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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 , CA 90024-0044 Athletic Dept. Phone ...... (310) 825-8699 THE COACHING STAFF Ticket Offi ce ...... (310) UCLA-WIN Chancellor ...... Dr. Gene Block Head Coach ...... 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) ...... (12,800) Record vs. Opponents ...... 22 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 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 experience as starters at this position. In the Fall, Scates trained true freshman Weston Dunlap at the position before moving redshirt sophomore Brett Perrine, last year’s starting quick hitter, to opposite. When it became apparent that Perrine would be the starter at opposite, Dunlap was moved to Perrine’s blocking spot. “Right now, Brett would get the starting nod [at opposite],” explained Scates. “He also has a tremendous vertical jump, he’s athletic and he hits the ball hard. He also has an explosive jump serve.” As a quick hitter last season, Perrine hit .315 and blocked a ball a game. He recorded 18 aces and scored 248 points in 27 matches. Moving him to opposite better utilizes his athleticism and allows Dunlap, who is 6-7, a chance to start at his high school position. Junior Sean O’Malley, a two-year letterman at opposite, is battling Perrine for more playing time. Last season a wrist injury limited his playing time to eight matches, although he established a career high of 15.5 points in a starting role against Hawai’i. Th e previ- ous season, he started seven of the 23 matches in which he played. “Sean is blocking better and hitting well,” said Scates. “Th is position is just like the setting position: whoever is hot will play the most.” “We’ve alternated opposites on a couple of NCAA cham- pionship teams,” he recalled. “In 2000, we used [Evan] Th atcher and [Ed] Ratledge. Going back before that, we used Dan Landry and Mike Diehl in 1993.”

OUTSIDE HITTERS Th e Bruins return one starter at this position and must replace another top scorer, Paul George. Again, Scates has some experienced Sophomore Kevin Ker options as well as some emerging players.

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Sophomore Garrett Muagututia started 28 matches as a and consensus First-Team All-America honors last season. He also is freshman, averaged nearly three kills per game, and scored 358.5 points. poised to become the Bruins’ career digs leader and one of the program’s He recorded 12 double-digit kill matches and a pair of double-digit dig all-time great passers. performances. An outstanding passer, he recorded a 97.4% reception Last season, Ker recorded 18 errorless passing matches, raising rate with 17 errorless passing matches. his career total to 48. He passed better than 97% of his chances, covering “Garrett does everything well,” commented Scates. “Th is year a lot of court. In the digs department, he recorded 10 double-digit dig he’s lighter, he’s jumping higher and he’s hitting the ball very hard. He’s matches, raising his career total to 41. also digging many more balls than last year. He’s even more explosive “Tony is one of the best, if not the best, defensive players in out of the back row. And, he hasn’t even reached his potential; he’s just the country,” said Scates. “No player in the country passes more court going to get better.” as eff ectively than Tony. And he keeps getting better. Sophomore Dylan Bowermaster appears to be the frontrunner A solid student, Ker has been a member of the Director’s to replace George at the open outside hitter’s spot. Last season he played Honor Roll six times, including all three quarters last season, and is a in 17 matches and 27 games, scoring a career-high of nine points against candidate for CoSIDA Academic All-America honors. Ball State. He also recorded a career-high of seven kills in a starting role Th e Bruins also will be developing freshman Tom Hastings, against Cal Baptist. a graduate of Esperanza HS, who earned fi rst-team All-CIF, all-confer- “Bowermaster has the edge over [two players],” said Scates, ence and all-county honors. As team captain, he helped lead the Aztecs noting that the 6-6 Mater Dei HS graduate has a slight edge in experi- to the Orange County championship. ence. “He’s playing behind a fi rst-team All-American, so we hope Junior Ryan Ratelle and redshirt sophomore Jeff Woodley to redshirt him,” said Scates. “He’s an outstanding Libero. He’s unfl ap- also are competing for playing time at this spot. As a freshman in 2006, pable out there — relaxed. He passes our best servers and doesn’t get Ratelle played in eight matches, recording a career-high of four kills rattled.” and 4.5 points against Hawai’i. In two seasons, he has a perfect passing percentage. Woodley played in one match last season and recorded his only kill. Against the Alumni he recorded four kills and an ace for fi ve points, and passed all seven of his chances successfully.

QUICK HITTERS Freshman Weston Dunlap assumed the starting role vacated by Perrine when the latter moved to opposite. Th e 6-7 Dunlap earned six varsity letters at Newport Harbor HS, where he led the Sailors in kills and blocks as a senior and earned All-CIF honors twice. Dunlap also helped the Balboa Bay Club to a pair of bronze medals at the Junior Olympics. “Dunlap will start at one of the quick hitter positions,” said Scates. “As soon as we moved him [to the middle], he became our best hitter there.” According to Scates, Dunlap’s quickness, blocking instincts and his ability to run precise routes were the primary reasons that earned him the starting job. At the other quick hitter spot, a pair of redshirt juniors will battle for playing time. Returning starter Jamie Diefenbach is trying to hold off a vastly improved D.J. Stromath. Diefenbach, who recorded a couple of key blocks in the 2006 NCAA championship match, returns after starting all 29 of the matches in which he played last season. He led the Bruins in blocking with a 1.2 bpg average, a mark that ranks third on the single season rally-scoring chart. He also ranked seventh on the fi nal MPSF blocking chart. “One thing Diefenbach has developed is a better serve,” said Scates. “We will score a lot of points when he’s serving.” Stromath, although he has played in just seven matches in his career, has vastly improved his blocking, according to Scates. “D.J. has become one of the team’s best blockers,” said Scates. “He doesn’t have much playing experience, but he’s off to a fast start. His blocking technique is the best on the team.” In addition, 6-8 redshirt sophomore Shaun Nichols played in 18 matches last season. In his fi rst career start, he scored a career-high of 16 points against USC on Mar. 31 with 13 kills and six total blocks.

LIBERO Senior Tony Ker has established himself as one of the nation’s best Liberos, having earned Defensive Player of the Year honors twice Two-time Defensive Player of the Year Tony Ker

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NUMERICAL

No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown (High School) 1 Tony Ker*** L 5-11 180 Sr. Valencia, CA (Valencia) 2 Sean O’Malley** Opp 6-9 210 Jr. Oak Park, IL (River Forest) 4 Cooper O’Connor S 6-3 180 So.† Long Beach, CA (Los Alamitos) 6 Jeff Woodley OH 6-5 190 So.† Poway, CA (Poway) 7 Garrett Muagututia* OH 6-5 235 So. Oceanside, CA (Francis Parker) 10 Brett Perrine* Opp 6-5 220 So.† Costa Mesa, CA (Newport Harbor) 12 Dylan Bowermaster* OH 6-6 205 So. Huntington Beach, CA (Mater Dei) 14 James Scilacci Q 6-5 205 Fr.† Pacifi c Palisades, CA (Loyola) 15 Matt Wade** S 6-5 190 Jr. Redondo Beach, CA (Mira Costa) 16 Weston Dunlap Q 6-7 200 Fr. Newport Beach, CA (Newport Harbor) 17 D.J. Stromath* Q 6-7 230 Jr.† Manhattan Beach, CA (Mira Costa) 19 Jamie Diefenbach** Q 6-8 250 Jr.† Newport Beach, CA (Newport Harbor) 23 Ryan Ratelle* OH 6-4 160 Jr. Huntington Beach, CA (Marina) 25 Kevin Ker* S 6-1 190 So. Valencia, CA (Valencia) 30 Jeremy Casebeer OH 6-4 190 Fr. Santa Barbara, CA (Santa Barbara) 51 Shaun Nichols* Q 6-8 220 So.† Fair Oaks, CA (Granite Bay) Marko Glisic Q 6-10 240 Fr.† Pancevo, Serbia (Acorn HS, Ark.) Teddy Goetz OH 6-5 200 Fr.† Valencia, CA (Valencia) Tom Hastings L 5-10 150 Fr. Yorba Linda, CA (Esperanza) Kent Kraushaar OH 6-5 215 So. Irvine, CA (Woodbridge) *Varsity letters earned. †Has utilized redshirt year. Head Coach: Al Scates (UCLA ’61), 46th year Assistants: Brian Rofer (UCLA ’82), J.T. Wenger (UCLA ’04) Volunteer Assistant Coach: Walt Ker (CSUN ‘76) Staff Trainer: Dale Rudd (CSUN ‘76) Student Trainers: Kimberly Pham, Stephanie Wong Speed-Strength and Conditioning Coach: Dr. Phil Wagner Managers: Elliot McDonald, Sean Perez, Jordan Smith (statistician)

ALPHABETICAL PRONUNCIATION ROSTER

NO. NAME POS. PRONUNCIATION NO. NAME POS. PRONUNCIATION 12 Dylan Bowermaster OH standard 7 Garrett Muagututia OH moo-ahn-gut-two-CHEE-ah 30 Jeremy Casebeer OH CASE-beer 51 Shaun Nichols Q standard 19 Jamie Diefenbach Q DEE-fen-bahk 4 Cooper O’Connor S standard 16 Weston Dunlap Q standard 2 Sean O’Malley Opp standard Marko Glisic Q GLISS-ic 10 Brett Perrine Opp per-RINE Teddy Goetz OH Gets 23 Ryan Ratelle OH ruh-TELL Tom Hastings L standard 14 James Scilacci Q skill-LAH-chee 25 Kevin Ker S standard 17 D. J. Stromath Q STROE-math 1 Tony Ker L standard 15 Matt Wade S standard Kent Kraushaar OH KRAW-shar 6 Jeff Woodley OH standard

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#1 TONY KER #2 SEAN O’MALLEY #4 COOPER O’CONNOR #6 JEFF WOODLEY #7 GARRETT MUAGUTUTIA L • 5-11 • 180 • SR. OP • 6-9 • 210 • JR. S • 6-3 • 180 • SO. OH • 6-5 • 190 • SO. OH • 6-5 • 235 • SO. VALENCIA, CA OAK PARK, IL LONG BEACH, CA POWAY, CA OCEANSIDE, CA

#10 BRETT PERRINE #12 DYLAN BOWERMASTER #14 JAMES SCILACCI #15 MATT WADE #16 WESTON DUNLAP OPP • 6-5 • 220 • SO. OH • 6-6 • 205 • SO. Q • 6-5 • 205 • RFR. S • 6-5 • 190 • JR. Q • 6-7 • 200 • FR. COSTA MESA, CA HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA PACIFIC PALISADES, CA REDONDO BEACH, CA NEWPORT BEACH, CA

#17 D. J. STROMATH #19 JAMIE DIEFENBACH #23 RYAN RATELLE #25 KEVIN KER #30 JEREMY CASEBEER Q • 6-7 • 230 • JR. Q • 6-8 • 250 • JR. OH • 6-4 • 160 • JR. S • 6-1 • 190 • SO. OH • 6-4 • 190 • FR. MANHATTAN BEACH, CA NEWPORT BEACH, CA HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA VALENCIA, CA SANTA BARBARA, CA

#51 SHAUN NICHOLS MARKO GLISIC TEDDY GOETZ TOM HASTINGS KENT KRAUSHAAR Q • 6-8 • 220 • SO. Q • 6-10 • 240 • RFR. OH • 6-5 • 200 • RFR. L • 5-10 • 150 • FR. OH • 6-5 • 215 • SO. FAIR OAKS, CA PANCEVO, SERBIA VALENCIA, CA YORBA LINDA, CA IRVINE, CA

