[1] Metzger played college men's indoor volleyball at UCLA as a setter, where he won three NCAA National championships under legendary coach Al Scates.

He earned AVCA All-American for three consecutive seasons, winning the 1996 NCAA MVP and William G. Morgan Award for most outstanding player.

[4] 2001–2003 Prior to qualifying for the 2004 Summer Olympics, Metzger spent time competing internationally with former long-time partner Kevin Wong.

In 2001, with Wong as his partner, Metzger won his first two AVP events, in Santa Barbara and Manhattan Beach on consecutive weekends.

2006 In 2006, Metzger played with his high school teammate, Mike Lambert, and they advanced to the Final Four in fourteen of the fifteen team events, winning five times.