Volson grew up in Balfour, North Dakota, a town with a population of 27, and attended Drake-Anamoose High School.
[3] Volson redshirted his true freshman season at North Dakota State.
[5] He was named a starter going into his redshirt junior season and was named first-team All-Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC) after starting all 16 of NDSU's games as the team won the 2020 NCAA Division I Football Championship Game.
[6] He was a consensus FCS All-American selection during his redshirt senior season, which was shortened and played in the spring of 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.
[10][11] He would outright win the starting left guard job as a rookie over Jackson Carman.