USC MEN'S VOLLEYBALL PLAYS AT UCLA, UC IRVINE. Feb. 4, 2008 FOR RELEASE: SPORTS INFORMATION OFFICE TIM TESSALONE, DIRECTOR

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1 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS HER 103 LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA TELEPHONE: (213) FAX: (213) SPORTS INFORMATION OFFICE TIM TESSALONE, DIRECTOR 2008 USC SCHEDULE/RESULTS (5-6 Overall, 4-4 MPSF) Date Opponent (USC-Opp. Rank) Time/Res. Jan. 4 =Long Beach State (8-10) L 0-3 Jan. 4 =Pacific (8-NR) W 3-1 Jan. 5 =Cal State Northridge (8-7) L 0-3 Jan. 9 *Cal State Northridge (11-8) L 1-3 Jan. 11 *UC Santa Barbara (11-14) W 3-0 Jan. 16 *at Pacific (11-NR) W 3-0 Jan. 18 *at Stanford (11-6) L 1-3. Jan. 23 *UCLA (11-5) W 3-2 Jan. 25 *UC Irvine (11-10) L 1-3 Feb. 1 *at Long Beach State (11-3) L 0-3 Feb. 2 *at UC San Diego (11-15) W 3-0 Feb. 6 *at UCLA (11-4) 7 p.m. Feb. 8 *at UC Irvine (11-8) 7 p.m. Feb. 13 *UC San Diego 7 p.m. Feb. 15 *Long Beach State 7 p.m. Feb. 22 #at Springfield 8 p.m. Feb. 23 #IPFW or George Mason 6 or 8 p.m. Feb. 29 *Pepperdine 7 p.m. March 5 Lewis 7 p.m. March 7 *at Cal State Northridge 7 p.m. March 12 *at UC Santa Barbara 7 p.m. March 15 Alumni 3 p.m. March 21 *Hawaii 7 p.m. March 22 *Hawaii 7 p.m. March 28 *Pacific 7 p.m. March 29 *Stanford 7 p.m. April 5 *at Pepperdine 7 p.m. April 11 *at BYU 7 p.m. April 12 *at BYU 7 p.m. April 16 MPSF Play-in Match (at TBA) 7 p.m. April 19 MPSF Quarterfinals (at TBA) 7 p.m. April 24 MPSF Semifinals (at TBA) 5 & 7 p.m. April 26 MPSF Final (at TBA) 7 p.m. May 1 NCAA Champ. (at UC Irvine) 6 & 8 p.m. May 3 NCAA Champ. (at UC Irvine) 4 p.m. *Mountain Pacific Sports Federation match =UC Santa Barbara Collegiate Invitational--USC sixth #Hall of Fame Classic, Springfield, Mass. Home matches (in bold) played in Galen Center All times are local to match site USC QUICK FACTS Location... Los Angeles, Calif., Enrollment... 33,000 Colors... Cardinal and Gold Nickname... Trojans Home Court (Capacity)... Galen Center (10,258) Conference... Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Head Coach... Bill Ferguson USC/Career Record , second year Assistants... John Hawks, Brad Keller, Phil White VB Office Phone... (213) Press Row Phone. (213) , (213) Men s Volleyball SID... Tim Tessalone Sports Info. Office Phone... (213) Sports Info. Office Fax... (213) USC Official Web Site... USC MEN'S VOLLEYBALL 4 NCAA Championships 11 Final Fours 12 Olympians 19 All-Americans 4 College Players of the Year FOR RELEASE: Feb. 4, 2008 USC MEN'S VOLLEYBALL PLAYS AT UCLA, UC IRVINE THE FACTS The No. 11-ranked USC men s volleyball team (5-6 overall, 4-4 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation)--on its longest road trip of the season--remains away from home for the second straight week when it visits No. 4 UCLA (8-3, 5-2) on Wednesday (Feb. 6) in a match with Lexus Gauntlet points on the line and then No. 8 UC Irvine (6-6, 3-4) on Friday (Feb. 8). Both MPSF matches start at 7 p.m. LIVE TV The UCLA match will be shown live on FSN Prime, with Paul Sunderland, Karch Kiraly and Steve Obradovich mikeside. ON THE INTERNET All of USC s home matches are video-, audio- and data-streamed over the internet on TrojanTV All-Access. RANKINGS USC is 11th in the current CSTV/AVCA poll. UCLA is fourth, while UC Irvine is eighth. OPPONENTS USC trails its series with UCLA, 85-32, but the Trojans have won 3 of the past 5 meetings, including a thrilling 5-game match last month (18-16 in the fifth) and 3-0 last year in their last visit to Pauley Pavilion (it was USC s first win there since 2000 and first sweep over UCLA since 1991). USC holds a series edge over UC Irvine, but has dropped the past 5 contests, including 3-1 last month at home. The Anteaters host Pepperdine on Wednesday (Feb. 6) before USC visits. LEXUS GAUNTLET The winner of this USC-UCLA men s volleyball match will score the final 2.5 more points toward the sport s 5 points in the Lexus Gauntlet competition, a trophy awarded annually to the school with the most successful athletic year against the other. Points are awarded to the winner of each Trojan-Bruin headto-head contest and the Lexus Gauntlet will be awarded to the school with the most points at year s end (57.5 points is the magic number). The Southern California Lexus Dealer Association is the title sponsor of every USC-UCLA athletic competition. In 2001, the schools signed a contract with Lexus, America s best-selling luxury automotive manufacturer. USC captured the inaugural trophy in , UCLA won it in , USC recaptured it in , UCLA won it back in , USC claimed it in and UCLA won it last year. USC leads this season s competition, LAST MATCHES No. 3 Long Beach State remained perfect in 2008 as it dispatched of No. 11 USC, 30-25, 32-30, 30-23, on Feb. 1 in an MPSF match at LBSU. USC was led by Andrew Vernon s 9 kills and 5 blocks. Hunter Current and Murphy Troy each added 7 kills as did Sean Dennis off the bench. USC hit just.116 in the