2008 UCLA MEN’S VOLLEYBALL 5 THE COACHING STAFF

AL SCATES (UCLA ’61) • HEAD COACH • 46TH SEASON sporting mentors, among them UCLA volleyball Klosterman earned Most Outstanding Player hon- coach Al Scates . . .,” wrote Sally B. Donnelly in ors and seniors Damien Scott and Dennis Gonzalez Time Magazine. were named to the All-Tournament Team. Scates’ program produces unparalleled suc- Scates was named the 2006 Coach of the cess because of three elements: 1) outstanding Year by Spike/Volleyball magazine. student-athletes; 2) an excellent coaching staff In 2005, Scates guided the Bruins to a record and 3) a winning tradition. of 26-6 and an appearance in the NCAA Finals Al Scates and UCLA volleyball won NCAA for the 24th time, a collegiate record. Quick hitter championships in 1970-71-72-74-75-76-79-81- Paul Johnson became UCLA’s 51st First-Team 82-83-84-87-89-93-95-96-98-2000-06. He is All-American and freshman Tony Ker earned the only coach to have guided his team to three second-team honors. Th e Bruins fi nished second successive titles three times, including four straight in conference play with a record of 18-4 and both from 1981-84. Scates was named Coach of the Ker and Johnson were First-Team All-MPSF selec- Year in 1984, ’87, ’93, ’96, ’98 and 2006. tions. On March 8, 2005 Scates won his 1,100th Scates’ 45-year coaching record of 1,154-223 match — a 3-0 victory in Pauley Pavilion against (.838) is one of the best in collegiate sports. Th at Penn State. record ranks fi rst among all collegiate volleyball On Dec. 16, 2004, Scates was inducted into coaches in all divisions. In addition to their 19 the AVCA Hall of Fame. NCAA titles, the Bruins also won USVBA col- In 2004, the Bruins recorded an overall record legiate championships in 1965 and ’67 under of 24-6, 17-5 in conference play. Two players Scates’ stewardship. During his fi ve decades at earned All-America honors and six were selected UCLA, he has coached 52 diff erent fi rst-team to various All-MPSF Teams. At the Olympics in CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: NCAA and 26 USVBA All-Americans, 44 U.S. Athens, fi ve former players represented UCLA, • UCLA Alumni Award for Professional National Team members, 27 Olympians and seven incuding four who played on the beach. Achievement diff erent Players of the Year. On May 17, 2003, Scates received the • USA Last season, the Bruins recorded their 45th UCLA Alumni Association Award for Professional consecutive winning season, a national leader. Achievement. • AVCA Hall of Fame Junior Tony Ker became the 52nd fi rst-team In September 2003, Scates was named as a • UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame All-American in the • California Beach Volleyball Hall of Scates Era and Steve AL SCATES ERA ACCOMPLISHMENTS Fame Klosterman became the Bruins’ all-time leader in • Inducted into the AVCA Hall of Fame in 2004; • 21 National Championships kills and points during • First active coach inducted into the USA Volleyball Hall of Fame; • 19 NCAA Championships the rally-scoring era. • First active coach inducted into the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame; • 17 NCAA Tournament Most Two years ago, • 2003 UCLA Alumni Association Award for Professional Achievement; Scates guided the Bru- • First recipient of USA Volleyball’s All-Time Great Volleyball Coaches Outstanding Players ins to their most excit- • 23 Conference Championships Award; ing NCAA title, taking • In 2003, his fourth book, “Th e Complete Guide to Volleyball Condi- • 52 First-Team All-Americans a team that was 12-12 tioning,” was published; through mid-season and • 19 NCAA titles since 1970, including six in the last 15 years; • 1,154 career victories leading it on a 14- • Named coach of the USA Volleyball All-Era Team, 1978-2002; • Six-time Coach of the Year match march through • First Recipient of USAVB All-Time Great the last third of the • Named co-coach of the 15th Anniversary All-MPSF Team; • 2001 U.S. Sports Academy Distinguished Service Award; Coaches Award league season, the MPSF playoff s and the NCAA • Inducted into the California Beach Volleyball Hall of Fame in 1998; Tournament. No player • Six-time NCAA Coach of the Year; earned AVCA 1st Team • 1998 USA Volleyball National Coach of the Year; ach season the UCLA volleyball team All-America or 1st Team • U.S. Olympic Committee 1998 Coach of the Year; points toward one goal: winning the All-MPSF honors, and • A 52-7 (.881) record in NCAA Tournament* matches; NCAA championship. First place is the yet, when the dust settled • A record of 25-1 in NCAA Tournament* matches in Pauley Pavilion; E at the end of the season, only acceptable fi nish. Al Scates has coached UCLA • More collegiate victories (1,154) than any volleyball coach in any divi- to 19 NCAA titles, while all other collegiate men’s the Bruins were NCAA sion; volleyball programs have won 17 championships champions once again. • Only coach to guide three teams (1979, ’82 and ’84) to undefeated sea- combined. Scates’ 19th title, won against Penn Th eir fi nal 26-12 mark sons; State in 2006, continued one of the greatest careers set a record for most • Co-invented the Vertec in 1979; losses by a champion in collegiate coaching. • UCLA men’s volleyball holds 27 NCAA records under his direction; and they became the Wrote the late Jim Murray, a Pulitzer Prize • Has coached 52 fi rst-team NCAA and 26 USVBA All-Americans, 44 winning columnist for the Los Angeles Times, fi rst seventh-seeded team in league history to win U.S. National Team members, 27 Olympians and seven diff erent Players “Al Scates?! Precisely. Th e one and only. Th e of the Year; man who is to volleyball what (John) Wooden the conference tourna- ment. • USVBA Leader in Volleyball Award; was to basketball, (Red) Sanders was to football, • Founded the SCVA in 1963 and served as its commissioner until 1972 Napolean to artillery…” At the NCAA *NCAA record among schools with fi ve or more appearances. “California boasts some of the world’s best Championship, Steve

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Al Scates with his 2007 Scholar Athletes (l-r): coach to the USA Volleyball Men’s All-Era Team Ryan Ratelle, Jamie for the period between 1978-2002, joining former Diefenbach, Eric Bruin players Doug Partie and . the Year. Finally, he was elected to the California (UCLA ’76) served as Chaghouri, Tony Ker On October 3, 2003 Scates was inducted Beach Volleyball Hall of Fame. head coach. Ian Jackson and Todd into the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame, the fi rst In 1997, Scates guided a team that had lost At the 1996 At- Smith. active coach in UCLA history to be enshrined. the co-player of the year and its primary passer lanta Games, Kiraly made history by becoming In 2003, he co-authored his fourth book, to the NCAA title match for the fi fth consecutive the only male volleyball player ever to win three “Th e Complete Guide to Volleyball Conditioning,” year. Th e Bruins, who rallied from an 0-2 defi cit Olympic gold medals. Kiraly and partner, Kent with former UCLA Strength Coach, Mike Linn. in the fi nal, came within two swings of stealing Steff es, won the inaugural Olympic Beach Vol- In 2002, the Bruins rose to No.1 in the their third straight title. Scates coached the Bruins leyball competition at Atlanta Beach. rankings before untimely injuries to key starters at to their fi fth consecutive MPSF Mountain Divi- Indoors at Atlanta, Scates served as a con- playoff time ended their season. Still, three starters sion crown and was named 1997 MPSF Coach sultant to the U.S. team, watching former All- earned post-season honors, and three other players of the Year. Americans Jeff Nygaard and Dan Landry as well earned all-conference acclaim. Sophomore Adam On February 19, 1997, the Bruins defeated as coaches Fred Sturm and Rudy Suwara. Shrader was named ASICS/Volleyball Libero of the USC on the road, capturing Scates’ 900th career On the AVP Tour, former Bruins Sinjin Year and senior Matt Komer earned second-team victory. Smith and were the beach circuit’s AVCA All-America honors. Freshman Jonathan In 1996, Scates took a team that lost four premier team in the 1980s. Smith won 139 profes- Acosta earned distinction in Sports Illustrated’s starters from the previous season’s national cham- sional beach tournaments. Kiraly has dominated Faces in the Crowd. pionship squad and guided it to a fourth straight the beach circuit by winning a record 148 open In 2001, seniors Mark Williams and Adam division title and league championship, fi nally beach tournaments. He also has earned more than Naeve earned fi rst-team AVCA All-America honors culminating in UCLA’s 16th NCAA title and 21st $3 million in his professional beach career. and led the Bruins to the NCAA fi nals for the national championship in men’s volleyball. Scates played on six USA championship second time in three years. Th e Bruins won their In 1995, Scates guided the Bruins to their teams and was named All-American several 23rd league title, 11th in the previous 13 years. 15th NCAA title, a 31-1 record and a third straight times. Scates also was awarded the Distinguished Sports conference divisional title. Th e Bruins fi nished During his fi rst year coaching at UCLA, Award by the U.S. Sports Academy. the season with 19 straight victories, and were Scates founded the Southern California Volleyball On Feb. 3, 2001, Scates won his 1,000th ranked No.1 nationally in the coaches poll for 34 Assn. and served as its commissioner from 1963- career match, a 3-1 triumph at Pepperdine. In consecutive weeks dating to 1993. From 1993- 72. Th e SCVA is now known as the Mountain addition, the Bruins won their fourth straight 95, the Bruins amassed streaks of 42 consecutive Pacifi c Sports Federation. Outrigger Hotels Invitational. Finally, Scott conference victories, 34 straight home wins and He chaired the NCAA Volleyball Committee Morrow and Adam Naeve earned NCAA All- 28 straight road triumphs. In May of 1995, he for two years and was also chairman of the USVBA Tournament honors. was selected as one of the inaugural recipients Collegiate Volleyball Committee. From 2005-07, In 2000, senior Brandon Taliaferro motivated of USA Volleyball’s All-Time Great Volleyball he served a three-year term on the AVCA Board of the Bruins on the court and Scates prepared them Coaches Award. Directors as the men’s collegiate representative. for an exciting run to the national championship. Scates became the fi rst active coach to be Th e UCLA alumnus earned a BS in Physical Forced to win the grueling MPSF Championship, inducted into the Volleyball Hall of Fame in cer- Education in 1961 and completed his Master’s in the Bruins defeated defending NCAA champion emonies at Holyoke, MA, in October of 1993. P.E. from UCLA in 1962. BYU in the fi rst round, beat Loyola Marymount Under Scates, UCLA holds 27 NCAA men’s Th e former UCLA All-American has trav- in the semifi nals and ousted Pepperdine in the volleyball team and individual records, including eled the world as both a player and coach, and is league championship match to earn the top seed consecutive victories (48), consecutive home court recognized as one of the United States’ foremost at the NCAAs. Th en, they swept Penn State in victories (83), consecutive NCAA tournament volleyball authorities. In the summer of 1997, the semifi nals and Ohio State in the fi nals to victories (15) and most undefeated seasons (3). No he guided a contingent of current and former capture title No. 18. Taliaferro earned Player of other program boasts an undefeated season. collegiate players at the World University Games the Year honors from Volleyball Magazine, senior In 1984, Scates saw three of his former in Sicily. Matt Davis earned Libero of the Year honors players, Karch Kiraly, Dave Saunders and Steve In 1999 Scates served as the Head Coach and Williams, Seth Burnham, Evan Th atcher Salmons, lead the U.S. Olympic volleyball team of the USA Team that competed in the World and Morrow earned either All-America, NCAA to the gold medal. In addition, former UCLA All- University Games in Mallorca, Spain. All-Tournament or All-MPSF honors. Americans Doug Partie and joined Scates and his wife, Sue, live in Encino. In 1999, fi ve of six starters received all- Kiraly and Saunders on the 1988 Olympic Team, Sue is a Broker Associate for Coldwell Banker league accolades and juniors Taliaferro and Naeve which successfully defended its Olympic title. in Encino. Th ey have three children, daughters repeated as AVCA First-Team All-Americans. Under the leadership of Kiraly, Partie and Tracy (UCLA ’86) and Leslie (Northern Arizona In 1998, Scates’ masterful expertise brought Salmons, the U.S. Team completed its only Triple ‘04), and a son, David (CS Northridge ‘93), and the Bruins to the NCAA fi nals for the sixth straight Crown, adding a 1986 World Championship title three grandchildren born to Leslie. Tracy and her season. After outlasting Lewis University in the to its 1985 World Cup crown and ’84 Olympic husband live in San Rafael. Tracy is a freelance NCAA semifi nals, the Bruins’ championship gold medal. Kiraly left no doubt that he was the trainer, facilitator and coach; helping organizations experience enabled them to sweep Pepperdine for world’s best volleyball player, earning World Cup with strategic change and leadership development. their 17th title. Scates also earned a unique trifecta and USA Cup Most Valuable Player honors. David is a teacher at Hoover High in Glendale of coaching accolades: he was voted AVCA, USA At the 1992 Olympics, Partie returned to the and a U.S. Coast Guard reservist. Leslie is a special Volleyball and U.S. Olympic Committee Coach of USA Team and led it to a bronze medal. Fred Sturm education teacher in Arizona.

