Dave McKienzie Long Beach State Tustin, Calif. 6'4" - Outside Hitter Joined Team: June 2001

MAJOR INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION: 2004 – NORCECA Olympic Qualifying Tournament (Gold Medal). 2003 – Canada Tour…Pan American Games ( Fourth Place)…NORCECA Zone Championships (Gold Medal). 2002 – Dallas Tour…Six-Nation Tournament (Italy)…Louisville Tour…Bulgaria Tour…Greece Tour…Florida Tour…World Championships. 2001 – Jeep America’s Cup…World University Games.

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. 2003 – Member of the team that played in the NORCECA Zone Championships in Mexico as Team USA captured the gold medal and a berth in the 2003 World Cup, the first Olympic qualifier. 2002 – Played in 88 of 141 sets during the season…Ranked second in service aces (24), fourth in kills (159), fourth in digs (85) and fifth in total points (196), kills (146) and service aces (20)…Registered 2.23 points per set …Posted a career-high 21 points on 21 kills in a four-set loss to the Czech Republic on the Dallas Tour on May 27. 2001 – Won a gold medal at the World University Games in Beijing, China…Saw limited action as a member of the U.S. Men’s National Volleyball Team…Finished with 29 kills in 70 attempts for a hitting percentage of .243…He also had 13 digs and three blocks.

COLLEGE HIGHLIGHTS: 2001 – Named a first-team All-American by the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA)…Named to the All-Mountain Pacific Sports Federation first team…Ranked second in the nation in kill average with a 5.58 kills per game average…Posted 435 kills in 78 games…Recorded 173 digs for an average of 2.22 digs per game. 2000 – Earned first-team AVCA All-America honors…Named to the All-MPSF second team…Played in 91-of-100 games…Led the team with a total of 552 kills for an average of 6.07 kills per game…Had a hitting percentage of .309…Averaged 2.43 digs per game and 0.82 blocks per game. 1999 – Named a second-team All-American by the AVCA… Named to the All-MPSF third team…Named to the NCAA all-tournament team…Set an NCAA Division I record with 58 kills on March 19 at Brigham Young University…Ended season with 20 or more kills in six of last seven matches. Summer of 1998 – was a member of the USA Men’s Junior National Team that competed in Guatemala where he was named “Best Spiker” at the tournament. 1998 – In back-to-back matches had 22 and 23 kills against Penn State (January 22-23)…Had five or more digs in five matches.

PERSONAL: Born David W. McKienzie on July 5, 1979 in Denver, Colo…Parents are William and Elvira McKienzie…His sister, Joy, was an All-American setter on Long Beach State University’s 1993 NCAA national championship team and is currently an assistant coach for the Long Beach State women’s volleyball team…Graduated in 2001 with a bachelor’s degree in communications from Long Beach State University…Graduated in 1997 from Huntington Beach High School in Huntington Beach, Calif.…Played volleyball for three years in high school and earned all-CIF, all-County, all-League, and All-America honors…Lists his hobbies as golf and ping pong.