Chris Volek

Height:
5-10
Weight:
165
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Diamond Springs, CA
High School:
El Dorado HS

Expected to back up the X-backs (wide receiver) at Cal Poly this fall.

2017 -- Redshirt ... no catches in 2018 Spring Game.

High School -- A 2017 graduate of El Dorado High School in Placerville ... under head coach and father Joe Volek, caught 156 passes for 2,285 yards and 28 touchdowns in two varsity seasons and one junior varsity campaign ... averaged 108.8 receiving yards per game ... as a senior caught 72 passes for 983 yards and 10 touchdowns, leading Cougars to 8-3 overall mark and Sierra Valley Conference championship ... Cougars also qualified for CIF-Sac-Joaquin Section Division IV playoffs ... Volek earned first-team All-Sierra Valley honors and was named to the All-Sac-Joaquin Section second team ... also named Sierra Valley League offensive MVP, All-Metro Sacramento Area and was named to the All-City Football Team presented by SportsStars magazine ... 17 catches against Liberty Ranch and 13 more against Ponderosa ... four touchdown catches against Rosemont ... caught 84 passes for 1,302 yards and 18 touchdowns as a junior and 44 passes for 972 yards and 17 touchdowns as a sophomore ... 16 catches against Oakdale and four games with three scoring catches as a junior ... made 20 tackles as a sophomore on the junior varsity squad ... also earned two varsity letters in tennis, earning league doubles title ... Math Steeplechase winner, National Football Foundation (Sacramento Valley chapter) Scholar-Athlete award winner and earned Dale Lackey scholar-athlete award ... graduated with a 4.4 grade-point average ... chose to attend Cal Poly for "football and the engineering program."

Personal -- Son of Joe and Dina Volek ... father is a teacher and director of athletics at El Dorado High School while mother is a teacher ... both parents are graduates of Montana State ... father was a quarterback at Montana State ... uncle Billy Volek played in the NFL for the San Diego (now Los Angeles) Chargers and Tennessee Titans as a quarterback ... one sister, Courtney, a double major graduate of Point Loma University in San Diego ... enjoys football, skiing, fishing, tennis and gaming ... born November 27, 1998, in Coos Bay, Oregon ... majoring in aerospace engineering.