match. Long Beach State limited the Trojans to a.077 hitting percentage. The 49ers led in the second game, but saw a USC rally tie the score at Tied at 30-30, the 49ers broke through on a USC service error and a combo block. In the third game, the 49ers led but then had a 5-0 run and were never threatened from there. On Feb. 2, Troy had 17 kills while hitting.452 and Juan Figueroa added 12 kills, 9 digs and 5 blocks to lead USC to a 30-26, 30-22, win at No. 15 UC San Diego in an MPSF match. The Trojans outhit the Tritons,.291 to.088 and had more blocks, 13.0 to 6.0. Dennis added 8 kills for USC and Luke Morris had 12 digs. The first game featured 10 ties, the last coming at After the Tritons led 22-20, USC responded with 5 straight points to lead and the Tritons could pull no closer than 2 points. In game

2 two, USC led but the Tritons came back to within USC scored seven of the next nine points to pull away at before taking the game. In the third game, the Tritons came out firing, scoring 9 of the first 10 points. But the Trojans chipped away and used a late 10-3 run to close out the match. RETURNERS USC has one of the league s deepest rosters, with 31 players (its most ever), 11 of whom are upperclassmen. Included are 10 players who have started in their careers (USC s entire 2007 starting lineup returned this year) and 8 who appeared in last year s MPSF tourney match. Sprinkled throughout that roster are 15 freshmen who comprise the nation s No. 1-ranked recruiting class. VOLLEYBALL SCHOOL Besides the 4 NCAA crowns ( ) that USC s men have won, the Women of Troy have captured 6 national volleyball titles. USC s women won the AIAW trophy in 1976, 1977 and 1980, and the NCAA crown in Then, coach Mick Haley s 2002 and 2003 Women of Troy squads captured the NCAA titles USC Men s Volleyball Page USC MEN S VOLLEYBALL NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name Ht. Wt. Pos. Yr. Hometown (Last School/High School) 1 C.J. Schellenberg OPP Jr. Pacific Palisades (Loyola) 2 Ian Wright MB Fr. Belmont (St. Francis) 3 Sean O Connor MB Jr.* Carlsbad (La Costa Canyon) 4 Troy Tokuhama L So. Honolulu, HI (Iolani) 5 Joey Dykstra OH So. Hermosa Beach (Redondo Union) 6 Matt Pavlovich OH Jr. San Clemente (Santa Margarita) 7 Luke Morris L Jr. Laguna Beach (Laguna Beach) 8 Andrew Vernon MB Sr. Joliet, IL (Joliet Township) 9 Jon Hackett OPP So. Rochester, NY. (Brighton) 10 Hunter Haley S Jr. Hermosa Beach (Mira Costa) 11 Murphy Troy OH Fr. St. Louis, MO (St. Louis University) 12 Riley McKibbin S Fr. Honolulu, HI (Punahou) 13 Juan Figueroa OH Sr. Levittown, Puerto Rico (Bayamon Military Acad.) 14 Chris Roche OH Fr.* Redondo Beach (Redondo Union) 15 Chris Jones MB Sr. Racine, WI (Washington Park) 16 Austin Zahn MB Fr. Hermosa Beach (Redondo Union) 17 Tri Bourne OH Fr. Honolulu, HI. (Academy of the Pacific) 18 Jimmy Killian S Sr. Los Angeles (Loyola) 19 Hunter Current MB So. San Jose (Bellarmine Prep) 20 Matt Anderson OH Sr.* Laguna Beach (Laguna Beach) 21 Matt Hillier OPP So.* La Canada (Pasadena CC/Loyola) 22 Vince Altamura S Fr. Manhattan Beach (Mira Costa) 23 Tyler Stevens OH Fr.* Miami, FL (Ohio State/Westminster Christian) 24 Tito Goldstein OH Fr. Los Angeles (Brentwood) 25 Jimmy Hirschmann MB Fr. Manhattan Beach (Loyola) 26 Drew Huffman OPP Fr. San Diego (Scripps Ranch) 27 Brad Keenan L Fr. Manhattan Beach (Mira Costa) 28 Bryce Overend OPP Fr. Huntington Beach (Marina) 29 Andy Clemens OPP Fr. Hermosa Beach (Mira Costa) 30 Sean Dennis OPP Fr. Santa Monica (Harvard-Westlake) 31 Tom Fanchin OH Fr. Oceanside (St. Augustine) *Used up redshirt year Head Coach: Bill Ferguson (second year) Assistant Coaches: John Hawks (second year), Brad Keller (second year) Volunteer Coach: Phil White (first year) Technical Coordinator: Chris Jackson (first year) Trainers: Sue Lerner, Annabelle Maman Captains: Jimmy Killian, Jon Hackett 2008 CSTV/AVCA POLL (Feb. 4, 2008) 1. BYU 2. Penn State 3. Long Beach State 4. UCLA 5. Pepperdine 6. Cal State Northridge 7. Ohio State 8. UC Irvine 9. Stanford 10. Indiana-Purdue Fort Wayne 11. USC 12. Loyola-Chicago 13. UC Santa Barbara 14. George Mason 15. Hawaii Others: UC San Diego COACH BILL FERGUSON Bill Ferguson, one of the game's top young coaches, was promoted to head coach of the USC men's volleyball program on May 16, In 2007, his first season as head coach, he guided USC to its best season in 6 years. The Trojans had their most overall (12-16) and Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (9-13) wins, their highest MPSF finish (eighth) and their first appearance in the MPSF tournament since USC beat UCLA at Pauley Pavilion for the first time since 2000 and the 3-game sweep was its first over the Bruins since 1991, giving Ferguson a victory in his debut against legendary UCLA coach Al Scates. Troy also snapped a 12-match losing streak to Hawaii and did so in Honolulu, its first win there since 1999.This is Ferguson s second stint at USC, as he was an assistant for 2 years ( ) under head coach Pat Powers. He was one of the nation s most successful junior volleyball coaches and club directors before returning to USC in the summer of In his 15 years of coaching experience at the club level (Santa Monica Beach Club, Reebok Palisades Club, Los Angeles Athletic Club and Southern California Volleyball Club), he coached teams to 19 medals (including 12 golds) at national championships and the clubs he directed won 31 medals. Among the players he has coached over the years are Olympians Misty May, Brook Billings, Donald Suxho, Gabe Gardner, Jeff Nygaard, Ryan Millar, Brett Winslow and Mark Williams, as well as Brandon Taliaferro and current USC setters Jimmy Killian and Hunter Haley. He served as an assistant with the USA Youth National Team in 2000 and In the summer of 2006, he was the head coach of the 2006 USA Volleyball Men s Junior National A2 team. Ferguson played for Palisades High in Pacific Palisades (Calif.), where he was a member of the 1988 L.A. City championship team. He then took a 2-year hiatus from volleyball. While enrolled at Santa Monica (Calif.) College, he pursued a competitive surfing career. From 1987 to 1991, he was a familiar face on the Southern California collegiate volleyball scene, where he served as a linesman for men s and women s matches MPSF STANDINGS (as of Feb. 4, 2008) W L GB Long Beach State BYU UCLA Pepperdine Cal State Northridge USC Stanford UC Irvine UC Santa Barbara Hawaii Pacific UC San Diego KILLIAN Jimmy Killian, a 6-4 senior co-captain, will start at setter for his fourth season after topping the Trojans in assists (1,226) in 2007, tying for second in blocks (82) and finishing fourth in digs (113). He was fifth nationally in assists (12.77) last year. He has 3,971 career assists. Late last spring, he spent time training with the U.S. National Team.

3 --He had 37 assists and 3 blocks vs. Long Beach State (1-4). --He had 50 assists vs. Pacific (1-4). --He had 27 assists vs. Cal State Northridge (1-5). --He had 45 assists vs. Cal State Northridge (1-9). --He had 47 assists vs. UC Santa Barbara (1-11). --He had 47 assists, 6 blocks and 4 digs vs. Pacific (1-16). --He had 54 assists and 4 digs vs. Stanford (1-18). --He had 48 assists, 6 blocks and 5 digs vs. UCLA (1-23). --He had 50 assists, 7 blocks and 6 digs vs. UC Irvine (1-25). --He had 35 assists and 4 blocks vs. Long Beach State (2-1). --He had 25 assists, 4 digs and 3 blocks vs. UC San Diego (2-2). OTHER SETTERS Backing Killian in 2008 will be 3 inexperienced players with strong ties to USC volleyball: 6-2 junior Hunter Haley and a pair of first-year freshmen in 6-2 Riley McKibbin and 5-11 Vince Altamura, both 2007 prep All-American first teamers. Haley, the son of USC women s head coach Mick Haley, has played briefly in just 1 match in his career. McKibbin, whose uncle (Owen) and aunt (Claudia) played at USC, led Punahou High of Honolulu (Hi.) to 3 consecutive state Division I titles. He is also an accomplished beach player and was Hawaii s co-mvp in basketball. Altamura s brother, Gio, just finished his playing career at USC, while his twin sister, Alexa, is a member of the Women of Troy squad. Altamura, out of of Mira Costa High in Manhattan Beach (Calif.), was the MVP of the 2005 Junior Olympics 16 Open division. He likely will redshirt the 2008 season. --McKibbin had 16 assists vs. UC San Diego (2-2). FIGUEROA USC s most decorated player is high-leaping 6-0 senior Juan Figueroa, who will start for his fourth season on the outside. Last year, he was Troy s first All-American of any sort since 2001 when he earned 2007 All- American second team and All-MPSF third team honors. He led the Trojans in kills (505) and aces (26) in 2007, was second in digs (184) and fourth in blocks (72). He was fifth nationally in kills (4.90) and sixth in points (5.52) last year. In his career, he has 1,304 kills, 509 digs, 184 blocks and 56 aces. When last season concluded, he first long jumped for the USC track team (winning at the UCLA meet) and then played with the Puerto Rican National Team. --He had a team-best 13 kills (hitting.500) vs. Long Beach State (1-4). --He had 12 kills, 6 digs, 4 blocks and 4 aces vs. Pacific (1-4). --He had 10 kills and a game-best 9 digs vs. Cal State Northridge (1-5). --He had 11 kills and 8 digs vs. Cal State Northridge (1-9). --He had 10 kills and 5 digs vs. UC Santa Barbara (1-11). --He had 12 kills, 5 digs and 2 blocks vs. Pacific (1-16) USC Men s Volleyball Page 3 --He had 4 kills and 3 blocks vs. Stanford (1-18). --He had 20 kills (hitting.359) and 11 digs, both match bests, vs. UCLA (1-23). --He had a match best 20 kills, plus 11 digs and 5 blocks vs. UC Irvine (1-25). --He had 3 kills and 3 digs vs. Long Beach State (2-1). --He had 12 kills, 9 digs and 5 blocks vs. UC San Diego (2-2). OTHER OUTSIDES Both of the players who shared time at the other outside hitter spot in senior Matt Anderson and 6-4 junior Matt Pavlovich are back. Anderson had 126 kills, 54 digs