VOLLEYBALL

Six other players from that medalwinning team are back this season, with setters Micah Christenson and Kawika Shoji; middle blocker Max Holt; outside hitters Thomas Jaeschke and Taylor Sander; and libero Erik Shoji set to participate in a second Olympics.

There will be four Olympic newcomers on the team in opposite Kyle Ensing, outside hitters T.J. DeFalco and Garrett Muagututia, and middle blocker Mitch Stahl.

“We had some really difficult decisions to make,” Speraw said. “Team USA over the last four or five years has become deeper.”

Speraw is head coach for his second Olympics after serving as an assistant in 2008 and 2012.