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Player Bio: Evan Thatcher - UCLA Official Athletic Site

April 17, 2013 | Men's Volleyball

1999 - Played in 24 matches and 84 games...Established a career high by spiking 30 kills vs. Long Beach St. (3/3)...Also set career bests in aces (3 vs. Concordia, 3/11) and blocks (6, twice)...Recorded 16 matches of double-digit kills, including four of 20 or more kills...Recorded two double-doubles...Recorded a season best hitting percentage of .682 (16-1-22 vs. Penn St., 1/20)...Also hit .615 (20-1-31) vs. BYU (2/27)...Posted a season high of 11 digs vs. LBS...His 64 block assists and 68 total blocks for the season were career bests.

1998 - Ranked second on the team with 4.1 kpg and established a career best with 349 kills for the season...In the NCAA Tournament he hammered 42 total kills and dug 22 balls, including his career high of 14 vs. Lewis in the semifinals...Also recorded five blocks vs. Lewis (4/30) …Pounded a season high 25 kills vs. UCI (4/15) and 24 vs. LMU (4/7)...Spiked 22 kills in a career high 62 swings vs. Pepperdine (1/29)...Recorded 18 double-digit kill matches...Hit .714 (11-1-14) vs. CS San Bernardino (2/20)...Served a career best two aces four times, including vs. Pepperdine in the NCAA finals.

1997 - Played in four matches and four games...An ankle injury sidelined him prior to Spring break and prevented him from seeing action against CS San Bernardino and LaVerne... Spiked eight kills and added a block vs. UCSD.

1996 - Redshirted the season.

High School - Lettered two years in volleyball and basketball at San Dieguito High...Two-time first team all-league and All-CIF selection in volleyball...As a senior, he was selected league and CIF MVP...Listed on the 1995 Volleyball Fab 50 list...Once spiked 52 kills in a four-game match.

Personal - Lists bodyboarding, fishing, surfing and playing the drums as favorite extracurricular activities...Lists winning the 1998 NCAA championship as his athletic highlight,

CAREER STATISTICS

Yr     MP  GP   K   E  Att  Pct  KPG Ast SA  DG DPG BS  BA  TB BPG
1997    4   4   9   5   28 .143  2.2   2  0   0 0.0  0   1   1 0.2
1998   29  85 349 117  761 .305  4.1  29 16 139 1.6  6  59  65 0.7
1999   24  84 320 130  711 .267  3.8  30 14 124 1.5  4  64  68 0.8
Total  57 173 678 252 1500 .284  3.9  61 30 263 1.5 10 124 134 0.7

  Evan Thatcher
Evan Thatcher
Player Profile
Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Encinitas, CA

High School:
San Dieguito

Height / Weight:
6-8 / 221

Position:
Opposite / Outside Hitter

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