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Post by Makawao on Apr 22, 2003 17:19:21 GMT -5
Congrads to Costa, player of the year
COSTAS THEOCHARIDIS, #9, Senior, Outside Hitter –University of Hawaii
Costas Theocharidis (Orestiada, Greece / Second High School) – The Warriors’ senior outside hitter has been voted by MPSF men’s volleyball coaches the 2003 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Player of the Year; his second time for this award, also winning as a sophomore in 2001. Theocharidis, a member of the Greek National Team and one of the most decorated Warrior volleyball players ever, has a long list of accolades earned during his collegiate career, including three-time AVCA First-Team All-America (‘00, ‘01, ‘02), 2002 Verizon/CoSIDA Academic All-America, All-MPSF First-team (’01, 02), 2002 NCAA Finals MVP, 2001 AVCA National Player of the Year, 2000 AVCA Newcomer of the Year, 2000 All-MPSF Second-team, 6-Time AVCA National Player of the Week, and 5-Time MPSF Player of the Week. This season, Theocharidis became his school’s first 2,000 kill performer and posted match highs of 29 and 25 kills versus the Waves, with a season-high 31 kills in a loss to Stanford. He is the first player ever to earn Outrigger Invitational All-Tournament honors four times, recording 49 kills in three nights
Freshman of the year
TYLER HILDEBRAND, #5, freshman, Setter – Long Beach State University
Tyler Hildebrand (Mesa, AZ – Red Mountain HS) – The 49ers’ freshman setter came in this season and broke Chris Seiffert's freshman single-season record with 1,593 assists (Seiffert - 1,578), while recording an MPSF best 88 assists versus Pacific and posting 80 or more assists twice, and 70 or more assists five times. Hildebrand’s 15.17 assist average led the MPSF and the nation through early April. A multi-sport high school athlete who lettered in basketball (4), golf (3), volleyball (3), and baseball (1), Hildebrand was the Volleyball Co-Player of the Year in Arizona his senior season and earned first team All-State honors during his junior and senior seasons.
Can't wait for Thursday
Congrad to the coaches of the year too.
JEFF CAMPBELL, 6th Season – Cal State Northridge
TOM PETERSEN, 1st Season – Brigham Young University
JOE WORTMANN, 11th Season – University of the Pacific
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Post by CrushTheCoconut on Apr 22, 2003 18:08:04 GMT -5
Can you please provide a link to confirm? There is nothing mentioned on the MPSF website.
Thanks
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Post by V on Apr 22, 2003 18:28:20 GMT -5
Can you please provide a link to confirm? There is nothing mentioned on the MPSF website. Thanks Theocharidis named MPSF player of year Advertiser Staff University of Hawai'i senior outside hitter Costas Theocharidis was named the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation's volleyball Player of the Year for the second time. Voting was done by MPSF men's volleyball coaches, who also selected four other Warriors. Senior outside hitter Tony Ching and sophomore middle blocker Delano Thomas were named to the second team. Senior outside hitter Eyal Zimet was picked to the third team and junior setter Kimo Tuyay was named to the Honorable Mention. Theocharidis also was named the conference's top player in 2001. Theocharidis, a member of the Greek National Team, is one of the most decorated Warrior volleyball players. His honors include three-time AVCA First-Team All-America, 2002 Verizon/CoSIDA Academic All-America, All-MPSF First-team ('01, '02), 2001 AVCA National Player of the Year, and 2002 NCAA Finals Most Valuable Player, This season, Theocharidis became his school's first 2,000 kill performer and posted match highs of 29 and 25 kills versus the Waves, with a season-high 31 kills in a loss to Stanford. The defending NCAA champion Warriors play Brigham Young Thursday in the MPSF semifinals. The tournament is held at Pepperdine. |
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Post by V on Apr 22, 2003 18:29:56 GMT -5
I should add that this article was added to their site at 1:22pm.
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Post by CrushTheCoconut on Apr 22, 2003 18:38:11 GMT -5
Thanks. Just saw it on there as well. Still trying to find the complete teams.
