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1999 - Earned First Team AVCA and Asics Volleyball Magazine All-America honors...Also voted to the All-MPSF First Team...Ranked second in the league with an ace average of 0.58 per game...Led the Bruins with 50 total aces...His 117 career aces ranks third on the UCLA charts...Served a season high of five aces at UCSB (2/19)...Also recorded seven matches of four aces...Dug a season best of 17 balls vs. LMU (4/9)...Ranked 12th nationally with an assist average of 16.6 per game...Ranks second on the UCLA career charts with 5,040 assists, 118 behind Stein Metzger...Recorded a season high of 97 assists vs. LBS (3/3)...Recorded a career best 10 blocks vs. LMU (1/30)...Missed several matches and parts of others because of a stomach ailment.
1998 - Earned First Team AVCA and Asics Volleyball All-America honors...Also named First Team All-MPSF...Earned AVCA and MPSF Player of the Week (4/13) after recording his first career triple-double (71 ast, 13 digs, 11 kills) vs. Pepperdine (4/10)...Recorded 1,848 set assists, breaking the single season UCLA record...Ranked seventh nationally with a 17.6 assist average and second in league at 17.7...Set a single match UCLA record with 110 assists in the NCAA semifinal vs. Lewis...Ranked first in MPSF serving with 37 aces...His .578 league ace average ranked second...He ranked fourth nationally with an overall average of .486...His 51 aces for the season ranks third on the single season UCLA charts...Served a career high six aces vs. UCI (2/26), tying the single match school record...Also served five aces vs. UCSB (2/18), Pepperdine (4/10) and LMU (4/18)...Attack average of .363 was a personal best...Spiked a season best 11 kills vs. Pepperdine (4/10)...Dug 15 balls vs. UCI (2/26)...Dug 13 balls vs. Pepperdine (4/10), 12 vs. UH (3/21) and 11 vs. BYU (3/6).
1997 - Earned MPSF and Volleyball Freshman of the Year honors...Also named AVCA Second Team All-American and Third Team All-MPSF...Set a UCLA freshman record of 1,707 set assists, just 89 shy of the school single season record...Broke Stein Metzger's 1995 single match set assists record of 95 with 99 vs. BYU (3/27)...Recorded 80 or more set assists in five other matches, including a match of 92 vs. Lewis (3/4)...Blocked eight balls vs. USC (2/19)...Recorded a career best 12 kills and three block solos vs. BYU (3/27) among seven total blocks...Dug a career best 20 balls vs. UCSB (1/31) and ranked second on the team with 222 total digs and a 2.06 dpg average...Posted nine double-digit dig matches, including 17 vs. BYU (3/27)...Against UCSB (4/26), he played one of his finest matches, hitting .500 (5-0-10), serving an ace with seven digs, two blocks and 58 set assists (19.3apg).
High School - Four-year varsity volleyball letterman for coach Mike Hurlbutt at San Clemente High...Four-time first-team All-American, three-time All-CIF and all-league selection...Led San Clemente to the 1995 CIF finals...Two-time Jr. Olympics gold medalist (1995 and '96)...1996 Los Angeles Times Orange County Player of the Year...Member of the U.S. Jr. National Team since 1994 and U.S. National "B" Team.
Personal - Chose UCLA because of its volleyball championship tradition...Enjoys beach volleyball and surfing in his spare time...Lists his greatest athletic thrill as winning the Jr. Olympics gold medal in Puerto Rico before a hostile crowd.
CAREER STATISTICS
Yr MP GP K E Att Pct KPG Ast SA DG DPG BS BA TB BPG
1997 29 106 120 45 263 .285 1.1 1707 16 222 2.1 9 90 99 0.9
1998 32 105 121 34 240 .363 1.1 1848 51 187 1.8 8 96 104 1.0
1999 24 88 85 38 194 .242 1.0 1485 50 166 1.9 3 84 87 1.0
Total 85 299 326 117 697 .299 1.1 5040 117 575 1.9 20 270 290 0.9
