2007: The talented, dynamic Killian returns at setter as a junior in 2007 ... He is in line for post-season honors ... He also is USC's co-captain for the second year ... 2006: He started for his second season at setter as a sophomore in 2006 ... Overall while starting all 29 matches, he led USC in assists (1,300) and was second in aces (18) and blocks (96, including a USC season best 10 versus Pacific) ... He also had 50 kills (hitting .333) and 123 digs ... He had 5-plus digs 13 times and 5-plus blocks 7 times ... He was ninth nationally in assists (12.75) and also ninth in the MPSF in assists (12.44) ... He was named to the 2006 All-Golden Dome Classic team ... He was a team co-captain ... 2005: He started at setter for most of 2005 as just a first-year freshman ... Overall while appearing in 22 matches (starting 21), he had a team-best 980 assists, along with 82 digs, 56 blocks, 29 kills and 17 aces (second on USC) ... He missed 7 mid-season matches while recovering from a tonsillectomy ... He had 5-plus digs 8 times ... He was 13th nationally in assist average (12.41) ... He also was seventh in the MPSF in assist average (12.50) ... HIGH SCHOOL: He was the 2004 All-CIF Division I Co-MVP and Los Angeles Times All-Star Player of the Year as a senior while leading Loyola High in Los Angeles (Calif.) to its second consecutive CIF Division I title ... He also made the 2004 Volleyball Fab 50 team ... He earned 2003 All-CIF Division I second team honors while playing outside hitter and opposite hitter on Loyola’s CIF Division I champion ... He split time as a 2002 sophomore setter ... Current Trojans C.J. Schellenberg and Matt Hillier also prepped at Loyola ... PERSONAL: He was a 3-time MVP of the Open All-Tournament team of the USA Volleyball Boys Junior Olympics (2004 in 18s, 2003 in 17s and 2001 in 15s) and was a 2002 All-American in 16s ... At the Junior Olympics, he helped his teams win 3 Open gold medals (including in 2004 in the 18s with the SCVC Kaepa Blue club team) and 2 bronzes ... He comes from a family of Trojans: his father, Don, was a member of the 1977 USC NCAA championship men’s volleyball team (he lettered in 1976 and 1977); his brother, Donny, played volleyball at USC in 2001 and then was a Trojan assistant coach in 2002 after playing three seasons at Pepperdine (twice playing in the NCAA Final Four, including on the NCAA runnerup Waves squad in 1998); his sister, Lauren, was a member of USC’s 2002 NCAA championship and 2000 Final Four women’s volleyball teams (she lettered from 1999 to 2002); his uncle, Doug, lettered in men’s volleyball at Troy in 1982 and 1983 (the 1982 team finished third in the NCAAs); and his mother, Chris, is a USC graduate, along with a grandmother, two grandfathers (both played basketball at USC), a great grandfather, 2 other uncles, an aunt and numerous cousins ... He is a public policy, management and planning major at USC ... Birthdate is May 27, 1986.
Career single-match highs: 5 kills (Lewis, 2005), 8 digs (Pepperdine, 2005), 5 blocks (UCLA, 2005) |
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