USA Volleyball: Represented the United States as a member of the Team USA squad that competed at the 2013 FIVB Men’s U-21 World Championship in Turkey … member of gold-medal-winning Team USA at the 2012 Junior Continental Championships.
Career: Entered the 2017 season tied for 13th in school history with 42 solo blocks.
2016 (Junior Season): Started all 20 matches played in, including a 10-kill performance in the NCAA Finals vs. BYU (5/7) … posted double-digit kills and a .570-plus attacking percentage vs. UC Irvine (3/11; 11 kills, .588), at Ball State (3/25; 10 kills, .625) and against BYU (10 kills, .571) … attacked .489 for the season, averaging 2.28 points per set … ranked second on the team with .77 blocks/set … racked up 16 points vs. UC Irvine, adding eight blocks (2s, 6a) to his 11 kills … tallied multiple blocks in 18 of 20 contests … earned Academic All-Big Ten, MIVA Academic All-Conference and OSU Scholar-Athlete distinction.
2015 (Sophomore Season): Tabbed Preseason AVCA All-America and Preseason All-MIVA … returned from injury to make season debut on Feb. 11 versus Penn State … started the next 17 matches to finish out the season … ranked 13th in the MIVA averaging .90 blocks per set … registered 12 or more points in six different matches … produced points at a clip of 2.44/set overall … attacked .364 (113-37-209) while posting 1.79 kills/set … threw up 11 blocks (2s, 9a) in four-set victory over Erskine (3/28), the most by a Buckeye since 2012 … buried eight-plus kills in eight tilts, including an 8-0-10 (.800) effort against Ball State (4/9) … an Academic All-Big Ten, MIVA Academic All-Conference and OSU Scholar-Athlete selection.
2014 (Freshman Season): Placed on the AVCA All-America Second Team, the only freshman to earn All-American honors … recognized by the AVCA as the Newcomer of the Year as well … a First Team All-MIVA selection … MIVA Freshman of the Year … Off the Block/Springback, Inc. Freshman All-American … paced the MIVA and ranked third nationally with a .446 attack percentage, the 14th-best mark in school history … racked up 24 solo blocks to rank second in the MIVA for 2014 and top-10 all-time at Ohio State … his .90 blocks/set (7th), 2.56 kills/set (16th) and 3.10 points/set (16th) all slotted in the MIVA top-20 … totaled 93 blocks, 264 kills, and 28 digs while starting all 27 matches and playing in every set … named the MIVA Defensive Player of the Week (2/11) after stuffing 11 blocks (4s, 7a) in eight sets against Penn State (2/5) and Saint Francis (2/9) … posted double-digit kills in 13 contests, including 10 or more put-aways six times in a seven-match midseason stretch (2/5-3/5) … a MIVA Academic All-Conference, Academic All-Big Ten and Ohio State Scholar-Athlete honoree.
2013 (Redshirt Season): Took a redshirt … Ohio State Scholar-Athlete … MIVA Academic All-Conference.
Prior to Ohio State: Played for coach Michael Boehle at Loyola High School … led team to state title in 2012 … named a 2012 AVCA First Team All-American … 2012 Mission Leage first team and CIF first team … finished senior season with 299 kills, 89 blocks and a .600 attack percentage … also played for the Manhattan Beach Surf Volleyball Club coached by John Beckwith … 2011 USAV Junior National Championship silver medalist.
Personal: Son of Loring Guessous and Amal Guessous … has an older sister, Kenza … a double major in physics and mathematics.
