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North park men’s volleyball media guide 2021
Table of Contents
4 ROSTER
5 COACHING STAFF
6 & 7 ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM
8-10 RETURNERS
11 & 12 NEWCOMERS
13 2021 SCHEDULE & 2020 RESULTS
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2021 Roster Coaching Staff
# Name Pos. Ht Wt Yr. Hometown/HS 3rd Season as Head Coach 10-33 OVERALL RECORD
1 Colin Wong L 5-7 140 Gr. Skokie, Ill. / Niles West Head Coach/Director of vb operations FIRST EVER HEAD MEN’S VB COACH AT NPU 3-4 CCIW RECORD
2 Armando Quinones OH 6-3 170 So. San Juan, Puerto Rico / St. Mary’s
3 Kevin Jacob DS 5-10 160 Fr. Des Plaines, Ill. / Maine West Michael Sopocy enters his third year as the head coach of the men’s volleyball program.
4 Walter Berthold DS 5-8 155 Fr. Honoluli, Hawaii
Sopocy brings a plethora of experience and variety to North Park. At the collegiate level,
5 Kaleb Patrick DS 5-11 190 Fr. Grayslake, Ill. / Grayslake Central he assisted with Bowling Green State’s women’s volleyball program (2003-2004) where he
6 Phillip Duros MB 6-2 180 Sr. Lincolnwood, Ill. / Niles West Michael worked primarily in defensive development. Continuing his coaching within Division 1
8 Alejandro Condoy L/S 5-4 160 So. Guayaquil, Ecuador / Ecomundo athletics, Sopocy was an Assistant Coach at Cleveland State University in 2006. Again,
10 Noah Salazar OH 5-10 150 So. Minneapolis, Minn. / Hopkins
SOPOCY he worked primarily in defensive development, focusing on the liberos and defensive
specialists.
14 Erik Bullard RH 6-5 205 Jr. Santa Cruz, Calif. / Scotts Valley
Sopocy also has an established base at the high school level. In his first season as Head
15 Parker Payne MB 6-2 210 Fr. Winter Park, Fla. / Winter Park Volleyball Coach for Resurrection Prep, Sopocy led the girls to the State championship
16 Teddy Gedville S 6-4 240 Fr. Lake Villa, Ill. / Grayslake North game. He also drove Resurrection Prep to the best record in school history (33-9), including
their first-ever GCAC Conference Championship and first ever Super-Sectional win. The 2017
17 Christian Ayar UTL 5-8 180 Fr. Lansing, Ill. / South Elgin Resurrection Volleyball team is now decorated as the Best Sports Team in Resurrection history.
18 Johnny Euler RS 6-2 165 So. Chicago, Ill. / Saint Patrick
No stranger to North Park, Sopocy served as an Assistant Coach with the women’s
19 Emmanuel Eugene OH 6-1 180 Fr. Grayslake, Ill. / Grayslake Central volleyball team from 2012-2014. During that time, he was in charge of position training, player
20 Frank Mauigoa OH 6-1 220 Sr. Pago Pago, A.S. / Tafuna development, recruiting, and game planning. He also served as the strength and conditioning
21 Quinn Robinson MB 6-4 215 So. Redondo, Calif. / Redondo Union coach.
22 Ikenna Nkuku MB 6-3 215 Fr. Hillside, Ill. / Montini Catholic
Lucas Coach Lucas Yanez began his North Park coaching
AssISTANT Coach career with the Viking volleyball programs in the fall
YANEZ of 2020.
Head Coach: Michael Sopocy (3rd season) Prior to joining North Park, Yanez assisted the University of Miami’s women’s volleyball
program from 2018 until this past September. While at Miami, he helped the Canes lead the
Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) in aces per set (1.52) while carrying an overall record of 13-12.
Assistant Coaches: Lucas Yanez, Joseth Irizarry, Brianne Schultz Yanez also assisted in developing liberos, defensive specialists, and all floor defenders.
Student Assistant: Taegyu “Brad” Uhm
Yanez helped guide the Benedictine University men’s volleyball team to a 21-6 record and a
co-conference championship in the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (NACC) in 2018,
where the team totaled a NACC third-best 10.8 digs per set.
