1995 Men's Volleyball Team (2025) - Hall of Fame - Ball State University Athletics

1995 Men's Volleyball Team

Induction:
2025
Class:
1995

The 1995 Ball State men's volleyball team remains one of the most successful in program history, finishing the season with a 25-9 overall record and ranked fifth in the final USA Today/AVCA Coaches Poll. The Cardinals also claimed both the 1995 Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (MIVA) regular season and tournament titles, including a 10-2 record in MIVA play.

Over the course of the season, the Cardinals beat all four teams which finished the season ahead of them in the final national rankings: No. 1 UCLA, No. 2 Hawai'i, No. 3 Penn State and No. 4 UC Santa Barbara. One of only two teams in program history to own a win over UCLA, with the 2008 squad being the other, the Cardinals lost to the Bruins in the first round of the NCAA Tournament before topping Hawai'i in the third-place match.

Members of the squad earned multiple individual recognitions starting with Todd Reimer who was named the MIVA Player of the Year. Eduardo Ferraz was tabbed the MIVA Tournament Most Valuable Player (MVP), while three players earned All-MIVA first-team honors. Reimer and Ferraz were both named AVCA second team All-Americans, and then-head coach Don Shondell earned MIVA Coach of the Year accolades.