and 24 blocks in 2007, while Pavlovich added 97 kills, 51 digs and 31 blocks. But they ll be challenged in 2008 by a number of untested young players. There are a pair of redshirt freshmen in 6-3 Chris Roche and 6-4 Tyler Stevens, plus a quartet of first-year freshmen in 6-8 Murphy Troy, 6-5 Tri Bourne, 6-2 Tito Goldstein and 6-3 Tom Fanchin. Stevens, whose mother, Cookie, is an assistant with the USC women s team, transferred from Ohio State. He was a 2005 prep All-American first teamer and was on the 2004 U.S. Youth National Team. The appropriately-named Troy led St. Louis (Mo.) University High to the 2007 Missouri state title while earning prep All- American first team honors. He was a member of the 2006 and 2007 U.S. Youth National Teams (he starred in the 2007 FIVB Youth World Championships) and was the MVP of the 2007 Junior Olympics 18 Open division. Bourne was originally expected to redshirt following an appendectomy last fall, but he has recovered sufficiently. He helped Maryknoll High in Honolulu (Hi.) win the state Division II championship last year and played on the 2007 U.S. Youth National Team. He and fellow Trojan McKibbin, with whom he shared Hawaii s co-mvp award in basketball, also teamed to capture the gold medal at the 2007 AAU National Beach Volleyball Under 20 championship. Goldstein was a 2-time All-CIF first team choice at Brentwood High in Los Angeles (Calif.). Fanchin prepped at St. Augustine High in San Diego (Calif.). Two other outside hitters will redshirt in Joey Dykstra, a 6-5 sophomore, had 14 kills and 8 digs while appearing in 9 matches in A standout in beach volleyball, he ll spend 2008 getting back on track in the classroom after playing in 12 AVP tourneys last summer and then placing fifth in the 2007 Junior Beach World Championships. --Troy had 12 kills (hitting.360), 3 blocks, 3 digs and 2 aces vs. Long Beach State (1-4). --Troy had a game-high 19 kills (hitting.517), 7 digs and 4 aces vs. Pacific (1-4). --Troy had 10 kills, 5 digs and 3 blocks vs. Cal State Northridge (1-5). --Troy had 16 kills and 3 blocks vs. Cal State Northridge (1-9). --Troy had a game-high 15 kills (hitting.571) vs. UC Santa Barbara (1-11) with 6 digs, while Goldstein had 2 aces. --Troy had a match-high 15 kills (hitting.400), plus 3 digs and 2 blocks, vs. Pacific (1-16). --Troy had a team-high 17 kills with 6 digs vs. Stanford (1-18), while Bourne added 4 kills,9 digs and 4 blocks. --Troy had 10 kills, 3 blocks and 3 digs vs. UCLA (1-23). --Troy had 17 kills (hitting.324) vs. UC Irvine (1-25). --Troy had 7 kills, 4 digs, 2 blocks and 2 aces vs. Long Beach State (2-1). --Troy had 17 kills (hitting.452), 5 digs and 3 blocks vs. UC San Diego (2-2). SCHELLENBERG At opposite hitter, 6-7 junior C.J. Schellenberg looks to start for his third season. He was second on the Trojans in 2007 in kills (358) and aces (24), third in digs (119) and fifth in blocks (66). He has 730 kills, 260 digs and 171 blocks in his career. --He had 3 kills vs. Long Beach State (1-4). --He had 11 kills (hitting.368) vs. Pacific (1-4). --He had 9 kills and 4 digs vs. Cal State Northridge (1-5). --He had a match-best 17 kills with 4 blocks vs. Cal State Northridge (1-9). --He had 13 kills (hitting.458) with 5 digs, 3 blocks and 3 aces vs. UC Santa Barbara (1-11). --He had 14 kills (hitting.522) and 6 digs vs. Pacific (1-16). --He had 13 kills, 7 digs and 5 blocks vs. Stanford (1-18). --He had 15 kills, 6 digs and 4 blocks vs. UCLA (1-23). --He had 6 kills vs. UC Irvine (1-25). OTHER OPPOSITES Schellenberg will be pushed in 2008 by some relatively-inexperienced players. There s 6-9 sophomore co-captain Jon Hackett, who had 14 kills and 8 digs while appearing in 16 matches in 2007, and 6-3 sophomore Matt Hillier, who has played in just 2 matches at USC. Then there s a trio of first-year freshmen in 6-4 Sean Dennis of Harvard-Westlake High in North Hollywood (Calif.), a 2007 prep All-American second teamer, 6-4 Bryce Overend of Marina High in Huntington Beach (Calif.) and 6-3 Andy Clemens of Mira Costa High in Manhattan Beach (Calif.). Another first-year freshman, 6-7 Drew Huffman of Scripps Ranch High in San Diego (Calif.), will redshirt in 2008 following shoulder surgery. --Dennis had 7 kills off the bench vs. Long Beach State (2-1). --Dennis had 8 kills, 3 digs and 2 blocks while starting vs. UC San Diego (2-2). VERNON/CURRENT Both middle blockers return from 2007: 6-8 senior Andrew Vernon, who has started the past 3 years, and 6-8 sophomore Hunter Current. Vernon led USC s regulars in 2007 in hitting percentage (.385) and blocks (105) while also notching 178 kills (third on the team). He was 10th nationally in blocking (1.25) last year. He has a.404 career hitting percentage with 646 kills and 326 blocks. Current started most of his 2007 freshman campaign when he had 143 kills while hitting.337 to go with his 82 blocks (second on the team) and 18 aces (third on the team). He trained with the 2007 U.S. Junior National Team.

