I hear that Palacios is headed to the "farm" Stanford. But I hear that Irons (Central Cal) Niedermayer (Diablo) and Romero (South Fla. last year) are still out there and available. Any word on any of these guys or any other worthy of such high praise.

Oh. looks like Pac Pali's 17s Wilton may go to Hawaii if all goes well.

Let the games begin anew!

Wilton??

Hugh Wilton, OH, #1

that guys a senior???

Niedermier isnt even on our roster at this point because his back is still messed up. we dont even know if he will play in the jos season.

i do know that hei snot playing but still being recruited.

ooo i think ive seen him...u think he is good enough to play their?

yeah hugh is a really young senior...and he is good enough to play at hawaii, he bangs when he is on. plus beckwith really likes him and wants to play with him so that should help

where is everyone going... can everyone list all the players from the top socal teams

Connor Eaton (Balboa Bay)---Long Beach State
Tommy Pestolesi (Surf City)---Long Beach State
Grant Hilling (Balboa Bay) ---Pepperdine
Sean Pederson (Premier / Ultimate)--Northridge
Joey Dykstra (SCVC)---USC
Hunter Current (Bay to Bay)---USC
Evan Romero (South Fla.) --- USC/Stanford
Garrett Werner (North Shore) --- Stanford
Kawika Shoji (Outrigger)---Stanford
Ed Howell (Seaside)---Stanford
Jason Palacios (Riptides) --- Stanford Likely
Brady Fujikawa (Riptides) --- NYU
Kent Krashaur (Balboa Bay)---UCLA
Brett Cossairt (BalboaBay) --- UCLA
Garrett (Seaside) -- UCLA
Teddy Getz (Synergy)---UCLA
Kevin Ker (Synergy) --- UCLA
Sam Kridl (Bay to Bay 17) -- UCLA
Nate Sttot (Central Cal) --- Rutgers
Robby Stowell (Balboa Bay) --- BYU
Kenny Webster (Balboa Bay)---UC Irvine
Cory Yoder (Balboa Bay) --- UC Irvine
Cole Reinholm (SMBC) -- UC Irvine
Jordan DeFault (Highline)---UC Irvine
Anthony Spittle (SCVC)---UC Irvine
Dylan Bowermaster (Surf City) -- UCLA
Alex Walker (SMBC) -- Pacific
Justin Burridge (SMBC) -- Pacific
Tim Cunnigham (CSVC) -- Pacific
Scott Slaughter (Surf City) --- ????
JD Rasmussen (Surf City) --- ???
Michael Gaudino (Synergy) ---- ???
Sean Carter (Synergy) ---- ???
Cory Yoder (Balboa Bay)---UC Irvine
John Klanac (EDEN) -- Ohio State
Max Lipsitz (EDEN) -- Penn State
Ric Cervantes (Santa Barbara) -- Hawaii?!?!?
Jason Ambrose (Rolling Thunder) --- Penn State
Alan Mars (Pace Bootleggers) --- Penn State
Andrew Greaves (St Louis Hi P) --- IPFW
Kevin Heine (St Louis Hi P) -- Ohio State
Jeff Schmitz (St. Louis Hi P) --- Ball State
Matt Sprague (St. Louis Hi P) -- Ball State

That was courtesy of Looker and then many additions. I added some East and Midwest that I knew about and the ones that have been speculated upon the most.

any ideas on where joey zuziak from SMBC is going?

Zuziak no idea but that adds to the list of players like Dyer (SB) , Pliske (HiP), Scheiner (HiP), Loe (WCVC) to the others mentioned before Romero, Hackett (Pace), Fritsch (Diablo), Boyce (Surf City), Weintraub (SMBC), Duckworth (HiP), Fahn (Spectrum).. If anyone knows anything add them to the list.

Found a few more:

Nick Rivett {Renaissance (PA)} --- UCSB
Carl Hamming (Adversity) ---- Princeton

I think that many of the West Coast kids are waiting for soemone to call. They may never get that call as most of the MPSF teams are very deep with many walk on and redshirts already on campus. And many have looked at the deeper 17s class and may opt to save that scholarship money or at least not overspend for young men this season.

Fujikawa to NYU---I know both Jose Pena and Karl France Head Coach and Head assistant Coach of NYU, we speak all the time and neither one of them told me that Fujikawa was going there..Plus you don't sign letters of intent to division three schools. Its not allowed. You can only sign letters to D1/2's only. So how could he be SIGNED to NYU....has he commited early admit to NYU so that he gets in for all possible academic scholarships or has he declared early that he is fore going the signing process so that he does have to deal wiuth recruiters? let me know. Because from what we understand, he hasn't made up his mind up at all, YET.

I know fahn...u think he could go sumwhere??

I know Weintraub has talked to UCSD and someeast coast schools

He could end up at Harvard as he has applied. If he gets in, he will be a player there. Fahn has a shot as he is big and athletic.

Story on Fujikawa is he applied early decision. If one applies ED to a school, usually they attend that University.

Does anybody know if the guy Sam Kridl on Bay to Bay 17s is a senior of a junior?

Vince,

Kridl who hurt his hand in Anaheim is a senior in HS and is signed to UCLA.....

