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Steven Mochalski

Class: RS Senior Hometown: Manhattan Beach High School: Mira Costa

Height / Weight: 6-6 / 200 Position: OH

2012: Mochalski is in the mix for a starting job at outside hitter as a junior in 2012 ...

2011: He was a serving specialist and backup outside hitter as a sophomore in 2011 ... Overall in 2011, he appeared in 5 matches and had 1 kill ...

2010: He redshirted as a backup outside hitter as a sophomore in 2010 ... He was slowed in 2009 fall practice by a variety of nagging injuries ...

2009: He was a backup outside hitter as a first-year freshman in 2009 ... Overall while appearing briefly in 6 matches (mainly as a server), he had 4 digs and 1 ace ...

HIGH SCHOOL: He made the 2008 Volleyball Magazine All-American first team, Volleyball Magazine Fab 50 list, All-CIF Division I Co-MVP, South Bay Daily Breeze All-South Bay Co-MVP and All-Bay League first team as a senior at Mira Costa High in Manhattan Beach (Calif.) ... He had 282 kills while hitting .540, plus added 136 digs and 60 blocks in 2008 ... Mira Costa won the 2008 CIF Division I title ... He earned 2007 South Bay Daily Breeze All-South Bay first team and All-Bay League first team honors as a junior on Mira Costa's CIF Division I finalist squad ... He recorded 252 kills (hitting .480), 97 digs and 39 blocks in 2007 ...

PERSONAL: His father, Dave, was a starting middle blocker on UCLA's 1982 NCAA championship team (going 29-0) who was named to the NCAA All-Tournament team and All-Conference second team that season ... His brother, Eric, is a sophomore outside hitter at Stanford ... He is a business administration major at USC with a B+ average (3.50 GPA) ... Birthdate is Dec. 30, 1989.

Career single-match highs: 1 kill (Harvard, 2011), 2 digs (New Jersey Institute of Technology, 2009), 0 blocks