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thletic Communications • 30 SFH • Provo, • (801)422-8999 •Fax: (801)422-0633 • www.byucougars.com SID Contact Information • Carey Hoki • [email protected] • (808) 782-5998 2009 Sc h e d u l e /Sc o r e b o a r d No. 9 BYU (2-3, 0-0 MPSF) Date Opponent Time/Results Jan 9 Stanford*...... L, 0-3 vs. UC Irvine*...... L, 1-3 ...... W, 3-0 No. 11 Hawai’i (1-4, 0-2 MPSF) Jan 15 Cal Baptist...... L, 2-3 Jan 1710 LewisPacific*...... W, 3-1 Smith Fieldhouse (5,000) • Provo, Utah Jan 22 Hawai’i...... 7 p.m. Jan 23 Hawai’i...... 7 p.m. January 22-23, 2009 Jan 30 at UC Santa Barbara...... 7 p.m. 7 p.m. (MT) Jan 31 at UC Santa Barbara...... 7 p.m. Feb 6 at USC...... 7 p.m. Feb 7 at USC...... 7 p.m. Feb 20 UC San Diego...... 7 p.m. Ma t c h In f o r m a t i o n Feb 21 UC San Diego...... 7 p.m. START TIME ...... 7 p.m. MT, Thursday and Friday ...... 7 p.m. SITE:...... Provo, Utah, Smith Fieldhouse (5,000) ...... 7 p.m. TELEVISION: ...... BYU-TV (Jarom Jordan, Steve Vail) MarchFeb 27 5 at CSPacific Northridge...... 7 p.m. LIVE STATS: ...... http://www.byucougars.com MarchFeb 28 6 at CSPacific Northridge...... 7 p.m. THE SERIES:...... BYU leads 25-14 March 13-14 at Long Beach State Tournament...... TBA IN PROVO: ...... BYU leads 14-3 March 20 Long Beach State...... 7 p.m. LAST MEETING: ...... April 4, 2008, BYU defeated Hawai’i in Honolulu, 3-0 March 21 Long Beach State ...... 7 p.m. March 27 UCLA ...... 7 p.m. March 28 UCLA...... 7 p.m. Co u g a r s Ho s t UH Wa r r i o r s April 2 UC Irvine...... 7 p.m. After spliting their two matches last weekend against Cal Baptist and Lewis, the No. 9 April 3 UC Irvine...... 7 p.m. April 10 at Stanford...... 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday. BYU opens MPSF play against the Warriors, while Hawaii is coming off Cougars remain at home to host Mountain Pacific Sports Federation foe No. 11 Hawai’i on April 11 at Stanford...... 7 p.m. back-to-back losses to No. 3 Pepperdine last week. April 16 at Pepperdine...... 7 p.m. April 17 at Pepperdine...... 7 p.m. Se r i e s In f o r m a t i o n April 22 MPSF Play-In Match...... TBA ...... TBA Apr 30-May 2 MPSF Finals...... TBA timeThe Cougars advantage have over been Hawai’i, consistently most recently successful winning against both the matches Warriors played at home, at the winning Stan Sheriff five of MayApril 7-9 25 NCAAMPSF QuarterfinalsChampionships @ BYU...... TBA Centerthe last in six 2008. meetings in the Smith Fieldhouse, including four straight. BYU holds a 25-14 all- *UC Santa Barbara Elephant Bar Tournament 2009 Qu i c k Fa c t s Location:...... Provo, Utah Cougars have ruled the series. Since its victory on Feb. 1, 1997, BYU has posted a 19-6 record Founded: ...... Oct. 15, 1875 Hawai’i won five fo the first seven matches played between the two teams. Since then, the Elevation: ...... 4,553 feet against the Warriors, including two separate streaks of five and six consecutive wins. Enrollment: ...... 33,278 Ma t c h Co v e r a g e Nickname: ...... Cougars Both matches will be televised live on BYU-TV with Jarom Jordan calling play-by-play and Mascot: ...... Cosmo Steve Vail offering analysis. Colors: ...... Dark Blue and White 2008 Record...... 25-5 Every home match will have a free live stats feed option. The live stats feed can be accessed 2008 MPSF Record...... 18-4 by visiting the men’s schedule page at www.byucougars.com. The live stats can be MPSF Finish: ...... Second launched by clicking on the “Live Stats” link for the appropriate game. Head Coach...... Shawn Patchell (BYU, 1993) Seasons ...... Third Re t u r n i n g Te a m Record at BYU...... 48-11 The Cougars return two starters for 2009 in junior outside hitter Andrew Stewart and junior Career Record...... same Assistant Coach (Seasons) ...... Rob Neilson (Third) returnedlibero Joel missionaries--Futi Silva. With the loss Tavana of two and All-Americans Quentin Smith. and five contributing seniors in 2008, Me d i a Re l a t i o n s this year’s team has six newcomers and no seniors. The Cougars also have two recently Primary Contact...... Carey Hoki Po s t -Ma t c h Ava i l a b i l i t y ...... (801) 422-8999 Players and coaches will be available to the media after the 10-minute cooling off period. Mobile Phone...... (808) 782-5998 You are welcome to make additional interview requests to Carey Hoki. Office Phone...... (801) 422-0633 Email ...... [email protected] SecondaryOffice FAX Contact...... Brett Pyne ...... (801) 422-4909 Email ...... [email protected] Office Phone BYU Men’s Volleyball Pa g e 2