PRO-NUN-SEE-AY-SHUNS Prior to Benedictine, Yanez spent one season as an assistant coach with the Coastal
Carolina University women’s volleyball team, helping the Chanticleers to a 28-5 record, a
first-place finish in the Sun Belt Conference and a second-round appearance in the 2016
2. keen-YO-niss NCAA tournament. Along with coaching and skill development, Yanez was heavily involved in
recruiting and game strategy.
10. sal-uh-czar
18. YOU-lerr Along with his coaching experience, Yanez amassed numerous accolades as a player at Lewis
University (C ‘15). Yanez was named to the American Volleyball Coaches Association’s (AVCA)
20. mow-ee-GO-ah All-America second team, Volleyball Magazine All-America second team and was All-MIVA first
22. ee-ken-uh, nn-COO-COO team.
Sopocy “supposey”
Yanez yuh-nez Joseth Joseth Irizarry enters his first year as a
GRADUATE ASST. COACH graduate assistant coach for the North
Irizarry roll the r’s IRIZARRY Park men’s volleyball team.
Irizarry built coaching experience at Club Savannah Volleyball in Savannah, Georgia, working
alongside other club directors to host regional tournaments.
Irizarry was a member of the Springfield College men’s volleyball team in 2017 and 2018,
earning back-to-back national championships with the team. He also served as a member
of the Student Athlete Leadership Team as the volleyball representative. He graduated from
Springfield in the fall of 2018 with a degree in sport management.
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ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM
Assistant vp - four-time cciw coach of the year 2017 national coach of the year
Associate director of athletics Johnson has engineered a revitalization of the North
Park baseball program. The 16th-year head coach
athletics & Sport Management established sport management program
AT NORTH PARK UNIVERSITY
BROUGHT 2017 TEAM TO
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH & head baseball coach has turned the 1-39 College Conference of Illinois &
Wisconsin (CCIW) basement-dwelling club of 2005 into
a program that has garnered attention on the conference and national level. On his
John Born transitioned from 20-year Head Men’s Soccer Coach to Assistant Vice watch, the Vikings have become a CCIW postseason tournament team, earned spots in
President for Athletics and Sport Management in the summer of 2019. Since then, Born both the regional and national rankings, won CCIW titles, and competed in the NCAA
has had a direct impact on the Athletics branding and marketing upgrades made on the tournament.
campus of North Park University.
John Luke
Johnson’s players appear throughout the career and single season record
As a coach, Born took over a North Park team that, before his arrival, had won only
BORN one game in 1998. Under his direction, the program has had 18 consecutive winning
JOHNSON books. They’ve fared well on the CCIW level with 50 of his players being named
to the All-CCIW squad. Additionally, Johnson’s Vikings have earned two CCIW
seasons, captured five CCIW titles, achieved regional rankings from 2001-2014 and was “Pitcher of the Year” awards and one CCIW “Newcomer of the Year” nod.
ranked nationally 2005-2012, and yet again in 2017 and 2018. He has coached 85 All-CCIW
players, 49 All-Region selections, 12 All-Americans and 4 CCIW Players of the Year. His players On the national level, 27 players have been selected to the Rawlings/ABCA All Central Region
have also had the distinct honor of being selected “North Park Athlete of the Year” ten times team, with two ABCA All-American award winners, four Rawlings National Gold Glove winners,
under his tenure. and one Central Region “Pitcher of the Year” winner. Johnson’s Vikings have included MLB
draft picks and free-agent signees. For his efforts, Johnson has earned the CCIW “Coach
Born concluded his impactful coaching career with a record of 234-104-37. He has been
of the Year” award three times (2006, 2011, 2012). His 293 wins are good for second all-time at
named Coach of the Year in the CCIW (2004, 2005, 2010, and 2017) and the Lake Michigan
NPU, and he is the fastest coach to reach 200 wins in the 100+ year history of the program.
