Reid Priddy Loyola Marymount Richmond, Va. 6'5" - Outside Hitter Joined Team: May 2000

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 – Bulgaria Tour… Greece Tour… Florida Tour…World Championships. 2001 – Japan Tour…World League…World Championship Qualifier…NORCECA Zone Championships…Jeep America’s Cup. 1999 – Pan American 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…Scored a match-high 16 points on 13 kills and three blocks in the championship match. 2003 – Emerged as one of the starting outside hitters on the left side…Served as the team captain at the Pan American Games…Battled an abdominal injury for much of the season but still finished third on the team in kills (224) and fourth on the squad in service aces (17). 2002 – Rejoined the team in late July…Played in 58 of a possible 141 sets during the year…Led the team in total points (70), kills (60) and blocks (eight) in six matches at the World Championships…Finished the season first on the team in points per game (2.98) and sixth in total points (173)…Also had 92 kills, 66 digs, 21 blocks and 10 service aces. 2001 – Led the team in kills (258) and digs (184)…Finished second on the team in blocks (41) and was tied for third in service aces (14)…Played professionally for the Vienna Hotvolleys in Austria. 2000 – Was one of four USA Men’s Volleyball team alternates for the Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia.

COLLEGE HIGHLIGHTS: 2001 – 2000 –Earned American Volleyball Coaches Association first-team All-America honors as a senior at Loyola Marymount University. 1999 – Earned AVCA second-team All-America honors for the second-straight season...Also garnered second-team all-Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) honors…Led the team in kills (435), kills per game (5.80) and service aces (35). 1998 – Became the first All-American in school history when he was named to the second-team AVCA All-American team…Led the Lions with 391 kills and in matches with 10-or-more kills (17)…Was second on the team in kills per game (4.83), digs (178) and digs per game (2.20)…Also earned all-MPSF honorable mention accolades. 1997 – Appeared in 18 matches (42 games)…Posted 150 kills, 70 digs and 12 service aces.

PERSONAL: Born William Reid Priddy on Oct. 1, 1977 in Richmond, Va….Parents are Ken and Sharon Priddy…Also has three sisters: Brooke, Kara and Dylan...Also enjoys wakeboarding and surfing…Graduated from LMU with a degree in communication studies in 2000…Was also recruited by Cal State Northridge, USC and UC Santa Barbara.