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2009: Current returns for his third season as a starting middle blocker as a junior in 2009 and could be in line for post-season honors ... 2008: He started for his second year at as a sophomore in 2008 ... Overall while appearing in 26 matches (starting 23), he had 154 kills while hitting .343 and a team-best 98 blocks, plus 32 digs and 11 aces ... He had 5-plus blocks 9 times and hit .500-plus 9 times ... His 8 blocks in 3 different matches was a USC season high ... 2007: He started at middle blocker as a first-year freshman in 2007 ... Overall while appearing in all 28 matches (starting 25), he had 143 kills while hitting .337 (second highest among USC's regulars), plus 82 blocks (second on the team) and 18 aces (third on the team) ... He had 5-plus blocks 8 times ... HIGH SCHOOL: He made the 2006 Volleyball Magazine All-American honorable mention team and was the MVP of the 2006 All-West Catholic Athletic League as a senior at Bellarmine Prep in San Jose (Calif.) ... He also made the 2006 Volleyball Fab 50 team ... He was a member of Bellarmine Prep's 2005 CIF Central Coast championship team ... PERSONAL: He competed in Russia in the summer of 2008 with a team from Athletes In Action ... He trained with the 2007 USA Junior National Team ... He made the 2006 U.S. Men's Junior National team (which won a silver medal at the NORCECA Men's Junior Zonal Qualification tourney) and 2005 U.S. Boys' Youth National A2 team ... He is a public policy, management and planning major at USC with a B+ average (3.32 GPA) ... Birthdate is March 22, 1988.
Career single-match highs: 13 kills (Pepperdine, 2008), 5 digs (Stanford, 2007, Pacific, 2008), 8 blocks (UC Irvine twice and Cal State Northridge, 2008) |
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