Bi s o n /AVCA Di v i s i o n I-II Me n ’s Co a c h e s Po l l (We e k 2) Pr e s e a s o n Ex h i b i t i o n RK SCHOOL POINTS RECORD LAST WEEK 1 Penn State (16) 240 3-0 1 Cougars played against USC and Hawaii at the Warrior Fall Tournament in 2 Cal State Northridge 223 5-0 2 BYU finished its exhibition schedule having won nine of 12 matches. The 3 Stanford 204 5-1 4 4 Pepperdine 194 3-0 3 TheHonolulu, Cougars going then 5-3 returned and finishing home towith host the the best BYU record Tournament, in the tournament. going unde- 5 UC Irvine 174 4-2 5 feated against teams from Utah Valley University, UC Irvine and Southern 6 Southern California 158 3-1 6 Alberta Institute of Technology. Redshirt freshman Futi Tavana was named 7 Long Beach State 150 2-2 7 tournament MVP and joined junior Kent Tuttle on the all-tournament team. 8 UCLA 132 2-3 8 9 BYU 106 2-3 10 2008 Re c a p 10 UC Santa Barbara 96 2-3 9 Two All-America honorees, a 12-match win streak to open the season, and a 11 Hawaii 68 1-4 T-11 12 Lewis 57 1-1 T-11 were only three of the highlights in the successful 2008 BYU men’s volleyball 13 Ball State 57 0-1 13 campaign.chance at the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Tournament Championship 14 Ohio State 37 1-4 14 15 George Mason 18 1-0 15 against top-15 opponents. BYU also went 18-4 in MPSF regular-season action, Co a c h e s o r Pl a y e r s ? earningThe Cougars the team finished a No. the 2 seed season in thewith conference a record of tournament. 25-5 overall and 20-5 BYU’s entire coaching staff is coaching at its alma mater. Head coach Shawn Patchell starred for the Cougars in his playing days (1990-93) while assistant BYU was up two sets to none against the No. 5 seed Pepperdine in the MPSF coach Rob Neilson earned All-MPSF honors for BYU in 2006. Tournament championship match and had a swing for the win. Despite the large lead, the Cougars were unable put the match away. The Waves won the 20-Wi n Se a s o n s Seniors Ivan Perez and Jonathan Charette were named to the All-Tournament teamnext three and each sets, had and 20 BYU’s kills remarkable in the match. season came to an unexpected close. After finishing the 2006 season with an 18-9 record, BYU was held without 20 wins for the first time since the 2000 season. With 2008’s 25-5 finish, the The CBS College Sporst Network/AVCA Division I-II Men’s Coaches Poll Cougars have recorded 10 total 20-win seasons. The first BYU team to record in20 four wins games. was the 1994 team. The 1994 team finished its season with a 21-6 - record and advanced to the final of the MPSF Tournament, losing to Stanford ingfeatured the year BYU at at No. the 4. No. 1 spot for the first 10 full weeks of the season. The Cougars spent only one week out of the top three in the nation before finish BYU i n t h e MPSF To u r n a m e n t Much of the team’s success was attributed to the senior-heavy roster and 14 seasons including 12 consecutive trips. The Cougars all-time record in the MPSFSince 1993,tournament BYU has is qualified19-12. BYU for hasthe wonMPSF the postseason MPSF tournament tournament three in 13times of Amongamount those of experience seniors were among three-time the players. AVCA Division I-II Men’s Volleyball All-Americans Russell Holmes and Perez. Holmes was recognized with First - Team honors and Perez was named to the Second Team in 2008. Holmes and mentand holds championships an 11-5 record in 2003 in the and first 2004. round, 5-5 record in the semifinals and 3-2 record in tournament finals. The Cougars won consecutive MPSF tourna Perez were also named First Team All-MPSF and were joined by Sorensen as an Honorable Mention. BYU i n t h e NCAA To u r n a m e n t The Cougars have made four NCAA tournament appearances As a team, the 2008 BYU squad left its mark on the record books. It set a new in the program’s history. Impressively, BYU has brought home the hardware in three of its four NCAA tournament appear- third in school history in total blocks (342.5), tied for fourth in school history ances. The Cougars boast a 7-1 overall record in NCAA tour- school record with 1,178 digs as a team (previous record -- 994), finished (all records as of 2001 when rally scoring began). matches. The Cougars only loss in the NCAA tournament was in service aces (115), and finished fifth in the record books in assists (1,631) nament play and a perfect 4-0 record in national semifinal - Individually, there were also two Cougars who set school records. Perez set tomatic bids to the Final Four by winning the MPSF tournament three times: a school record with 16 digs in three sets against Stanford, Feb. 23 (rally 1999,in 2003 2003 when and they 2004. lost to Lewis in a five-game thriller. BYU has earned au scoring rules). His 236 digs on the season beat the school’s previous all-time rally-scoring record, yet is second only to the 249 digs his teammate Joel Silva This year the Smith Fieldhouse will serve as host to the 2009 NCAA Men’s racked up in 2008 as well. Perez is also atop BYU’s all-time digs list with 672 Volleyball Championships on May 7-9, 2009. and total games played list with 391.

