When Rafa Urbina first watched UCLA volleyball in its 2018 national championship loss to Long Beach State, it set him on a path toward dominance in the sport, not just in Colorado, but on the national scale.

He decided then and there that wanted to be just like those players.

This week, the recent Legacy graduate trained with USA Volleyball in preparation for the U19 World Championships in Uzbekistan, which are slated to begin on July 24. Once he wraps that up, he’ll join UCLA, which won national titles in 2023 and 2024. The Bruins house the winningest men’s volleyball program ever, having raked in 21 championships since 1970.

Naturally, that talent at the setting position earned him the BoCoPreps boys volleyball player of the year, and he nabbed a similar honor from CHSAA in the 5A div

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