2025 USC Men's Volleyball Roster
Roster
Guy Genis
- Position:
- Middle Blocker
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Tel Aviv, Israel
- High School:
- Alliance HS
2025 · GRADUATE STUDENT
- Guy Genis is a graduate middle blocker for the Trojans
- Transferred to USC from UCLA in 2024
2024 · SENIOR at UCLA
Saw action in 20 matches, 16 as a… starter ... hit at least .300 in 15 matches… totaled at least four kills in 10 contests with a high of 11 kills against UC Irvine… eight kills in home win over Long Beach… had aces against Fort Valley State and UC Santa Barbara… 12 matches with at least three blocks with a high of seven in matches against both Lewis and UC Santa Barbara… ranked fifth in the MPSF in blocks per set (1.01).
2023 · JUNIOR at UCLA
AVCA Honorable Mention All-America selection and MPSF Honorable Mention pick… finalist for the National Blocker of the Year award… saw action in 30 matches… tied the school record for block solos with 19 (rally scoring era… ranked among the national leaders in blocks all season long and finished No. 4 in the NCAA with a 1.21 blocks per set average… hit at least .500 in 14 matches… had a season-best 7 kills in both MPSF regular season matches at Grand Canyon… posted 8 blocks in each win at Stanford and was named Off the Block's National Middle Attacker of the Week and MPSF Defensive POW…19 matches with at least three blocks… eight blocks at George Mason… five blocks in each win over BYU… named to the MPSF Men's Volleyball All-Academic Team.
2022 · SOPHOMORE at UCLA
Named MPSF Freshman of the Year and was a second-team NVA/AVCA All-America pick and second-team All-MPSF selection… finished the 2022 season ranked 15th nationally in blocks (0.96 per set)... hit at least .500 in 17 matches in 2022… led or tied for team lead in block assists in 14 matches, including at Stanford (3/12) when he posted a career-best 9 BAs… named Off the Block’s Co-Middle Attacker of the Week for his play in a win over Long Beach State (11 k, 5 ba)... OTB’s Middle Attacker All-America for January… Molten/MPSF Defensive POW (Feb. 7)... 15 kills, no errors on 21 attacks vs. Ohio St. and Penn St. (.714) to earn Off the Block’s National Middle Attacker of Week (Jan. 24)... Saw action 26 matches… had at least 5 kills in 17 matches… multiple blocks in 20 matches… multiple block solos in four contests… named to the 2022 MPSF Men's Volleyball All-Academic Team… earned a spot on the Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Fall 2021.
2021 · FRESHMAN at UCLA
Enrolled at UCLA but was not able to travel to the U.S. for the men’s volleyball season due to Covid-19 protocols… earned a spot on the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Fall 2020, Winter 2021.
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB
Attended Alliance High School in Tel Aviv, Israel… Played for Maccabi Tel Aviv Volleyball Club… has participated with the Israel Nation Team… won Israeli Premier League Championship with Maccabi Tel Aviv in 2017.
PERSONAL
Guy Genis was born on May 6, 1999, in Tel Aviv, Israel… parents are Zvi and Keren Genis… has two siblings Mia and Mika… favorite movie is Interstellar… graduated from UCLA with a degree in economics in 2024.