2008 UCLA MEN’S VOLLEYBALL 7 THE COACHING STAFF

L CATES AREER ECORD A S ’ C R NCAA RECORDS IN THE AL SCATES ERA Conf. National TEAM AND COACHING RECORDS Year Record Finish Finish* Most NCAA Championships: 19, by Al Scates (1970-present) 1963 26-3 2nd Second, USVBA Consecutive Winning Seasons: 45, by Al Scates (1970-present) 1964 23-4 1st Second, USVBA Most Victories: 1,154 by Al Scates (1963-present) 1965 24-2 1st USVBA Champions Highest Winning Percentage, Season: 1.000 by UCLA in 1984 1966 25-3 1st Second, USVBA (38-0), 1979 (30-0) and 1982 (29-0). 1967 23-3 1st USVBA Champions Undefeated Seasons: 3 by UCLA — 1979, 1982, 1984 1968 24-5 2nd Fourth, USVBA Consecutive Victories: 48 by UCLA from 1983-85 1969 27-3 2nd Second, USVBA Number of Weeks Ranked No.1: 113 by AVCA 1970 24-1 1st NCAA Champions Consecutive Home Court Victories: 83 by UCLA from 1975- 1971 29-1 2nd NCAA Champions 83 1972 27-7 2nd NCAA Champions Best Team Hitting Percentage, Season: .420 by UCLA in 1993 1973 21-8 4th Regional Runner-up 1974 30-5 3rd NCAA Champions TEAM AND INDIVIDUAL NCAA TOURNAMENT RECORDS 1975 27-8 4th NCAA Champions Most NCAA Championships Won: 19 by UCLA Most NCAA Tournament Victories: 52 1976 15-2 1st NCAA Champions Best NCAA Tournament Record and Percentage*: 52-7 (.881) 1977 19-4 2nd Regional Runner-up by UCLA 1978 21-3 1st NCAA Runner-up Best NCAA Tournament Home Record: 25-1 (.962) by UCLA 1979 30-0 1st NCAA Champions Best NCAA Finals Record*: 19-6 (.760) by UCLA 1980 32-2 1st NCAA Runner-up Best NCAA Finals Home Record: 9-1 (.900) by UCLA 1981 32-3 2nd NCAA Champions Consecutive NCAA Tournament Victories: 15 by UCLA 1982 29-0 1st NCAA Champions NCAA Tournament Appearances: 25 by UCLA 1983 27-4 1st NCAA Champions Longest NCAA Championship Final: 3 hours, 27 minutes, UCLA 1984 38-0 1st NCAA Champions vs. Hawaii, 1996 1985 32-8 3rd Regional Runner-up Highest Team Hitting Percentage, Match: .562 by UCLA vs. 1986 30-9 2nd Regional Runner-up IPFW, 1994 Highest Team Hitting Percentage, Tournament: .463 by UCLA, 1987 38-3 1st NCAA Champions 1993 1988 28-10 4th First Round, Regionals Highest Individual Hitting Percentage, Match: .867 by Jeff 1989 29-5 1st, tie NCAA Champions Nygaard, UCLA vs. Ohio State, 1993 1990 23-5 1st Regional Runner-up Most Team Kills, Match: 132, UCLA vs. Lewis, 1998 1991 16-9 1st Regional Runner-up Most Losses by an NCAA Champion: 12, UCLA, 2006 1992 17-7 2nd Regional Runner-up 1993 24-3 1st NCAA Champions INDIVIDUAL SEASON AND CAREER RECORDS 1994 27-2 1st NCAA Runner-up 1995 31-1 1st NCAA Champions Most Total Blocks, Career: 682 by Trevor Schirman, 1987-90 Most Matches With Double Figure Blocks, Season: 9 by Trevor 1996 26-5 1st NCAA Champions Schirman in 1990 1997 24-5 1st NCAA Runner-up Most Matches With Double Figure Blocks, Career: 19, by Trevor 1998 28-4 1st NCAA Champions Schirman, 1987-90 1999 20-7 3rd First Round, Regionals Highest Hitting Percentage, Season: .539 by Tim Kelly, 1994 2000 29-5 1st NCAA Champions 2001 24-8 1st NCAA Runner-up *Based on fi ve or more NCAA appearances. 2002* 25-7 T-2nd (T-5th) Regional Runner-up 2003* 15-14 9th (na) — 2004* 24-6 3rd (2nd) Regional Semifi nals 2005* 26-6 2nd (T-5th) NCAA Runner-up 2006* 26-12 7th (1st) NCAA Champions 2007* 19-11 5th (T-5th) First Round, Regionals Totals 1,154-223 23 Titles, 19 NCAA Titles, (.838) 1 shared 2 USVBA titles NCAA Record: 982-200 (.831) *MPSF Tournament fi nish listed in parentheses. UCLA also won USVBA Collegiate Championships in 1953, ’54 and ’56.

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BRIAN ROFER J.T. WENGER (UCLA ’82) • ASSISTANT COACH • 18TH YEAR (UCLA ’04) • ASSISTANT COACH • SECOND YEAR Recognized as one of the top as- Former UCLA volleyball standout sistant coaches in collegiate volleyball, J.T. Wenger begins his second season as Brian Rofer begins his 18th year as a the Bruins’ second assistant coach. member of Al Scates’ staff . Wenger’s duties include breaking Under Rofer, the Bruins’ recruiting down videotape, tracking the players’ eff orts have netted some of the top high academic progress and managing the school players in the nation, including Bruins’ apparel needs. Erik Sullivan, , Jeff Nygaard, In the Summer of 2007, Wenger Stein Metzger, Kevin Wong, Paul Nihi- served as an assistant coach of the Boys pali, Fred Robins, Tom Stillwell, Danny USA U-15 Select Team. Farmer, Brandon Taliaferro, Adam In December 2007, Wenger Naeve, Mark Williams, Matt Komer, coached the U.S. Team in the Maccabi Scott Morrow, Jonathan Acosta, Steve Games. Klosterman and Tony Ker. Many of these In 2006-07, the UCLA men’s volleyball program achieved the players were instrumental in the Bruins advancing to 10 NCAA fi nals highest team grade point average among all of UCLA’s teams with 25 and winning six national championships since 1993. or more members. Rofer, a member of the 1979 NCAA title team, lettered for Scates Wenger lettered three seasons (2001, ’03 and ’04) for the Bruins from 1978-80 as a middle blocker. He played with former UCLA and played extensively as a senior in 2004. Th at season he played in 28 All-Americans , Peter Ehrman, Steve Salmons, and Karch matches, slammed 216 kills and averaged 2.8 kpg. Th e Bruins fi nished Kiraly among others. with a record of 24-6 and advanced to the MPSF semifi nals. Wenger In 1990, Rofer served as the head boys’ volleyball coach at Edison graduated with a degree in Political Science in 2004. He was named High School and led the Chargers to a runner-up fi nish in the CIF 4A to the Director’s Honor Roll eight times. championship. He was named Orange County Coach of the Year. After graduation, Wenger worked in the fi nance industry at both At Fountain Valley High School, where he graduated in 1977, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and the Chicago Board of Trade Rofer lettered three years in volleyball as a middle blocker and once for SMW Trading. in basketball. In volleyball he earned All-CIF and All-State honors as Prior to working as a commodities trader, Wenger played pro- a senior and helped lead his team to the CIF 4A quarterfi nals. fessional volleyball for the Corozal Plataneros of the Puerto Rico Rofer, who graduated with a degree in Psychology, resides in Superior League. Angeleno Heights, a historic Los Angeles neighborhood. Recently, he From the Fall of 2004 to the Summer of 2005, Wenger served as wrote a children’s book, “I Know the Monster is Real,” available for head coach for the Boys 15 Elite team for Adversity Volleyball under purchase in the UCLA Student Store. Brian and his wife, Christina, are the direction of Mike Hulett in Northfi eld, IL. the proud parents of Remington Brian Rofer born in June 2002.

KEY SUPPORT STAFF WALT KER (CSUN ‘76) • VOLUNTEER ASST. COACH • SECOND YEAR

Walt Ker begins his second season as the Bruins’ Volunteer Assistant Coach after serving in the same capacity during UCLA’s championship run in 2006. Ker has extensive experience coaching volleyball in the Southland. He started the men’s program at Cal ELLIOT MCDONALD JORDAN SMITH State Northridge in 1976 and coached TEAM MANAGER STATISTICIAN the CSUN men until 1984. During that time, he also began coaching the CSUN women’s team, and guided the Matadors to three NCAA Division II championships in 15 years. Five times during his reign the CSUN women were the NCAA runnerup. A veteran club coach as well, Ker has guided four teams to na- tional championships, including three on which his son Tony played. Ker also coached his son Kevin to a national title in 2004. Tony has started three seasons and Kevin is competing for a starting job at set- ter. Youngest son Jamey signed a National Letter of Intent to UCLA in November. For the past 15 years, Ker has worked as a mortgage broker in KIMBERLY PHAM STEPHANIE WONG the Santa Clarita Valley. He and his wife Cathy have been married STUDENT TRAINER STUDENT TRAINER 23 years.

2008 UCLA MEN’S VOLLEYBALL 9 WHERE ARE THEY NOW …

Years Lettered Name at UCLA Career Highlights 1965-68 Head Women’s Coach, UCLA Doug Brooks 1975-77 Dentist Jeff Campbell 1985 Head Men’s Coach, Cal State Northridge Dennis Cline 1974-76 Attorney at Law, Los Angeles Dan Conners 2001 Assistant Women’s Coach, UCLA Matt Davis 1997-2000 Dentist, San Diego Peter Ehrman 1978-81 Branch Manager and President of Investments, Morgan Stanley, Honolulu, HI Greg Giovanazzi 1975-77 Head Women’s Coach, University of Michigan, retired Steve Gulnac 1979-81, ’83 Honda Research and Development Coordinator, Ricci Luyties Torrance, CA Bruce Herring 1969-71 San Diego City Manager Tim Kelly 1991-94 President, Bring It Promotions Mark Kinnison 1980-82 President of Commerical Wood Products, Dove Canyon, CA Karch Kiraly 1979-82 ESPN commentator Mark Knudsen 1992 President, Gold Mountain Media, Inc.; Head Boys’ Coach, Valencia HS Ricci Luyties 1981-84 Head Women’s Coach, University of Southern Mississippi Ed Machado 1968-71 President, Reef Publishers, Leucadia, CA Lee Mason 1960-61 Judge Stein Metzger 1993-96 Professional Beach Volleyball Player, Los Angeles Trong Nguyen 1994-97 Fellow, Orthopaedic Surgery, Long Beach David Nichols 1974-75, ’77 Head Women’s Coach, Barry University Paul Nihipali 1994-97 Producer/Director Reed Sunahara Jeff Nygaard 1992-95 Professional Beach Volleyball Player Dave Olbright 1976-78 Sales Manager, Jostens, Santa Ana, CA Doug Partie 1981-84 President, A.B. Technical Systems Chris Peña 2001-04 Professional Volleyball Player, Germany Doug Rabe 1975-78 Tenat Healthcare, Dallas, TX Scott Rolles 1978, ’80 Restaurant Owner, Hawaii Brian Rofer 1978-80 UCLA Assistant Coach 1965-66 Owner, Westlake Tennis Club Dave Saunders 1979-82 KSON Advertising Executive, San Diego, CA Adam Shrader 2001-04 Law Student, University of San Diego Mike Sealy 1990-93 Associate Women’s Coach, University of Hawaii Sinjin Smith 1976-79 FIVB Executive Director John Speraw 1992-95 Head Men’s Coach, UC Irvine Tom Stillwell 1995-98 Chairman, Creative Division, L.A. Filmco Andy Banachowski Steve Stovitz 1984-86 Sports Medicine, University of Minnesota Fred Sturm 1972-73, ’75-76 Head Coach, Denmark Men’s Team Erik Sullivan 1992-95 Assistant Women’s Coach, University of Colorado Reed Sunahara 1982-84, ’86 Head Women’s Coach, University of Cincinnati Steve Suttich 1978 Former Head Women’s Coach, Washington Rudy Suwara 1967-70* Retired USA Men’s Assistant Coach Brandon Taliaferro 1997-2000 Professional Volleyball Player, Slovenia Mike Timmons 1978-81 Senior Marketing Director, Centerstone Insurance and Financial, Anaheim, CA Toshi Toyoda 1969 CPA, Seattle, WA Eric Vallely 1996-98 Senior Merchandiser, Cleveland Golf Asbjorn Volstad 1984-87 Computer Engineer, Norway Ron Von Hagen 1973* Property Management and Investments, Telluride, CO J.T. Wenger 2001, 2003-04 UCLA Assistant Coach John Speraw Mark Williams 1998-2001 Professional Beach Volleyball Player, AVP/FIVB Jeff Williams 1985-87 Senior Account Executive, EMC Corp. Court Young 1998-99 Actor, Los Angeles *Year(s) served as an assistant coach.

