Michael Beard, Brandon Long, and Michael Devlin Earn All-Midwest Collegiate Volleyball League honors (photos courtesy of Kevin Wilker '26)
Brandon Long (photo courtesy of Lincoln Earl '24)
Brandon Long (photo courtesy of Jackie Kasai '23)
Brandon Long (photo courtesy of Lincoln Earl '24)
Brandon Long (photo courtesy of Matt Hutson)
Brandon Long

4 Brandon Long

  • Height:
    6-2
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • Hometown:
    Hinckley
  • High School:
    Metea Valley [Ill.]
  • Position:
    S
  • Major:
    Sport Management & Finance
m 29
k/s 0.29
h % .239
a/s 10.30
b/s 0.32
sa/s 0.22
d/s 1.59

2023

  • All-Midwest Collegiate Volleyball League first team selection
  • Midwest Collegiate Volleyball League Tournament Most Valuable Player
  • Academic All-Midwest Collegiate Volleyball League honoree
  • Notched his 2,000th career assist in the 3-0 win over Wittenberg on March 18, 2023
  • Appeared in 29 matches
  • Led the team and the MCVL and was third in DIII in total assists, tallying 1,051
  • Led the team and the MCVL and was second in DIII in assists per set, averaging 10.30
  • Third on the team in digs (162), averaging 1.59 per set
  • Recorded 30 kills
  • Added 22 service aces
  • Totaled 33 blocks, eight solos and 25 assists
  • Earned third varsity letter

2022

  • Named an Academic All-Midwest Collegiate Volleyball League honoree
  • Notched his 1,000th career assist on March 2, 2022 at Geneva (Pa.) College
  • Appeared in 25 matches and 83 sets
  • Totaled a career-high 731 assists (8.81 assists per set)
  • Was fourth in the MCVL in assists per set
  • Posted 117 digs (1.41 digs per set)
  • Led the team in service aces, tallying 29
  • Led the team and was third in the MCVL in service aces per set (.36)
  • Added 21 total blocks and 18 kills
  • Earned his second varsity letter

2021

  • Earned Academic All-Midwest Collegiate Volleyball League honors
  • Appeared in 14 matches and 55 sets
  • Earned 504 assists (9.16 assists per set)
  • Tallied 27 kills
  • Third most on team in total blocks (22)
  • Posted 88 digs and 24 service aces
  • Earned his first varsity letter

Career Match Bests

  • 52 assists vs Adrian on March 7, 2021
  • 14 digs at Geneva on March 2, 2022
  • Six kills vs Wabash on Feb. 21, 2021
  • Six blocks vs Adrian on March 7, 2021
  • Three block solos vs Wittenberg in MCVL semis on Apr. 14, 2023
  • Six aces vs Geneva on Feb. 4, 2022

High School

  • Won a 2018 Regional Championsip with Metea Valley
  • Two-year varisty letter winner in volleyball
  • Named to 2020 American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) High School All-American Watch List
  • Three-time Academic All-DuPage Valley Conference
  • Carried a 3.97 GPA

Personal

  • Dean's List student
  • Jacket Scholar
  • Member of the Chi Alpha Sigma Honor Society
  • Son of Brennan and Nikki Long
This page was last updated on June 20, 2023

 

Recent Games
Apr 1 at Fontbonne (Mo.) W, 3-0
Apr 2 at Wabash (Ind.) W, 3-0
Apr 6 Trine (Ind.) W, 3-0
Apr 14 vs. Wittenberg W, 3-1
Apr 15 at Mount Union W, 3-1
Apr 21 at Juniata (Pa.) L, 3-0
Statistics category Overall Conf
Matches 29 8
Sets 102 26
Kills 30 8
Kills per set 0.29 0.31
Errors 9 3
Total Attacks 88 27
Hitting Percentage .239 .185
Assists 1051 291
Assists per set 10.30 11.19
Service Aces 22 3
Service Errors 23 5
Service Aces per set 0.22 0.12
Receptions 2 1
Reception Errors 2 1
Digs 162 39
Digs per set 1.59 1.50
Block Solo 8 4
Block Assist 25 2
Block Total 33 6
Blocks per set 0.32 0.23
Block Errors 4 2
Ball Handling Errors 4 1
Points 72.5 16.0
Points per set 0.7 0.6
Matches started 24 5
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Jan 19 Hiram W, 3-0 1 3 4 0 4 1.000 28 0 1 0 0 5 0 3 0 3 0 5.5
Jan 21 Marian (Wis.) W, 3-0 1 3 1 0 1 1.000 36 3 1 0 0 5 0 3 1 3 0 5.5
Jan 21 Hilbert (N.Y.) W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Jan 22 St. Norbert (Wis.) W, 3-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Jan 22 Loras (Iowa) W, 3-1 1 4 1 1 2 .000 41 2 2 0 0 10 0 2 0 2 0 4.0
Jan 25 at Hiram W, 3-0 1 3 0 0 5 .000 32 1 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Jan 27 at Medaille (N.Y.) L, 3-2 - 5 1 1 8 .000 33 0 1 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Jan 27 vs. Randolph-Macon (Va.) W, 3-2 1 5 2 0 2 1.000 42 1 1 0 0 6 0 1 0 1 1 3.5
Jan 28 vs. Emmanuel (Mass.) W, 3-1 - 4 1 0 5 .200 44 2 1 0 0 6 0 1 0 1 0 3.5
Jan 28 at #15 Nazareth (N.Y.) L, 3-0 1 3 2 3 6 -.167 27 0 2 0 0 5 0 2 0 2 0 3.0
Feb 2 at Thiel (Pa.) W, 3-0 1 3 1 0 4 .250 37 3 0 0 0 6 0 1 0 1 0 4.5
Feb 4 Concordia Chicago (Ill.) W, 3-2 1 5 0 0 0 - 51 1 0 0 0 7 0 1 0 1 1 1.5
Feb 4 Medaille (N.Y.) W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Feb 9 Carlow (Pa.) W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Feb 18 Lancaster Bible (Pa.) L, 3-2 1 5 2 0 5 .400 51 0 1 0 0 3 1 2 0 3 0 4.0
Feb 18 Geneva (Pa.) W, 3-0 1 3 0 0 1 .000 37 0 2 0 0 6 0 1 0 1 0 0.5
Feb 25 vs. Penn State Altoona W, 3-0 1 3 0 0 1 .000 26 1 0 0 0 5 0 2 0 2 0 2.0
Feb 25 at Penn State Behrend W, 3-0 1 3 1 0 1 1.000 35 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Mar 4 at Olivet (Mich.) W, 3-0 1 3 2 0 2 1.000 35 1 0 - 0 4 1 1 0 2 0 4.5
Mar 8 at Augustana (Ill.) L, 3-2 1 5 0 1 4 -.250 43 1 3 1 1 6 0 2 1 2 1 2.0
Mar 8 at Concordia Chicago (Ill.) L, 3-0 1 2 0 0 1 .000 13 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Mar 10 at Aurora (Ill.) L, 3-0 1 3 1 0 2 .500 31 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Mar 11 vs. Wisconsin Lutheran W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mar 11 at Illinois Tech W, 3-0 1 3 0 0 1 .000 32 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Mar 17 Mount St. Joseph W, 3-0 - 3 1 0 2 .500 33 1 1 0 0 5 2 0 0 2 0 4.0
Mar 18 Wittenberg W, 3-0 - 3 1 0 2 .500 32 0 1 0 0 6 0 0 1 0 1 1.0
Mar 21 at Adrian (Mich.) W, 3-2 1 5 0 0 3 .000 42 0 0 0 0 8 0 1 0 1 0 0.5
Mar 25 Mount Union L, 3-0 1 3 1 0 1 1.000 32 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Apr 1 at Fontbonne (Mo.) W, 3-0 1 3 2 0 11 .182 33 0 2 0 0 6 1 0 1 1 0 3.0
Apr 2 at Wabash (Ind.) W, 3-0 1 3 0 2 3 -.667 40 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Apr 6 Trine (Ind.) W, 3-0 - 3 1 1 3 .000 44 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Apr 14 vs. Wittenberg W, 3-1 1 4 3 0 3 1.000 46 0 1 0 0 8 3 0 0 3 0 6.0
Apr 15 at Mount Union W, 3-1 1 4 1 0 3 .333 51 2 0 0 0 7 0 2 0 2 0 4.0
Apr 21 at Juniata (Pa.) L, 3-0 1 3 1 0 2 .500 24 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
  m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
Total 29 102 30 0.29 9 88 .239 1051 10.30 22 0.22 2 2 162 1.59 8 25 33 0.32 72.5 0.7
Conference 8 26 8 0.31 3 27 .185 291 11.19 3 0.12 1 1 39 1.50 4 2 6 0.23 16.0 0.6
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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Home 10 35 12 0.34 2 21 .476 385 11.00 8 0.23 0 0 56 1.60 3 12 15 0.43 29.0 0.8
Away 15 51 12 0.24 7 56 .089 508 9.96 10 0.20 2 2 81 1.59 2 9 11 0.22 28.5 0.6
Neutral 4 16 6 0.38 0 11 .545 158 9.88 4 0.25 0 0 25 1.56 3 4 7 0.44 15.0 0.9
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Wins 21 73 22 0.30 4 59 .305 797 10.92 18 0.25 1 1 125 1.71 7 19 26 0.36 56.5 0.8
Losses 8 29 8 0.28 5 29 .103 254 8.76 4 0.14 1 1 37 1.28 1 6 7 0.24 16.0 0.6
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January 8 30 12 0.40 5 33 .212 283 9.43 9 0.30 0 0 47 1.57 0 12 12 0.40 27.0 0.9
February 6 22 4 0.18 0 12 .333 237 10.77 5 0.23 0 0 34 1.55 1 7 8 0.36 13.5 0.6
March 9 30 6 0.20 1 18 .278 293 9.77 4 0.13 1 1 50 1.67 3 4 7 0.23 15.0 0.5
April 6 20 8 0.40 3 25 .200 238 11.90 4 0.20 1 1 31 1.55 4 2 6 0.30 17.0 0.8