Name: Zach Upp
Position: Opposite
Sport: Sitting Volleyball
Height: 6-5
Birthplace: Barlett, Ill.
Hometown: Bartlett, Ill.
High School: Wheaton Academy
World Championship Experience
  • 2018: World ParaVolley World Championships (8th Place)
Other Career Highlights
  • Named USA Volleyball Male Sitting Player of the Year
  • Selected Best Server at 2019 Parapan American Games as Team USA won silver
  • Named 2018 USA Volleyball Male Sitting Most Improved Player of the Year
  • Joined the U.S. Men's Sitting Team in 2017
  • Plays standing volleyball for his high school and Pipeline volleyball club
  • Born without his right arm. Wears a special prosthetic to play volleyball. He has also played basketball, baseball, golf and violin
Personal: Parents are Steven and Karen Upp... Brothers are David and Nathan Upp... His happiest moment in life was "making the national sitting volleyball team."