L-r: Fred Sturm, Greg Giovanazzi, Dave Nichols Mike Sealy

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Brett Perrine (l) and Garrett Muagututia combine for a block against Long Beach State in 2007.

2008 UCLA MEN’S VOLLEYBALL 11 THE PLAYERS

#12 DYLAN BOWERMASTER OUTSIDE HITTER • 6-6 • 205 • SOPHOMORE • HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA (MATER DEI) 2007 — Played in 17 matches and 27 and Serra League fi rst-team selection … In his sophomore year, the games … Scored a career-high 9.0 points Monarchs advanced to the CIF quarterfi nals after sharing the Serra vs. BSU (3/16) with six kills (.600) and League championship … Th ey advanced to the fi rst and second rounds three aces off the bench … Made his fi rst in 2005 and 2006, respectively. start against CBU (4/3) and recorded Club — Played for LBC for three years before switching to the Surf seven kills, a career-high … Recorded fi ve City Volleyball Club in 2006 … With LBC, he earned Jr. Olympics kills vs. UCI (1/6) and BYU (1/12) … All-Tournament honors three years, winning a silver medal in 2005 Recorded three kills (.400) and one block … With Surf City, he won a bronze medal and earned all-tournament assist for 3.5 points vs. LBS (2/28). honors for the fourth straight year. High School — Four-time varsity Personal — Fourth of fi ve children … Has two older brothers, an volleyball letterman at Mater Dei HS older sister and one younger sister … Chose UCLA for its academics for coaches Jason Billbruck and Karen and athletics … Lists playing in the championship in the 2005 Junior Career Highs Th ompson … Th ree-time team MVP Olympics as a career highlight … Undeclared major. Points: 9.0 • Kills: 7 Blocks: 3 • Digs: 5 • Aces: 3

CAREER STATISTICS Yr. MP GP K E Att Pct KPG Ast SA DG DPG BS BA TB BPG Pts PPG 2007 17 27 42 21 82 .256 1.56 6 5 16 0.6 3 4 7.0 0.3 52.0 1.9

#30 JEREMY CASEBEER OUTSIDE HITTER • 6-4 • 190 • FRESHMAN • SANTA BARBARA, CA (SANTA BARBARA) High School — Four-year varsity let- Personal — Chose UCLA “because of its dominance in athletics and terman as an outside hitter for Coach its prestige” … Lists his most memorable athletic moment as break- Chad Anderson … As a senior, he ing an opponent’s nose hitting a ball at match point in the Best in earned All-CIF and All-Channel League the West Tournament in San Diego … Admires Hall of Famer Magic honors … Led the Dons to a 35-4 re- Johnson … Enjoys snowboarding, going to the beach and traveling cord and a runnerup fi nish at the CIF in his spare time … Has two older sisters … Undeclared major with Division II Championships in 2007 … interests in pre-Business. He recorded 13 kills in the fi nals … Voted SBHS’s MVP in 2007 and earned Most Improved Player honors in 2006 … Served as team captain as a senior … 2007 Volleyball Fab 50 selection … Won a gold medal in the 2006 AAU U-18 Beach Olympics in Manahattan Beach. Club — Played for Club Santa Barbara.

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#19 JAMIE DIEFENBACH QUICK HITTER • 6-8 • 250 • JUNIOR • NEWPORT BEACH, CA (NEWPORT HARBOR) 2007 — Earned MPSF All-Academic through the Fall Quarter before returning to volleyball on Dec. 27 … Team honors … Final blocking average Director’s Honor Roll member twice. of 1.22 bpg ranked third on the single 2005 — Redshirted the season … Earned a spot on the Director’s season rally-scoring chart … Th at mark Honor Roll for Fall (2004) and Winter (2005). ranked in a tie for 13th nationally … High School — Played for coaches Dan Glenn (volleyball) and Larry Ranked seventh in MPSF blocking at Hirst (basketball) at Newport Harbor HS where he earned seven varsity 1.29 bpg … Pounded a career-high of letters … Served as captain of both teams … In volleyball, he did not 22 kills (.486) vs. Pep (1/24) … Led the play his senior year because of a knee injury … In 2003 he led the team with 17 kills (.542) vs. UH (2/2) Sailors to an overall record of 20-12 and a 9-1 fi rst place record in the … Recorded a career-high of 10 block Sea View League … Th e team advanced to the second round of the assists vs. Stanford (2/17) … Tied that CIF Division I playoff s … In 2002, the Sailors advanced to the CIF Career Highs mark with two solo blocks and eight quarterfi nals … NHHS won the 2002 and ’01 Orange County Vol- block assists vs. LBS (2/28) … Earned leyball Tournament of Champions … Earned First-Team All-Seaview Points: 25.0 • Blocks: 10 a spot on the Spring Quarter Director’s League honors as a junior in 2003 and second-team honors in 2002 Kills: 22 • Digs: 2 • Aces: 3 Honor Roll. … First-Team Daily Pilot All-District Team in 2003 and ’02. 2006 — Played in four matches before Club — Played for the Balboa Bay Volleyball Club, which won the injuring his knee vs. UCI (1/13) … Set season bests with eight kills vs. Open 16 Gold Division at the 2002 Junior Olympics … In 2003 Balboa Stanford (1/6) and UCSB (1/6) … Also recorded a season-high of six Bay VB Club won the bronze medal in the Open 17 division. total blocks vs. LBS (1/7) … Also recorded eight kills and two blocks Personal — Chose UCLA for its academics and athletics … Lists his vs. UCI at the time of his injury … Returned to action vs. Stanford greatest athletic thrill as winning the 2006 NCAA Championship (2/16) and recorded four kills in eight swings with three total blocks … Admires former Chicago Bulls All-Star forward Dennis Rodman … Recorded his fi rst career ace vs. USC (3/17) in a 3-2 victory … for his “loud, energetic and outspoken play” … Enjoys basketball, Played in the NCAA Finals vs. Penn State and recorded three kills bodysurfi ng and playing video games in his spare time … Has one and three total blocks … Earned a roster spot on the men’s basketball younger sister … Full name is James Cummins Diefenbach III … team in a Fall tryout for walk-ons … Stayed with the basketball team Sociology major.

CAREER STATISTICS Yr. MP GP K E Att Pct KPG Ast SA DG DPG BS BA TB BPG Pts PPG 2006 15 36 61 18 129 .333 1.7 0 1 12 0.3 9 28 37 1.0 85.0 2.4 2007 29 101 228 75 444 .345 2.3 4 13 32 0.3 12 111 123 1.2 308.5 3.0 Totals 44 137 289 93 573 .342 2.1 4 14 44 0.3 21 139 160 1.2 393.5 2.9

#16 WESTON DUNLAP QUICK HITTER • 6-7 • 200 • FRESHMAN • NEWPORT BEACH, CA (NEWPORT HARBOR) High School — Earned six varsity Fab 50 selection. letters in basketball (3) and volleyball Club — Won a pair of bronze medals with Balboa Bay on the U-16 (3) at Newport Harbor HS … Played and U-17 Junior Olympic Teams and also earned JO All-Tournament power forward for Coach Larry Hirst in honors both seasons. basketball and middle blocker for Coach Personal — Chose UCLA because of Al Scates, the winning tradition Dan Glenn in volleyball … In basketball, in volleyball and the school’s reputation in academics … Father Kent he earned First-Team All-Seaview League is a 1977 UCLA graduate … Mother Irene is an author … Has one honors as a senior and also earned MVP older sister … Undeclared major. honors for the Newport-Mesa “Dream Team” … In volleyball, he earned fi rst- team all-league honors twice, and All- CIF acclaim as a senior … In 2006, he was named MVP of the Orange County Championships tournament … In 2007, he led the Sailors in kills and blocks … 2007 Volleyball

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MARKO GLISIC QUICK HITTER • 6-10 • 240 • REDSHIRT FRESHMAN • PANCEVO, SERBIA (ACORN HS, ARKANSAS)

Du Page CC — Spent one year at Du Th e following year he played for Dinamo again and led that team to Page CC in Glen Ellyn, IL, living with a runnerup fi nish. his uncle. Personal — Came to the U.S. as an exchange student after earning High School — Entered Acorn HS excellent academic marks in his native Serbia … Chose UCLA because in Mena, Ark. as a senior … Earned a it is “the most prestigious athletic and academic institution” … Has varsity letter in basketball as a center achieved the level of brown belt in karate … His two older brothers … Graduated in 2006 with the highest are former Serbian National Team karate champions … Lists his most grade point average in his class. memorable athletic moment as making fi ve consecutive blocks in the Club — Played for Club Dinamo which fi fth game of a tournament … Lists history, playing video games and placed third in the Championship of watching movies as hobbies … His father, Manoylo, is a chemical North Serbia in 2002 … Th e team engineer and his mother, Danica, is a pediatrician … Hopes to major improved to second place the following in Economics. season … In 2004 he played for Borac, which fi nished second …

TEDDY GOETZ OUTSIDE HITTER • 6-5 • 200 • REDSHIRT FRESHMAN • VALENCIA, CA (VALENCIA) High School — Six-time varsity letter- and was named Valencia High’s Male Athlete of the Year in 2006 … man at Valencia HS in basketball (3) and Led Valencia to a CIF title in 2006. volleyball (3) … Played small forward for Club — Played for Synergy Volleyball Club, which won the 2004 Coach Rocket Collins in basketball and JO National Championship … Synergy also fi nished third in 2005 was a middle blocker for Coach Mark and was the 2006 runnerup … Th ree-time JO All-Tournament Team Knudsen (UCLA ’92) in volleyball … selection … Played fi ve years for Synergy. In basketball, he earned Second-Team Personal — Since watching UCLA beat USC in basketball as a child, All-Foothill League as a junior and fi rst- there have “been no other (college) options since then” … Lists win- team acclaim as a senior … Also named ning the 2005 CIF championship after rallying from an 0-2 defi cit as the Santa Clarita Valley co-Player of the an athletic highlight … Admires Charles Barkley … Lists ping-pong Year and All-CIF second-team … Was and weightlifting as his hobbies … Youngest of four siblings … Full the Vikings’ captain and co-MVP as a name is Th eodore Robert Goetz … Born in Philadelphia, PA … senior … In volleyball, he was a two-time, First-Team All-Foothill History major. League selection and MVP, two-time First-Team All-CIF selection

TOM HASTINGS LIBERO • 5-10 • 150 • FRESHMAN • YORBA LINDA, CA (ESPERANZA) High School — Earned three varsity and national team of the year. letters as a Libero at Esperanza High for Club — Played for the Balboa Bay Club and won U1-7 and U-18 Coach Isaac Owens … As a senior Libero, bronze medals at the Junior Olympics … Was a teammate of Weston he earned All-Sunset League First-Team Dunlap. honors, First-Team All-County acclaim Personal — Chose UCLA for its “education and its athletic history” and First-Team All-CIF honors … He … Lists beating Mira Costa in the 2007 CIF fi nals as his athletic also served as team captain … Th e Aztecs highlight … Enjoys surfi ng and beach volleyball in his spare time … won the Orange County Champion- Youngest of four siblings … Full name is Th omas Phillip Hastings … ships, the Sunset League crown with an Undeclared major. undefeated record and the CIF Division I title … Esperanza was voted the state

