National Championships for Men's Volleyball (2)
| 2010 National Champions | ||
 Brad Lawson was the MPSF's Player of the Year, hitting .821 in the NCAA Tournament. |  |  Kawika Shoji was named the national player of the year, completing the team's "worst to first" season at setter. |
| Head Coach: John Kosty | ||
Stanford (24-6, 16-6 MPSF) completed a "Worst to First" journey that began with a 3-25 season in 2007 and ended with an emphatic 30-25, 30-20, 30-18 sweep of Penn State in the NCAA final before a program-record Maples Pavilion crowd of 6,635. Sophomore Brad Lawson, the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Player of the Year, had perhaps the most dominant hitting performance in NCAA Tournament history with 24 kills in 28 attacks and only one error, for a shocking .821 hitting percentage. Stanford won 15 of its 16 postseason sets, including its final 14, for the longest such streak by an NCAA champion in 17 years. "Worst to First" was a mantra created by longtime assistant coach Al Roderigues to the freshman class in 2007. Though Roderigues died of cancer midway through the 2010 season, his inspiration was felt by AVCA National Player of the Year setter Kawika Shoji, All-American Evan Romero and three other seniors who fulfilled Roderigues' wish. Stanford earned its first conference title, first postseason victories, and first NCAA championship since 1997. And, Stanford became the first to pull off the MPSF regular season, MPSF tournament, and NCAA triple crown since 2005. | ||
| 1997 National Champions | ||
 Ruben Nieves won his only title as head coach earning national coach of the year honors in 1997. |  |  Mike Lambert came through with 27 kills and earned tournament MVP honors in the championship match. |
| Head Coach: Ruben Nieves | ||
In Stanford men's volleyball lore, the Cardinal's 1997 NCAA title is remembered for "The Block." With Stanford clinging to a 14-13 fifth-set lead, Matt Fuerbringer and Mike Hoefer stuffed a UCLA attack on championship point to give the Cardinal a 15-7, 15-10, 9-15, 6-15, 15-13 victory in Columbus, Ohio. Mike Lambert had 27 kills and was named the tournament MVP for coach Ruben Nieves' team. Stanford finished 27-3 to establish a school record for victories and winning percentage, and closed the season with 17 consecutive victories. The Cardinal (15-3 in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) also captured the conference title with a championship sweep of UCLA. Nieves earned AVCA National Coach of the Year honors for the second time in six seasons, and Fuerbringer, who would go on to have a successful career on the pro beach circuit, was named first-team All-American. | ||