San Jose’s Averill, playing in elite Polish volleyball league, takes aim at U.S. Olympic team

WARSAW, Poland — The pro volleyball career of San Jose’s Taylor Averill has stretched from the historic Italian cities of Padua and Milan to the beaches of France.

“I’m a sun lover; I love being outside,” when not indoors in the gym, says the 2010 Branham High graduate, now in his third season in Poland. “I love to surf. When the sun is out, I am outside.”

With that as a backdrop, middle blocker Averill certainly had to sacrifice warmer climates when he decided to play in Poland...