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Chris Jones

Class: Senior Hometown: Racine, WI High School: Washington Park

Height / Weight: 6-6 / 190 Position: MB

2008: Jones will serve as a backup middle blocker as a senior in 2008 ... 2007: Jones saw brief action in 1 match at middle blocker as a junior in 2007 ... 2006: He saw action in 17 matches at middle blocker as a sophomore in 2006, with 10 starts (including in 8 of USC's last 10 matches) ... Overall, he had 43 kills (hitting .264), 35 blocks and 9 digs ... 2005: He was a reserve middle blocker as a first-year freshman in 2005 ... He appeared in just 1 match (California), getting 1 kill ...

HIGH SCHOOL: He made the 2004 Volleyball Fab 50 team as a senior at Washington Park High in Racine (Wisc.), as well as All-State and All-Southeast Conference first team ... He made the 2003 All-State, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel All-Area and All-Southeast Conference first team as a junior with 178 kills, 87 solo blocks and 27 aces...As a sophomore, he made the 2002 All-Racine County first team when he had 144 kills, 116 blocks and 34 aces ...

PERSONAL: He was a member of the 2004 U.S. Junior National Team ... He was a member of the North Shore Milwaukee club team that won a silver medal at the 2004 USA Volleyball Boys Junior Olympics 18-and-Under ... He is an aerospace and mechanical engineering major at USC ... Birthdate is Nov. 17, 1985.

Career single-match highs: 10 kills (Penn State, 2006), 3 digs (UC Santa Barbara, 2006), 6 blocks (Pepperdine, 2006)