4 --Vernon had 9 kills (hitting.389) and 3 blocks vs. Long Beach State (1-4), while Current had 2 blocks. --Current had 4 kills and a match-best 6 kills vs. Pacific (1-4). --Current had 2 kills and 2 digs vs. Cal State Northridge (1-5). --Vernon had 5 blocks vs. Cal State Northridge (1-9). --Vernon had 6 kills (hitting.545) and 4 blocks vs. UC Santa Barbara (1-11). --Vernon had 6 kills (hitting.400) and 5 blocks vs. Pacific (1-16). --Vernon had 13 kills (hitting.391) and 6 blocks vs. Stanford (1-18), while Current added 6 kills. --Vernon had 7 kills (hitting.500) and 7 blocks vs. UCLA (1-23). --Current had 7 kills (hitting.462) and 8 blocks off the bench vs. UC Irvine (1-25), while Vernon had 7 kills --Vernon had 9 kills (hitting.750) and 5 blocks vs. Long Beach State (2-1), while Current added 7 kills (hitting.500). --Current had 6 kills, 4 digs and 3 blocks vs. UC San Diego (2-2). OTHER MIDDLES Because Vernon battles chronic knee soreness, the door is open for other middle blockers to break into the lineup in Chris Jones, a 6-6 senior, has played in 19 matches (with 10 starts) in his career, but saw action in just 1 match last season. Sean O Connor, a 6-5 junior, has yet to play at USC. There also are 3 first-year freshman middle blockers looking to make an impact: 6-8 Austin Zahn of Redondo Union High in Redondo Beach (Calif.), 6-7 Ian Wright of St. Francis High in Mountain View (Calif.) and 6-4 Jimmy Hirschmann of Loyola High in Los Angeles (Calif.). Zahn, a prep All-American first team honoree last year, was on the 2006 and 2007 U.S. Junior National Teams (he competed at the 2007 Junior World Championships). Wright was on the 2007 U.S. Youth National Training team, while Hirschmann was a 2-time prep All-American second teamer. --Zahn had 8 kills (hitting.889) and 5 blocks vs. Pacific (1-4). --Zahn had 2 kills and 2 blocks vs. Cal State Northridge (1-5). --Zahn had 6 kills (hitting.667) and 3 blocks vs. UC Santa Barbara (1-11). --Zahn had 3 kills, 3 blocks and 2 aces vs. Pacific (1-16). --Zahn had 8 kills (hitting.333) and 4 blocks vs. UCLA (1-23). --Zahn had 7 blocks vs. UC San Diego (2-2). MORRIS Luke Morris, a 6-2 junior, returns for his third year as USC s libero. He led the Trojans in digs with 249 in 2007 and now has 577 in his career. He was 11th nationally in digs (2.42) in He trained with the 2007 U.S. Junior National Team. --He had 12 digs vs. Long Beach State (1-4). --He had 7 digs and 2 kills vs. Pacific (1-4). --He had a game-best 9 digs vs. Cal State Northridge (1-5). --He had 14 digs vs. Cal State Northridge (1-9). --He had 9 digs vs. UC Santa Barbara (1-11) USC Men s Volleyball Page 4 --He had 7 digs vs. Pacific (1-16). --He had 11 digs vs. Stanford (1-18). --He had 6 digs and 4 assists vs. UCLA (1-23). --He had 16 digs vs. UC Irvine (1-25). --He had 6 digs vs. Long Beach State (2-1). --He had a match-high 12 digs vs. UC San Diego (2-2). OTHER LIBEROS Backing Morris at libero in 2008 are 5-6 sophomore Troy Tokuhama, who played briefly in 2 matches last season, and 6-3 first-year freshman Brad Keenan of Mira Costa High in Manhattan Beach (Calif.), who was on the 2006 U.S. Youth National A2 team. A knee injury might sideline him in RELATIVELY SPEAKING Jimmy Killian comes from a family of Trojans: his father, Don, was a member of the 1977 USC NCAA championship men s volleyball team (he lettered in 1976 and 1977); his brother, Donny, played volleyball at USC in 2001 and then was a Trojan assistant coach in 2002 after playing three seasons at Pepperdine (twice playing in the NCAA Final Four, including on the NCAA runnerup Waves squad in 1998); his sister, Lauren, was a member of USC s 2002 NCAA championship and 2000 Final Four women s volleyball teams (she lettered from 1999 to 2002); his uncle, Doug, lettered in men s volleyball at Troy in 1982 and 1983 (the 1982 team finished third in the NCAAs); and his mother, Chris, is a USC graduate, along with a grandmother, two grandfathers (both played basketball at USC), a great grandfather, 2 other uncles, an aunt and numerous cousins...riley McKibbin a pair of relatives who played volleyball at USC: his uncle, Owen McKibbin (who lettered in , as the Trojans finished second at the NCAA Championships his final 2 seasons), and his