Adam Naeve UCLA Los Angeles, Calif. 6'9" - Middle Blocker Joined Team: June 1999

MAJOR INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION: 2003 – Colorado/Nebraska Tour… Canada Tour…Pan American Games ( Fourth Place)...World Cup ( Fourth Place). 2002 – Dallas Tour…Six-Nation Tournament (Italy)…Louisville Tour…Bulgaria Tour…Greece Tour…Florida Tour…World Championships. 2001 – World League…NORCECA Zone Championships…Jeep America’s Cup. 1999 – World University Games…Pan American Games.

INTERNATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS: 2003 – Saw limited action during the season due to injuries. 2002 – Saw extensive action last season, playing in a team-high 114 sets…Led the team in blocks (36)…Finished second in hitting percentage (.438) and tied for third in service aces (23)…Also finished fourth in total points (211) and fifth in kills (152). 2001 – Finished the season with 52 kills, a hitting percentage of .383, 17 digs, 12 blocks and 10 service aces…Played professionally with the Vienna Hotvolleys in Austria at the conclusion of the National Team season…The 2001 World League was his first major international competition experience since he was a member of the 1999 USA World University Games Men's Volleyball Team and the 1999 USA Pan American Games Men's Volleyball Team…The 1999 World University Games were held in Palma del Mallorca, Spain…The 1999 Pan American Games were held in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

COLLEGE HIGHLIGHTS: 2001 – American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) First Team All-American…First-Team All Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF)…Led the UCLA Bruins to the NCAA men's volleyball championship match where they lost to BYU, 3-0…2000 – Redshirted the 2000 season after trying out for the 2000 U.S. Men's Olympic Volleyball Team…1999 – Named AVCA first-team All-American...First-Team All-MPSF…Tallied 434 kills, 146 blocks and a .429 attack percentage…Set a career-high with 18 block assists against Loyola Marymount. 1998 – AVCA First-Team All-American…First-Team All-MPSF…Collected 528 kills, 140 digs and 127 blocks. 1997 – AVCA Second-Team All-American…Third-Team All-MPSF…Recorded 344 kills, 140 blocks and 109 digs.

PERSONAL: Born Feb. 9, 1978…Parents are George and Donna Naeve…Has one sister, Heather…Graduated in 1996 from Mira Costa High School in Manhattan Beach, Calif., where he played volleyball all four years…Was named an All-American in volleyball three years and Most Valuable Player his senior year…He enjoys reading, watching movies and listening to music…Lists “The Simpsons" as his favorite TV show and Jimi Hendrix as his favorite musician…Named the Dali Lama as his hero because "he is a symbol of peace, happiness and his main purpose in life is to love and help everyone."