Ucla Quick Facts
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
TABLE OF CONTENTS 2008 UCLA BRUINS UICK ACTS 2 UCLA Q F Th e 2008 Season Outlook .................................2 2008 Roster .......................................................4 Address .........................................J.D. Morgan Center, TV/Radio Roster ...............................................5 PO Box 24044 2008 Schedule .........................Inside Back Cover Los Angeles, CA 90024-0044 Athletic Dept. Phone ............................(310) 825-8699 THE COACHING STAFF Ticket Offi ce ................................... (310) UCLA-WIN Chancellor ............................................Dr. Gene Block Head Coach Al Scates .......................................6 Director of Athletics .......................Daniel G. Guerrero Assistant Coach Brian Rofer ..............................9 Faculty Athletic Rep. ......................... Donald Morrison Assistant Coach J.T. Wenger ..............................9 Sr. Associate Director/SWA .......................Petrina Long Volunteer Assistant Coach Walt Ker ..................9 Enrollment .........................................................36,890 Key Support Staff ..............................................9 Founded ................................................................1919 Where Are Th ey Now ......................................10 Colors ....................................................Blue and Gold Nickname........................................................... Bruins PLAYER BIOGRAPHIES Conference ......................................... Mountain Pacifi c Sports Federation Th e Players ......................................................11 Conference Phone ................................(530) 669-7600 Conference Fax.....................................(530) 669-7627 THE 2007 SEASON Conference Website ..........................www.mpsports.org Setter Kevin Ker National Affi liation ........................... NCAA Division I 2007 Results ....................................................22 Home Courts (Capacities) .......Pauley Pavilion (12,800) Record vs. Opponents .....................................22 John Wooden Center (2,000) 2007 Individual Statistics ................................23 Home Records ........................at Pauley (374-61, .860) 2007 Individual Season Bests ..........................24 ......................................................at JWC (57-6, .905) Miscellaneous Statistics/Final Rankings ...........24 Press Row Phone ................................. (310) 825-1899 2007 MPSF Final Standings and Statistics .......25 Head Coach (Alma Mater) .........Al Scates (UCLA ’61) Scates’ Offi ce Phone .............................(310) 794-5683 UCLA RECORDS Scates’ Career Record ............ 1,154-223 (.838), 45 yrs. 31 Assistant Coaches ....................Brian Rofer (UCLA ’82) All-Time UCLA Volleyball Records .................26 Rofer’s Offi ce Phone ........................(310) 794-7298 Career and Season Charts ................................27 J.T. Wenger (UCLA ’04) Rally-Scoring Career and Season Charts ..........30 Wenger’s Offi ce Phone ....................(310) 206-6398 Volunteer Asst. Coach ................ Walt Ker (CSUN ’76) UCLA HISTORY Ker’s Offi ce Phone ...............................(310) 206-6398 UCLA Volleyball Lettermen ............................32 2007 Overall Record ........................................... 19-11 UCLA’s 19 NCAA Championships .................34 2007 MPSF Record/Finish .............................13-9, 5th UCLA’s NCAA Championship Results ...........37 2007 MPSF Tournament Finish ...........................T-5th 2007 NCAA Finish .................................................dnq NCAA Volleyball Championship Summary ....38 Lettermen/Starters Returning ................................ 11/5 UCLA’s Championship Starters .......................39 Lettermen/Starters Lost ........................................... 4/2 Bruin All-Stars NCAA Post-Season Record..........................52-7 (.881) USVBA All-Americans ..............................40 NCAA Titles .............................................................19 NCAA All-Americans ................................40 National Championships ...........................................24 NCAA All-Tournament Team Selections ..... 41 Men’s Volleyball Contact .......................Rich Bertolucci All-Conference Selections ..........................41 SID Offi ce Phone .................................(310) 206-8141 Players of the Year ......................................42 SID Fax ................................................(310) 825-8664 U.S. National Team Members ....................42 UCLA Fanfone .....................................