#12 - Andrew Hein Position: Middle Blocker Height: 6-11 (208cm) Weight: 232 lbs (105kg) Hometown: Carol Stream, Ill. College: Pepperdine Birth Date: July 1, 1984

PERSONAL: Born Andrew Hein on July 1, 1984 in Hinsdale, Ill.… Parents are Ronald and Ann Hein… Attended West Chicago Community High School… Made national honor roll and was all-state in volleyball and basketball… Has a degree in psychology from Pepperdine… He is working on his MBA… Loves to watch NCAA basketball, football, and baseball… Lists chicken parmesan as his favorite food and the Chicago Cubs as his favorite baseball team… Enjoys The Simpsons (has every season on DVD) and South Park… Favorite movie is Jurassic Park.

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE: 2008 – Played professionally for Tomis Constanta in Romania. 2007 – Helped the U.S. men win a bronze medal at the World University Games in Bangkok, Thailand… Helped the U.S. men win a silver medal at the Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 2005 – Played on the U.S. men’s World University Games team that finished 11th in Izmir, Turkey. 2003 – Starting middle blocker as Team USA earned a bronze medal at the World University Games in Daegu, South Korea.

COLLEGE HIGHLIGHTS: 2006 – First team American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) All-America… Led the nation and the team in hitting percentage (.516) averaging 2.93 kills per game… First on the team with 1.59 blocks per game… Ranked second on the team with 22 service aces. 2005 – Recorded seven kills and seven blocks in NCAA Championship match against UCLA… Started every match at the middle blocker position… Broke a 15-year old school record by hitting .909 (10-0-11) in the MPSF Championship match against Long Beach State (4/30)… Recorded first double-double of the season with a 10-kill, 12-block effort against Northridge in MPSF semifinal match (4/28)… Turned in 10 kills with nine blocks against Cal Baptist (4/8)… Hit .643 (10-1-14) with three blocks against UCSD (4/2)… Logged nine kills and seven blocks against Pacific (3/19)… Set a new career-high with nine digs to go along with 11 kills against USC (3/17)… Had fifth double-digit kill night with 13, while hitting .733 against Hawaii (3/4)… Set a new career-high for blocks with 12 against Hawaii (3/2)… Sports Import/AVCA National Player of the Week (2/14)… Recorded six blocks against CSUN (2/23)… Hit .583 (8-1-12) with three aces and four blocks against BYU (2/12)… Logged 10 kills on 12 swings with six blocks against BYU (2/11)… Went 15-0-19 with five blocks against Santa Barbara (2/8)… Recorded seven kills on eight swings with two aces and five blocks against UC San Diego (1/28)… Totaled a career-high 16 kills on 25 attempts with just one error and four blocks against Long Beach State (1/27)… Equaled a then-career-best 14 kills Irvine (1/21), committed just one error in the match for a .722 percentage… Also recorded eight block assist… Recorded six block assists against Pacific (1/14)… Had 10 kills and seven blocks against Stanford (1/15). 2004 – Started and played in every match of the season… Finished the year with a .441 hitting percentage, second on the team… Averaged 2.43 kills-per-game and led the team with 124 total blocks… Turned in 10 double-digit kill efforts on the season, including a season-high 16 against San Diego… Recorded four consecutive matches with 10+ kills between March 20 and April 1… Burned BYU for a season-best four service aces on Jan. 10… Recorded a season-high 10 block assists against Lewis. 2003 – Made an appearance 28 of the team's 30 matches, helping the Waves tally an overall record of 24-6 and win the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation regular season and post-season tournament titles for the second straight year… The Waves advanced to the semi-finals before falling to eventual NCAA Champion, Lewis… Totaled 159 kills and a team-best .434 hitting percentage… Recorded four service aces, 29 digs, and 107 blocks (8-99)… His 99 block assists were a team second-best… Hit double-digit kills on four occasions with his best showing against USC and Hawai'i where he established a career-high 13 kills in back-to-back matches… Hit a career-high .778 (7-9) versus UCLA where he also had four block assists… Had a career-high eight total blocks at Hawai'i (0-8) and versus Lewis (0-8)… Averaged 1.75 kills, 0.23 assists, 0.04 aces, 0.32 digs, and 1.18 blocks per game.