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#1 TONY KER LIBERO • 5-11 • 180 • SENIOR • VALENCIA, CA (VALENCIA) 2007 — Earned consensus First-Team Athlete of the Year … Led Valencia HS to a pair of CIF championships All-America honors, and Defensive Player in his fi nal two seasons. of the Year acclaim from Volleyball … Club — Led SCVC to gold medals in 2001,’03 and ’04, and bronze First-Team All-MPSF selection and All- medals in 2000 and ‘02 … Played on the 2004 Jr. National Team MPSF Academic Team member … Passed coached by former Bruin John Speraw … Five-time Junior Olympics better than 97% of his service reception All-American. chances and recorded 18 errorless pass- Personal — Chose UCLA because of its academics, volleyball tradition ing matches … Boasts 48 career errorless and coaching staff … Enjoys volleyball because of its teamwork and passing matches … 852 career digs ranks competitiveness … Lists winning the 2006 NCAA championship as second on both the UCLA rally-scoring his athletic highlight … Has two younger brothers: Kevin is a sopho- era chart and the all-time list … Ranked more setter on the UCLA team; Jamey will attend and play volleyball 10th nationally at 2.52 dpg and second at UCLA in the Fall of 2008 … Mother Cathy was an All-American in the MPSF at 2.43 dpg … Recorded a volleyball player at Cal State Northridge … Father Walt coached the Career Highs season-high of 18 digs vs. UOP (2/9) and Cal State Northridge women’s team to three Division II national Digs: 20 • Kills: 2 UCSB (2/23) … Recorded 10 double-digit championships and will serve as the Bruins’ volunteer assistant coach dig matches as a junior and boasts 41 career in 2008 … Sociology major. double-digit dig matches entering the season … Holds the UCLA career record for kills by a Libero (6) … Earned a spot on the Director’s Honor Roll all three quarters. 2006 — Earned First-Team Asics All-America honors from Volleyball and Defensive Player of the Year honors … Earned Th ird-Team All-MPSF and Spike/Volleyball honors … Ranked third on the MPSF digs per game list at 2.66 … Ranked fourth nationally at 2.79 dpg … Recorded 16 double-digit dig matches … Recorded double-digit digs in 10 of his last 16 matches … Boasted a .970 service reception percentage in 2006, including 17 errorless matches … Recorded his season high of 18 digs twice, the last vs. UH in the MPSF quarterfi nals … Recorded a career-high of two kills vs. BYU (1/26) … His total of 318 digs in ’06 ranks second on the all-time charts and fi rst in the rally-scoring era … Also earned MPSF All-Academic honors … Selected to the NCAA Student-Athlete Leadership Council in 2006. 2005 — Earned Second-Team All-America honors from Volleyball magazine and First-Team All-MPSF honors … Led the Bruins with 269 digs and a 2.50 dpg average … His total of 269 digs ranks fourth all-time on the single season digs chart and second on the rally-scoring chart … Passed better than 96% of his chances … Boasted 14 double- digit dig matches, including a career-high of 20 vs. Stanford (2/17) … He recorded seven digs in Game 4 vs. Stanford … Also recorded 15 digs vs. Penn State in the NCAA semifi nals … Played on the U.S. Junior National Team that fi nished eighth in the 2005 FIVB Men’s U-21 World Volleyball Championships in India … Th ree-time member of the Director’s Honor Roll as a freshman. High School — Six-time varsity letterman in basketball (2) and vol- leyball (4) at Valencia HS … Played point guard and small forward for Coach Rocket Collins and outside hitter for Coach Mark Knudsen, a former UCLA letterman and assistant coach … In basketball, he was his team’s MVP as a freshman and sophomore … In volleyball, he was a four-time all-league and three-time All-CIF selection … Two-time CIF and three-time Foothill League MVP … Two-time Valencia HS

CAREER STATISTICS Yr. MP GP K E Att Pct KPG Ast SA DG DPG BS BA TB BPG Pts PPG 2005 28 108 2 1 4 .250 0.02 33 0 269 2.5 0 0 0 0.0 2.0 0.02 2006 35 114 4 0 6 .667 0.04 53 1 318 2.8 0 0 0 0.0 5.0 0.04 2007 30 105 0 0 1 .000 0.00 57 0 265 2.5 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.00 Totals 93 327 6 1 11 .455 0.02 143 1 852 2.6 0 0 0 0.0 7.0 0.02

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#25 KEVIN KER SETTER • 6-1 • 190 • SOPHOMORE • VALENCIA, CA (VALENCIA) 2007 — Played in 28 matches and volleyball, he was named an All-American and a Volleyball magazine started 17 times, including the last “Fab 50” pick in 2006 after leading the Vikings to the CIF Division 16 matches … Th e Bruins hit .336 in II championship … Named Valencia’s co-MVP as a senior with fellow their last 16 matches … In his last 16 UCLA teammate Teddy Goetz … Valencia placed second in the CIF matches, he recorded 18 aces (0.33), a playoff s in 2005 … Earned fi rst-team honors from the Daily News .436 hitting percentage and 667 assists in 2005 and ’06. (12.3 apg), and averaged 1.2 points per Club — Played fi ve seasons for Synergy Volleyball Club and was a game … Recorded a career-high of 61 four-time all-tournament team selection. assists vs. UCSB (4/21) and three kills … Personal — Played on the Southern California team that participated Recorded a career-high of fi ve kills (.714) in the 2005 High Performance Global Challenge and was named the vs. UCSB (2/23) and 59 assists, an ace tournament’s best server … Younger brother of Tony Ker, the Bruins’ Career Highs and one solo block … Twice served three two-time All-American libero … Brother Jamey will play for the Bruins Points: 7.0 • Blocks: 4 aces in a match, including three straight next season … Mother Cathy was an All-American volleyball player at vs. UOP (2/9) … Ranked third on the Cal State Northridge … Father Walt coached Cal State Northridge to Kills: 5 • Digs: 9 • Aces: 3 team with 25 aces. three national championships and will serve as the Bruins’ volunteer Assists: 61 High School — Four-time letterman assistant coach in 2008 … Chose UCLA “because I can get a great in basketball (1) and volleyball (3) at education and play for the best program in the country” … Lists winning the 2006 CIF championship as a career highlight … Enjoys ping-pong, Valencia HS … Played forward for coach Rocket Collins in basketball playing the guitar, going to the beach and hanging out with friends … and setter for coach Mark Knudsen (UCLA ’92) in volleyball … In Full name is Kevin Michael Ker … Undeclared major.

CAREER STATISTICS Yr. MP GP K E Att Pct KPG Ast SA DG DPG BS BA TB BPG Pts PPG 2007 28 93 33 7 63 .413 0.4 778 25 80 0.9 6 30 36 0.4 79.0 0.8

KENT KRAUSHAAR OUTSIDE HITTER • 6-5 • 215 • SOPHOMORE • IRVINE, CA (WOODBRIDGE) 2007 — Played in seven matches and including MVP honors and the league’s Male Athlete of the Year in nine games, but did not earn a letter 2006 … Also earned First-Team All-CIF and All-Orange County in … Recorded a career-high of three kills 2006 … Named First-Team Volleyball prep All-American as a senior (.500) vs. UCSB (1/5) with two digs and a “Fab 50” player … Recorded 41 kills vs. St. John Bosco in the and one block assist … Tied that mark 2006 CIF quarterfi nals. with three kills in 11 swings vs. UCI Club — Played four seasons for the Balboa Bay Volleyball Club, (1/6) … Underwent shoulder surgery earning bronze and silver medals at the Junior Olympics … Also was after the season … Earned a spot on the named to the JO All-Tournament Team four straight years … Two- Director’s Honor Roll in the Fall and year member of the Youth National Team, which traveled to Mexico Spring Quarters. and Brazil for competitions. High School — Eight-time letterman Personal — Younger brother of Kris Kraushaar (UCLA ’06), an all- in basketball (4) and volleyball (4) conference outside hitter for the Bruins … Grandson of Carl Kraushaar, at Woodbridge HS in Irvine … Played for coach John Halagan in who played basketball for John Wooden at UCLA in the 1940s … basketball and coach Donnie Rafter in volleyball … Two-time All- Lists traveling to Brazil with the Youth National Team and competing Seaview League basketball selection, including fi rst-team honors in against Brazil, Italy and Argentina as a career highlight … Full name 2006 … Th ree-time First-Team All-Seaview League volleyball selection, is Kent William Kraushaar … Undeclared major.

CAREER STATISTICS Yr. MP GP K E Att Pct KPG Ast SA DG DPG BS BA TB BPG Pts PPG 2007 7 9 9 5 24 .167 1.00 0 0 6 0.7 0 1 1.0 0.1 9.5 1.1

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#7 GARRETT MUAGUTUTIA OUTSIDE HITTER • 6-5 • 235 • SOPHOMORE • OCEANSIDE, CA (FRANCIS PARKER) 2007 — Played in all 30 matches and three total blocks. and 103 games … Started 28 matches High School — Eight-time letterman in basketball (4) and volleyball (4) including 21 straight from Jan. 13 to at Francis Parker HS … Was a center in basketball and a middle blocker Apr. 3 … Recorded 12 double-digit in volleyball … Led the Lancers to the 2006 co-league championship, kill matches and two double-digit dig while leading the conference in rebounding and earning First-Team matches … Pounded a career-high of 22 All-CIF and league honors … Named MVP of the division and was kills vs. UCSB (1/17) and matched that his high school’s team captain and MVP … In volleyball, he led the total vs. Pep (1/24) when he also scored Lancers to league and CIF championships, and earned divisional MVP a career-high 25 points … Recorded honors as well as First-Team All-CIF and all-league honors. a passing percentage of .974 and 17 Club — Played for the San Diego and Seaside Volleyball Clubs for errorless passing matches … Recorded three years … Led SDVC to a fi rst-place fi nish in the 2006 Junior Career Highs double-doubles at CSN (1/19, 19k, Olympics and earned all-tournament team honors … Team fi nished 11d) and vs. UH (1/31, 15k, 10d) … fi fth at JO’s in 2004 and ’05. Points: 25 • Kills: 22 Blocked a career-high of 11 balls vs. UCI Personal — Second of three brothers … Chose UCLA because “it felt Blocks: 11 • Digs: 11 • Aces: 2 (4/6) with 13 kills … Had a career-high like home” … Lists singing and playing the ukulele as favorite pastimes of 11 digs vs. CSN (1/19) with 19 kills … Full name is Garrett Th omas Muagututia … Undeclared major. CAREER STATISTICS Yr. MP GP K E Att Pct KPG Ast SA DG DPG BS BA TB BPG Pts PPG 2007 30 103 301 142 650 .245 2.92 27 19 155 1.5 10 57 67.0 0.7 358.5 3.5

#51 SHAUN NICHOLS QUICK HITTER • 6-8 • 220 • SOPHOMORE • FAIR OAKS, CA (GRANITE BAY)

2007 — Played in 18 matches and 37 who led the Grizzlies to undefeated league championships in 2004 and games … Made his fi rst career start vs. ’05 … Two-time team MVP and team captain in his senior year. USC (3/31) and scored a career-high of Club — Played for the Diablo Valley Volleyball Club, which won the 16.0 points and established career bests in Northern California Volleyball Assn. championship in 2005. kills (13) and total blocks (6) … Recorded Personal — Chose UCLA after attending a summer volleyball camp 14 points on eight kills, three aces and before his senior year … Lists his biggest thrill as watching the Bruins fi ve total blocks vs. UCSB (1/17) … win the NCAA title in 2006 … Enjoys music and beach volleyball as Recorded 11 kills (11-0-17, .647) and pastimes … Has one older sister … Full name is Shaun Robert Nichols 12 points vs. BYU (1/13). … Has major interests in Business/Economics. 2006 — Redshirted the season. High School — Th ree-year varsity vol- Career Highs leyball letterman at Granite Bay HS … Points: 16.0 • Kills: 13 Two-year all-league fi rst-team selection Blocks: 6 • Digs: 1 • Aces: 3

