helping the Kingsmen upset No. 1 NYU to advance to the national semifinals…Led the team with a program single-season record 300 digs (2.65 digs/set), while adding 64 assists…Recorded a season-high 22 digs in a win at North Central (Ill.) and reached double-digit digs 13 times…Earned CSC Academic All-District At-Large honors.

Moorpark College
Competed in volleyball in the Western State Conference…Earned Western State Conference Libero of the Year honors…Recognized as a Scholar-Athlete.

Springfield College
Competed in volleyball in the NEWMAC…Named to the Dean's List.

Thousand Oaks High School '22
Competed in volleyball in the Marmonte League…Earned All-Marmonte League First Team honors in 2022…Named the 2022 Marmonte League Libero of the Year and Thousand Oaks High School Defensive Player of the Year from 2020-22…Helped lead the Lancers to the 2022 Marmonte League Championship and a CIF semifinal appearance.

Personal
Hometown is Thousand Oaks, California…Parents are Michelle and Mark Boucher, and Richard Gonzales…Has one sister, Brittany…Majoring in film and television production…Chose Cal Lutheran because “it was close to home and all my friends. Also, CLU has a great film and television program along with an amazing volleyball program.”

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Historical Player Information

  • 2

    2025Junior

    L
    5'9" 135 lbs
    2
  • 2

    2026Senior

    LIB
    5'9" 0 lbs
    2