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The first NCAA men's volleyball championship was held April 24-25, 1970, at UCLA, which won the first three titles. Because volleyball was, at the time, almost exclusively a West Coast sport, Eastern colleges then successfully lobbied to have lacrosse added as a spring team sport the following year.

California schools have dominated from the beginning, winning every championship until 1994, when Penn State won the title. Penn State, the only Eastern school ever to reach the finals, has been there three times.

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Championship Results

YearScoreWinning Coach
1970UCLA 3, Long Beach St. 0Al Scates
1971UCLA 3, UC-Santa Barbara 0Al Scates
1972UCLA 4, San Diego St. 2Al Scates
1973San Diego St. 3, Long Beach St. 1Jack Henn
1974UCLA 3, UC-Santa Barbara 2Al Scates
1975UCLA 3, UC-Santa Barbara 1Al Scates
1976UCLA 3, Pepperdine 0Al Scates
1977Southern Cal 3, Ohio St. 1Ernie Hix
1978Pepperdine 3, UCLA 2Marv Dunphy
1979UCLA 3, Southern Cal 1Al Scates
1980Southern Cal 3, UCLA 1Ernie Hix
1981UCLA 3,Southern Cal 2Al Scates
1982UCLA 3, Penn St. 0Al Scates
1983UCLA 3, Pepperdine 0Al Scates
1984UCLA 3, Pepperdine 1Al Scates
1985Pepperdine 3, Southern Cal 1Marv Dunphy
1986Pepperdine 3, Southern Cal 2Rod Wilde
1987UCLA 3, Southern Cal 0Al Scates
1988Southern Cal 3, UC-Santa Barbara 2Bob Yoder
1989UCLA 3, Stanford 1Al Scates
1990Southern Cal 3, Long Beach St. 1Jim McLaughlin
1991Long Beach St. 3, Southern Cal 1Ray Ratelle
1992Pepperdine 3, Stanford 0Marv Dunphy
1993UCLA 3, Cal St.-Northridge 0Al Scates
1994Penn St. 3, UCLA 2Tom Peterson
1995UCLA 3, Penn St. 0Al Scates
1996UCLA 3, Hawaii 2Al Scates
1997Stanford 3, UCLA 2Ruben Nieves
1998UCLA 3, Pepperdine 0Al Scates
1999Brigham Young 3, Long Beach St. 0Carl McGown
2000UCLA 3, Ohio State 0Al Scates
2001Brigham Young 3, UCLA 0Carl McGown
2002Hawaii 3, Pepperdine 1Mike Wilton
2003Lewis 3, Brigham Young 2Dave Deuser
2004Brigham Young 3, Long Beach State 2Tom Peterson
2005Pepperdine 3, UCLA 2Marv Dunphy
2006UCLA 3, Penn St. 0Al Scates
2007Cal-Irvine 3, Indiana-Purdue at Ft. WayneJohn Speraw
2008Penn St. 3, Pepperdine 1Mark Pavlik

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Most Outstanding Player Award

YearPlayer, School
1970Dane Holtzman, UCLA
1971Kirk Kilgore, UCLA
(TIETim Bonynge, UCal-Santa Barbara
1972Dick Irvin, UCLA
1973Duncan McFarland, San Diego St.
1974Bob Leonard, UCLA
1975John Bekins, UCLA
1976Joe Mika, UCLA
1977Celso Kalache, Southern Cal
1978Mike Blanchard, Pepperdine
1979Singin Smith, UCLA.
1980Dusty Dvorak, Southern Cal
1981Karch Kiraly, UCLA
1982Karch Kiraly, UCLA
1983Ricci Luyties, UCLA
1984Ricci Luyties, UCLA
1985Bob Ctvrtlik, Pepperdine
1986Steve Friedman, Pepperdine
1987Ozzie Volstad, UCLA
1988Jen-Kai Liu, Southern Cal
1989Matt Sonnichsen, UCLA
1990Bryan Ivie, Southern Cal
1991Brent Hilliard, Long Beach St.
1992Alon Grinberg, Pepperdine
1993Jeff Nygaard UCLA
TIEMike Sealy, UCLA
1994Ramon Hernandez, Penn St.
1995Jeff Nygaard, UCLA
1996Yuval Katz, Hawaii
1997Mike Lambert, Stanford
1998Adam Naeve, UCLA
1999Ossie Antonetti, Brigham Young
2000Brandon Taliaferro, UCLA
2001Mike Wall, Brigham Young
2002Costas Theocharidis, Hawaii
2003Gustavo Meyers, Lewis
2004Carlos Moreno, Brigham Young
2005Sean Rooney, Pepperdine
2006Steve Klosterman, UCLA
2007Matt Webber, Cal.-Irvine
2008Matt Anderson, Penn St.

