For the 2020 season, the Utah Stingers boast a deep roster filled with strong determination, veteran experience, and professional talent. The Stingers are reaping the benefits of the long-lasting excellence of local BYU players but will also have international all-stars, solidifying Utah as a potential volleyball powerhouse in the NVA. The Stingers promise their fans the season will be one to remember as they get to see their favorite players fighting for the championship.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n On the outside, they have an all-BYU Alumni cast with the most recent star <\/span>Storm Fa’agata-Tufuga<\/span><\/a>, the Provo Utah native <\/span>Philip Fuchs<\/span><\/a>, AVCA first-team player Andrew<\/span> Stewart<\/span><\/a>, and local talent Kalen<\/span> Stewart<\/span><\/a>. To top it all off, they have the Cuban \u2018big man\u2019 <\/span>Yosleyder Cala<\/span><\/a> who has had an impressive 16-year professional career after a stellar college career with the Cougars..<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n For the opposites, they have the Canadian <\/span>Carson Heninger<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>Cory Metcalf<\/span><\/a> from Utah Valley University. Rounding out the rightsides is Jorge Mencia from Cuba, who also has a healthy 12-year resume playing overseas.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Middles are a strong group led by the 2012 Olympian and two-time world champion Russell Holmes, GCU Alumni <\/span>Alex Shmelev<\/span><\/a>, and two time all-American <\/span>Russ Lavaja<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Their Setters run deep with 2013 MPSF Conference Champion <\/span>Ryan Boyce<\/span><\/a>, BYU alumni\u00a0 <\/span>Hamilton Day<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>Tyler Heap<\/span><\/a>, and 2018 All-American and MPSF All-Academic Leo Durkin.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Finally, in the libero position, the Stingers have the always energetic <\/span>Kai Dugquem<\/span><\/a> from Ohio State University and Arizona Native <\/span>Chandler Baugh<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" For the 2020 season, the Utah Stingers boast a deep roster filled with strong determination, veteran experience, and professional talent. The Stingers are reaping the benefits of the long-lasting excellence of local BYU players but will also have international all-stars, solidifying Utah as a potential volleyball powerhouse in the NVA. The Stingers promise their fans the season will be one to remember as they get to see their favorite players fighting for the championship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2489,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[21,19],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stingers.nvausa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Stingners.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stingers.nvausa.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2488"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stingers.nvausa.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stingers.nvausa.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stingers.nvausa.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stingers.nvausa.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2488"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stingers.nvausa.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2491,"href":"https:\/\/stingers.nvausa.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2488\/revisions\/2491"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stingers.nvausa.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stingers.nvausa.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stingers.nvausa.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stingers.nvausa.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}