UC Santa Barbara
2018 Big West All-Freshman Team
2019: Appeared in eight matches and 21 sets as a redshirt sophomore middle blocker … Opened his season with a season-high 10 kills, a .615 hitting percentage, and five total blocks in a five-set victory vs. Harvard (Jan. 3) … Totaled seven kills and five blocks in a five-set thriller against Pepperdine on Jan. 9.
2018: Played in 12 matches and 39 sets as a redshirt freshman … Made an immediate impact in his first season and was named to the inaugural Big West All-Freshman Team … Had a UCSB debut to remember with a season-high 15 kills on a .524 hitting percentage against Saint Francis (Jan. 5) during the Asics Invitational … Finished the season with 69 kills (1.77 kills per set), 35 total blocks and a .356 hitting percentage … Ranked second on the team with a 0.90 blocks per set average … Reached double-digit kills with 11 while hitting .588 (11-1-17) vs. Long Beach State on Mar. 16 … Had his third double-digit kill match for the year when he slammed down 10 vs. CSUN on Mar. 31 … Tallied a season-best six total blocks on three separate occasions: at Pepperdine (Jan. 20), vs. Pepperdine (Feb. 21) and vs. CSUN (Mar. 31).
2017: Redshirted.
Club/High School
Played prep volleyball at Loyola High School under head coach Michael Boehle ... Won the 2016 CIF Division I Championship with Loyola ... Was named to the Volleyball Magazine Fab 50 ... Was classmates at Loyola with fellow Gauchos Davis Boehle and Casey McGarry ... Earned All-America and All-League honors during his time at Loyola ... Played club with MB Surf under coach John Beckwith.
Personal
John "Jack" Carroll Truman was born on May 19, 1998 in Torrance, Calif. to parents Steve and Kathleen ... Has two siblings, James and Meaghan ... Aspires to be a theoretical physicist ... Roots for the Los Angeles Lakers ... Lists winning the CIF Finals his most memorable pre-UCSB sporting achievement ... His favorite movies include Animal House and Beavis and Butthead Do America ... His favorite book is the dictionary ... John Green is his favorite writer ... Likes to listen to the Bee Gees ... Russell Westbrook is his favorite athlete ... Was also recruited by Stanford, Harvard, UCLA, USC, and Pepperdine.
