Accolades all around
Senior middle blocker Adam Naeve, senior outside hitter Mark
Williams and freshman libero Adam Shrader were named to the
All-MPSF Second Team.
Sophomore middle blocker Scott Morrow and sophomore setter Rich
Nelson earned MPSF honorable mentions.
Before the NCAA Tournament, Naeve and Williams were named
first-team All-Americans.
Naeve and Morrow went on to make the NCAA All-Tournament
Team.
Hawaiian MPSF Tourney?
The MPSF men’s volleyball committee has proposed that
Hawai’i serve as host to the entire MPSF Tournament for the
next three years at the Stan Sheriff Center.
Hawai’i, which consistently leads the NCAA in men’s
volleyball attendance, would be guaranteed one of the top four
seeds in the tournament.
Currently, eight teams qualify for the tournament, with the top
four seeds playing home matches in the first round against their
lower-seeded opponents. After the first round, the highest
remaining seed hosts the rest of the tournament.
Remember the Bruins
UCLA great Ricci Luyties was named Colorado assistant
women’s volleyball coach in March.
Luyties won four national championships 1981-1984 with the
Bruins, earning NCAA Tournament MVP honors his last two years. A
two-time All-American, Luyties was inducted into the UCLA Hall of
Fame and had his No. 11 jersey retired. He served one year as an
assistant under UCLA Head Coach Al Scates in 1985.
Luyties went on to win a gold medal on the U.S. Olympic Team in
1988 and have a successful beach volleyball career.
Also surfacing in Colorado are former All-Americans Brandon
Taliaferro and Kevin Wong. The duo is currently training with the
U.S. National Team.
Taliaferro and Wong will be in action this Saturday in Colorado
Springs against Brazil as part of World League 2001.
Incoming!
UCLA has signed 6-foot-5-inch setter Aaron Dodd (Clovis), 6-7
opposite hitter Kris Kraushaar (Irvine), 6-7 middle/opposite hitter
David Russell (Simi Valley), 6-10 middle blocker Nicholas Scheftic
(Santa Barbara) and 6-6 setter/hitter Jeffrey Silber (Cincinnati,
Ohio) to national letters of intent.
Dodd has played two years with the USA Junior Team. Kraushaar is
a left-handed attacker and an All-CIF selection. Russell is a
prized recruit and a Junior All-American. Scheftic has
Naeve’s height and could very well emerge as a top middle
blocker. Silber is one of the top non-California players in the
recruiting class.
Briefs compiled by Diamond Leung, Daily Bruin Contributor.