CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard Men's Volleyball head coach Brian Baise has announced the program's incoming Class of 2030. The group, which consists of five athletes, will arrive in Cambridge in time for the 2026-27 academic year.
 
The first-year class hails from across North America and features two outside hitters, a pair of setters and one middle blocker. The two outsides are Mateo Sanz from Texas and Simon Vardeh from nearby Newton. The setters are from west of the Mississippi River in Kahi Marumoto, who calls Hawaii home, and Tyler Pence out of Newport Beach, California. Occupying the middle is Miles Hiscox, who will make his way east from Vancouver, British Columbia.
 
The quintet will join a Crimson team that is expected to return everyone from its 2026 roster except for its two recently graduated seniors in Zach Berty and Brian Thomas. Among the returners are rising senior Owen Woolbert, who collected 2026 All-EIVA Second-Team honors, and Thomas Phung, who was named All-EIVA Honorable Mention last season. 

Harvard Men's Volleyball Class of 2030

Miles Hiscox
Vancouver, British Columbia (Sir Charles Tupper Secondary School)
Middle Blocker

Before Harvard
Played on the varsity team all four years… Competed for Apex Volleyball Club for three years and 604 Volleyball Club for two… 2025 member of Volleyball Canada National Excellence Program… Competed at 2025 U19 World Championships in Tashkent Uzbekistan for Team Canada… Named the 2025 Volleyball B.C. Youth Male Athlete of The Year… Part of the team that won the 2026 SoCal Cup The Open Championship…2025 Provincial All Star… 2026 Provincial Champion… Earned a Provincial bronze medal in 2023 and 2025, and a silver in 2024… Played for Team British Columbia at the 2025 Canada Summer Games and helped the squad to the 2024 Canada Cup championship… 2023 Team British Columbia Zones Program Bronze Medalist.

Kahi Marumoto
Honolulu, Hawaii (Punahou School)
Setter

Before Harvard
Earned two varsity letters… Played setter and opposite hitter for Spike and Serve Volleyball Club (2019-23), and setter for Outrigger Canoe Club (2023-26)… Named Punahou team captain for 2025 season… Captained Outrigger Canoe Club in 2025-26… Voted to the all-tournament team at the 2024 Trans-Pacific Championships and the 2025 Fall Festival Tournament… Also received the Aloha Spirit Award at the Fall Festival Tournament… Garnered Most Inspirational Player honors at Punahou (V1-AA) in 2025… Named the 2025 Interscholastic League of Hawai'i (ILH) Player of the Year (V1-AA)… Collected All-Hawai'i Honorable Mention accolades in 2025… Led Punahou to victories at the 2025 ILH Championship (V1-AA, V1)… Helped Outrigger titles at the 2024 Trans-Pacific Championships and 2025 Fall Festival Tournament… Earned nine Excellence Awards and seven Recognition Awards over career at Punahou… Twice served as Student Chair for Punahou Carnival (2024, 2025)… Served as Class Vice President in 2024-25 and 2025-26… Recipient of the Dolores Furtado '28 Martin Merit Scholarship Award three times (2024-26)… Earned the Michael McPhee Award and Rensselaer Medal Science Award in 2025… Won the President's Award and Francis A.I. "Miki" Bowers, Jr. AP Calculus BC Award in 2026… Great grandfather, Masaji Marumoto, was the first Asian to graduate from Harvard Law School in 1930… Brother, Makua, won two NCAA men's volleyball national titles at Hawai'i and also played at Concordia University-Irvine; is playing professionally in Europe… Sister, Haumea Marumoto, played at Washington State and is part of the Long Beach State Class of 2028… Cousin, Brian Suite, played football at Utah State, graduating in 2014, and played in the NFL with Washington and Detroit.

Tyler Pence
Newport Beach, Calif. (Newport Harbor High School)
Setter 

Before Harvard
Played three seasons of varsity volleyball… Competed for Balboa Bay Volleyball Club for four years, seeing action at setter, outside hitter and opposite hitter… Captained his senior season indoors and was team captain for the beach volleyball team as a junior and senior… Named to the 2026 All-Sunset League First Team… Recipient of Newport Harbor's Captain's Award in 2026… Earned a spot on the All-Tournament Team at the 2026 Redondo Varsity Classic… Was a 2026 All-Star Game nominee… Helped team to a first-place finish in the premier division at nationals… Guided Newport Harbor to the 2026 Sunset League title… Part of third-place team in CIF Division I in 2025… Served as ASB President as a senior and was a four-year ASB member… Was the Nutrition Club President (2025-26)… Member of ROC Solid in 2025-26… Math Student of the Year nominee in 2026… Served as a volunteer and coach for Balboa Bay Clinics (2025-26)… Recipient of the "Scholarly" award (2026)… Earned Sunset League Scholar Athlete honors (2024-26)… Part of National Honors Society (2025-26).

Mateo Sanz
The Woodlands, Texas (The Woodlands High School)
Outside Hitter 

Before Harvard
Played for the Chile Volleyball National Team (U19, U21)… Competed on the varsity volleyball team for two years, the basketball team for three years, and the track and field team for three years… Played on the club circuit for Houston Volleyball Academy for a year and a half… Attended American School of Doha (ASD) and captained the junior varsity volleyball and basketball teams as a ninth-grader, and the varsity volleyball squad as a 10^th-grader… Competed in Pan-American Cups in Mexico (U19) and Canada (U21) for Team Chile… Earned a 2025 Pan-American bronze medal (Chile U21 National Team)… Fourth-best scorer at the U19 Pan American Games… Trained with the Qatar Youth National Volleyball Team… Named team MVP for ASD Varsity Volleyball (2023, 2024)… Team Captain and MVP for ASD JV Volleyball (2022)… Middle East and South Asia Conference (MESAC) Champion while playing for ASD (2024)… MESAC Runner-Up – ASD JV (2022) and ASD Varsity (2023)… Three-year varsity basketball athlete (ASD and The Woodlands High School)… 2026-26 First-Team All-District 13-6A basketball performer at The Woodlands High School… Landed on the basketball First-Team Academic All-State team in 2025-26 at The Woodlands… 2022 Team Captain and MVP, while leading ASD JV Basketball to MESAC championship… 2023, 2024 ASD Track and Field MVP – ASD Track & Field… 2025, 2026 District Champion in the high jump (The Woodlands)… Bi-District Champion and Regional Qualifier in the high jump at The Woodlands (2025 & 2026)… Multiple MESAC gold and silver medalist in triple jump, high jump, 400m, 800m, and 4x400m Relay… Highlander Achievement Award recipient (2026)… Highlighted Highlander Award recipient (2025 & 2026)… Member of National Honor Society (2023–2026)… Named to the Principal's Leadership Council, representing the boys basketball Program (2025–26)… Student Council Executive Member / Grade Representative at American School of Doha… Country Flag Bearer for FIFA Arab Cup Qatar (2021) and AFC Asian Cup Qatar (2023)… Ball Crew member at FIFA World Cup Qatar (2022)… Father, Pablo Sanz, played professional basketball for Club Atletico River Plate (Buenos Aires, Argentina).

Simon Vardeh (he/him/his)
Newton, Mass. (Newton North High School)
Outside Hitter 

Before Harvard
Four-year varsity starter at Newton North… Played for SMASH Volleyball Club for five years, playing outside hitter… Named team captain for Newton North as a senior… Helped Newton North to the 2024 state championship… Collected 2025 MAVCA Player-of-the-Year honors… Two-time All-State First-Team selection… Twice earned All-Scholastic accolades from the Boston Globe and Boston Herald.