Many athletes have been playing sports for as long as they can remember. But, Loyola men’s volleyball senior middle blocker, 22-year-old Jeff Jendryk, has only been playing volleyball since he was 16 years old. Although playing for six years might seem like a relatively short time, Jendryk said that’s average for midwestern volleyball players.
Volleyball is something Jendryk said he’s passionate about, but he hasn’t been playing it the longest. Jendryk, a finance major from Wheaton, started playing basketball as soon he could dribble. During his first year of high school, he was faced with a difficult decision: His volleyball coach told him he had to choose between the basketball and volleyball.