Brook Billings USC Santa Barbara, Calif. 6' 5 " - Opposite Joined Team: May 2002

MAJOR INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION: 2004 – NORCECA Olympic Qualifying Tournament (Gold Medal). 2003 – Colorado/Nebraska Tour… Canada Tour…Pan American Games ( Fourth Place)…NORCECA Zone Championships (Gold Medal)…World Cup ( Fourth Place). 2002 – Dallas Tour…Six-Nation Tournament (Italy)…Louisville Tour…Bulgaria Tour…Greece Tour…Florida Tour…World Championships.

INTERNATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS: 2004 – Team USA qualified for the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece, by winning the NORCECA Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Caguas, Puerto Rico on Jan. 10…The men posted a perfect record of 6-0 en route to the gold medal, which included a come-from-behind, 3-2 win over Cuba in the championship match…Scored a match-high 17 points on 16 kills and one block in a 3-1 pool-play win over Cuba after replacing starting opposite Clay Stanley. 2003 – Led Team USA in scoring and ranked third among all scorers with 73 points on 67 kills, five blocks and one service ace at the Pan American Games in the Dominican Republic…The Americans finished fourth (3-2) at the Pan Am Games after losing to Brazil in the bronze medal match…Saw action in just six of 11 matches at the World Cup and played 20 of a possible 37 sets but still scored 86 points on 73 kills and 13 blocks to finish fourth on the team in total points and tops in points per match at 14.33. 2002 – One of the team’s biggest surprises during the 2002 season…Ranked first on the team in total points (266) and total kills (223)…Also ranked third in stuff blocks (30), points per set (2.83) and digs (97)…Scored a career-high 26 points (24 kills, one block, one ace) in a 3-2 upset of eventual World Champion Brazil on Sept. 30 during pool play…Also scored 21 points (19 kills, one block, one service ace) in a five-set win over Australia on June 30 and 20 points (17 kills, two blocks, one ace) in a 3-2 win over Greece on Aug. 30.

COLLEGE HIGHLIGHTS: 2002 – Earned All-Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) honorable mention…Led the team in kills (386) and in kills per game (4.39). 2001 – Earned Asics/Volleyball All-American and All-MPSF honorable mentions...Led USC in kills (390) and blocks (68) and was second in digs (118)…Finished eighth nationally in kill average at 4.88 (fourth in the MPSF at 5.21)…Posted double-figure kills in 20 of his 22 matches, with nine matches of 20-plus kills. 2000 – Earned Asics/Volleyball All-America first team, AVCA All-America second team and All-MPSF first team honors...Led the team in kills (601) while hitting .339…Finished third on the team in digs (160) and had 73 blocks...Ranked fifth nationally in kill average (6.84) and third in the MPSF (6.83)...Posted double-figure kills in 24 of his 25 matches, with 18 matches of 20-plus kills and six matches of 30-plus kills (including an MPSF and USC season-high 50 kills at Loyola Marymount, a career best). 1999 – Started all but two matches at opposite hitter as just a freshman and made an immediate impact...Garnered Asics/Volleyball National Co-Freshman of the Year and MPSF Freshman of the Year honors, as well as being an All-MPSF honorable mention selection...Led the team in kills with 640, the most ever by a USC freshman and the fourth-most by any Trojan ever, while hitting .317…Finished sixth nationally in kill average (6.17) ... He also had 169 digs (second on the team) and 92 blocks (fourth on the team)...Posted double-figure kills 26 times, with 17 matches of 20-plus kills and six matches of 30-plus kills.

PERSONAL: Born Brook Michael Billings on April 30, 1980, in Santa Barbara, Calif.…Parents are David Billings and Daphne Von Essen…His stepmother's name is Beth Berger…He also has a sister, Summer Billings, and a brother, James Von Essen…Majored in public policy and management at USC.