Al l -Am e r i c a n s Ho m e Co u r t Ad v a n t a g e - AVCA All-Americans last year, it marked the 15th consecutive season the house, facing teams like No. 1 NAIA team Cal Baptist, No. 5 Pepperdine, No. CougarsWith Russell have Holmes had an All-American.(first team) and Since Ivan 1993, Perez 20 (second different team) players being have named 6BYU Cal finished State Northridge its 2008 season and No. with 8 UC a Irvine.14-1(.933) The record atwas the the Smith fourth Field best mark in Cougar history behind the 1998 (11-0, 1.000), 2004 (16-1, .941) and second-team honors. 1999 (15-1, .938) seasons. earned 38 citations, 14 of which are first-team honors and 13 of which are

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MPSF Pr e s e a s o n Po l l Su mm e r i n Be i j i n g Place Team Points 2008 Record Junior libero Joel Silva was one of several current BYU T-1 Pepperdine 104 (4) 17-11 overall; 12-10 MPSF athletes who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics in T-1 UCLA 104 (2) 17-14 overall; 12-10 MPSF this summer. Silva played with his national team of 3 Long Beach St. 87 (2) 23-7 overall; 18-4 MPSF Venezuela in the Olympics. In a match against the United 4 CS Northridge 84 (2) 23-7 overall; 17-5 MPSF States, Silva was pitted against his former BYU coach Ryan 5 UC Irvine 80 (1) 16-15 overall; 11-11 MPSF Millar and former BYU outside hitter Rich Lambourne. The 6 USC 79 (1) 13-16 overall; 10-12 MPSF U.S. went on to win the gold medal, thanks in part to their 7 Stanford 76 17-11 overall; 12-10 MPSF head coach, and former BYU player and assistant coach, Hugh McCutcheon. 8 BYU 70 25-5 overall; 18-4 MPSF 9 Hawaii 41 11-16 overall; 8-14 MPSF Up Ne x t 10 UC Santa 28 10-17 overall; 7-15 MPSF 11 UC San Diego 26 10-19 overall; 6-16 MPSF matches will begin at 7 p.m. PT. Next week the Cougars will travel to UC Santa Barbara on Jan 30-31. Both 12 Pacific 13 4-24 overall; 1-21 MPSF MPSF St a n d i n g s (Th r o u g h Ja n . 19, 2009) Team Overall Pct. MPSF Pct. CS Northridge 5-0 1.000 2-0 1.00 Pepperdine 3-0 1.000 2-0 1.00 Stanford 5-1 .833 1-0 1.00 Long Beach State 2-2 .500 1-0 1.00 UC Irvine 4-2 .667 1-1 .500 UCLA 2-3 .400 1-1 .500 USC 3-1 .750 0-0 .000 BYU 2-3 .400 0-0 .000 UC San Diego 1-2 .333 0-1 .000

UC Santa Barbara 2-3 .400 0-2 .000 HawaiiPacific 1-42-4 .200.333 0-20-1 .000

2009 Te a m In f o r m a t i o n Overall Record in 2008: 25-5 2008 Conference Record: 18-4 Final National Ranking: 4th Final Conference Finish : 2nd Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 8/5 Starters Returning/Lost: 2, including libero/4

Federation (MPSF) CourtConference: (capacity): SmithMountain Fieldhouse Pacific Sports (5,000) and Marriott Center (22,700)

Wh e r e Ar e Yo u Fr o m ? Players come from all over the world to play with BYU’s volleyball team. The Cougars have players from , Puerto Rico and Venezuela on their roster. Eight states are also represented on this year’s team: Arizona, California, Ohio, Hawaii, Illinois, Nevada, Utah and Wisconsin. California leads the way with 4 players hailing from the Golden State.