(310) 825-8575 Olympic Team Members ...........................42 Former All-American Mike Website ........................................ www.uclabruins.com UCLA Professional Players ........................43 Whitcomb Academic All-Stars .....................................43 ON THE COVER Magazine Covers .......................................43 Clockwise from top left: Sophomore setter Kevin Ker, All-Time Pro Beach Victories ....................44 junior quick hitter Jamie Diefenbach, sophomore op- Career Earnings List ..................................44 posite Brett Perrine, junior setter Matt Wade, senior Career Beach Team Victories .....................44 Libero Tony Ker, sophomore outside hitter Garrett Saluting UCLA’s Hall of Famers ......................45 Muagututia. Cover design by Alex Timiraos. Saluting UCLA’s 2004 Olympians ...................48 CREDITS GENERAL INFORMATION Th e 2008 UCLA Men’s Volleyball media guide was written Key Administrators and Support Staff .............51 and edited by Rich Bertolucci, Associate Sports Information Director. Special assistance and thanks to Nancy N. Ishiki. Pauley Pavilion ................................................52 Hall of Fame collage on page 45 designed by Alex Timiraos. Scenes from a Championship ..........................53 Photography by ASUCLA Campus Studio (Don Liebig). 2008 Opponents .............................................54 Coordinated by Marina Graphics. Special thanks to Getty Bruin Spikers ...................................................55 Images and the FIVB for their photos. Th e UCLA Experience ...................................... I Copies of the men’s volleyball media guide can be purchased in person at UCLA’s Sports Information Offi ce for $7.00. By mail, make checks payable for $8.00 to UC Regents and mail to UCLA Sports Information Offi ce, PO Box 24044, Los Angeles, CA 90024-0044. 2008 UCLA MEN’S VOLLEYBALL 1 SEASON OUTLOOK ne of the hallmarks of the UCLA men’s volleyball program is SETTERS its unwavering optimism. Players graduate, lineups change, Th e Bruins boast two setters with plenty of experience, each Oinexperience pervades, youth dominates. Head Coach Al with his own strengths. Junior Matt Wade has played 59 matches over Scates, entering his 46th season, sees only the opportunities of renewed two seasons and sophomore Kevin Ker started 17 of the 28 matches development and increased options. He sees the excitement of new he played last season. players when experience leaves; he welcomes challenges at positions “Th ey split the setting duties last season,” said Scates. “Th ey’ve that once seemed secure and he smiles when senior leaders emerge both improved from last season. [At this point] I’m not sure who’s go- on young teams. ing to get the most playing time this year. Th ey will both play a lot.” Such is the case with the 2008 edition of the Bruins, who lost more Wade, at 6-5, has a four-inch height advantage over his than 900 points to graduation, and could feature a lineup of mostly counterpart and is a strong blocker. In a fi ve-game victory against UC sophomores and freshmen. In UCLA’s development-focused program, Irvine on Apr. 6, he came off the bench to score 4.5 points on nine new players always step up. Scates welcomes the return of four regular block assists. starters and two players who each started half the matches at setter. Ker has the ability to score more points, recording 25 aces Only at UCLA would a returning starter be battling for playing time, last season for an average of 0.3 per game. As a starter for the fi nal while an incoming freshman at the same position has locked down the 16 matches, he piloted the Bruins’ off ense to a hitting percentage of job. Only at UCLA could fans believe the Bruins could win a national .336 and a 12-4 record. He also scored 1.2 ppg, served 18 aces and championship rotating two pairs of players at two positions. averaged 12.3 assists per game. Scates also returns fi ve other lettermen, three of which have started “It’s going to come down to who is setting the best at the at least once, and all of which have the ability to contribute. time,” said the head coach. “Th ey’ve both worked with all the hitters Following are capsule summaries on the Bruins’ 2008 person- and they know all the options.” nel: “We’ve won national championships with two setters be- fore, most recently in 2006 with Wade and Dennis Gonzalez,” Scates recalled. Th ird-year sophomore Cooper O’Connor is the Bruins’ third setter. He recorded nine assists in the alumni match on Nov. 27. Scates says he’s confi dent in O’Connor’s ability to back up Wade or Ker. OPPOSITES All-American Steve Klosterman, the Bruins’ all-time rally- scoring leader in points, has graduated, and replacing him won’t be easy. Still, Scates has the luxury of using one of two players who have varsity