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As a Senior (Fall of 2002): Named a Husky Dino Cup Tournament All-Star at the three-day event in October ... Recorded 55 kills and 20 digs in the four matches ... Led Stanford in kills in every match ... Recorded 15 kills and seven digs in the gold medal match vs. Pacific ... Posted a match-high 20 kills in preliminary round action against the University of Regina.
As a Junior (2002): Named Honorable Mention All-Mountain Pacific Sports Federation ... Member of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation All-Academic Team ... Appeared in 93 games (25 matches) ... Recorded 243 kills, 137 digs and 56 blocks .... Ranked fourth on the team in kills (243), kills per game (2.61) and digs per game (1.47) ... Had 10 or more kills in 14 matches ... Notched season-high 16 kills and four solo blocks vs. UCLA on Feb. 16 ... The four solo blocks was the highest total recorded in the MPSF in 2002 ... Recorded back-to-back double-doubles at defending national champion BYU on Jan. 11 and Jan. 12 ... Recorded 11 kills and 10 digs on Jan. 11 and 12 kills and 10 digs on Jan. 12.
As a Sophomore (2001): The only Cardinal to play in all 82 games ... Finished second on the team in blocks (59), third in assists (29) and digs (144), and fourth in kills (169) ... Had a season-high 13 kills at Pepperdine on Feb. 10 ... Recorded a team-high six blocks in Stanford's upset of No. 1 Pepperdine on Jan. 21 ... Recorded eight digs and two blocks against UC Santa Barbara on April 6.
As a Freshman (2000): Had 126 kills, 84 digs and 31 total blocks in 23 matches ... Had his first breakout match in a 3-1 victory at San Diego State on Feb. 11 with 11 kills, six digs and five total blocks ... Had consecutive 10-kill efforts in four-game wins over UC Irvine on Feb. 22 and Pacific on Feb. 25... Posted his first career double-double with 12 kills and 14 digs at No. 8 Hawai'i on March 24 ... Finished with a .421 hitting percentage (10 kills in 19 total attempts) at No. 5 USC on March 31 ... In the season finale at Pepperdine, recorded a double-double of 13 kills and 10 digs.
High School: Named an All-American as just a sophomore at Harvard-Westlake High School ... Named All-CIF and First Team All-Area by the Los Angeles Daily News in 1999 ... Two-time First-Team All-Mission League selection (1997 & 1999) ... Played for the Los Angeles Athletic Volleyball Club ... Also a four-year letter-winner in water polo, and earned All-CIF honors as a senior ... Member of the Spanish Honor Society.
Personal: Political Science Major and Philosophy Minor ... Son of Robert and Rosalie Strickland.
2002 Season Highs
Kills - 16 vs. UCLA (2/16)
Assists - 4 at UC Irvine (3/8)
Service Aces - 1, 7x, last vs. UC San Diego (3/30)
Digs - 10, 3x, last vs. UC Santa Barbara (1/27)
Blocks - 5, 2x, last vs. Hawai'i (1/29)
Career Stats - Strickland
| Year | G | K | E | TA | Pct. | A | SA | D | BS | BA | TB |
| 2000 | 71 | 126 | 63 | 305 | .207 | 9 | 6 | 84 | 7 | 24 | 31 |
| 2001 | 82 | 169 | 69 | 362 | .276 | 29 | 5 | 114 | 6 | 53 | 59 |
| 2002 | 93 | 243 | 75 | 474 | .354 | 17 | 7 | 137 | 9 | 47 | 56 |
| Totals | 246 | 538 | 207 | 1141 | .290 | 55 | 18 | 335 | 22 | 124 | 146 |