Br e a k d o w n b y St a t e /Co u n t r y : Arizona (1) Puerto Rico (1) BJ Hiapo Yamil Perez Brazil (1) Nevada (3) Otavio Souza Joe Kauliakamoa Jeff Robinson California (4) Kevin Sagers Utah (3) AlexSkyler Da Seymour Pron Quentin Smith MaxKent GuillaumeTuttle Andrew Stewart Mat Taylor Hawaii (1) Futi Tavana Venezuela (1) Joel Silva Ohio (1) Reed Chilton Wisconsin (1) Phillip Fuchs Illinois (1) Russell Lavaja w w w .b y u c o u g a r s .c o m BYU Men’s Volleyball Pa g e 4

2009 Nu m e r i c a l Ro s t e r No. na m e Po s . ht. cl. ho m e t o w n / Pr e v i o u s Sc h o o l 1 Kent Tuttle OPP 6-6 Jr. El Dorado Hills, CA/Oak Ridge HS 3 Reed Chilton S 6-3 Jr. Centerville, OH/Centerville HS 24 MaxJoel SilvaGuillaume MBLIB 6-86-2 Fr.Jr. RedwoodSan Fernando, City, CA/St.Venezuela/Park Francis HS University 5 Russell Lavaja MB 6-7 Fr. St. Charles, IL/St Charles North HS 7 Jeff Robinson OH 6-4 So. Las Vegas, NV/Centennial HS 8 Joe Kauliakamoa OH 6-4 Fr. Las Vegas, NV/Palo Verde HS 10 Mat Taylor OPP 6-6 Jr. Orem, UT/Orem HS 911 OtavioKevin Sagers Souza MBOH 6-76-3 So. Florinapolis,Las Vegas, NV/Centennial Brazil/Univ. de HS Caxias do Sul 13 Quintin Smith OPP 6-6 Fr. Sandy, UT/Skyline HS 14 Yamil Perez S 6-1 Jr. Guaynabo, Puerto Rico/Colegio Marista 15 Andrew Stewart OH 6-6 Jr. Sandy, UT/Skyline HS 17 Va’afuti Tavana MB 6-8 Fr. Kalaheo, HI/Kauai HS 18 BJ Hiapo LIB 6-0 So. Gilbert, AZ/Long Beach City College

23 AlexSkylar Da Seymour Pron OHMB 6-56-6 So.Fr. ValleyValencia, Center, CA/Valencia CA/UC Irvine HS Phillip Fuchs OH 6-4 Fr. Menomonee Fall, WI/Brookfield East HS

2009 Al p h a b e t i c a l Ro s t e r No. na m e Po s . ht. cl. ho m e t o w n /Pr e v i o u s Sc h o o l 3 Reed Chilton S 6-3 Jr. Centerville, OH/Centerville HS

23 Alex Da Pron OH 6-5 So. Valley Center, CA/UC Irvine 18 PhillipBJ Hiapo Fuchs OHLIB 6-46-0 Fr.So. MenomoneeGilbert, AZ/Long Fall, BeachWI/Brookfield City College East HS 28 MaxJoe Kauliakamoa Guillaume MBOH 6-86-4 Fr. RedwoodLas Vegas, City, NV/Palo CA/St. Verde Francis HS HS 5 Russell Lavaja MB 6-7 Fr. St. Charles, IL/St Charles North HS 14 Yamil Perez S 6-1 Jr. Guaynabo, Puerto Rico/Colegio Marista 7 Jeff Robinson OH 6-4 So. Las Vegas, NV/Centennial HS 11 Kevin Sagers OH 6-3 So. Las Vegas, NV/Centennial HS Skylar Seymour MB 6-6 Fr. Valencia, CA/Valencia HS 4 Joel Silva LIB 6-2 Jr. San Fernando, Venezuela/Park University 13 Quintin Smith OPP 6-6 Fr. Sandy, UT/Skyline HS 15 Andrew Stewart OH 6-6 Jr. Sandy, UT/Alta HS 917 OtavioVa’afuti Souza Tavana MB 6-76-8 So.Fr. Florinapolis,Kalaheo, HI/Kauai Brazil/Univ. HS de Caxias do Sul 10 Mat Taylor OPP 6-6 Jr. Orem, UT/Orem HS 1 Kent Tuttle OPP 6-6 Jr. El Dorado Hills, CA/Oak Ridge HS

Co a c h e s : Head Coach: Shawn Patchell (BYU, 1995), third season Assist. Coach: Rob Nielson (BYU, 2006), third season

Br e a k d o w n b y Po s i t i o n Liberos (2) Br e a k d o w n b y Cl a ss Kevin Sagers Outside Hitters (6) BJ Hiapo Freshmen (7) Otavio Souza Joel Silva Phillip Fuchs Phillip Fuchs Juniors (6) AlexJoe Kauliakamoa Da Pron Middle Blockers (5) Joe Kauliakamoa Reed Chilton Jeff Robinson MaxRussell Guillaume Lavaja Yamil Perez Kevin Sagers Russell Lavaja Skyler Seymour Joel Silva Andrew Stewart MaxSkyler Guillaume Seymour Quentin Smith Andrew Stewart Otavio Souza Futi Tavana Mat Taylor Opposites (3) Futi Tavana Kent Tuttle Quentin Smith Sophomores (5) Mat Taylor Setters (2) Kent Tuttle Reed Chilton BJ Hiapo Yamil Perez AlexJeff Robinson Da Pron Th r e e -Ti m e Na t i o n a l Ch a m p i o n s BYU Men’s Volleyball Pa g e 5

