Harrogate, TN - Graduate Student Matthew Gentry and Redshirt Senior John Luers were both named to the 2025 AVCA All-America Honorable Mentions. 

They are the 5th and 6th players in LMU men's volleyball history to receive All-American honors, with this being Gentry's second time being named and Luers' first. 

Throughout the 2025 season, Gentry racked up 223 kills with just 36 errors, resulting in a nation-best .557 attack percentage. His top showing came against Saint Francis, where he notched 16 kills and an impressive .750 hitting percentage. Gentry also tallied 12 assists, 41 service aces, 67 digs, 24 solo blocks, and 72 block assists over the season. Nationally, he made his mark by ranking 11th in service aces, 10th in blocks per set, and leading the country in attack percentage.

In the 2025 season, John Luers nearly reached the 1,000-assist milestone with 896 assists. He also recorded 8 service aces, 177 digs, 12 solo blocks, 45 block assists, and 44 kills. His top performance of the season came in the IVA Championship against Maryville, where he recorded a career-high 50 assists. Luers ranked 6th nationally in assists per set and 26th in digs per set. His efforts earned him a spot on the IVA All-Tournament Team, and he was named the IVA Tournament MVP.

The full list of AVCA All-America First Team, Second Team, and Honorable Mention can be found below.

2025 AVCA All-America

First Team
Ryan Barnett, Pepperdine University
Hilir Henno, UC Irvine
Dillon Klein, University of Southern California
Moni Nikolov, Long Beach State University
Jalen Phillips, California State University Northridge Cooper Robinson, UCLA
Tread Rosenthal, University of Hawai'i
Adrien Roure, University of Hawai'i
Andrew Rowan, UCLA
Cameron Thorne, UCLA
Parker Van Buren, Loyola University Chicago 
Skyler Varga, Long Beach State University

Second Team
Anthony Cherfan, UC San Diego
Daniel Fabikovic, Loyola University Chicago
Nathan Flayter, McKendree University
Nolan Flexen, UC Irvine
Cole Hartke, Pepperdine University
DiAeris McRaven, Long Beach State University 
Nicodemus Meyer, Loyola University Chicago
Oguzhan Oguz, Lewis University
Zach Rama, UCLA
Jacob Reilly, Pepperdine University
Kristian Titriyski, University of Hawai'i
Parker Tomkinson, University of Southern California

Honorable Mention
Shane  Aitken, UC Irvine
Luke Benson, Brigham Young University
Caleb Blanchette, University of Southern California
Stanislaw Chacinski, Ohio State University
Eleu Choy, University of Hawai'i
Donovan Constable, California State University Northridge
William D'Arcy, UC Irvine
Andrew Deardorff, Saint Francis University
Stilian Delibosov, California State University Northridge
Yadiel Diaz, McKendree University
Bryce Dvorak, UC San Diego
Gabe Dyer, Pepperdine University
Johnny Dykstra, University of Southern California
James Eadie, Pepperdine University
Isaiah Fedd, Fort Valley State University
Sterling Foley, University of Southern California
Guy Genis ,University of Southern California
Matthew Gentry, Lincoln Memorial University
Micah Goss, UC Irvine
Maxim Grigoriev, UC Irvine
Daniil Hershtynovich, Long Beach State University
Jackson Lahey, University of Mount Olive
Kellen Larson, Long Beach State University
John Luers, Lincoln Memorial University
D'Aaron McCraney, McKendree University
Ryan McElligott, Loyola University Chicago
Ryan Merk, Penn State University
Tyler Morgan, Lewis University
Trent Moser, Grand Canyon University
Nyherowo Omene, Princeton University
Nico Paula, Lewis University
Zach Puentes, Belmont Abbey College
Patrick Rogers, Ball State University
Max Roquet, Lewis University
Josh Schellinger, UC San Diego
Zachary Schneider, Daemen University
Theo Snoey, Stanford University
Henry Wedbush, Princeton University
Shane Wetzel, Ohio State University
Deklan Wingo, Tusculum University
Kurt Nusterer, University of Hawai'i