aunt, Claudia McKibbin (a letterwinner on the Women of Troy s 1980 national championship team)...vince Altamura's brother, Gio, lettered at USC for 4 years ( ) after transferring from Ohio State, while his twin sister, Alexa, is a freshman on the USC women s volleyball team...juan Figueroa's father, Juan Figueroa, and his mother, Mayra Pacheco, were sprinters for Puerto Rico's national track team (his father also was a basketball referee in 3 Olympics and worked the men's final at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics that involved the USA's Dream Team); his sister, Rayma, played volleyball at Dickinson State University and Huron Si Tanka University...Austin Zahn's brothers played college basketball: Andrew at Arizona in 2002 and Biola in 2003 (he then played professionally in Japan) and Adam at Oregon ( ), who is now playing professionally in Norway...C.J. Schellenberg's father, Jim, played football at Vanderbilt...Joey Dykstra's sister, Jenna, plays volleyball at Davidson and his father, Joe, played basketball at Western Illinois...Hunter Haley's father is USC women's volleyball coach Mick Haley, who guided the Women of Troy to the 2002 and 2003 NCAA titles...tyler Stevens' mother, Cookie, is an assistant coach with the USC women s volleyball team (she previously was the head coach at Florida International, Westminster Christian High in Miami and Miami-Dade Community College after playing at San Diego State) and his brother, Sam, played at Ohio State from 2004 to Tito Goldstein's brother, Ilan, plays volleyball for New York University...Drew Huffman's grandfather, Verle Sorgen, was a 3-sport letterman (track, basketball and baseball) at USC in the 1950s and then was a Pac-10 football official and its coordinator of football officiating (he also officiated in the U.S. Football League, World League and Arena Indoor League)...Murphy Troy's brother, Phinney, was an offensive tackle at Missouri...Troy Tokuhama's father, Roy, played baseball at Hawaii and Pacific (Oregon)...Head coach Bill Ferguson's father, Tom, was a 2-time ( ) All-American at Santa Monica College, which won the USVBA college national championship both years...assistant coach Brad Keller's brother, Jarod, is a junior libero at Stanford. LAST YEAR One has to go back to 2001 to find the last time USC advanced to the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation playoffs or had as many overall (12) and MPSF (9) wins or had a higher league finish (eighth), all accomplishments of the 2007 Trojans. The last time Troy had a longer winning streak than the 4-match string it had in the middle of this season was also Although that might not seem all that impressive for a program that has won 4 NCAA titles and finished second 6 other times (and third once), consider that USC had won a total of just 36 matches and finished no better than 11th in the MPSF in the previous 5 seasons. USC posted a overall record in 2007 (9-13 in the MPSF) while advancing to the MPSF play-in match. Along the way, USC collected some impressive victories. The Trojans went to Pauley Pavilion and beat UCLA there for the first time since 2000, doing so in 3 games (it was USC s first 3-0 sweep over the Bruins since 1991). USC also snapped a 12-match losing streak to Hawaii by going to Honolulu and claiming a 5-game win over the Warriors. It was Troy s first win there since And the Trojans also swept their MSPF matches over Long Beach State, Pacific and Stanford.

5 C.J. Schellenberg -- #1 Att.: (vs. Stanford, 1/18) Kills: (vs. Cal State Northridge, 1/9) Pct.: (vs. Pacific, 1/16) Ast.: 1... (5 times) Aces: 3... (vs. UC Santa Barbara, 1/11) Digs: 7... (vs. Stanford, 1/18) BS: 1... (3 times) BA: 5... (vs. Stanford, 1/18) TB: 5... (vs. Stanford, 1/18) 2008 USC MEN S VOLLEYBALL SEASON HIGHS Jon Hackett -- #9 Att.: 6... (vs. UC Irvine, 1/25) Kills: 1... (vs. UC Irvine, 1/25) Aces: 1... (vs. UCLA, 1/23) BA: 1... (vs. UC Irvine, 1/25) TB: 1... (vs. UC Irvine, 1/25) Tri Bourne -- #17 Att.: (vs. Stanford, 1/18)) Kills: 4^... (vs. Stanford, 1/18) Pct.: (twice) Digs: 9^... (vs. Stanford, 1/18) BA: 4... (vs. Stanford, 1/18) TB: 4^... (vs. Stanford, 1/18) Ian Wright -- #2 Sean O'Connor -- #3 Troy Tokuhama -- #4 Joey Dykstra -- #5 Matt Pavlovich -- #6 Att.: 4... (vs. Long Beach State, 2/1) Kills: 1... (3 times) Digs: 2... (vs. Cal State Northridge, 1/9) Luke Morris -- #7 Att.: 2... (vs. Pacific, 1/4) Kills: 2^... (vs. Pacific, 1/4) Ast.: 5... (vs. UC Irvine, 1/25) Digs: 16^... (vs. UC Irvine, 1/25) Andrew Vernon -- #8 Att.: (vs. Stanford, 1/18) Kills: (vs. Long Beach State, 1/4) Pct.: (vs. Long Beach State, 2/1) Ast.: 1... (vs. Cal State Northridge, 1/9) Aces: 1... (3 times) Digs: 1... (4 times) BS: 1... (twice) BA: 7... (vs. UCLA, 1/23) TB: 7... (vs. UCLA, 1/23) Hunter Haley -- #10 Murphy Troy -- #11 Att.: (vs. Stanford, 1/18) Kills: 19^... (vs. Pacific, 1/4) Pct.: (vs. UC Santa Barbara, 1/11) Ast.: 1... (3 times) Aces: 4... (vs. Pacific, 1/4) Digs: 7^... (vs. Pacific, 1/4) BS: 1... (4 times) BA: 3... (3 times) TB: 3^... (6 times) Riley McKibbin -- #12 Ast.: 6... (vs. UC San Diego, 2/2) Digs: 1^... (twice) Juan Figueroa -- #13 Att.: (vs. UC Irvine, 1/25) Kills: (twice) Pct.: (vs. Long Beach State, 1/4) Ast.: 1... (vs. UC Irvine, 1/25) Aces: 4... (vs. Pacific, 1/4) Digs: (twice) BS: 1... (3 times) BA: 4... (4 times) TB: 5... (twice) Chris Roche -- #14 Chris Jones -- #15 Austin Zahn -- #16 Att.: (vs. UCLA, 1/23) Kills: 8^... (twice) Ast.: 2... (vs. Pacific, 1/4) Aces: 2... (vs. Pacific, 1/16) Digs: 2^... (vs. Stanford, 1/18) BS: 1... (3 times) BA: 7... (vs. UC San Diego, 2/2) TB: 7^... (vs. UC San Diego, 2/2) Jimmy Killian -- #18 Att.: 3... (twice) Kills: 1... (5 times) Ast.: (vs. Stanford, 1/18) Digs: 6... (vs. UC Irvine, 1/25) BS: 1... (vs. UC San Diego, 2/2) BA: 7... (vs. UC Irvine, 1/25) TB: 7... (vs. UC Irvine, 1/25) Hunter Current -- #19 Att.: (vs. Pacific, 1/4) Kills: 7... (twice) Pct.: (vs. Long Beach State, 2/1) Ast.: 1... (vs. Pacific, 1/4) Aces: 1... (vs. Pacific, 1/4) Digs: 4... (vs. UC San Diego, 2/2) BS: 1... (twice) BA: 8... (vs. UC Irvine, 1/25) TB: 8^... (vs. UC Irvine, 1/25) Matt Anderson -- #20 Att.: 2... (vs. Long Beach State, 2/1) Matt Hillier -- #21 Vince Altamura -- #22 Tyler Stevens -- #23 Att.: (vs. Long Beach State, 2/1) Kills: 3^... (vs. Long Beach State, 2/1) Pct.: (vs. Long Beach State, 2/1) Digs: 3^... (vs. Long Beach State, 2/1) Tito Goldstein -- #24 Ast.: 1... (vs. Cal State Northridge, 1/9) Aces: 2... (vs. UC Santa Barbara, 1/11) Digs: 2^... (twice)

6 Jimmy Hirschmann -- #25 Drew Huffman -- #26 Brad Keenan -- #27 Bryce Overend -- #28 Andy Clemens -- #29 Sean Dennis -- #30 Att.: (vs. UC San Diego, 2/2) Kills: 8^... (vs. UC San Diego, 2/2) Pct.: (vs. UC San Diego, 2/2) Aces: 1... (twice) Digs: 1^... (vs. Long Beach State, 1/4) BA: 2... (vs. UC San Diego, 2/2) TB: 2^... (vs. UC San Diego, 2/2) Tom Fanchin -- #31 ^USC Career high (listed for kills, digs, total blocks only) (All Individual Hitting Pct.: minimum 10 attempts) USC Individual Highs Att.: (Juan Figueroa, vs. UC Irvine, 1/25) Kills: (Juan Figueroa, vs. UCLA, 1/23) (Juan Figueroa, vs. UC Irvine, 1/25) Pct.: (A. Vernon, vs. Long Beach State, 2/1) Ast.: (Jimmy Killian, vs. Stanford, 1/18) Aces: 4... (Murphy Troy, vs. Pacific, 1/4) 4... (Juan Figueroa, vs. Pacific, 1/4) Digs: (Luke Morris, vs. UC Irvine, 1/25) BS: 1. (C.J. Schellenberg, Long Beach State, 1/4) 1... (Andrew Vernon, Long Beach State, 1/4) 1... (Murphy Troy, Long Beach State, 1/4) 1... (Hunter Current, Long Beach State, 1/4) 1... (Juan Figueroa, vs. Pacific, 1/4) 1... (Austin Zahn, vs. Pacific, 1/4) 1... (Hunter Current, vs. Pacific, 1/4) 1. (C.J. Schellenberg, vs. CS Northridge, 1/5) 1. (Murphy Troy, vs. Cal State Northridge, 1/5) 1... (Andrew Vernon, vs. CS Northridge, 1/9) 1.. (Austin Zahn, vs. UC Santa Barbara, 1/11) 1... (J. Killian, vs. UC Santa Barbara, 1/11) 1... (Murphy Troy, vs. Pacific, 1/16) 1... (C.J. Schellenberg, vs. UCLA, 1/23) 1... (Juan Figueroa, vs. UC Irvine, 1/25) 1... (Austin Zahn, vs. UC Irvine, 1/25) 1... (Murphy Troy, vs. UC San Diego, 2/2) 1... (Juan Figueroa, vs. UC San Diego, 2/2) 1... (Jimmy Killian, vs. UC San Diego, 2/2) BA: 8... (Hunter Current, vs. UC Irvine, 1/25) TB: 8... (Hunter Current, vs. UC Irvine, 1/25) USC Team Highs Att.: (vs. Stanford, 1/18) Kills: (vs. UCLA, 1/23) Pct.: (vs. UC Santa Barbara, 1/11) Ast.: (vs. UCLA, 1/23) (vs. UC Irvine, 1/25) Aces: (vs. Pacific, 1/4) Digs: (vs. Stanford, 1/18) (vs. UC Irvine, 1/25) BS: 4... (vs. Long Beach