Erik Sullivan UCLA Encinitas, Calif. 6'4" - Libero Joined Team: June 1997

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)… Bulgaria Tour… Greece Tour… Florida Tour…World Championships. 2001 – World League…World Championships Qualifying…NORCECA Zone Championships…Jeep America’s Cup. 2000 – Americas' Cup... Australia Tour... Bulgaria Tour...Continental Cup... Korea Tour...Olympic Games...World League. 1999 – Americas' Cup... Canada Trip...International Volleyball Challenge... Italy Trip... Japan Trip...NORCECA Championship. 1998– Americas’ Cup…NORCECA Zone World Championship Qualifier… USA Champions Cup…World Championships. 1997 – French Tournament…NORCECA Zone Championship.

INTERNATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS: 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 – Played in every tour as the team’s starting libero with the exception of the Colorado/Nebraska Tour and the Canada Tour, during which he shared time with teammate Rich Lambourne. 2002 – Played in all but one tour during season…He did not play in the Louisville Tour against Australia and Canada…He still led the team in digs with 225 (2.25 per set). 2001 – Finished second on the team in digs (156)…Played professionally for Piet Zoomers in The Netherlands. 2000 – Led the team in digs (307)...Received the best passer award at the Americas’ Cup...Ranked among the top five best diggers in the World League Final Round...Named best digger at the Continental Cup, helping Team USA qualify for the 2000 Sydney Olympics. 1999 – Starting libero on the second-place team at the Americas' Cup...Sparked the team to a three-game victory over Cuba in the semifinals...Named best passer at the NORCECA Zone Championship...Played libero on the Canada Trip, recording a 2.45 passing average...Was the libero in three matches of the Italy Trip, including a five-game win over the Italians at the Ninth Annual Ruffini Memorial Tournament. 1998 – Earned $50,000 and the Best Digger award at the World Championships...Moved into the libero position prior to the championships...Received the Tom Haine Players’ Award...Saw extensive playing time on the Poland Trip, posting four of five matches with 10 or more kills...Made a significant contribution on the Japan Tour with 42 kills, 14 digs, seven blocks and a .457 hitting percentage. 1997 – Had a solid outing in his second match on the national team, posting 10 digs, eight kills and a .462 hitting percentage against Japan...Had a career match against Canada in the NORCECA Zone Championships, tallying a career-high 17 digs along with 16 kills, two stuff blocks and a .565 hitting percentage...Named Best Defender at the championships...Received the team’s coaches award.

COLLEGE HIGHLIGHTS: Finished his career at UCLA as the school’s all-time leader in matches with 10 or more digs (25) and ranked second in career digs (747). 1995 – American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Second-Team All-American...Asics/Volleyball Second-Team All-American...Third-Team All-Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF)...Helped the Bruins to the national championship...Set career single-season records for attempts (570), kills (310), digs (257) and total blocks (70)...Finished the season ranked No. 9 nationally in digs (2.5) and No. 4 in the MPSF (2.4)...His 257 digs ranks No. 2 on UCLA’s single-season chart. 1994 – AVCA Second-Team All-American...Asics/Volleyball Monthly Second-Team All-American...Second-Team All-MPSF...Led the team in digs with 196...Had a season-high 17 kills against Penn State in the NCAA title match...Earned the reputation as one of the country’s best passers. 1993– Led the team in digs with 204 digs while ranking No. 13 nationally in digs at 2.49 per game...Guided the team to the national title...Led the team with five double-doubles (kills/digs)...Passed nearly 75% of his chances perfectly. 1992 – Asics/Volleyball Monthly All-Freshman Team...Started 13 of the 20 matches he played and averaged 3.7 kills and 1.6 digs per game...Tallied 207 kills with a .351 hitting percentage.

PERSONAL: Born Erik Thomas Sullivan on Aug. 9, 1972...Captained the Bruins for three years...Member of Phi Kappa Psi...Physiological science major...Wife’s name is Amanda…The couple has a daughter, Shaye, who was born on Jan. 30, 2002.