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All-Tournament Teams

1970

Dane Holtzman, UCLA
Kirk Kilgour, UCLA
Ed Becker, UCLA
Dodger Parker, Long Beach St.
Craig Foley, Long Beach St.
Tom Bonynge, UC Santa Barb.

1971

Kirk Kilgour, UCLA
Tim Bonynge, UC Santa Barb.
Ed Machado, UCLA
Dale Flannery, Ball St.
Jorn Oulie, UC Santa Barb.
Larry Griebenow, UCLA

1972

Dick Irvin, UCLA
John Zajec, UCLA
Rick Niemi, Ball St.
Randy Stevenson, San Diego St.
Wayne Gracey, San Diego St.
David DeGroot, UC Santa Barb.

1973

Duncan McFarland, San Diego St.
Chris Marlowe, San Diego St.
Randy Stevenson, San Diego St.
Dodge Parker, Long Beach St.
Miles Pabst, Long Beach St.
Dave Schakel, Ball St.

1974

Bob Leonard, UCLA
Jim Menges, UCLA
Mike Normand, UCLA
Gerald Gregory, UC Santa Barb.
David DeGroot, UC Santa Barb.
Jon Roberts, UC Santa Barb.
Jim Stone, Ball St.

1975

John Bekins, UCLA
John Herren, UCLA
Joe Mika, UCLA
Marc Waldie, Ohio St.
Jon Roberts, UC Santa Barb.
Dave DeGroot, UC Santa Barb.

1976

Joe Mika, UCLA
Marc Waldie, Ohio St.
Dave Olbright, UCLA
Fred Sturm, UCLA
Denny Cline, UCLA
Ted Dodd, Pepperdine
Martin Nora, Pepperdine

1977

Celso Kalache, Southern California
Marc Waldie, Ohio St.
Dusty Dvorak, Southern California
Bob Yoder, Southern California
Aldis Berzins, Ohio St.
Mike Buckingham, Ohio St.
Nestor Paslawsky, Rutgers

1978

Mike Blanchard, Pepperdine
Rod Wilde, Pepperdine
Jay Anderson, Pepperdine
Dave Olbright, UCLA
Singin Smith, UCLA
Steve Salmons, UCLA
Aldis Berzins, Ohio St.

1979

Singin Smith, UCLA
Steve Salmons, UCLA
Peter Ehrman, UCLA
Joe Mika, UCLA
Bob Yoder, Southern California
Pat Powers, Southern California
Tim Hovland, Southern California

1980

Dusty Dvorak, Southern California
Tim Hovland, Southern California
Steve Timmons, Southern California
Pat Powers, Southern California
Steve Gulnac, UCLA
Karch Kiraly, UCLA
Andy Dumpis, Ohio St.

1981

Karch Kiraly, UCLA
Steve Gulnac, UCLA
Steve Salmons, UCLA
Tim Hovland, Southern California
John Hedlund, Southern California
Bill Stetson, Southern California
Ahmet Ozcam, Penn St.

1982

Karch Kiraly, UCLA
Dave Saunders, UCLA
Doug Partie, UCLA
Dave Mochalski, UCLA
Steve Hunkins, Penn St.
Jeff Johnson, Penn St.
Bill Stetson, Southern California

1983

Ricci Luyties, UCLA
Doug Partie, UCLA
Wally Martin, UCLA
Steve Gulnac, UCLA
Troy Tanner, Pepperdine
Jeff Stork, Pepperdine
Edwin Fernandez, Ohio St.

1984

Ricci Luyties, UCLA
Doug Partie, UCLA
Asbjorn Volstad, UCLA
Roger Clark, UCLA
Jeff Stork, Pepperdine
Mike Fitzgerald, Pepperdine
Ric Lucas, George Mason

1985

Bob Ctvrtlik, Pepperdine
Bill Yardley, Southern California
Rudy Dvorak, Southern California
Chao Ying Zhang, Southern California
Troy Tanner, Pepperdine
Matt Rigg, Pepperdine
Mike Fitzgerald, Pepperdine

1986

Steve Friedman, Pepperdine
Rob Scott, Pepperdine
Matt Rigg, Pepperdine
Dave Yoder, Southern California
Rudy Dvorak, Southern California
Adam Johnson, Southern California
Chris Chase, Penn St.

1987

Ozzie Volstad, UCLA
Arne Lamberg, UCLA
Jeff Williams, UCLA
Chris Chase, Penn St.
Javier Gaspar, Penn St.
Adam Johnson, Southern California
Dave Yoder, Southern California

1988

Jen-Kai Liu, Southern California
Tom Duke, Southern California
Bryan Ivie, Southern California
Mike Lauterman, Southern California
David Rottman, UC Santa Barb.
John Wallace, UC Santa Barb.

