CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard men's volleyball will welcome three in its Class of 2028, head coach Brian Baise announced today. Looking to build on its previous season successes, the Crimson will add Sawyer Nichols, Miha Okorn, and Thomas Phung ahead of its 2025 campaign.
Sawyer Nichols | Outside Hitter | 6'9" | Anacortes, Wash. | Anacortes High School
Member of the Apex Volleyball NW travel team…Varsity letter winner at Anacortes High School for both volleyball and tennis…Recorded a total of 896 kills in the last two years of competition…Registered a total of 165 aces in the last two years of competition…Collected a total of 273 digs in the last two years of competition…Recorded 149 total blocks in the last two years of competition…Accumulated a total of 284 sets in the last two years of competition.
Thomas Phung | Libero | 5'10" | Dallas, Tex. | North Garland High School
Member of Attack Volleyball Club (2021-2024)…Member of the 2024 USA U19 National Training Team…2023 AAU National Championship Volleyballmag.com's Top Performers List and Top Libero's List…2022 USAV BJNC U16 Open All-Tournament Team…Member of the 2022 USAV Boys Junior National Championship U16 Open National Championship team…2023 AAU national Championship U17 Open Bronze Medalist…2021 AVP Boys National Beach Volleyball Championship U14 Open Champion…2021 USAV Boys National Beach Volleyball Championship U14 Open Silver Medalist…National Merit Finalist…AP Scholar with Distinction Award.
Miha Okorn | Outside Hitter | 6'3" | Kamnik, Solvenia | Gimnazija Bežigard
Captained the Solvenian volleyball team since 2020…Served as captain for the U13, U16, U17, and U19 Calcit Volley teams…Captain of the second senior team in Calcit Volley…Member of the European championship team and the MVP of the European Championship U17 in 2021…Five-time Middle-European Champion (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)…Six-time Athlete of the Year for Kamnik City (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)…Three-time National School Champions (2022, 2023, 2024)…2019 Gold Award in national chemistry competition…2019 Gold Award in national Slovene competition…2019 Silver Award at the Youth Researchers Meeting.
