Avery Aylsworth

Avery Aylsworth (born October 18, 1996) is a former professional volleyball player. He has played four seasons abroad in Europe, winning one league title in the English National Volleyball League, one cup title in the German Volleyball Cup, and two Vice-championships in the Deutsche Volleyball-Bundesliga. Currently, Aylsworth is a financial professional based in London and the author of published academic research .

Aylsworth played the position of Libero and his first professional season in Finland with Raision Loimu in the top division of the Finnish Mestaruusliiga. Next, he played the 2020/21 season with VfB Friedrichshafen in the top division of the Deutsche Volleyball-Bundesliga. Aylsworth re-signed with VfB Friedrichshafen for the 2021/22 season. During the 2021/22 season, Aylsworth started multiple matches including the German Cup Final against SVG Luneburg where he played against fellow junior teammates, Joseph Worsley and Jordan Ewert. Aylsworth and VfB Friedrichshafen won the DVV German Cup In 2022, Aylsworth competed in the English National Volleyball League and BUCS for Durham University where he won the NVL title . Before joining BlackRock, Aylsworth attended Durham University Business School, where he earned an MSc in finance (finance and investment) and was awarded the Best Dissertation and Academic Performance within the program. Following his time at Durham, his research dissertation, "Machine Learning Methodologies for the Systematic Prediction of S&P 500 Index Deletions" was awarded the Lombard Prize from the Worshipful Company of International Bankers (WCIB). Aylsworth also appeared on the If You Can't Handle the Heat podcast to speak about his junior, collegiate, professional, and post-professional career with fellow junior teammates Gage Worsely, Micah Maʻa, and Joseph Worsley.

Professional playing career Aylsworth signed his first professional contract with Raision Loimu Between professional seasons, Aylsworth competed in the AVP Grass Nationals in South Carolina finishing 3rd after losing to Taylor Crabb, Andy Benesh, and Eric Beranek.

Soon after, Aylsworth signed with VfB Friedrichshafen The 2021 season ended with a silver medal in Bundesliga Championship Finals against Berlin Recycling Volleys. In similar fashion as the year prior, VfB Friedrichshafen and Aylsworth earned a silver medal in the Bundesliga Championship Finals against Berlin Recycling Volleys following a five match series.

Aylsworth joined Durham University in 2022/23 and competed in the English National Volleyball League where he won the League title. Aylsworth was also named a high school AVCA All-American in 2015.

Athletic awards Junior awards (Saint Francis/Club)

University awards Loyola University Chicago

Professional awards Raision Loimu, VfB Friedrichshafen

Personal achievements 2014 All Mercury News Second Team 2015 All Mercury News First Team 2015 AVCA High School All-American 2015 Volleyball Magazine Fab 50 2016 MIVA All-Academic Team 2017 MIVA All-Academic Team 2018 MIVA All-Academic Team 2019 MIVA All-Academic Team 2019 MIVA Conference Defensive Player of the Week, with Loyola University Chicago 2019 MIVA Conference Second Team, with Loyola University Chicago 2019 AVCA All-American, with Loyola University Chicago 2019/2020 14x ProLibero Winner, with Raision Loimu