This Dwenger team consisted of stars like TJ Steele, David Lion, John Sullivan, Tim Burns and Brian Finley.

He led IPFW to the NCAA Men's Volleyball Championship semifinals, before suffering a broken hand prior to the match.

In 2007, Ball was inducted into the IPFW Athletics Hall of Fame alongside his father as part of the inaugural class.

Ball was selected for the USA national team in May 1994 after concluding a stellar collegiate career at IPFW.

At the 2000 Sydney Olympics, Ball started but the USA had a disappointing tournament, not winning a match and finishing with an 11th place tie with Egypt.

At the 2004 Athens Olympics, Ball led Team USA to the semifinals, where they lost to eventual gold medalist Brazil.

[6] With the professional club Iraklis Thessaloniki, he won two silver medals at the 2004–05 and 2005–06 CEV Champions League.

In March 2023, Ball was arrested and subsequently sentenced to serve roughly six months in home detention for his third conviction on a misdemeanor count of operating while intoxicated.