April 24, 2002
Woodland, Calif. - Junior opposite hitter Curt Toppel (Pacific Palisades, CA) was named to the 2002 MPSF Men's Volleyball All-Conference First Team, marking the second First Team honor of his career. Senior outside hitter Marcus Skacel (Laguna Niguel, CA), junior outside hitter Billy Strickland (Malibu, CA) and redshirt freshman setter Kevin Hansen (Newport Beach, CA) were all named Honorable Mention All-MPSF.
Toppel led the Cardinal in kills (520), attacks (998), kill average (5.42) and service aces (32). He also finished second in the conference averaging 5.47 kills per contest after leading Stanford in kills 22 of the team's 26 matches. For the year, Toppel hit a .380 clip and posted double-kill figures in 24 of the 25 matches he played in.
Skacel finished second on the team with 280 kills and 162 digs, while recording three double-doubles (kills and digs). He has also reached 10-plus kills in 17 matches. Strickland also recorded three double-doubles and finished the year with 243 kills and 137 digs.
In his first season as the starting setter, Hansen dished out 1317 assists for an average of 13.72 per game. Hansen finished the MPSF ranked fifth with a 13.81 assist average and was also third on the team with 149 digs.
Stanford was defeated at BYU 3-2 last Saturday night in a first round MPSF playoff match. The Cardinal concluded their season at 16-10 overall and 15-7 in conference play.
ALL-MPSF FIRST-TEAM
Brad Keenan, Junior -- Middle Blocker -- Pepperdine University -- Westminster, CA
Curt Toppel, Junior -- Opposite -- Stanford University -- Pacific Palisades, CA
Costas Theocaridis, Junior -- Outside Hitter -- University of Hawaii -- Orestiada, Greece,
Mike Wall, Senior -- Opposite -- Brigham Young University -- Santa Barbara, CA
Joaquin Acosta, Senior -- Outside Hitter -- Brigham Young University -- Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico
Beau Daniels, Senior -- Setter -- Pepperdine University -- League City, TX )
Adam Schrader, Sophomore -- Libero -- UCLA -- Solana Beach, CA
ALL-MPSF SECOND-TEAM
Sean Rooney, Freshman -- Outside Hitter -- Pepperdine University -- Wheaton, IL
Matt Komer, Senior -- Outside Hitter -- UCLA -- Los Alamitos, CA
Andy Rivera, Senior -- Outside Hitter -- UC Santa Barbara -- Eagle Rock, CA
Dejan Miladinovic, Senior -- Middle Blocker -- University of Hawaii -- Kraljevo, Serbia
Chris Tamas, Junior -- Setter -- University of the Pacific -- Santa Barbara, CA
Sean Rodgers, Sophomore -- Middle Blocker -- University of the Pacific -- Fresno, CA
Eckhard Walter, Senior -- Opposite -- Cal State Northridge -- Berlin, Germany
Vernon Podlewski, Senior -- Libero -- University of Hawaii -- Haliimaile, HI
ALL-MPSF THIRD-TEAM
Erick Helenihi, Senior -- Middle Blocker -- UC Irvine -- Orange, CA
Fred Winters, Sophomore -- Outside Hitter -- Pepperdine University -- N. Vancouver, BC
Ben Koski, Senior -- Opposite -- UC Santa Barbara -- Santa Barbara, CA
Cameron Mount, Junior -- Outside Hitter -- UCLA -- Goleta, CA
Justin Adams, Sophomore -- Middle Blocker -- UC Santa Barbara -- Phoeniz, AZ
Rich Nelson, Junior -- Setter -- UCLA -- Simi Valley, CA
Aaron Mansfield, Freshman -- Libero -- UC Santa Barbara -- Sunnyvale, CA
HONORABLE MENTION ALL-MPSF
Brook Billings, Senior -- Outside Hitter -- USC -- Santa Barbara, CA
Tim May, Senior -- Middle Blocker -- CSU Long Beach -- Fort Worth, TX
Scott Morrow, Junior -- Middle Blocker -- UCLA -- Encinitas, CA
Kevin Hansen, Freshman -- Setter -- Stanford University -- Newport Beach, CA
Chris Gorny, Sophomore -- Middle Blocker -- Brigham Young University -- Palmdale, CA
Dan Hoefer, Senior -- Opposite -- University of the Pacific -- Goleta, CA
Jim Waller, Sophomore -- Opposite -- UC San Diego -- Evanston, IL
Kimo Tuyay, Sophomore -- Setter -- University of Hawaii -- San Diego, CA
Brendan Watumull, Senior -- Middle Blocker -- UC Irvine -- Honolulu, HI
Chris Pena, Sophomore -- Middle Blocker -- UCLA -- Santa Ynez, CA
Marcus Skacel, Senior -- Outside Hitter -- Stanford University -- Laguna Niguel, CA
Eyal Zimet, Junior -- Outside Hitter -- University of Hawaii -- Kibbutz Ein Hamifratz, Israel
Ty Tramblie, Sophomore -- Setter -- Cal State Northridge -- Newport Beach, CA
Billy Strickland, Junior -- Outside Hitter -- Stanford University -- Malibu, CA
Jimmy Pelzel, Sophomore -- Outside Hitter -- UC Irvine -- Lake Forest, CA
Rafael Paal, Junior -- Middle Blocker -- Brigham Young University -- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil