Thomas Jaeschke

Thomas John Jaeschke (born September 4, 1993) is an American professional volleyball player who plays as an outside hitter for Panasonic Panthers and the U.S. national team. He won a bronze medal at the Olympic Games Rio 2016.

Personal life

He is the son of John and Danielle Jaeschke. Thomas has a twin sister named Jaime and a brother named Joseph (1990) Jaeschke went to Wheaton-Warrenville South High School and reached the final of the Illinois state championship in 2010 and winning the finals in his senior season in 2012.

Jaeschke was studying finance at Loyola University Chicago, but he interrupted his studies to start his professional career in Asseco Resovia Rzeszów. He went back to college to finish his undergraduate degree during the summer of 2022, therefore missing the 2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship.

Career

College

He played for Loyola Ramblers for three seasons; 2013-2015. He reached the semifinals of the 2013 NCAA Men's DI-II National Championship, and won the 2014 and 2015 NCAA Men's DI-II National Championships. He was named to the NCAA All-Tournament Team in 2014 and 2015, and in 2015 he was named AVCA Player of the Year. After his junior year of college, he interrupted his studies to sign a three-year contract with Polish club Asseco Resovia Rzeszów, who were the Polish Champions in the previous season. This was his first professional contract of his career. Jaeschke would later sit out the first half of his second professional season to complete his college degree. In 2017 he moved to Italian club Calzedonia Verona.

National team

Jaeschke made his debut on the national team during the 2015 NORCECA Champions Cup. He was named to the U.S. national team for the 2015 FIVB World League where the team would capture the bronze medal. He missed competing in the 2015 FIVB World Cup due to injury. In June 2016, Jaeschke was named to the U.S. Olympic Men's Volleyball team for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro where they would go on to win the bronze medal.

Honors

Club

• Domestic
  • 2015–16 Polish Championship, with Asseco Resovia
  • 2022–23 Chinese Championship, with Beijing BAIC Motor
  • 2023–24 Japanese Championship, with Panasonic Panthers

Individual awards

• AVCA National Player of the Year – 2015
• AVCA First-Team All-American – 2014, 2015
• NCAA Championship All-Tournament Team – 2014, 2015
• MIVA Player of the Year – 2014, 2015
• MIVA Freshman of the Year – 2013
• MIVA All-Conference First Team – 2013, 2014, 2015
• MIVA All-Tournament Most Valuable Player – 2015
• MIVA All-Tournament Team – 2013, 2015
• MIVA Academic All-Conference – 2013, 2014, 2015

References

External links

• Player profile at TeamUSA.org
• Player profile at the European Volleyball Confederation
• Player profile at LegaVolley.it (in Italian)
• Player profile at PlusLiga.pl (in Polish)
• Player profile at Olympics.com
• Player profile at Olympedia
• Player profile at Volleybox.net

1. Volleyball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters
2. 2024 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League squads
3. Taylor Sander
4. 2023 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League
5. Micah Christenson
6. Erik Shoji
7. Matt Anderson (volleyball)
8. Kawika Shoji
9. David Smith (volleyball)
10. Kelsey Robinson
11. John Speraw
12. Panasonic Panthers
13. 2023 FIVB Volleyball Men's Olympic Qualification Tournaments
14. Torey DeFalco
15. United States men's national volleyball team
16. Jordan Larson
17. Maxwell Holt
18. Jordan Thompson (volleyball)
19. Karch Kiraly
20. Justine Wong-Orantes