He a d Co a c h Sh a w n Pa t c h e l l Ass i s t a n t Co a c h Ro b Ne i l s o n With a career record of 48-11, Shawn Patchell is in his Rob Neilson enters his third season as an assistant coach third year as head coach and seventh year overall as at BYU. Neilson has been coaching volleyball at summer a member of BYU’s staff. Patchell came to BYU from camps since 2000. He played for and coached under Laguna Beach High School where he was head coach for former BYU coaches Carl McGown and Tom Peterson. both the boys and girls volleyball teams. Neilson is no stranger to BYU volleyball. He was the In addition to his BYU coaching responsibilities, Patchell starting setter for two years with the Cougars in 2005 was selected to be the 2008-09 Junior National Team and 2006. As a junior in 2005, Neilson earned All-Moun- Head Coach. The Junior National Team competed in El Salvador last summer where they took the bronze medal while also being named Academic All-MPSF. He started everytain Pacific match Sports in his Federationjunior and seniorHonorable year. Mention Neilson wasstatus in 2009. Patchell also coached the Youth National Team at the FIVB World named the USA Today/AVCA National Player of the Week in his junior season and qualified for the World Championships held in India from his play against Hawaii. in the Youth World Championships. In 2006 Patchell assisted the Youth Na- tionalChampionships Team to a inwin Mexico over Cubain 2007, and the a silver first USmedal team at tothe qualify Dominican and participate Republic As a senior, Neilson earned All-MPSF Honorable Mention and Academic All- MPSF honors for his second consecutive season. All totaled, Neilson played in 314 career games for BYU which is seventh in BYU history. He was a member DuringNORCECA the tourny summer which of 2005, qualified Patchell team coached USA for the the US World World Championships. University Games of BYU s 2004 National Championship team. team.

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Croatia. He earned a BS degree from 199093 and recorded a .398 career hitting percentage. In 1992, inNeilson, neuroscience who was from raised BYU in in Pacific 2006. Palisades, Neilson married Calif., served Sarah aWheatly mission in for Septem The - PatchellsA member junior of BYUs year, first he NCAAled the mens nation volleyball in hitting team, percentage Patchell at was .488 a starterand was ber 2006. honored as AllAcademic Western Intercollegiate Volleyball Association. He was ranked fourth and 10th nationally in hitting and blocking his senior Vo l u n t e e r Ass i s t a n t Co a c h Ro d r i g o Go m e s Rodrigo Gomes is a native of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil who No. 1ranked Gran Canaria Team in the Canary Islands and also represented played one year on the BYU squad. He began his vol- theyear. US Patchell in the Federationplayed professionally International in SpainVolleyball for the Association Euro Cup Sandqualifier Volleyball and leyball training on the beaches of Rio de Janeiro with his Circuit in Europe. father as his coach. He went on to lead his Impacto High School team to a Rio de Janeiro Championship and two Patchell earned his BA in English with a minor in business management from BYU in 1993 and a masters degree in English Literature from the University also played two years of club volleyball for Tisuca Tenis of California at Irvine in 2000. He is a parttime member of the BYU English Club,second Fluminese place finishes under in Gilberto the national Girino tournament. before coming He to Department and Business School where he teaches literature and composi- Provo. tion classes. Shawn and his wife Davis enjoy being outdoors with their four children: Jordan (12), Sage (10) Soren (6) and Kai (1). As a freshman in 2006, Gomes played in 22 matches and started one. He recorded 44 kills and eight aces on the year to go along Year Wins Losses Pct. Final Ranking 2007 23 6 .793 No. 4 career-high 13 kills, two aces and four digs against Ohio State in arguably his 2008 25 4 .857 No. 4 with his 32 digs and five blocks at the outside hitter position. He recorded a Totals 48 10 .828 best performance of the year. He is currently in his second year as a volunteer assistant coach with the team.

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To p Re t u r n e r s Joel Silva Andrew Stewart Libero Outside Hitter 6-2, Jr. 6-6, Jr. San Fernando, Venezuela/Park University Sandy, Utah/Alta High School

SOPHOMORE - (2007-2008): Played in and started 28 SOPHOMORE - (2007-2008): Played in 29 matches and matches and 105 games ... set BYU rally-scoring record with 249 digs ... was among the nation’s top 20 in digs the team with 266 kills ... recorded double-digit kills and digs-per-game ... recorded career high 21 digs at in108 14 games matches ... started and double 28 matches digit digs ... finished in three fourth matches on Hawaii, Apr. 3 ... tallied 10 or more digs in 11 matches on with one double-double on the season (10 kills, 13 digs the year ... beat previous personal best of 14 digs three at UC Irvine, Feb. 15) ... had career-high 16 digs in the times on the season ... spent the summer competing with the Venezuelan MPSF Championship match, Apr. 26 ... recorded career-high 36 attempts at UC Senior National Team ... competed at the 2008 Beijing . Irvine, Feb. 16 ... tallied two service aces at home against USC, Apr. 12.