State, 1/4) BA: (vs. UC Irvine, 1/25) TB: (vs. UC Irvine, 1/25) USC Team Lows Att.: (vs. Cal State Northridge, 1/5) Kills: (vs. Cal State Northridge, 1/5) Pct.: (vs. Long Beach State, 2/1) Ast.: (vs. Cal State Northridge, 1/5) Aces: 0... (vs. Cal State Northridge, 1/5) Digs: (vs. Long Beach State, 2/1) BS: 0... (vs. Stanford, 1/18) 0... (vs. Long Beach State, 2/1) BA: 9... (vs. Cal State Northridge, 1/5) TB: (vs. Cal State Northridge, 1/5) Opponent Team Highs Att.: (UC Irvine, 1/25) Kills: (UC Irvine, 1/25) Pct.: (Cal State Northridge, 1/5) Ast.: (UC Irvine, 1/25) Aces: (UCLA, 1/23) Digs: (Stanford, 1/18) BS: (Long Beach State, 1/4) BA: (Cal State Northridge, 1/9) (UCLA, 1/23) TB: (Cal State Northridge, 1/9) (UCLA, 1/23) Opponent Team Lows Att.: (Long Beach State, 2/1) Kills: (UC San Diego, 2/2) Pct.: (UC San Diego, 2/2) Ast.: (UC San Diego, 2/2) Aces: 0... (UC Irvine, 1/25) Digs: (Long Beach State, 2/1) BS: 0... (Pacific, 1/4) 0... (UC Santa Barbara, 1/11) 0... (Pacific, 1/16) 0... (Stanford, 1/18) BA: 8... (Long Beach State, 1/4) 8... (Pacific, 1/4) 8... (Cal State Northridge, 1/5) TB: 8... (Pacific, 1/4) Individual Opponent Highs Att.: (Jason Spangler, UC San Diego, 2/2) Kills: (Evan Romero, Stanford, 1/18) (Garrett Muagututia, UCLA, 1/23) (Taylor Wilson, UC Irvine, 1/25) Pct.: (Kevin McKniff, CS Northridge, 1/9) Ast.: (Anthony Spittle, UC Irvine, 1/25) Aces: 4. (Isaac Kneubuhl, Cal State Northridge, 1/5) Digs: (Brent Asuka, UC Irvine, 1/25) BS: 4... (Kyle Friend, Long Beach State, 1/4) BA: 9... (James Diefenbach, UCLA, 1/23) TB: 9... (James Diefenbach, UCLA, 1/23)

7 2008 STARTERS S MB MB OH OH OPP L Long Beach State Killian Vernon Current Figueroa Troy Schell'berg Morris Pacific Killian Zahn Current Figueroa Troy Schell'berg Morris Cal State Northridge Killian Zahn Current Figueroa Troy Schell'berg Morris Cal State Northridge Killian Vernon Zahn Figueroa Troy Schell'berg Morris UC Santa Barbara Killian Vernon Zahn Figueroa Troy Schell'berg Morris Pacific Killian Vernon Zahn Figueroa Troy Schell'berg Morris Stanford Killian Vernon Zahn Figueroa Troy Schell'berg Morris UCLA Killian Vernon Zahn Figueroa Troy Schell'berg Morris UC Irvine Killian Vernon Zahn Figueroa Troy Schell'berg Morris Long Beach State Killian Vernon Current Figueroa Pavlovich Troy Morris UC San Diego Killian Zahn Current Figueroa Dennis Troy Morris UCLA UC Irvine UC San Diego Long Beach State Springfield IPFW/George Mason Pepperdine Lewis Cal State Northridge UC Santa Barbara Hawaii Hawaii Pacific Stanford Pepperdine BYU BYU USC IN THE WEEKLY POLL DATE CSTV/AVCA Preseason 8T Jan Jan Jan Jan Feb. 4 11

8 2008 USC Men's Volleyball USC Trojans Combined Team Statistics (as of Feb 04, 2008) All matches RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL MATCHES... ( 5-6 ) ( 2-2 ) ( 2-2 ) ( 1-2 ) CONFERENCE... ( 4-4 ) ( 2-2 ) ( 2-2 ) ( 0-0 ) NON-CONFERENCE... ( 1-2 ) ( 0-0 ) ( 0-0 ) ( 1-2 ) ATTACK SET SERVE DIG BLOCKING ## STATS SUMMARY G K K/G E TA Pct A A/G SA SE SA/G RE DIG D/G BS BA Total B/G BE BHE Andrew Vernon Murphy Troy Luke Morris Austin Zahn C.J. Schellenberg Jimmy Killian Hunter Current Juan Figueroa Sean Dennis Tito Goldstein Riley McKibbin Tri Bourne Matt Pavlovich Tyler Stevens Jon Hackett Matt Anderson TEAM 7 USC TROJANS Opponents TEAM STATISTICS USC OPP DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE SCORE-BY-GAME ATTEND ATTACK... Jan 04 vs Long Beach State L ,22-30, Kills Jan 04 vs Pacific Tigers W ,30-26,25-30, Errors Jan 05 vs #7 Cal State Northridg L ,24-30, Total Attacks * Jan 09 #8 CAL STATE NORTHRIDG L ,28-30,21-30, Attack Pct * Jan 11 #14 UC SANTA BARBARA W ,30-26, Kills/Game * Jan 16 at Pacific Tigers W ,30-23, SET... * Jan 18 at #6 Stanford L ,26-30,30-26, Assists * Jan 23 UCLA W ,30-24,23-30,18-30, Attempts * Jan 25 UCI L ,26-30,30-27, Assist Pct * Feb 01 at #3 Long Beach State L ,30-32, Assists/Game * Feb 02 at #15 UCSD W ,30-22, SERVE... Aces Errors Attempts Serve Pct Aces/Game SERVE RECEPTIONS... Errors Errors/Game Attempts Reception Pct DEFENSE... Digs Digs/Game BLOCKING... Block Solo Block Assist Total Blocks Blocks Per Game Block Errors Ball handling errors 4 3 ATTENDANCE... Total Dates/Avg Per Date 4/506 4/629 Neutral site #/Avg 3/171 Current win streak 1 - Home win streak