Player Bio: Paul BocagePlayer Bio: Paul Bocage
Men's Volleyball

Player Bio: Paul Bocage

  Paul Bocage
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Princeton, NJ
High School:
St. Joseph's
Height:
6-6
Position:
Middle Blocker

As a Senior (Fall of 2002): In October of 2002, named Tournament Most Valuable Player at the Husky Dino Cup in Calgary, Alberta, Canada ... He was also a "Tournament All-Star" after recording 35 kills and 14 blocks in four matches ... In the five-game win over Pacific in the gold medal match, hit .550 with 14 kills and five blocks.

As a Junior (2002): Appeared in 84 games (all 26 matches), and hit .433 with 246 kills ... Led the team in blocks per game (1.05), and ranked second in both kills per game (2.93) and hitting percentage (.433) ... Recorded a season-high 20 kills against top-ranked Pepperdine on Feb. 22 ... Tallied a season-high nine blocks against both UC Santa Barbara (Jan. 27) and Long Beach State (March 29) ... Notched 12 kills on 14 attempts (.786 hitting percentage) in 3-game sweep at Pacific on Jan. 15 ... The .786 hitting percentage vs. Pacific tied for the 10th highest single match mark in Stanford history ... Hit .500 with nine kills and five blocks in the first round of the MPSF Playoffs at BYU on April 20.

As a Sophomore (2001): Appeared in 12 matches and finished the season with 54 kills and 18 blocks ... Recorded a season-high 12 kills in 15 attempts (.733), to go along with five blocks, at UC Irvine on March 10 ... Hit .375 with eight kills and four blocks in upset win over No. 1 Pepperdine on Jan. 21 ... Hit .571 with nine kills on April 21 at UCLA in the first round of the MPSF Playoffs.

As a Freshman (2000): Played in 14 matches and averaged a team-best 1.19 blocks per game ... Posted a .331 hitting percentage and averaged 2.74 kills per game ... Had an excellent all-around effort against Lewis on Feb. 4 with 10 kills, five digs and eight blocks ... Ended the year averaging 13.0 kills and 4.5 blocks over the last four matches ... Recorded consecutive 18-kill matches at Cal State Northridge and UC Santa Barbara on April 14 and 16.

High School: Three-time All-New Jersey selection out of St. Joseph's High School ... Named First-Team All-Middlesex County Conference on three occasions ... Named St. Joseph's Student-Athlete of the Year as a senior ... Named MSG/Daily Tri-State Athlete of the Month ...Played for the Warren Six-Pack Volleyball Club ... Also played high school basketball, and was an All-New Jersey selection ... Graduated with a 4.1 cumulative GPA.

Personal: Science, Technology & Society Major ... Son of Phil and Edna Bocage.

2002 Season Highs

Kills - 20 vs. Pepperdine (2/22)

Assists - 2 vs. UC Irvine (4/5)

Service Aces - 2 vs. UC Santa Cruz (1/7)

Digs - 3 at USC (4/12)

Blocks - 9, 2x, last vs. Long Beach State (3/29)

Career Stats - Bocage

Year G K E TA Pct. A SA D BS BA TB
2000 31 85 31 163 .331 3 4 21 9 28 37
2001 28 54 17 94 .394 3 2 7 2 16 18
2002 84 246 65 418 .433 12 11 17 19 69 88
Totals 143 385 113 675 .403 18 17 45 30 113 143