FRESHMAN - (2006-2007): Played in 28 matches and 95 games at Libero ... FRESHMAN - (2006-2007): Played in 19 matches, starting 11 ... appeared in leads the team with 208 digs and 2.19 digs per game ... recorded double-digits 44 games throughout the season ... recorded 63 kills (1.43 kpg), three service in digs eight times ... registered a career-high 14 digs against Hawaii on Feb. aces, 43 digs (0.98 dpg) and 22 blocks, including two block solos ... registered 24 ... recorded 12 digs on April 7 against UC San Diego. a career-high 16 kills in Jan. 6 win over Cal-Baptist ... recorded 10 digs in Jan. 5 match against Cal-Baptist ... recorded nine kills, a career-high .500 hitting Before BYU Played at El Pinar secondary school for Miguel Cambero ... also played for he April 7 win over UC San Diego. Lara club team and the Venezuela men’s national team ... was a member of percentage and a career-high six total blocks while adding five digs in BYU’s the Venezuelan National Champions with the Lara club team ... also played Before BYU and . Earned All-State honors in volleyball at Alta High School under Deb Gross ... captain of team ... named to the High School Fab 50 ... honor roll student ... Personal played club volleyball for the Twin Peaks Club under Barry Larsen for three Born in San Fernando de Apure, Venezuela ... parents are Joel Silva Orozco and years ... served as captain on club team ... played soccer for 9 years before Maria Elena Pantoja ... has one brother and three sisters ... brother, Freddys switching to basketball. played professional indoor soccer in Venezuela ... enjoys reading and the Star Wars movies ... majoring in electrical engineering ... started playing volleyball Personal after watching Gustavo Valderrama of the Venezuelan national team play in Born in Sandy, Utah ... parents are Garn and Susan Stewart ... brother, Bryan, the 1998 American Cup. plays volleyball at BYU ... started playing volleyball with coach Barry Larsen - ing and hanging out with friends and family ... served a mission for The Churchand his ofown Jesus family Christ ... played of Latter-day at club nationalsSaints in Campinas,... enjoys hiking, Brazil fishing,from 2004- camp 2006.

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La s t Ye a r Ag a i n s t Ha w a i i April 3, 2008

Federation playoffs and possibly throughout, the No. 3 BYU men’s volleyball One match closer to hosting the first round of the Mountain Pacific Sports at the Stan Sheriff Center in four sets (30-26, 30-28, 24-30, 30-27). team (20-4, 15-4) beat No. 13 Hawaii (10-14, 7-12) in the first of two matches The Cougars as a team hit .247 on the night and were led by senior Ivan Perez’ 15 kills. Trent Sorenson, Russell Holmes, and Jonathan Charette each had 10 kills apiece on the night as well as setter Reed Chilton spread the wealth evenly to his attackers. The Warriors, on the other hand, were led by Joshua

“OurWalker’s middles match were leading very 29good,” kills BYU and headhad no coach other Shawn hitters Patchell in double said. figures. “We were able to get the ball to them well, and they only had two erros apiece. Andrew Stewart also came off the bench and hit well. Joel Silva also had a career-high 21 digs in a four game match to lead us defensively. Those guys really picked us up tonight.” second set. Hawaii controlled the third set, and the fourth was tight to the wire.BYU led The early score and was throughout tied at 24-24 the infirst the set fourth, and came but Chilton from behind set four to differentwin the

Cougars for five of the last six points as BYU earned the win. April 4, 2008 playoffs set in stone, the No. 3 BYU men’s volleyball (21-4, 16-4) team earned itsWith 21st a first-round victory of the home season match in ina three-set the Mountain sweep Pacific (31-29, Sports 30-19, Federation 30-24) over No. 13 Hawaii (10-15, 7-13) in Honolulu.

Senior Jonathan Charette led all attackers with 11 kills on the night, but fellow-senior Trent Sorensen racked up 10 kills hitting .562 with a service knock down 29 kills in the match the night before, BYU held him to 10 kills on 42ace, swings two digs, with and 10 six errors blocks. and After a .000 allowing attack percentageHawaii standout in the Joshua sweep. Walker In total, to the Cougars held the Warriors to a .102 attack percentage on the night, the lowest the blue and white have allowed all season.

“Joel Silva had a nice weekend,” BYU head coach Shawn Patchell said when asked about the matches’ highlights. “He had 36 digs on the weekend, and 15 in a three set match is great. Our middles were great, both hitting high per- centages and keeping the ball in play. Yamil Perez also came in off the bench and brought some great energy for us tonight as well.”

Cougars. BYU was down late in the set, but came from behind to take the set 31-29.The first The set second saw 11 set ties was and all four BYU lead as the changes Cougars between held Hawaii the Warriors to a .043 and attack percentage in the set and won 30-19. It was more of the same in the deciding set. BYU hit .344 in the third set and won 30-24.

Re c o r d s Ve r s u s 2009 Opp o n e n t s TEAM W L Home Away Cal Baptist 8 4 8-3 0-1 Lewis 9 1 6-0 3-1 Hawaii 25 14 14-3 11-10 UC Santa Barbara 24 15 15-6 9-9

Cal State Northridge 24 15 14-7 9-8 LongPacific Beach State 1520 185 8-613-0 5-117-5 UCLA 16 26 9-9 4-17 UC Irvine 32 9 16-3 15-6 Stanford 21 9 12-2 11-6 Pepperdine 15 22 10-7 5-14

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Se a s o n /Ca r e e r Hi g h s No. Name Kills Attempts Hit % (min. 8 att.) Digs Block Assists Block Solos Total Blocks Service Aces Assists 1 Kent Tuttle 21 (UCI, 1/9/09) 45 (UCI, 1/9/09) .750 (Pacific, 1/10/09) 5 (three times) 5 (CBU, 1/15/09) 3 (Stan, 1/9/09) 5 (CBU, 1/15/09) -- -- Career: same same same same same same same -- --

2 Max Guillaume ------1 (Pacific, 1/10/09) 1 (Pacific, 1/10/09) ------Career: ------same same ------

3 Reed Chilton 1 (two times) 4 (CBU, 1/15/09) -- 11 (CBU, 1/15/09) 4 (two times) 1 (Stan, 1/9/09) 4 (three times) 2 (Lewis, 1/17/09) 53 (CBU, 1/15/09) Career: 3 (CBU, 1/26/08) 4 (two times) -- same 4 (three times) 1 (two times) 4 (four times) same 59 (Lewis, 1/19/08)

4 Joel Silva 1 (CBU, 1/15/09) 1 (CBU, 1/15/09) -- 12 (UCI, 1/9/09) ------1 (two times) Career: 1 (three times) 1 (four times) -- 21 (Hawaii, 4/3/08) ------2 (three times)

5 Russell Lavaja 6 (UCI, 1/9/09) 13 (UCI, 1/9/09) .231 (UCI, 1/9/09) 2 (Stan, 1/9/09) 5 (UCI, 1/9/09) 4 (Stan, 1/9/09) 6 (Stan, 1/9/09) -- -- Career: same same same same same same same -- --

7 Jeff Robinson 11 (UCI, 1/9/09) 28 (UCI, 1/9/09) .259 (CBU, 1/15/09) 3 (CBU, 1/15/09) 2 (CBU, 1/15/09) -- 2 (CBU, 1/15/09) 1 (CBU, 1/15/09) 2 (UCI, 1/9/09) Career: 18 (UCSB, 3/29/08) 29 (UCSB, 3/29/08) .517 (UCSB, 3/29/08) 13 (Hawaii, 4/3/08) 2 (two times) -- 2 (two times) 1 (two times) 2 (two times)

8 Joe Kauliakamoa -- 1 (Pacific, 1/10/09) -- 2 (CBU, 1/15/09) ------1 (Pacific, 1/10/09) 20 (Pacific, 1/10/09) Career: -- same -- same ------same same

9 Otavio Souza 7 (two times) 14 (CBU, 1/15/09) .545 (Lewis, 1/17/09) 2 (Lewis, 1/17/09) 7 (CBU, 1/15/09) -- 7 (CBU, 1/15/09) -- 5 (Lewis, 1/17/09) Career: same same same same same -- same -- same

10 Mat Taylor 16 (Lewis, 1/17/09) 28 (Lewis, 1/17/09) .833 (Pacific, 1/10/09) 5 (Lewis, 1/17/09) 2 (three times) 1 (CBU, 1/15/09) 3 (CBU, 1/15/09) 1 (Pacific, 1/10/09) -- Career: same same same 9 (Stan, 2/22/08) 2 (six times) same same 2 (UCSD, 1/11/08) 1 (two times)

11 Kevin Sagers 16 (Lewis, 1/17/09) 29 (Lewis, 1/17/09) .357 (UCI, 1/9/09) 8 (Lewis, 1/17/09) 2 (Lewis, 1/17/09) -- 2 (Lewis, 1/17/09) 2 (UCI, 1/9/09) 1 (Lewis, 1/17/09) Career: same same same same same -- same same same

13 Quentin Smith ------Career: ------

14 Yamil Perez 1 (Lewis, 1/17/09) 3 (Lewis, 1/17/09) -- 12 (Lewis, 1/17/09) 2 (UCI, 1/9/09) 1 (Lewis, 1/17/09) 2 (two times) 2 (Pacific, 1/10/09) 58 (Lewis, 1/17/09) Career: 3 (two times) 5 (CBU, 1/6/07) -- 13 (UCSD, 4/6/07) 6 (UCSD, 4/7/07) 1 (seven times) 6 (UCSD, 4/7/07) 2 (six times) 72 (UCI, 2/3/07)

