Kyle Ensing

Kyle Ensing (born March 6, 1997) is an American professional volleyball player who plays as an opposite hitter for Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie and the U.S. national team.^[1][2]

Kyle Ensing
Personal information
Born	(1997-03-06) March 6, 1997 (age 28) Santa Clarita, California, U.S.
Height	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Weight	220 lb (100 kg)
Spike	144 in (366 cm)
Block	139 in (353 cm)
College / University	CSULB
Volleyball information
Position	Opposite
Current club	Warta Zawiercie
Number	55
Career
Years Teams 2016–2019 Long Beach State 2019–2020 Berlin Recycling Volleys 2020–2022 Maccabi Tel Aviv 2022–2024 Saint-Nazaire VBA 2024– Warta Zawiercie
National team
2018–  United States
Medal record FIVB World Cup 2023 Japan FIVB Nations League 2022 Bologna 2018 Lille NORCECA Championship 2019 Winnipeg

Personal life

Ensing is from Santa Clarita, California and attended high school at Valencia High School. He primarily played basketball and football in his youth and discovered interest in volleyball in high school. For his performance on the volleyball team, he was named the 2014 All Santa Clarita Valley Player of the Year as well as the Daily News All-Area Player of the Year.^[3]

His brother, Eric, also played volleyball at Long Beach State.^[4]

Career

Long Beach State

Ensing played volleyball for Long Beach State, where he made the final four all four years, winning NCAA titles in 2018 and 2019.^[5] While there, he played alongside fellow members of the U.S. national team, TJ DeFalco and Joshua Tuaniga.

National team

Ensing has participated in four major tournaments with the U.S. men's national team: 2018, 2019 and 2021 Nations League and 2019 NORCECA Championship. In June 2021, he was named to the 12-player 2020 Summer Olympics roster.^[6]

Honors

Club

• CEV Champions League
  • 2024–25 – with Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie
• Domestic
  • 2019–20 German SuperCup, with Berlin Recycling Volleys
  • 2019–20 German Cup, with Berlin Recycling Volleys
  • 2020–21 Israeli Championship, with Maccabi Tel Aviv
  • 2021–22 Israeli Cup, with Maccabi Tel Aviv
  • 2021–22 Israeli Championship, with Maccabi Tel Aviv
  • 2023–24 French Championship, with Saint-Nazaire VBA^[7]
  • 2024–25 Polish SuperCup, with Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie

Individual awards

• 2017: AVCA Second-Team All-American
• 2018: AVCA First-Team All-American
• 2018: All-Big West First-Team
• 2018: NCAA National Championship – All- tournament team
• 2019: All-Big West First-Team (Player of the Year)
• 2019: AVCA First-Team All-American