Conference (1996). Born was also named the Central Region Coach of the Year and National
Coach of the Year by D3soccer.com in 2017 after leading his team to a national runner-up
The accolades for his teams are not strictly baseball related, however. The Vikings have also
finish. The historic run ended with a season record of 20-2-2, including a CCIW title and CCIW
tournament title. seen an equally impressive elevation in their academic performance. Their team grade point
average has steadily risen to consistently over a 3.0. This hard work has culminated with
Born has also been instrumental in establishing a sport management concentration for a multitude of Academic All-CCIW team members, multiple prestigious CCIW Jack Swartz
undergraduate students in the School of Business and Non-Profit Management. academic award winners, five Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-District selections, and one
Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-American award. For the last three years, the Vikings have
At Milwaukee School of Engineering, Born showed his ability to lift a program from the also earned the ABCA team academic award.
depths. Born started at MSOE with a team that finished 1-12-1 in his first season, and steadily
built the program. Displaying marked improvement over a four-year stretch, Born’s 1998 As a player at Elmhurst College, Johnson set an NCAA record for consecutive times
team posted a 13-5-2 record in his final season at MSOE. reaching base safely (all divisions), earned both All-CCIW First Team and Rawlings/ABCA
All-Central Region honors as an outfielder, as well as a two-time Verizon/CoSIDA Academic
Prior to becoming a head coach, Born earned his bachelor’s degree from Concordia All-Region honors as a student. He still holds places in the career record book in a number
University of Wisconsin and a Master of Science in Sport Management from the University of Elmhurst career and single season offensive categories. He holds degrees from Elmhurst
of Richmond. While playing on a nationally ranked NAIA team at Concordia, Born was (BA-Physical Education) and North Central (MLS-Leadership Studies).
honored as a team captain, team MVP, All-Lake Michigan Conference, NSCAA All-Midwest
Region pick, and an NSCAA All-American Scholar Athlete. Johnson and his wife, Kelli, are the parents of three children; Jacob, Brady, and Erin.
He and his wife, Jennifer, reside in Golf, Ill.
Susan Associate Director of athletics - Susan Zimmer has served as the
Tyler Sports information director Tyler Woolbright enters his
third year as the Sports
ZIMMER compliance & rentals
associate athletic director and
athletic facilities director at North
WOOLBRIGHT & Gameday management administrator Information Director at
North Park University.
Park University since 2006. Her As the head of sports information and game day management, Woolbright oversees all intercollegiate
responsibilities include compliance, facility rentals, and overseeing the general operations of sports affiliated with North Park University. The sports information department oversees the production
the 68,000-square-foot Helwig Recreation Center that opened in the fall of 2006. Zimmer also and dissemination of statistics, game day programs, rosters, media guides, player/coach bios, website
design, sports photography, live streaming, student workers, part-time workers, and pre/post-game
served as the head volleyball coach at North Park from 1997–2005. stories. Additionally, Woolbright is in charge of all North Park University Athletics social media accounts.
Zimmer earned a bachelor’s degree from Illinois Wesleyan University, where she was a four- Since stepping into the position, Woolbright has spearheaded the revitalization of NPU Athletics social
media accounts. The NPU Athletics Twitter account has grown from 112 to 1,397 followers, Instagram
year letter winner in volleyball and softball. She was honored as a team captain, team MVP, has grown from 79 to 1,234 followers, and Facebook has grown from ~200 to 1,541 “likes”. Additionally,
All-Conference selection in both sports, and selected into the Order of the Titans. Zimmer Woolbright has implemented the use of Facebook live streaming for all of North Park’s home athletics
received a master of arts in education from Saint Xavier University and a MBA from North events. These streaming improvements have increased the traffic of online viewership for NPU fans and
beyond, as live streaming views have skyrocketed from, on average, 430 views per session to 1,040.
Park University.
During the 2019-20 academic year, directed by a rebranding initiative from first-year Director of Athletics,
John Born, Woolbright was in charge of updating and redesigning Athletics branding throughout
campus. The project is currently ongoing, with the first installation of hallway wall graphics installed in
Carlson Tower during the spring of 2020.
He currently resides in Kenosha, Wis. with his wife, Katelyn (C’ 15).