1989

None selected

1990

Bryan Ivie, Southern California
Dan Greenbaum, Southern California
Jason Perkins, Southern California
Kevin Shepard, Southern California
Brent Hilliard, Long Beach St.
Mark Kerins, Long Beach St.

1991

Brent Hilliard, Long Beach St.
Brett Winslow, Long Beach St.
Jason Stimpfig, Long Beach St.
Alan Knipe, Long Beach St.
Matt Lyles, Long Beach St.
Bryan Ivie, Southern California

1992

Alon Grinberg, Pepperdine
Tom Sorsenson, Pepperdine
Chip McCaw, Pepperdine
Dave Goss, Stanford
Duncan Blackman, Stanford
David Muir, Penn St.

1993

Mike Sealy, UCLA
Jeff Nygaard, UCLA
Kevin Wong, UCLA
Dan Landry, UCLA
Axel Hager, Cal St. Northridge
Ken Lynch, Cal St. Northridge
Coley Kyman, Cal St. Northridge

1994

Ramon Hernandez, Penn St.
Byron Schneider, Penn St.
Ed Josefoski, Penn St.
Jeff Nygaard, UCLA
Erik Sullivan, UCLA
Paul Nihipali, UCLA

1995

Jeff Nygaard, UCLA
John Speraw, UCLA
Stein Metzger, UCLA
Ivan Contreras, Penn St.
Todd Reimer, Ball St.
Yuval Katz, Hawaii

1996

Yuval Katz, Hawaii
Stein Metzger, UCLA
Tom Stillwell, UCLA
Aaron Wilton, Hawaii
Jason Ring, Hawaii
Kevin Hourican, Penn St.

1997

Mike Lambert, Stanford
Matt Fuerbringer, Stanford
Keenan Whitehurst, Stanford
Paul Nihipali, UCLA
Adam Naeve, UCLA
Ivan Contreras, Penn St.

1998

Adam Naeve, UCLA
Fred Robins, UCLA
Brandon Taliaferro, UCLA
Victor Rivera, Lewis
Rick Tune, Pepperdine
George Roumain, Pepperdine

1999

Ossie Antonetti, Brigham Young
Ryan Millar, Brigham Young
Chris Seiffert, Long Beach St.
David Mckenzie, Long Beach St.
Jose Quinones, Penn St.
Scott Lane, IPFW

2000

Brandon Taliaferro, UCLA
Angel Aja, Ohio St.
Chris Fash, Ohio St.
Colin McMillan, Ohio St.
Seth Burnham, UCLA
Evan Thatcher, UCLA

2001

Mike Wall, Brigham Young
Hector Lebron, Brigham Young
Joaquin Acosta, Brigham Young
Scott Morrow, UCLA
Adam Naeve, UCLA
Jose Quinones, Penn St.

2002

Costas Theocharidis, Hawaii
Tony Ching, Hawaii
Brad Keenan, Pepperdine
Lance Walker, Pepperdine
Carlos Guerra, Penn St.
Paul Fasshauer, Ball St.

2003

Gustavo Meyer, Lewis
Fabiano Barreto, Lewis
Ryan Stuntz, Lewis
Rafael Paal, Brigham Young
Jonathan Alleman, Brigham Young
Carlos Guerra, Penn St.

2004

Carlos Moreno, Brigham Young
Tyler Hildebrand, Long Beach St.
Scott Touzinsky, Long Beach St.
Duncan Budinger, Long Beach St.
Fernando Pessoa, Brigham Young
Keith Kowal, Penn St.
Jeff Soler, Lewis

2005

Sean Rooney, Pepperdine
Jon Parfitt, Pepperdine
Jonathan Winder, Pepperdine
Paul Johnson, UCLA
Jonathan Acosta, UCLA
Alex Gutor, Penn State
Mark Greaves, Ohio State

2006

Steve Klosterman, UCLA
Damien Scott, UCLA
Dennis Gonzalez, UCLA
Dan O'Dell, Penn State
Matt Proper, Penn State
Nate Meerstein, Penn State
Jayson Jablonsky, Cal.-Irvine

2007

Matt Webber, Cal.-Irvine
Jayson Jablonsky, Cal.-Irvine
David Smith, Cal.-Irvine
Brian Thornton, Cal.-Irvine
CJ Macias, IPFW
Colin Lundeen, IPFW
Paul Carroll, Pepperdine

2008

Matt Anderson, Penn St.
Luke Murray, Penn St.
Max Holt, Penn St.
Max Lipsitz, Penn St.
Paul Carroll, Pepperdine
J. D. Schleppenbach, Pepperdine
Jonathan Winder, Pepperdine

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