15 Andrew Stewart 22 (CBU, 1/15/09) 42 (CBU, 1/15/09) .524 (Pacific, 1/10/09) 8 (UCI, 1/9/09) 6 (Pacific, 1/10/09) 2 (Stan, 1/9/09) 6 (Pacific, 1/10/09) 1 (four times) 1 (Lewis, 1/17/09) Career: same same same 16 (Pepp, 4/26/08) 6 (two times) same 6 (two times) 2 (USC, 4/12/08) 2 (four times)

17 Futi Tavana 12 (CBU, 1/15/09) 20 (CBU, 1/15/09) .500 (CBU, 1/15/09) 3 (two times) 6 (two times) 1 (two times) 7 (UCI, 1/9/09) 1 (Pacific, 1/10/09) 1 (UCI, 1/9/09) Career: same same same same same same same same same

18 BJ Hiapo ------2 (Pacific, 1/10/09) ------1 (Pacific, 1/10/09) Career: ------same ------same

23 Alex Da Pron 4 (Pacific, 1/10/09) 9 (Pacific, 1/10/09) .333 (Pacific, 1/10/09) 4 (Pacific, 1/10/09) 2 (Pacific, 1/10/09) 1 (two times) 3 (Pacific, 1/10/09 -- 1 (Pacific, 1/10/09) Career: same same same same same same same -- same

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In d i v i d u a l Se a s o n St a t s (a s o f Ja n . 17, 2009) Ov e r a l l : 2-3 co n f : 0-0 ho m e : 1-1 aw a y : 0-0 ne u t r a l : 1-2

------ATTACK------SET------SERVE------## Name GP MP-MS K K/Game E TA Pct A A/Game SA SA/Gm SE 4 SILVA, Joel 17 5- 1 0.06 0 1 1.000 2 0.12 0 0.00 0 10 TAYLOR, Mat 11 4- 34 3.09 7 61 .443 0 0.00 1 0.09 4 17 TAVANA, Futi 16 4- 34 2.12 9 62 .403 1 0.06 1 0.06 4 9 SOUZA, Otavio 11 4- 17 1.55 6 30 .367 9 0.82 0 0.00 1 15 STEWART, Andrew 19 5- 65 3.42 24 137 .299 1 0.05 4 0.21 5

7 ROBINSON, Jeff 12 5- 26 2.17 10 67 .239 3 0.25 1 0.08 5 1123 SAGERS,DA PRON, Kevin Alex 153 5-2- 364 2.401.33 181 7611 .237.273 1 0.070.33 30 0.200.00 92 5 LAVAJA, Russell 9 4- 10 1.11 5 23 .217 0 0.00 0 0.00 7 1 TUTTLE, Kent 14 5- 41 2.93 23 98 .184 0 0.00 0 0.00 8

18 HIAPO, BJ 1 1- 0 0.00 0 0 .000 1 1.00 0 0.00 0 142 PEREZ,GUILLAUME, Yamil Max 143 5-2- 10 0.070.00 10 30 .000 1080 7.710.00 30 0.210.00 91 3 CHILTON, Reed 14 4- 2 0.14 3 7 -.143 82 5.86 4 0.29 3 8 KAULIAKAMOA, Joe 16 5- 0 0.00 1 1 -1.000 20 1.25 1 0.06 2 BYU COUGARS...... 19 5- 271 14.26 108 577 .282 229 12.05 18 0.95 60 Opponents...... 19 5- 285 15.00 108 633 .280 232 12.21 33 1.74 86

------DIG------BLOCKING------## Name G RE DIG Dig/G BS BA Total B/Game BE BHE 4 SILVA, Joel 17 7 34 2.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 3 10 TAYLOR, Mat 11 0 12 1.09 1 6 7 0.64 1 1 17 TAVANA, Futi 16 0 9 0.56 2 18 20 1.25 2 0 9 SOUZA, Otavio 11 1 3 0.27 0 13 13 1.18 3 0 15 STEWART, Andrew 19 11 29 1.53 2 15 17 0.89 3 3

7 ROBINSON, Jeff 12 4 7 0.58 0 3 3 0.25 0 1 1123 SAGERS,DA PRON, Kevin Alex 153 43 174 1.131.33 02 32 34 0.201.33 10 20 5 LAVAJA, Russell 9 0 3 0.33 5 12 17 1.89 3 0 1 TUTTLE, Kent 14 0 16 1.14 3 12 15 1.07 4 0

18 HIAPO, BJ 1 2 2 2.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 142 PEREZ,GUILLAUME, Yamil Max 143 0 160 1.140.00 10 41 51 0.360.33 0 0 3 CHILTON, Reed 14 0 15 1.07 1 11 12 0.86 1 1 8 KAULIAKAMOA, Joe 16 0 5 0.31 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 TEAM 1 BYU COUGARS...... 19 33 172 9.05 17 100 67.0 3.53 18 11 Opponents...... 19 17 161 8.47 23 53 49.5 2.61 21 13

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