Completed Event: Men's Volleyball versus #6 BYU on March 21, 2025 , Loss , 1, to, 3
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2022 Men's Volleyball Roster
Roster
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Jersey Number 11
Christian Janke
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-5 / 210
- Position:
- Outside Hitter
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Carlsbad, Calif.
- High School:
- Sage Creek
- Major:
- Mechanical Engineering
Bio
GCU
2023 - Redshirt Senior
2023 - Redshirt Senior
- Finished collegiate career with 1,296 kills, 2,722 attacks, 150 aces and 634 digs.
- All those marks are top-five in the GCU career record books.
- Named an AVCA All-American for the second straight season landing on the honorable mention team.
- Earned All-MPSF second team honors.
- Finished second on the team with 293 kills on .305 hitting while leading the team with 149 digs.Â
- Was one of three Lopes to record 50 blocks in the season.
- Became the first Lope to be named to the NVA/AVCA All-American second team.
- Named to the All-MPSF second team.
- Finished with 297 kills second on the team while adding 37 aces, 134 digs and 26 blocks.
- Set a GCU single match record with 31 kills with just four errors in a five-set win at BYU on Feb. 26
- Earned subsequent MPSF and AVCA Player of the Week honors.
- Collected at least 20 kills in four matches and had 10 digs in three matches.
- Appeared in 19 matches with 18 starts.
- Named to the MPSF All-Honorable Mention team.
- Finished with 156 kills, third on the team.
- Added 23 service aces good for second on the team.
- Recorded a season-high 18 kills on USC on April 10.
- Selected for the 2020 All-MPSF second team.
- Finished the season ranked seventh nationally in aces per set at .544.
- Named the MPSF Offensive Player of the Week on Feb. 3 after leading the Lopes to a win over No. 9 Stanford.
- Made his way into the GCU record books with six aces over No. 8 UCLA, the second-most in program history. The mark also helped the Lopes tie the school record with 11 team aces.
- Led the team in total aces with 37, ranked second in kills with 219 and finished third in digs with 74 in 2020.
- Granted an additional year of eligibility for the shortened season.
- Named to MPSF All-Freshman Team
- Played the second most sets in the nation at 112
- Was one of the first four players in the country to have 200+ kills
- Named to two all-tournament teams to start the season
- Led the Lopes in kills (331) and aces (27) and was second in digs (167)
- Began his career recording double-digit kills in 12 straight matches
- 2018 All-American
- Earned first team all-conference honors in 2017 and 18
- Led his team to a state championship in 2017
- 2016 and 17 CIF champion
- Played for Coast Volleyball Club
- Considered CSUN, USC, Lewis and UCSD before committing to GCU
- Aspires to be an engineer
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