CAREER STATISTICS Yr. MP GP K E Att Pct KPG Ast SA DG DPG BS BA TB BPG Pts PPG 2007 18 37 57 10 113 .416 1.5 2 5 6 0.2 2 26 28.0 0.8 77.0 2.1

2008 UCLA MEN’S VOLLEYBALL 17 THE PLAYERS

#4 COOPER O’CONNOR SETTER • 6-3 • 180 • SOPHOMORE • LONG BEACH, CA (LOS ALAMITOS) 2007 — Did not play last season. earned Second-Team All-Sunset League, team MVP and Second-Team 2006 — Redshirted the season. All-Orange County and Long Beach Press Telegram honors … Led the High School — Lettered four seasons Griffi ns to the CIF quarterfi nals. for coaches Phil White and Sue Monsoor Club — Won a silver medal at the 2005 Junior Olympics and bronze at Los Alamitos HS … Led the Griffi ns medals in 2002 and ’03 as a member of the Long Beach Volleyball to the 2005 Sunset League title while Club. earning conference MVP honors … Personal — Th ird generation Bruin … His father Daniel attended Also named First-Team All-CIF and UCLA graduate school and is a professor at Long Beach State … His Second-Team All-American … Was grandfather, Arthur Beland, attended UCLA as an undergraduate … the Griffi ns’ team captain and MVP as Cooper was a nationally ranked tennis player until age 16 … Enjoys a senior … Led Los Alamitos to the CIF surfi ng and ping-pong as pastimes … Youngest of three brothers … semifi nals his senior year … Was MVP Full name is Edward Cooper O’Connor … Economics major. of the Mayfair Tournament … Long Beach Press Telegram Player of the Year and a First-Team All-Orange Country selection … In 2004, he

#2 SEAN O’MALLEY OPPOSITE • 6-9 • 210 • JUNIOR • OAK PARK, IL (RIVER FOREST) 2007— Played in eight matches and 13 High School — Four-year volleyball letterman for Coach Jon Kasik games, while battling a wrist injury in the at River Forest HS … Nationally rated as the one of the top players early part of the season … Established a at his position … As a senior in 2005, he was named the Player of the career-high of 15.5 points in a starting Year for the Chicago Sun-Times and the Chicago Tribune … Volleyball role vs. UH (1/31) after recording 12 magazine “Fab 50” selection … Earned First-Team Asics All-America kills, two aces and three block assists honors in 2005 … Holds the Illinois state record for career kills with … Scored 9.5 points in a relief role vs. 1,457 … As a junior, he earned First-Team All-State honors from the UOP (2/9) with eight kills (.538) and Sun-Times and the Tribune … As a sophomore, he earned Second two total blocks … Played in his fi rst Team All-State honors from the Sun-Times and was named one of match vs. Pep (1/24) after recovering Volleyball’s Top 25 Underclassmen. from his wrist injury and recorded three Club — Veteran member of the youth national team program and Career Highs kills (.333) for 3.0 points. was a three-time all-tournament team selection … Member of the Jr. Points: 15.5 • Blocks: 6 2006 — Made seven starts and played in National Team. 23 matches and 49 games … Recorded a Personal — Chose UCLA because he wanted “access to an outstand- Kills: 12 • Digs: 11 • Aces: 2 career high of 12 kills and 14 points vs. ing education” and a winning tradition … Lists his greatest thrill as Pepperdine (3/16) and added four total winning the 2006 NCAA Championship … Favorite class is Phi- blocks … Recorded 11 kills (.500) and scored 12 points vs. Stanford losophy … Th ird of four children … Full name is Sean O’Malley … (1/6) … Established career highs of 11 digs, fi ve total blocks and 12.5 Philosophy major. points vs. Loyola (3/7) … Both of his aces came against LBS (1/7) … Recorded six double-digit kill matches as a freshman.

CAREER STATISTICS Yr. MP GP K E Att Pct KPG Ast SA DG DPG BS BA TB BPG Pts PPG 2006 23 49 119 61 280 .207 2.4 8 2 57 1.2 3 26 29 0.6 136.0 2.78 2007 8 13 26 11 58 .259 2.0 2 2 4 0.3 1 4 5 0.4 31.0 2.38 Totals 31 62 145 72 338 .216 2.3 10 4 61 1.0 4 30 34 0.5 167.0 2.69

18 2008 UCLA MEN’S VOLLEYBALL THE PLAYERS

#10 BRETT PERRINE OPPOSITE • 6-5 • 220 • SOPHOMORE • COSTA MESA, CA (NEWPORT HARBOR) 2007— Played in 27 matches and 2006 — Redshirted the season. 94 games as a redshirt freshman … High School — Seven-time letterman in basketball (3) for coach Recorded a career-high of 15 kills vs. Larry Hirst and volleyball (4) for coach Dan Glenn at Newport USC (1/27) and served his fi rst ace … Harbor HS … Earned Newport-Mesa “Dream Team” honors in both Matched his career-high in kills vs. Cal sports as a senior … In volleyball, he earned All-Orange County and Baptist (4/3) and scored 20.0 points, a Seaview League honors as a senior … In 2003, he led the Sailors to career-high … In his fi rst start, vs. CSN the Seaview League title and a berth in the CIF Division I playoff s (1/19), he recorded 13 kills, fi ve digs … He has also earned all-tournament honors at the Orange County and 15.5 points … Scored 13.0 points Volleyball Tournament of Champions … In basketball, he once scored vs. UH (2/2), and recorded nine kills 41 points in a game. (.400), an ace and four total blocks … Club — Won a gold medal (U-16) and a silver medal (U-14) playing Career Highs Served a career-high of three aces vs. Ball for the Balboa Bay Volleyball Club. State (3/14) … Established a career-high Personal — Full name is Brett John Perrine … Youngest of four sib- Points: 20.0 • Blocks: 10 of 10 total blocks vs. UOP (2/9) … lings … Brother Eric played volleyball at UC San Diego and his other Kills: 15 • Digs: 5 • Aces: 3 Earned a spot on the Spring Director’s brother played basketball at Chapman University … Chose UCLA for Honor Roll. its winning tradition and academic success … History major.

CAREER STATISTICS Yr. MP GP K E Att Pct KPG Ast SA DG DPG BS BA TB BPG Pts PPG 2007 27 94 180 55 397 .315 1.9 11 18 33 0.4 6 88 94 1.0 248.0 2.6

#23 RYAN RATELLE OUTSIDE HITTER • 6-4 • 160 • JUNIOR • HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA (MARINA) 2007— Played in one game as a Coach Brad Simon at Marina HS … Two-year First-Team All-Sunset sophomore vs. UCI (1/6) … Th ree-time League selection … Member of Volleyball’s Fab 50 list … Th ree-year member of the Director’s Honor Roll team MVP. in 2006-07. Club — Played for Balboa Bay Volleyball Club and won a bronze 2006 — Earned a varsity letter by play- medal at the 2005 Junior Olympics. ing in eight matches and 11 games … Personal — Son of retired Long Beach State Coach Ray Ratelle, who Recorded career highs for kills (4) and is now a professor … Grandmother Marilyn Belcher and aunt Cissy points (4.5) vs. UH (1/20) … Recorded Belcher attended UCLA … Admires tennis great Andre Agassi … Chose a career high of six digs vs. UCI (3/3) UCLA because “it is a well-rounded (education) and an amazing place in one game … Posted a service recep- to be” … Lists his greatest thrill as participating in the 2005 Junior tion ratio of 100% and took nine serves Olympics playoff s … Has one younger sister … Has entrepreneurial Career Highs without an error against UCI (3/3). aspirations and hopes to major in Business/Economics. Points: 4.5 • Kills: 4 High School — Four-year letterman for Blocks: 1 • Digs: 6 • Aces: 1

CAREER STATISTICS Yr. MP GP K E Att Pct KPG Ast SA DG DPG BS BA TB BPG Pts PPG 2006 8 11 9 9 28 .000 0.8 1 1 9 0.8 0 3 3 0.3 11.5 1.0 2007 1 1 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Totals 9 12 9 9 28 .000 0.8 1 1 9 0.8 0 3 3 0.3 11.5 1.0

2008 UCLA MEN’S VOLLEYBALL 19 THE PLAYERS

#14 JAMES SCILACCI QUICK HITTER • 6-5 • 205 • REDSHIRT FRESHMAN • PACIFIC PALISADES, CA (LOYOLA) High School — Earned fi ve varsity Club — Played for the Southern California Volleyball Club. letters at Loyola HS in basketball (2) Personal — Chose UCLA “to be close to home and to play for the and volleyball (3) … Played forward best volleyball program in the nation” … Lists beating undefeated for Coach Jim Williams in basketball Mira Costa HS in the 2005 CIF fi nals as his most memorable athletic and middle blocker for Coach Michael moment … Admires Coach Al Scates “as a lefty middle blocker” … Boehle … In basketball, he led the Lists stamp collecting as a hobby … Father Jim Sr. (UCLA ’77) let- Cubs to a pair of Mission League titles tered in water polo … Mother Linda graduated from UCLA in 1979 … In volleyball, Loyola won three … Brother Brian will attend UCLA and play volleyball in the Fall of CIF championships and three Mission 2008 … Also has a younger sister, Jenna … Undeclared major with League crowns (2003, ’04 and ’05) with interests in Business/Economics. him in the lineup … Was a Th ird-Team All-CIF selection in 2005 and ’06 … Two-time Mission League fi rst-team honoree as a junior and senior … 2006 Honorable Mention All-American by Volleyball.

#17 D. J. STROMATH QUICK HITTER • 6-7 • 230 • JUNIOR • MANHATTAN BEACH, CA (MIRA COSTA) 2007— Played in three matches and he earned First-Team All-Bay League and Daily Breeze honors … three games last season but did not Overall, he was a three-time All-Bay League selection, winning three earn a varsity letter … Recorded one league titles … Member of the Volleyball Top 25 underclassmen list block and one kill in separate matches … Also earned La Vista newspaper MVP honors and was a First-Team for two points … Earned a spot on the All-South Bay Area selection. Director’s Honor Roll in the Spring and Club — Won a gold medal as a member of the SCVC Club (U-17) Fall (2006) quarters. in 2003 … Also won a bronze medal as a member of the SCVC Club 2006 — Played in four matches and (U-16) in 2002 … Won a silver medal in the 2003 (U-18) USA Vol- seven games as a freshman … Recorded leyball Beach Nationals. a career high of three kills three times Personal — Older sister Hilary fi nished her volleyball eligibility in and hit .286 in 31 swings for the season Fall 2005 at Loyola University (Chicago), leading the Ramblers to the Career Highs … Recorded two block assists vs. CSN second round of the NCAA Tournament … Younger sister Stephanie (2/10). plays volleyball for the University of Montana … Father Dave lettered Points: 4.0 • Kills: 3.0 2005 — Redshirted the season. two years as a defensive tackle at Nebraska … Chose UCLA for its Blocks: 2.0 High School — Lettered three years great academic and athletic programs … Enjoys the mental tough- in volleyball for Coach Mike Cook at ness required to play volleyball … Enjoys music, surfi ng and beach Mira Costa … In 2002, he led Mira Costa to a 30-1 record, the Bay volleyball as hobbies … Favorite class is History of Rock and Roll … League Championship and the CIF title along with current Bruin Full name is David James Stromath … History major. Matt Wade … In 2003, the Mustangs won the Bay League title and CAREER STATISTICS Yr. MP GP K E Att Pct KPG Ast SA DG DPG BS BA TB BPG Pts PPG 2006 4 7 9 3 21 .286 1.3 0 0 0 0.0 0 2 2 0.3 10.0 1.4 2007 3 3 1 2 7 .000 0.3 0 0 1 0.3 1 0 1 0.3 2.0 0.7 Totals 7 10 10 5 28 .179 1.0 0 0 1 0.1 1 2 3 0.3 12.0 1.2

