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  Riley McKibbin
Riley McKibbin

Player Profile
Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Honolulu, HI

High School:
Punahou

Height / Weight:
6-2 / 195

Position:
S

CAREER: He has 1,786 assists, 266 digs, 74 blocks and 14 aces in his career ...

2010: McKibbin, who has Trojan volleyball roots, returns as the starting setter as a junior in 2010 and figures to be among the nation's best ... He made the NCAA All-Tournament team at the pre-season Can-Am Challenge ... He is a USC co-captain for a second season ...

2009: McKibbin started at setter as a sophomore in 2009 and emerged among the nation's best young players at the position ... Overall while starting 31 matches, he had a team-best 1,703 assists, was second on the team in digs (249), was fourth on the team in blocks (69) and aces (14) and had 57 kills (hitting .328) ... His 1,703 assists and 13.85 assists average are USC rally scoring era season records ... He had 5-plus digs 27 times (including 9 times with 10-plus digs) and 5-plus blocks 4 times ... His 76 assists versus UCLA and Hawaii were USC season highs ... He was third nationally in assists (13.85, third in MPSF) and 35th in digs (2.02) ... He made 2009 VBall Magazine All-American third team, All-MPSF honorable mention, as well as the MPSF All-Tournament team and NCAA All-Tournament team ... He also was the NCAA MVP of the pre-season Can-Am Challenge tourney ... He was a USC co-captain ...

2008: McKibbin saw action in 21 matches in 2008 as the backup setter and as a serving specialist as a first-year freshman ... Overall, he had 83 assists, 17 digs, 5 blocks and 5 kills ...

HIGH SCHOOL: He led Punahou High in Honolulu, Hi., to 3 straight Division I state titles (2004-2006; boys volleyball is competed in the fall in Hawaii) ... As a senior in 2006, he made the 2007 Volleyball Magazine All-American first team and Volleyball Magazine Fab 50 list and the 2006 state Division I All-Tournament team ... He was a 2006 Mizuno Volleyball Magazine All-American honorable mention pick as a junior ... He made the 2005 Honolulu Advertiser All-State first team and was on the state All-Tournament team ... As a sophomore in 2004, he was a Honolulu Star Bulletin All-State second teamer as Punahou won the state crown ... He also starred in basketball, where he was named the 2007 Interscholastic League of Honolulu Division II Co-Player of the Year (with current Trojan Tri Bourne) while averaging 7.1 points a game ... He was a 2006 All-Interscholastic League of Honolulu Division II first team basketball player ... Current Trojan Maddison McKibbin also prepped at Punahou ...

PERSONAL: He was an alternate on the 2007 USA Junior National Training Team ... He and fellow Trojan Tri Bourne won the gold medal at the 2007 AAU Junior National Beach Volleyball Under-20 Championships ... He made the All-Tournament team in the 18 Open division at the 2007 USA Junior Olympic Boys' Volleyball Championships as he led his Outrigger Canoe Club team to the bronze medal ... He competed at the 2006 FIVB U19 Beach World Championships and won a gold medal at the USA Volleyball Junior Olympics U18 Beach Championships ... He made the 2004 USA Volleyball Junior Olympics 16 Open All-Tourney team as his Outrigger Canoe Club team finished second in the tournament ... He won the 2003 USA Volleyball Junior Olympics beach championship ... He has a trio of relatives with USC volleyball roots: his brother, Maddison, is a freshman outside hitter at USC, his uncle, Owen McKibbin (who lettered in 1983-84-86-87, as the Trojans finished second at the NCAA Championships his final 2 seasons), and his aunt, Claudia McKibbin (a letterwinner on the Women of Troy's 1980 national championship team) ... He is a business administration major at USC with a B- average (2.97 GPA) ... Birthdate is Sept. 9, 1988.

GMKETAPCTASTSASEREDGBSBABE
2008 (Fr.)... 41 21 5 1 6 .667 83 0 3 1 17 0 5 2
2009 (So.)... 123 31 57 18 119 .328 1703 14 63 0 249 10 59 11
CAREER... 164 52 62 19 125 .344 1786 14 66 1 266 10 64 13

Career single-match highs: 5 kills (Long Beach State, Hawaii and Penn State, 2009), 16 digs (Stanford, 2009), 7 blocks (UC Santa Barbara and UC San Diego, 2009)

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