University of California, Santa Barbara

2025: Started all of the team’s 29 matches, appearing in 101 of a possible 104 sets playing mostly as a middle blocker … led the Gauchos by a significant margin with 83 total blocks, finishing with four solos and 79 block assists … recorded 128 kills while hitting .345 — the second-highest hitting percentage on the team among players with at least 100 total attacks … added 26 digs and 11 aces … posted a career-high eight total blocks in a four-set win at CUI (Feb. 20) … had a season-best nine kills while hitting .667 in a sweep of Cal Lutheran (Feb. 25), finishing with a season-high 12.5 points.

2024: Big West All-Academic team … Big West Commissioner’s Honor Roll … appeared in 17 matches for the Gauchos … racked up 91 kills, 43 digs, nine blocks and four aces in that time … contributed back-to-back matches with 11 kills against No. 2 UCLA (Jan. 25) and Princeton (Jan. 31) … earned a season-high 14 kills in a five-setter against Long Beach State (March 9) … had a strong defensive performance against UCLA (Jan. 25) with six digs and three blocks … contributed a season-high two aces against UC San Diego (Feb. 23).

2023: Big West All-Freshman Team ... two-time Big West Freshman of the Week ... played in 10 matches, starting in nine of those before sitting out the rest of the season due to injury ... ended the season with 118 kills while also collecting 39 digs, 14 blocks, three assists and two service aces ... recorded the first double-double performance of his career in a four-set victory over Vanguard (March 1), notching 19 kills and 10 digs ... put up a career-high 25 kills to go along with 10 digs and three aces in a five-set match against Long Beach State (March 11).

2022: Did not appear in any matches for the Gauchos during the 2022 season

HIGH SCHOOL: Played four years as an outside hitter on the varisty team for Head Coach Seth Burnham

PERSONAL: son of Dan and Samatha Birg ... has one sister, Olivia ... majoring in Political Science.