20 2008 UCLA MEN’S VOLLEYBALL #15 MATT WADE SETTER • 6-5 • 190 • JUNIOR • REDONDO BEACH, CA (MIRA COSTA) 2007— Played in 26 matches and 70 the Trojans, including an ace for the 13th point … Recorded three total games as a sophomore … Entering the blocks three times … Dug a career-high of 11 balls vs. Stanford (4/2) season, his 1,392 career assists ranks … Started 11 of the Bruins’ fi nal 16 matches, including nine during third on the rally-scoring era chart … their 14-match winning streak en route to the NCAA title. Recorded a season-high of 63 assists High School —Th ree-year varsity letterman for Coach Mike Cook at vs. Pepperdine (1/24) … Recorded a Mira Costa HS … Set the Mustangs to a CIF runner-up fi nish in 2005 career-high of 12 digs vs. UCSB (1/17) … 2005 Bay League MVP and CIF Division I second-team selection … Came off the bench vs. UCI (4/6) … Recorded 529 assists, 210 kills, 109 digs, 36 blocks and 18 aces with to score 4.5 points on nine block assists just 20 serving errors … Two-time All-South Bay Area selection. … Recorded 30 set assists, two aces and Club — Won gold medals as a member of the Riptides Volleyball one block assist in two games of relief Club at the 2004 and ’03 Junior Olympics … MVP of the Open 17 vs. UCSD (4/13). and 18 Junior Olympics. Career Highs 2006 — Played in 33 matches and 90 Personal — Father Tom was a 1980 all-conference volleyball player Points: 7.0 • Assists: 68 games, making 13 starts … His 804 at Long Beach State … Mother Roxanne (Elias) Wade played at the Kills: 4 • Blocks: 9 assists ranks sixth on the single season University of Hawai’i … Chose UCLA because of Al Scates and Digs: 12 • Aces: 2 rally-scoring list … Led the team with an UCLA’s reputation as the nation’s most successful volleyball school attack percentage of .545 (38-2-66) … … Admires UCLA Hall of Famer and beach volleyball legend Karch Recorded a career-high of four kills vs. UCSB (2/8) … Matched his Kiraly … Favorite class is music … Full name is Matthew Nicholas career high of four kills and added career-highs of 68 assists and seven Wade … Major interests are in Business/Economics. points vs. USC (3/17) … Scored four of those points in Game 5 against

CAREER STATISTICS Yr. MP GP K E Att Pct KPG Ast SA DG DPG BS BA TB BPG Pts PPG 2006 33 90 38 2 66 .545 0.4 804 8 95 1.0 1 21 22 0.2 57.5 0.6 2007 26 70 13 5 40 .200 0.2 588 4 75 1.1 2 34 36 0.5 36.0 0.5 Totals 59 160 51 7 106 .415 0.3 1392 12 170 1.1 3 55 58 0.4 93.5 0.6

#6 JEFF WOODLEY OUTSIDE HITTER • 6-5 • 190 • SOPHOMORE • POWAY, CA (POWAY) 2007 — Played in one match last Poway to a pair of third place CIF playoff fi nishes in 2004 and ’05 … season, converting a kill for one point Named Union-Tribune All-Academic as a junior and senior. … Two-time member of the Director’s Club — Played for the San Diego Volleyball Club for three seasons Honor Roll. and for the Epic Volleyball Club 18s for one year. 2006 — Redshirted the season. Personal — Oldest of three children … Chose UCLA for its academic High School — Two-time varsity volley- and athletic excellence … Lists his biggest thrill as “being accepted to ball letterman for coach Charlie Jackson UCLA to play volleyball” … Enjoys playing basketball … Full name (UCLA ’98) at Poway HS … Two-time is Jeff rey Th omas Woodley … Business/Economics major. All-Palomar League fi rst-team selection … Earned First Team All-CIF honors as a senior and second team honors as a junior … Voted the Titans’ Most Im- proved Player in 2004 and their Most Valuable Player in 2005 … Led

2008 UCLA MEN’S VOLLEYBALL 21 FINAL 2007 RESULTS

OVERALL RECORD: 19-11 (13-2 HOME; 5-8 AWAY; 1-1 NEUTRAL; 13-9, 5TH PLACE MPSF) Date Notes Opponent (W/L) Scores MPSF Overall 1/5 1 Pacifi c W 30-27, 28-30, 30-27, 30-24 — 1-0 1/5 1 at UC Santa Barbara W 30-22, 36-34, 30-26 — 2-0 1/6 1 UC Irvine L 22-30, 26-30, 23-30 — 2-1 1/12 at BYU* L 28-30, 22-30, 26-30 0-1 2-2 1/13 at BYU* L 21-30, 23-30, 31-33 0-2 2-3 1/17 at UC Santa Barbara* L 33-31, 30-27, 28-30, 27-30, 6-15 0-3 2-4 1/19 at CS Northridge* W 27-30, 30-23, 30-25, 23-30, 15-10 1-3 3-4 1/24 Pepperdine* L 30-21, 26-30, 35-33, 27-30, 14-16 1-4 3-5 1/27 2 USC* L 19-30, 29-31, 31-33 1-5 3-6 1/31 Hawaii* W 30-25, 33-31, 28-30, 31-29 2-5 4-6 2/2 Hawaii* W 30-21, 30-26, 30-27 3-5 5-6 2/9 Pacifi c* W 30-26, 27-30, 28-30, 40-38, 15-12 4-5 6-6 2/10 Stanford* W 30-25, 30-28, 34-32 5-5 7-6 2/16 at Pacifi c* L 22-30, 24-30, 27-30 5-6 7-7 2/17 at Stanford* W 28-30, 30-23, 30-19, 30-22 6-6 8-7 2/21 CS Northridge* W 30-16, 30-23, 30-26 7-6 9-7 2/23 UC Santa Barbara* W 30-28, 30-24, 30-32, 30-19 8-6 10-7 2/28 at Long Beach State* L 23-30, 30-24, 30-26, 23-30, 14-16 8-7 10-8 3/2 UC San Diego* W 30-27, 30-23, 30-25 9-7 11-8 3/7 Loyola-Chicago W 30-26, 30-23, 30-22 — 12-8 3/9 at UC Irvine* L 26-30, 28-30, 21-30 9-8 12-9 3/14 Ball State W 30-20, 30-22, 30-11 — 13-9 3/16 Ball State W 30-23, 30-22, 30-21 — 14-9 3/29 at Pepperdine* L 30-28, 26-30, 25-30, 21-30 9-9 14-10 3/31 at USC* W 30-27, 30-20, 30-26 10-9 15-10 4/4 Cal Baptist W 30-23, 22-30, 30-25, 20-30, 15-11 — 16-10 4/6 UC Irvine* W 23-30, 24-30, 30-28, 30-28, 17-15 11-9 17-10 4/11 Long Beach State* W 30-27, 30-23, 38-36 12-9 18-10 4/13 at UC San Diego* W 30-26, 30-24, 30-28 13-9 19-10 4/21 3 at UC Santa Barbara L 17-30, 35-37, 30-27, 27-30 — 19-11

Home matches in bold. *MPSF matches. All home matches played in UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion. 1—at UCSB Tournament. 2—Kilgour Cup. 3—MPSF playoff s.

UCLA’S RECORD VS. OPPONENTS American (PR) ...... 1-0 Chico State ...... 3-0 Loyola-Marymount ...... 59-1 Springfi eld College ...... 4-0 Ball State ...... 19-1 Concordia (NY) ...... 5-0 Manitoba ...... 2-0 Stanford ...... 58-12 BYU ...... 32-15 George Mason ...... 10-0 Navy ...... 1-0 UC Davis ...... 15-0 BYU (Hawaii) ...... 1-0 Hawaii ...... 48-18 Ohio State ...... 13-1 UC Irvine ...... 50-7 Cal Baptist ...... 4-0 Humboldt State...... 1-0 Oregon ...... 2-0 UC Riverside ...... 1-0 Calgary ...... 3-0 IPFW ...... 5-0 Pacifi c ...... 24-1 UC San Diego ...... 44-0 California ...... 27-0 Laval ...... 1-0 Penn State ...... 22-5 UC Santa Barbara ...... 111-28 Cal Poly Pomona ...... 5-0 La Verne ...... 4-0 Pepperdine ...... 71-29 UC Santa Cruz ...... 14-0 Cal Poly SLO ...... 10-0 Lewis ...... 12-2 Rutgers-Newark ...... 7-0 UC San Francisco ...... 2-0 CS Northridge ...... 54-7 Long Beach State ...... 71-29 San Diego State ...... 62-2 USC ...... 85-31 CS San Bernardino ...... 2-0 Loyola-Chicago ...... 3-0 San Jose State ...... 1-0 Westmont College ...... 1-0

22 2008 UCLA MEN’S VOLLEYBALL FINAL 2007 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

OVERALL RECORD: 19-11 (13-2 HOME; 5-8 AWAY; 1-1 NEUTRAL; 13-9, 5TH PLACE MPSF)

No., Player MP GP K KPG E TA Pct Ast SA SE SA/G RE Dig DPG BS BA TB BPG Pts #1 Tony Ker 30 105 0 0.0 0 1 .000 57 0 0 0.0 19 265 2.52 0 0 0 0.0 0 MPSF 22 79 0 0.0 0 1 .000 43 0 0 0.0 15 192 2.43 0 0 0 0.0 0 #2 Sean O’Malley 8 13 26 2.0 11 58 .259 2 2 4 0.2 0 4 0.31 1 4 5 0.4 31.0 MPSF 5 9 24 2.7 10 52 .269 1 2 4 0.2 0 4 0.44 1 4 5 0.6 29.0 #5 Beau Peters 13 22 2 0.1 1 4 .250 90 4 11 0.2 0 8 0.36 1 3 4 0.2 8.5 MPSF 8 12 0 0.0 0 0 .000 25 1 4 0.1 0 4 0.33 0 1 1 0.1 1.5 #6 Jeff Woodley 1 1 1 1.0 0 1 1.00 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 #7 Garrett Muagututia 30 103 301 2.9 142 650 .245 27 19 59 0.2 18 155 1.50 10 57 67 0.6 358.5 MPSF 22 81 242 3.0 109 516 .258 20 15 49 0.2 14 121 1.49 7 51 58 0.7 289.5 #10 Brett Perrine 27 94 180 1.9 55 397 .315 11 18 74 0.2 0 33 0.35 6 88 94 1.0 248.0 MPSF 21 74 138 1.9 45 311 .299 8 11 54 0.2 0 25 0.34 3 71 74 1.0 187.5 #12 Dylan Bowermaster 17 27 42 1.6 21 82 .256 6 5 10 0.2 9 16 0.59 3 4 7 0.3 52.0 MPSF 10 16 18 1.1 13 38 .132 3 1 8 0.1 4 11 0.69 3 3 6 0.4 23.5 #14 Steve Klosterman 30 110 472 4.3 161 994 .313 19 29 101 0.3 2 127 1.15 11 83 94 0.9 553.5 MPSF 22 82 341 4.2 117 715 .313 16 19 72 0.2 2 92 1.12 6 71 77 0.9 401.5 #15 Matt Wade 26 70 13 0.2 5 40 .200 588 4 16 0.1 0 75 1.07 2 34 36 0.5 36.0 MPSF 21 59 11 0.2 5 37 .162 547 4 15 0.1 0 72 1.22 2 32 34 0.6 33.0 #16 Kent Kraushaar 7 9 9 1.0 5 24 .167 0 0 3 0.0 0 6 0.67 0 1 1 0.1 9.5 MPSF 4 5 3 0.6 3 7 .000 0 0 1 0.0 0 1 0.20 0 0 0 0.0 3.0 #17 D.J. Stromath 3 3 1 0.3 2 7 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 1 0.33 1 0 1 0.3 2.0 #19 Jamie Diefenbach 29 101 228 2.3 75 444 .345 4 13 67 0.1 0 32 0.32 12 111 123 1.2 308.5 MPSF 21 76 175 2.3 60 349 .330 4 8 51 0.1 0 27 0.36 5 93 98 1.3 234.5 #21 Paul George 30 110 344 3.1 115 679 .337 22 32 105 0.3 31 155 1.41 7 66 73 0.7 416.0 MPSF 22 82 246 3.0 86 494 .324 12 25 80 0.3 24 115 1.40 2 50 52 0.6 298.0 #23 Ryan Ratelle 1 1 0 0.0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 #25 Kevin Ker 28 93 33 0.4 7 63 .413 778 25 63 0.3 1 80 0.86 6 30 36 0.4 79.0 MPSF 21 71 23 0.3 5 41 .439 527 15 51 0.2 1 54 0.76 4 23 27 0.4 53.5 #30 Mark Lovein 6 9 11 1.2 1 20 .500 0 0 6 0.0 0 2 0.22 1 1 2 0.2 12.5 MPSF 4 5 2 0.4 1 8 .125 0 0 2 0.0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.0 2.0 #33 Eric Chaghouri 15 30 0 0.0 0 1 .000 3 2 5 0.1 2 18 0.60 0 0 0 0.0 2.0 MPSF 11 22 0 0.0 0 0 .000 1 2 5 0.1 1 9 0.41 0 0 0 0.0 2.0 #51 Shaun Nichols 18 37 57 1.5 10 113 .416 2 5 23 0.1 0 6 0.16 2 26 28 0.8 77.0 MPSF 14 27 46 1.7 8 89 .427 0 4 19 0.2 0 4 0.15 1 22 23 0.9 62.0 TEAM OVERALL 11 TEAM MPSF 7 UCLA Totals 30 110 1720 15.64 611 3578 .310 1609 158 547 1.4 93 983 8.94 63 508 317.0 2.9 (5.18) 2195.0 MPSF 22 82 1269 15.48 462 2658 .304 1207 107 415 1.3 68 731 8.91 34 421 244.5 2.9 (5.54) 1620.5 Opponents 30 110 1615 14.68 647 3468 .279 1537 93 463 0.8 158 1034 9.40 65 412 271.0 2.5 (4.33) 1979.0 MPSF 22 82 1226 14.95 484 2607 .285 1175 68 360 0.8 107 769 9.38 42 323 203.5 2.5 (4.45) 1497.5

