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Matt Knutson

Class: Senior Hometown: Irvine High School: Capistrano Valley Christian

Last College: OCC/IVCC Height / Weight: 6-4 / 200 Position: OH

2010: Knutson will serve as a backup outside hitter as a senior in 2010 ... He was slowed in 2009 fall practice with a back injury ...

2009: Knutson, who transferred to USC in the fall of 2008 from a junior college, was a backup outside hitter as a junior in 2009 ... Overall while appearing in 5 matches, he had 5 kills (hitting .667), 1 dig and 1 ace ...

JUNIOR COLLEGE: He did not play in 2008 while at Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa (Calif.) ... As a sophomore starting outside hitter at OCC in 2007, he earned All-Orange Empire League second team honors as his team finished third in the state tourney ... Current Trojan Andrew Pizula also attended Orange Coast ...He spent his 2006 freshman season starting at outside hitter at Irvine (Calif.) Valley College, where he was named to the All-Orange Empire League second team (his team won the league title) ...

HIGH SCHOOL: He made the 2005 All-CIF Division V second team and All-Academy League MVP as a senior at Capistrano Valley Christian High in San Juan Capistrano (Calif) ... He also played football, basketball and golf there ...

PERSONAL: He is a history major at USC ... Birthdate is May 21, 1987.

Career single-match highs: 5 kills (New Jersey Institute of Technology, 2009), 1 dig (New Jersey Institute of Technology, 2009), 0 blocks