USA Volleyball and men’s national team head coach John Speraw have announced the roster of 12 that will compete in the Rio Olympics.

Name	Position	Height	Hometown	College
Matt Anderson	Opposite	6-9	West Seneca, New York	Penn State
Micah Christenson	Setter	6-6	Honolulu, Hawaii	USC
Max Holt	Middle Blocker	6-9	Cincinnati, Ohio	Penn State
Thomas Jaeschke	Outside Hitter	6-7	Wheaton, Illinois	Loyola Chicago
David Lee	Middle Blocker	6-8	Alpine, California	Long Beach State
Reid Priddy	Outside Hitter	6-4	Richmond, Virginia	Loyola Marymount
Aaron Russell	Outside Hitter	6-9	Ellicott City, Maryland	Penn State
Taylor Sander	Outside Hitter	6-4	Huntington Beach, California	BYU
Erik Shoji	Libero	6-0	Honolulu, Hawaii	Stanford
Kawika Shoji	Setter	6-3	Honolulu, Hawaii	Stanford
David Smith	Middle Blocker	6-7	Saugus, California	UC Irvine
Murphy Troy	Opposite	6-8	St. Louis, Missouri	USC

Soon-to-be four-time Olympian outside hitter Reid Priddy made the team and will become only the second U.S. men’s volleyball player to compete in four Olympics, joining Lloy Ball on that prestigious list. Middle blocker David Lee will play in his third Olympics, and two members of the London team, pin hitter Matt Anderson and middle David Smith, also made the cut.

The remaining eight athletes will be competing in their first-ever Olympic Games, including very recent college grads Micah Christenson, Thomas Jaeschke, Aaron Russell and Taylor Sander. Brothers Erik and Kawika Shoji, both Stanford alums, along with opposite Murphy Troy and middle Max Holt round out the 12-man team.

In a comment to USAV, Speraw said inexperience would be his young team’s biggest challenge. “In order for us to achieve our goal, we are going to need one of the greatest collective efforts in USAV history. We don’t have the experience that past teams have had. For us to go through this is going to require all of us to be at our very best.”

The U.S. Men’s National Team plays in Rome this weekend in the first round of World League and will return to the U.S., July 1-3, to play three matches in Dallas.