2021 (Senior): Named to AVCA All-America first team for his fourth career All-America recognition…became the Big West Conference’s first four-time first-team honoree…won Off the Block’s Ryan Millar Award as the nation’s best middle attacker for the first time in his career after being a finalist in 2019 and 2020…finalist for National Blocker of the Year…named to the NCAA Championship all-tournament team…started all 18 matches and 122 of 124 in his career…nation’s leader in hitting percentage (.510) and ranked No. 6 in blocking (1.23)…ranked third on the team in kills per set (2.35) and fourth in aces (15)…named Big West Defensive Player of the Week once (March 15)…career-high 17 kills each against Long Beach State (April 3) and UC San Diego (April 23)…tallied 14 kills and a career-high nine blocks in a win at UC Santa Barbara (March 11)…hit .625 with 10 kills in 16 attempts and had six blocks in UH’s NCAA Tournament semifinal win over UCSB (May 6)…had two or more aces in six matches and six or more blocks in eight matches…named to Off the Block’s Preseason All-America second team...Named academic all-Big West.
2020: AVCA All-America second team for the second consecutive year...first-team all-Big West, becoming the conference's first three-time honoree...runner-up for Off the Block's National Blocker of the Year and was a finalist for the Ryan Millar Award as the nation's best middle blocker...started 15 of 16 matches at middle blocker…ranked No. 7 nationally in blocks per set (1.20) and No. 14 in hitting percentage (.383)…career-bests of 1.84 kills per set and team-high 18 service aces…career-high five service aces, including the match-clincher in a five-set win over No. 2 BYU (March 6)…ranked No. 2 in the Big West in blocking and aces and No. 5 in hitting percentage…named all-tournament of the Outrigger Invitational after averaging 2.17 kps, hitting .706, and 1.17 bps….recorded nine kills (.800) and five blocks versus Grand Canyon (Jan. 11) in the Raising Cane’s Rainbow Warrior Classic…tallied four aces along with seven kills and six blocks in win at Lewis (Jan. 17)…season-high seven blocks in win at Lincoln Memorial (Jan. 20)...earned UH Scholar-Athlete Award.
2019 (Junior): AVCA All-America second team…all-Big West first team…Off the Block’s National Blocker of the Year and Ryan Millar Award finalist as the nation’s best middle blocker…OTB National Middle Attacker of the Week (March 25)…Big West Defensive Player of the Week (Feb. 11; March 25)…ranked No. 2 nationally in blocks per set (1.415)…appeared and started in all 31 matches…averaged 1.72 kills per set, hitting .463…had eight service aces on the year…matched career-high of 12 kills in regular season finale against Long Beach State (April 13)…tied career-high of eight blocks, three times…had 10 kills with no errors in 11 attempts (.909) and five blocks in win at BYU (March 23)…moved into the UH career Top 10 list in total blocks with 335.....named academic all-Big West.
2018 (Sophomore): Named an AVCA All-America honorable mention…also selected to all-Big West first team…appeared and started all 27 matches at middle blocker…ranked third in the Big West and 15
thnationally in blocks per set (1.09)…also averaged 1.31 kills per set, hitting .430…tallied nine service aces…season-high 10 kills in win over UC Irvine (Feb. 23)…picked as the Big West Defensive Player of the Week (April 2) after a two-match sweep of UC San Diego…matched career-high of eight blocks in win at UC Santa Barbara (April 6)…had six kills and a career-high tying two aces against UCLA (Jan. 28)…tallied nine kills and seven blocks in win over Long Beach State (April 14)...named academic all-Big West.
USA Volleyball: Member of the 2017 U.S. Junior National team which competed at the FIVB U21 World Championships in the Czech Republic...member of the U.S. Youth National Team in summer of 2014 which took the gold medal at the 2014 NORCECA Under-19 Continental Championship…High Performance Volleyball Association Gold Medalist in 2013 and 2015.
2017 (Freshman): Named to MPSF all-freshman team…appeared in all 33 matches, making 31 starts at middle blocker…averaged 1.48 kills and a team-leading 1.09 blocks per set…hit .380 for the season and totaled nine service aces…named to the Outrigger Resorts Invitational all-tournament team after averaging 2.38 kills and 1.38 blocks per set, hitting .708…had 11 kills, four digs, and five blocks in the title match against Ball State (Jan. 7)…also reached double figures in kills at Long Beach State (Jan. 18)…had eight kills with no errors in 10 attempts at UC San Diego (Feb. 10)…season-high eight blocks in MPSF Tournament quarterfinals versus Pepperdine (April 15)…had seven kills and seven blocks in opening round of NCAA Tournament against Penn State (May 2)…season-high two aces against UC Irvine (Jan. 21) and Stanford (March 11)...academic all-MPSF.
2016: Redshirted.
Prep: A 2015 graduate of Buchanan High School in Clovis, Calif…a three-year letterman in volleyball and one-year letterman in football…a first-team AVCA Boys High School Senior All-American…a
Volleyball Magazine Fab 50 pick…helped lead Buchanan to the 2015 California Interscholastic Federation regional semifinals…led team to three-straight conference championships and two Valley titles… selected all-tournament in the “Best of the West” Tournament and Karch Kiraly Tournament of Champions as a senior…also earned the team’s MVP award during senior year in which he recorded 127 blocks…as a junior, picked as the team’s “Bear at the Net” after finishing with 101 blocks…played club ball for Pacific Rim Volleyball Academy where he helped the squad to the Junior Nationals championship in 2014 and ’15 and a fifth place finish in 2013…played eight years with various clubs including Pacific Rim Volleyball, Fresno Volleyball Club, and Clovis Volleyball Club...earned all-tournament at 2013 Junior Nationals...academic honors include National Honor Society and honor roll…volunteers for Special Olympics…picked UH over UCLA and UC Irvine.
Personal: Born in Stanford, Calif…majoring in mechanical engineering and minoring in business...has one sister and one brother...parents are John and Jean Gasman of Clovis, Calif.
CAREER HIGHS
K 17, 2x, last vs. UC San Diego (4/23/21)
E 5, 4x, last vs. BYU (3/6/20)
TA 27, 2x, last vs. UC San Diego (4/23/21)
Hit% 1.000 (7-0-7) vs. CSUN (3/15/19)
SA 5 vs. BYU (3/6/20)
D 4, 2x, last at UC Irvine (1/21/17)
TB 9 at UCSB (3/11/21)