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Post by hwy101 on Apr 22, 2003 19:24:51 GMT -5
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Post by Makawao on Apr 22, 2003 20:10:26 GMT -5
ALL-MPSF FIRST-TEAM
Student-Athlete Jersey No. Year Position School
Costas Theocharidis 9 Senior Outside Hitter University of Hawaii
Brad Keenan 6 Senior Middle Blocker Pepperdine University
Jimmy Pelzel 2 Junior Opposite UC Irvine
Sean Rooney 12 Sophomore Outside Hitter Pepperdine University
Chris Tamas 17 Senior Setter University of the Pacific
Fred Winters 7 Junior Outside Hitter Pepperdine University
Curt Toppel 15 Senior Opposite Stanford University
Doug English 12 Junior Libero Cal State Northridge
ALL-MPSF SECOND-TEAM
Carlos Moreno 5 Sophomore Setter Brigham Young University
Joe Nargi 3 Senior Opposite Cal State Northridge
Jon Alleman 12 Junior Opposite Brigham Young University
Tony Ching 15 Senior Outside Hitter University of Hawaii
David Lee 21 Junior Middle Blocker Long Beach State University
Delano Thomas 17 Sophomore Middle Blocker University of Hawaii
Jaoa Grangeiro 6 Freshman Libero-Outside Hitter USC
ALL-MPSF THIRD-TEAM
Chris Pena 21 Junior Quick Hitter UCLA
Ty Tramblie 6 Junior Setter Cal State Northridge
Rafael Paal 9 Senior Middle Blocker Brigham Young University
Eyal Zimet 6 Senior Outside Hitter University of Hawaii
Sean Rogers 18 Junior Middle Blocker University of the Pacific
Scott Touzinsky 9 Junior Opposite Long Beach State University
Greg Ford 6 Junior Libero UC Irvine
Adam Shrader 24 Junior Libero UCLA
MPSF HONORABLE MENTION
William Strickland 10 Senior Outside Hitter Stanford University
Mike Burke 3 Sophomore Middle Blocker Brigham Young University
Kevin Hansen 17 R-Sophomore Setter Stanford University
Kimo Tuyay 3 Junior Setter University of Hawaii
Paul Bocage 1 Senior Middle Blocker Stanford University
Nils Dauburs 13 Sophomore Opposite University of the Pacific
Aaron Wachtfogel 4 Senior Outside Hitter University of the Pacific
Nils Nielsen 2 Sophomore Outside Hitter Cal State Northridge
Jonathan Acosta 7 Sophomore Outside Hitter UCLA
Monte Tucker 7 Senior Outside Hitter UC Irvine
Jim Waller 2 Junior Opposite UC San Diego
Martin Berntsen 5 Senior Outside Hitter University of the Pacific
Mark Dusharme 8 Senior OH-Opposite USC
Mike Gawlik 1 Sophomore Libero University of the Pacific
Aaron Mansfield 19 Sophomore Libero UC Santa Barbara
Chris Mortimer 11 Senior Libero UC San Diego
Paul Munoz 20 Sophomore Libero Long Beach State University
Fernando Pessoa 17 Junior Libero Brigham Young University
Here are all the guys...sorry about the overlap.
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Post by tigfan on Apr 22, 2003 22:12:09 GMT -5
My Tigers lead the conference with 7 all conference selections... 1 1st teamer, 1 3rd teamer, and 4 Honorable mentions and who can forget...CO-COACH of the year... However, i couldn't help but notice the abundance of liberos on the list. NINE all conference liberos?! Where was this vague line drawn... And of all teams to have their liberos left off... Pepperdine and Hawaii's liberos were both left out. What does it take to constitute Honorable mention...anyone know?
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Post by observer on Apr 22, 2003 22:12:57 GMT -5
Why is there only one middle blocker on the first team?
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Post by Psychopotamus on Apr 22, 2003 22:21:39 GMT -5
Because he was just that damn good, they only need one.
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Post by roy on Apr 22, 2003 23:35:11 GMT -5
My Tigers lead the conference with 7 all conference selections... 1 1st teamer, 1 3rd teamer, and 4 Honorable mentions and who can forget...CO-COACH of the year... However, i couldn't help but notice the abundance of liberos on the list. NINE all conference liberos?! Where was this vague line drawn... And of all teams to have their liberos left off... Pepperdine and Hawaii's liberos were both left out. What does it take to constitute Honorable mention...anyone know? Great for the Tigers. Each of their players were great. Hawaii's libero had changed. Muise started in the early part of the season and then Motter became the libero. Then Zimet played a few games at that position, and it went back to Muise. So Hawaii having their libero left out makes some sense. But why does Pepperdine have three first team selections and no one else made the list? |
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Post by sweetieVBfan on Apr 23, 2003 0:33:01 GMT -5
i find it difficult to believe that BYU had only 3 players on all four lists (with 1 2nd teamer, 1 3rd Teamer and 1 Honorable Mention). you're trying to tell me that the #3 team in the nation doesn't have players that are deserving of a 1st teamer?
come on. pepperdine had 3 1st teamers (though all deserving).
i also can't believe that t. hildebrand didn't even make a list at all. FOY and not even a mention besides that? (but yay for my boy!)
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Post by Fred on Apr 23, 2003 0:55:11 GMT -5
what about the coaches of the year? Wortman and Campbell did good jobs this year, but speraw took a team that wasnt supposed to be as good as either pacific or csun and did better than both of them. Tom Peterson is deserving of the award. Another name is Marv Dunphy, pepp started out a little rocky and turned into the favorite.
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Post by kolohekeiki on Apr 23, 2003 0:58:04 GMT -5
Congratulations to Costas Theocharidis for winning MPSF player of the year.
Another congratulations goes out to all the MPSF selections as well as the coaches that won coach of the year. Good luck to all that are participating in the MPSF semifinals this weekend.
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Post by chin ho on Apr 23, 2003 1:20:59 GMT -5
Do these selections mean that Kimo Tuyay is only the fourth best setter in the league? Two of the setters above him are out of the playoffs.
I guess being Freshman of the Year and leading his team to the National Championship doesn't mean crap.
Everyone has been saying he gets better every year.
I guess not.
I guess Leahy and his sidekick are not the only ones that don't give this guy any credit.
I know one guy that gives Kimo his props, Chris Marlowe, but then again he knows volleyball.
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