*indicates league and overall statistics are identical.

2008 UCLA MEN’S VOLLEYBALL 23 2007 MISCELLANEOUS STATISTICS

2007 UCLA RECORD BREAKDOWN 2007 UCLA TEAM HIGHS AND LOWS all matches ...... 19-11 UCLA UCLA vs. conference opponents ...... 13-9 High Low home matches at Pauley Pavilion ...... 13-2 Kills: 81 vs. PEP, 1/24 38 twice home matches at the Wooden Center ...... 0-0 Attempts: 183 vs. PEP, 1/24 88 twice Playing on a Wednesday ...... 5-4 Hit. Pct.: .537 vs. CSN, 2/21 .139 at UOP, 2/16 playing on a Th ursday ...... 1-1 Assists: 75 vs. PEP, 1/24 25 vs. UOP, 1/5 playing on a Friday ...... 10-3 Aces: 9 four matches 0 twice playing on a Saturday ...... 3-3 Digs: 50 vs. UCSB, 2/23 13 at BYU, 1/12 in three-game matches ...... 11-6 Blocks: 26.0 vs. UCI, 4/6 2 vs. USC, 1/27 in four-game matches ...... 4-2 Opponent Opponent in fi ve-game matches ...... 4-3 High Low Kills: 86 by PEP, 1/24 25 by Ball Sate, 3/14 UCLA’S RECORD WHEN THEY … Attempts: 177 by PEP, 1/24 78 by BYU, 1/12 Won the 1st game ...... 18-3 Hit. Pct.: .533 by USC, 1/27 -.021 by Ball State, 3/14 Won the 2nd game ...... 15-3 Assists: 85 by PEP, 1/24 23 by Ball State, 3/14 Won the 3rd game ...... 16-3 Aces: 7 by UOP, 1/5 0 by fi ve teams Went three games ...... 11-6 Digs: 60 by PEP, 1/24 20 by USC 3/31 Went four games ...... 4-2 Blocks: 18.5 by UH, 3/2 2 by CS Northridge, 2/21 Went fi ve games ...... 4-3

FINAL 2007 NCAA INDIVIDUAL STATISTICAL RANKINGS 2007 INDIVIDUAL SEASON BESTS Blocking Points ...... 35.0 Steve Klosterman vs. CSN, 2/21 T13. Jamie Diefenbach 1.22 31.5 Klosterman at UCSB, 4/21 Digs Average 29.5 Klosterman at LBS, 2/28 25.0 Jamie Diefenbach vs. PEP, 1/24 10. Tony Ker 2.52 25.0 Garrett Muagututia vs. PEP, 1/24 Kills Per Game Kills ...... 31 Steve Klosterman vs. CSN, 2/21 15. Steve Klosterman 4.29 28 Klosterman at UCSB, 4/21 Points Per Game 27 Klosterman at LBS, 2/28 T12. Steve Klosterman 5.03 23 Klosterman vs. UCSB, 2/23 22 Klosterman at PEP, 3/29 Team Hitting Percentage Attempts ...... 62 Steve Klosterman at UCSB, 4/21 9. UCLA .310 53 Garrett Muagututia vs. PEP, 1/24 51 Klosterman vs. UCSB, 2/23 49 Klosterman vs. LBS, 3/28, at LBS, 2/28 45 Klosterman vs. CSN, 2/21 Muagututia at UCSB, 1/17 Hitting Pct. ...700 Paul George at BYU, 1/12 2007 FINAL TEAM RANKINGS .692 Steve Klosterman vs. Ball State, 3/14 Final 2007 AVCA Poll .667 Brett Perrine, vs. Cal Baptist, 4/4 1. UC Irvine .667 Klosterman vs. CSN, 2/21 2. Pepperdine .667 George vs. Stanford, 2/10 3. IPFW Assists ...... 63 Matt Wade vs. PEP, 1/24 4. BYU 62 Kevin Ker at UCSB, 4/21 5. UC Santa Barbara 59 Wade at CSN, 1/19 6. Penn State 59 Ker vs. UCSB, 2/23 7. UCLA 56 Ker at PEP, 3/29 8. Cal State Northridge Aces ...... 6 Paul George at UCSB, 1/17 9. Ohio State 4 George at USC, 3/31 10. Hawaii 4 Steve Klosterman vs. UH, 2/2 4 Klosterman vs. UOP, 1/5 11. Loyola-Chicago 3 Kevin Ker vs. LUC, 3/7 12. USC 13. Ball State Digs ...... 18 Tony Ker vs. UOP, 2/9 14. Long Beach State 18 Ker vs. UCSB, 2/23 15 Paul George vs. PEP, 1/24 15. Pacifi c 15 Ker vs. UCSD, 3/2 15 Ker vs. LUC, 3/7 Total Blocks ....11 Garrett Muagututia vs. UCI, 4/6 10 Jamie Diefenbach at LBS, 2/28 10 Diefenbach at Stanford, 2/17 10 Brett Perrine vs. UOP, 2/9 9 Diefenbach at UCSB, 1/17

24 2008 UCLA MEN’S VOLLEYBALL THE MOUNTAIN PACIFIC SPORTS FEDERATION

FINAL 2007 MPSF STANDINGS CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS League Record Overall 2007 UC Irvine Team W L Pct. W L Pct. 2006 UCLA Pepperdine 21 1 .955 26 3 .897 2005 Pepperdine BYU 18 4 .818 23 6 .793 2004 BYU UC Irvine 17 5 .773 29 5 .853 2003 BYU UC Santa Barbara 14 8 .636 20 12 .625 2002 Pepperdine UCLA 13 9 .591 19 11 .633 2001† UCLA Hawaii 11 11 .500 13 14 .481 2000† UCLA CS Northridge 11 11 .500 18 15 .545 1999† BYU USC 9 13 .409 12 16 .429 1998† Pepperdine Pacifi c 8 14 .364 14 17 .452 1997† Stanford Long Beach State 6 16 .273 11 17 .393 1996† UCLA Stanford 2 20 .091 3 25 .107 1995† UCLA UC San Diego 2 20 .091 5 23 .179 1994* UCLA, Stanford 1993* UCLA, Stanford 1992* Pepperdine, 2007 MPSF STATISTICAL LEADERS Long Beach St. 1991* UCLA, USC HITTING PERCENTAGE ASSIST AVERAGE 1990* UCLA, Long Beach St. 1989# UCLA, Stanford 1. , UCI .573 1. Yamil Perez, BYU 13.81 1988 USC 2. Th eo Brunner, UCSB .531 2. Jonathan Winder, PEP 13.06 1987 UCLA 3. Dio Dante, UH .406 3. Jimmy Killian, USC 12.74 1986 USC 4. Aaron Harrell, UCI .456 4. Brian Th ornton, UCI 12.65 1985 Pepperdine 5. Russell Holmes, BYU .449 5. Connor Eaton, LBS 12.62 1984 UCLA 6. Greg Gaudino, PEP .446 6. Brian Beckwith, UH 12.16 1983 UCLA 7. David Kennedy, UCSB .432 7. Bart Kowalski, UCSB 11.93 1982 UCLA 8. James Lischer, CSN .426 8. Garrett Morales, UOP 11.73 1981 USC 9. Rodnei Santos, BYU .403 9. Travis Bleumling, CSN 11.72 1980 UCLA 10. Yosleyder Cala, BYU .402 10. Brooks Dierdorff , UCSD 11.59 1979 UCLA 1978 UCLA KILL AVERAGE DIG AVERAGE 1977 USC 1. Evan Patak, UCSB 5.98 1. Eric Leserman, UCSD 2.91 1976 UCLA 2. Paul Carroll, PEP 5.69 2. Tony Ker, UCLA 2.43 1975 UC Santa Barbara 3. Juan Figueroa, USC 5.11 3. Eric Kalima, UH 2.36 1974 UC Santa Barbara 4. Dan Rhodes, CSN 4.56 4. Luke Morris, USC 2.17 1973 Long Beach State 5. Lauri Hakala, UH 4.43 5. Jonathan Winder, PEP 2.10 1972 San Diego State 6. , LBS 4.39 6. Joel Silva, BYU 2.08 1971 San Diego State 7. Steve Klosterman, UCLA 4.16 7. Ric Cervantes, UH 2.05 1970 UCLA 8. Yosleyder Cala, BYU 4.15 8. , Stanford 2.00 1969 UC Santa Barbara 9. Pekka Seppanen, UOP 3.98 Andres Baboulidis, UOP 2.00 1968 San Diego State 10. Evan Romero, Stanford 3.93 10. Ben Brockman, UCSB 1.98 1967 UCLA 1966 UCLA BLOCKING AVERAGE POINTS AVERAGE 1965 UCLA 1964 UCLA 1. Dio Dante, UH 2.06 1. Evan Patak, UCSB 7.40 2. Tom Hulse, PEP 1.94 2. Paul Carroll, PEP 6.78 UCLA’s MPSF Playoff Record: 24-7 3. David Smith, UCI 1.44 3. Juan Figueroa, USC 5.66 (since 1993) 4. Russell Holmes, BYU 1.43 4. Paul Lotman, LBS 5.14 *Division champions. #Shared title. 5. Matt Rawson, UH 1.40 5. Lauri Hakala, HAW 5.05 † MPSF Champion under divisional 6. Brian Beckwith, UH 1.32 6. Dan Rhodes, CSN 4.97 playoff format. 7. Jamie Diefenbach, UCLA 1.29 7. Steve Klosterman, UCLA 4.90 8. Andrew Vernon, USC 1.26 8. Yosleyder Cala, BYU 4.74 Rodnei Santos, BYU 1.26 9. Pekka Seppanen, UOP 4.68 10 Dan Alexander, LBS 1.25 10. , UCI 4.57

SERVICE ACE AVERAGE 1. Evan Patak, UCSB 1.02 2. Paul Carroll, PEP 0.53 3. Eric Vance, CSN 0.42 4. Jayson Jablonsky, UCI 0.38 Matt Webber, UCI 0.38 6. Pekka Seppanen, UOP 0.32 7. Paul Lotman, LBS 0.31 8. Paul George, UCLA 0.30 Brian Berman, UCSB 0.30 10. Two tied at 0.27

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