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2009: Bourne, one of USC's most versatile players, likely will compete for significant playing time at outside hitter or opposite hitter as a sophomore in 2009 ... He was slowed in 2008 fall practice with a sore back ... 2008: He started the last 8 matches of 2008 at opposite hitter as a first-year freshman ... Overall while appearing in 16 matches, he had 59 kills, 99 digs, 24 blocks and 4 aces ... He had 5-plus digs 7 times, including 5 matches with 10-plus digs (including twice with a USC season-high 20, setting a school record for most 20-dig matches in a season) ... He was slowed early in the 2008 season after having an appendectomy in the fall of 2007 ... HIGH SCHOOL: He attended Academy of the Pacific in Honolulu, Hi., but played for Maryknoll High because AOP did not have a volleyball team ... He helped Maryknoll win the 2006 Division II state volleyball title as a senior ... He made the 2007 Volleyball Magazine Fab 50 list, Honolulu Advertiser All-State first team and the All-Interscholastic League of Honolulu Division II first team ... He was also played basketball, where he was the 2007 Interscholastic League of Honolulu Division II Co-Player of the Year (with current Trojan teammate Riley McKibbin) while averaging 10.3 points a game as a center, and was involved in canoe racing with the Outrigger Canoe Club. ... PERSONAL: He was on the 2008 USA Volleyball Junior National team that won a bronze medal at the 2008 NORCECA Junior Championships ... He was a member of the 2007 U.S. Boys' Youth National Team that competed in the FIVB Boys' Youth World Championships ... He and fellow Trojan freshman Riley McKibbin won the gold medal at the 2007 AAU Junior National Beach Volleyball Under-20 Championships ... He made the All-Tournament team of the 18 Open division at the 2007 USA Junior Olympic Boys' Volleyball Championships as he led his Outrigger Canoe Club team to the bronze medal ... Birthdate is June 20, 1989.
Career single-match highs: 12 kills (Hawaii, 2008), 20 digs (Hawaii and Pepperdine, 2008), 5 blocks (Stanford, 2008) |
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