Sean Carter and Mike Gaudino will both be playing for CSUN

i Don't see any recruits for UCSD, is that because no one signed or just no one knows

Hey boys just receive the confirmation yesterday....Fujikawa did apply "early decision" to NYU and was excepted. He is off the block and headed east. That's a big pick up for NYU. They haven't really had a known Cali kid sinec Eli a few years back. They are also looking at some of the big boys who ended up going to some of the Junior Colleges in Cali also. Might be a big recruiting year for the Violets of NYU.

nah..i dont think UCSD recruits at all.....and brennon dyer Oppo for SB is most likely goin to Hawaii

I hear that the UCSD program is looking at Georges from Bay to Bay and they usually get the kids not quite smart enough for Stanford, Or thise players are just not good enough for the Farm. I do hope that the recruiting picks up for them as they are the worst team in the MPSF by a long shot - talent wise.

From the SCVC website:
2006 SCVC College Commitments
Joey Dykstra 6'5 OH USC
Anthony Spittle 6'3 Setter UC Irvine
Trey Valbuena 6'4" OH UCSB
Andy McGuire 6'0" S/Lib UCSB
James Scilacci 6'8" OH UCLA

Those heights are so inflated Spittle and Mcguire aren;t even 6ft

joey on SMBC might not play in college. Penn st and Hawaii are recruting him, but he hasnt taken the sat's yet because he was thinking about not going to college.

joey is a great player with a lot of potential if he gets the right coach...would b a shame if he didnt play

Since i live in San Diego i went to the USC-UCSD match this last saturday night because my bro played against and graduated out of the same class as the 2004 JOs MVP, Jimmy Kiellean (dont know if i spelled that right) who now is the starting USC setter. No. 13 USC won in the three but UCSD pulled close but USC won rather easily while not giving up a lead to UCSD once in the match. Even though that UCSD moved down to D-2 recently, it still is pathetic that they get to play all these D-1 great schools and probably only win 1 match (if that a game) a year if they are lucky. It would just be great to have some great talent come here and eventually get back up to D-1 and compete, I mean its not like the talent isnt present in mens volleyball today because there are plenty of great players that get turned down by these powerhouse schools and end up goin to community schools. I hope the UCSD program turns around soon and gets some talent down here because it would be great for the sport of volleyball.

Adding to that does anyone know about the D-3 situation? I heard that if they end up getting 50 d-3 schools theyll end up having a tourney like they have in D-1 for a national championship. That would be great for those who get turned down from these competive d-1 schools.

ucsd cant offer scholarships. this should explain why their recruiting isnt up to par with the rest of the conference.

Just for clarification, UCSD moved UP to Division II after the 2000 season and is a non- scholarship (athletic) Division II. This makes the UCSD program a poor man's IVY league school. UCSD can also be considered a glorified Division III program since Division III programs do not offer athletic scholarships.

The Joey kid you speak of has a lot of potential and so does his seetter Gil but these guys are making late decisions and hopefully end up where they want. Both play for SMBC.

can't they sign up till like june though

They certainly have in the past.



They certainly do offer ACADEMIC scholarships. And DI men's programs are only allowed 4 1/2 athletic scholarships anyway, if they are fully funded for 4 1/2. So for men, there is not a great deal of difference between DI & DIII. Unless I misunderstood the NCAA rules. So how do the big programs always recruit 6-8 freshmen every year? How is it different out west?

I would think that many of those schools have academic standing ion which many of these players also qualify for scholarships. Or these same schools chop their money up and not give fulls but partials to fill their roster.

Gill is going to Harvard, and james on SCVC plays middle not OH

That seems to be a good move for Gil and there is UCSB stocking up again.....

UCSB has Klineman, who was Youth National, so thats a tough act to follow

Yes, Klineman is a freshman, and they just redshirted Bart Kowalski who was their starting setter last year so they willl have two strong setters next year.

is klineman starting right now?

Yes

misunderstanding. Gil is not attending UCSB so the worries are few for him. He is slated to go East to Harvard. Most of the MPSF schools seem to be done....

Did Pepperdine get anybody besides grant

I believe BBK is correct. UCSD was DIII, but now DII.

NCAA allows the 4.5 scholarships, but UCSD does NOT fund them. zilch, nada.....
Yes, they (the University, the A.D....whoever) need to get off their ******, and fund them.
Otherwise, they will, IMO, continue to be behind the pack, as far as competing in the MPSF, against a bunch of DI, funded programs.

i am unsure if Peperdine has any money after the class they brought in this seaosn but I am sure that they ar enot finished. But who is left that is Pepperdine material?

you mean above 6'5"

does anybody know about cal-state northridge signing of Jacek Ratajczak... it says on their website that he is a 7... yes 7ft tall MH from new york.. anybody seen him play? but damn 7ft

He was at penn state this weekend, well I think he was. If he plays for stellar then I saw him play and didn't impress me at all. He's slow and doesn't have too much power behind his swing. The only reason they would sign him is because his so damn tall.

He needs a lot of work and with CSUN coaching him he will be a goo done bu tprobably not until his Sophomore year after a redshirt year included.

But with the bid tourneys just about over, there are still some quality players sitting around waiting for the call. I am thinking that call may never some for most waiting. Th ereason is that the 17s look very deep. Reports from the Nittany were that there are many 17s to go around and we already know that the Midwest and West have plenty. And the cream of that crop could be 2 Hawaiians McLaughlin and McKibben.

where'd u see him play bbk? i did a little research and this only his first year that i can find at least playing for club... i was from the nyc area but not anymore

Some signings/speculation from the Midwest
Jason Ambrose-PSU
Sean Pederson- Cal State Northridge (75%!)
Tim Cunningham- Pacific
NEW:
Jake Conrad (SPVB Mizuno Libero)- Lewis
George Kamberos (CSVC OH)- Loyola

is [name redacted by request] whos on csvc this year getting any looks