‘21 NPU MVB 6 ‘21 NPU MVB 7
Returners
Phill
DUROS 6 Frank
MAUIGOA 20
MB 6-2 / 180lbs Senior OH 6-1 / 220lbs Senior
Lincolnwood, Illinois Pago Pago, American Samoa
Niles West High School Tafuna High School
2020: Played in 13 matches for the Vikings ... Totaled 40 kills in 2020: Named to the first-ever All-College Conference
114 total attacks ... Carried a .175 hitting percentage ... Tallied of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) team as a second-team
six service aces and five assists ... Blocked a team third-best selection ... In league action: led the CCIW with 18 blocks
21 attacks from his opponents ... Added 10 digs ... Marked a and 71 digs ... Drove a CCIW fourth-best 66 kills ...
season-high six blocks against Maranatha Baptist (1/18) ... Had
a pair of service aces against Millikin (2/18) ... Saw five matches Played in 15 matches and made 11 starts for the Vikings
with two or more blocks. ... Accumulated team second-bests in kills (140), attacking
percentage (.205), blocks (29), and digs (136) ... Added 17
18
Johnny assists and four service aces ... Held a strong reception
percentage of .940 ... Posted a season-high 17 kills and five
EULER assists against Millikin (2/18) ... At Millikin, marked six blocks
(3/5) ... Dug out 18 attacks at Lakeland (2/14) ... Had seven
matches of double-digit kills ... Saw seven matches with
two or more blocks ... Added seven matches of double-digit
RS 6-2 / 165lbs Sophomore digs.
2019: Played in all 26 matches, making 23 starts ... Finished
Chicago, Illinois the season with a team-leading .242 hitting percentage ...
Saint Patrick High School Held team second-bests in total kills (179) and kills per set
(1.95) ... Totaled 38 blocks (0.41 per set), 31 digs, and a pair of
service aces ... Had a season-best 14 kills against Judson
2020: In league action: Blocked a CCIW second-best (behind University on March 12 ... Made seven blocks against
teammate Frank Mauigoa) 17 attacks. Maranatha Baptist University on April 5.
Played in all 17 matches, making 12 starts for the Vikings ...
Totaled a team fourth-best 49 kills in 197 attacks ... Led the
Vikings with 31 blocks ... Picked up six service aces and seven
2
assists ... Added 31 digs ... Had a season-high six blocks against Armando
Millikin (2/18) ... Totaled a season-high six kills and 12 digs
against Maranatha Baptist (1/18) .
QUINONES
THE
S/RS 6-2 / 165lbs Sophomore
San Juan, Puerto Rico
RETURNERS
St. Mary’s School
2020: In league action: Drove a CCIW sixth-best seven service
aces ...
Played in 17 matches and made 13 starts ... Led the Vikings
with 160 kills (2.91 per set) and 15 service aces ... Added eight
assists, 112 digs, and nine blocks ... Totaled eight double-digit
kill performances, including a season-high 13 against Lakeland
and St. Norbert (2/14) ... Had five matches with two or more
(L-R) Quinones, Duros, Mauigoa service aces, including a season-high three against Greenville
(3/7) ... Accumulated four 10-dig matches.
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Returners
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Noah
SALAZAR
OH/DS 5-10/ 150lbs Sophomore
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Hopkins High School
2020: Played in all 17 matches and made 13 starts for the
Vikings ... Tallied team third-bests in kills (91) kills in service
aces (11), and digs (114) ... Carried a serving percentage of
.904 ... Led the Vikings with a .940 reception percentage ...
Blocked seven attacks ... Had a season-high 17 kills and
15 digs against St. Norbert (2/14) ... Drove three service
aces against Rockford (1/17) ... Had two matches of double-
digit kills: at Lakeland (2/14) and St. Norbert ... Added two
matches of double-digit digs: against St. Norbert and
Millikin (2/18).
1
Colin
WONG
L/DS 5-7 / 140lbs Grad. Student
THE
Skokie, Illinois
Niles West High School
2020: Played in all 17 matches for the Vikings ... Led the team
with 158 digs while marking an .890 reception percentage
... Added a team second-best 28 assists ... Had a season-
high 19 digs against St. Norbert (2/14) ... Saw five matches of Colin Wong NEWCOMERS
THE
double-digit digs.
