Parents: Sam & Kelly Sybesma
Birthday: March 16, 2004
2026: What turned out to be his final season at VU, an injury caused Sybesma to miss a few games. Still, he hit .385 in 21 matches, with only six contests under .300. He produced 126 kills on 239 swings and had 15 strikes at home against Springfield on January 17, one of three games of dobule-digit kills. He had 30 aces, with five on senior night against CUI on April 15 to tie his career-high. He picked up 35 digs and made nine solo blocks and 45 assists for 54 in total. He had four games with four block assists and had 187.5 points in 2026.
2025: His best year at VU, Sybesma should have been an MPSF All-Conference player. He had the fourth-best hitting percentage in the league (.428) and finished second on VU with 219 kills. With an MPSF high of 16 solo blocks and 78 block assists (tied for fifth), Sybesma ended with 94 total blocks, putting him fourth in the league and 20th overall in the nation. He had nine games with 10 or more kills, with 16 being his season and career-high (April 5, Jessup). He had 21 games with a hitting rate above .300, with his home match versus UC Merced on January 30 being his best at .650 (15 K, 2 E, 20 TA). His 23 aces led the Lions, with five games of two aces being his best. He made 49 digs, with eight in the aforementioned Jessup game being his season-high. He had four games with two solo stops and had at least one type of block in every games except for two. His nine block assists at home versus Menlo on March 7 was his season-best, and he tallied 297 points in year two.
2024: Making his collegiate debut, Sybesma had four kills on five swings in the first game of the year against UC Merced while picking up his first three block assists. He showed huge potential as a middle who can serve, as he threw down five aces that night, the first of two matches he hit that season-high (the other being March 8 versus OUAZ). Sybesma ended his first season with 102 kills on 172 attempts, netting a .488 hitting percentage with only 18 errors. His season-high for kills was the eight he tallied 11 swings without any mistakes for a .727 attack percentage against Arizona Christian, one of nine games without any errors. He hit above .200 in all but two games during his first campaign. He ended with 21 aces and digs, with four solo blocks and 51 block assists giving him 55 in all. His first solo stop came with a season-high five block assists on February 24 against The Master's, with another five helpers coming on April 19 in the GSAC Tournament game against OUAZ. Sybesma had 152.5 points in all in year one.
2023: A member of the NAIA National Championship team, though he did not see any action on the court.
What would you give a TedTalk on, even if no one asked for it?
Probably something about Star Wars
What is the dumbest way you have gotten hurt?
Nearly chopped off my thumb with a hatchet in 2nd grade. Who gives a second grader a hatchet?
What is your favorite memory of watching a sporting event, either in person or on TV?
In middle school I took a trip with my dad to Pittsburgh to watch the Steelers play. They won and I got an autograph from Antonio Brown when he was still cool.
What is one food you could eat for the rest of your life, what is one you would destroy from the earth, and why?
I love shrimp tacos and I would erase carrots from the face of the earth because they’re yucky.