2019: Played in all 26 matches... Had a team-leading 206 digs
(2.22 per set) ... Tallied 12 service aces, three kills, and nine
assists ... Posted six matches of double-digit digs, including
NEWCOMERS
a season-high 17 against MIT (3/28) ... Tallied a season-high
three service aces against Concordia Chicago (1/26).
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Newcomers
JACOB 3
2021 Season Schedule
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Christian Kevin
AYAR
JANUARY 23 vs. Adrian Chicago, IL 7:00 PM
UTL 5-8 / 180lbs Junior DS/L 5-10 / 160lbs Freshman
Lansing, Illinois Des Plaines, Illinois FEBRUARY 5
10
vs. Benedictine Chicago, IL
vs. Illinois Wesleyan DH Chicago, IL
7:00 PM
3:00 / 5:00 PM
South Elgin High School Maine West High School
17 @ Millikin Decatur, IL 6:00 PM
21 @ Illinois Wesleyan Bloomington, IL 7:00 PM
4 22
Walter Ikenna 24 vs. Augustana Chicago, IL 6:00 PM
26 @ Loras Dubuque, IA 7:00 PM
BERTHOLD NKUKU
DS/L 5-8 / 155lbs Freshman MB 6-3 / 215lbs Freshman MARCH 3
10
vs. North Central
@ Carthage
Naperville, IL
Kenosha, WI
7:00 PM
7:00 PM
13 vs. Millikin Chicago, IL 7:00 PM
Honolulu, Hawaii Hillside, Illinois 17 vs. Illinois Wesleyan Chicago, IL 7:00 PM
Montini Catholic High School 20 @ Augustana Rock Island, IL 3:00 PM
24 vs. Loras Chicago, IL 7:00 PM
27 @ North Central Naperville, IL 3:00 PM
14 5
Erik Kaleb
BULLARD PATRICK
APRIL 3 vs. Carthage Chicago, IL 2:00 PM
RS 6-5 / 205lbs Junior DS/L 5-11 / 190lbs Freshman
Santa Cruz, California Grayslake, Illinois
Bishop McDevitt High School / Fitchburg State Grayslake Central High School
2020 Season Schedule & Results (5-12, 3-4 CCIW)
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Alejandro Parker
CONDOY PAYNE JANUARY 17 vs. Rockford Chicago, IL W, 3-0
18 vs. Adrian Chicago, IL L, 3-0
18 vs. Maranatha Baptist Chicago, IL W, 3-0
L/S 5-4 / 160lbs Sophomore MB 6-2 / 210lbs Freshman
Winter Park, Florida FEBRUARY 1 @ Aurora Aurora, IL L, 3-0
Guayaquil, Ecuador
11 vs. Concordia WI Chicago, IL L, 3-0
Winter Park High School
Ecomundo / Greenville University 14 vs. Lakeland Chicago, IL L, 3-1
15 Concordia (IL) Watertown, WI L, 3-0
21
Quinn
19
Emmanuel 15 @ Maranatha Baptist Watertown, WI L, 3-0
18 vs. Millikin Chicago, IL W, 3-1
EUGENE ROBINSON 20 @ North Central Naperville, IL L, 3-0
26 @ Augustana Rock Island, IL L, 3-0
MB/OH 6-4 / 215lbs Sophomore
28 vs. Loras Chicago, IL L, 3-1
OH 6-1 / 180lbs Freshman
MARCH 2 vs. Sacred Heart Chicago, IL L, 3-0
Grayslake, Illinois Redondo, California 5 @ Millikin Decatur, IL W, 3-0
Grayslake Central High School Redondo Union High School 7 vs. Greenville Chicago, IL W, 3-0
7 vs. Penn State Behrend Chicago, IL L, 3-0
11 vs. Carthage Chicago, IL L, 3-0
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Teddy
GEDVILLE
S 6-4 / 240lbs Freshman
Lake Ville, Illinois
Grayslake North High School
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