Kyle Friend

The 49ers will host No. 4 UC Irvine and No. 11 UC San Diego in MPSF action this week.

The 49ers close out their final road stretch this week when they head to second-ranked BYU.

The 49ers travel to UC Irvine and UC San Diego in MPSF action this week.

Position:
OH
Height:
6-5
Weight:
186
Class:
Senior
Major:
Business Management
Hometown:
Boca Raton, Fla.
Prev School:
Spanish River HS

2010: Named to the MPSF All-Academic Team ... Played in 56 games on the season ... Finished with 82 kills (1.46/game), 11 service aces (0.20/game), 48 digs (0.86/game) and 17 blocks (0.30/game) ... Hit a career-high .571 against UC San Diego, while finishing with 13 kills on 21 swings ... Had a season-high 15 kills against BYU on April 2, while also tying a career best with three aces in the match ... Finished with nine kills on 19 swings and a .316 hitting percentage in win at Pepperdine ... Finished with a season-high seven digs three times, the first at UC Santa Barbara, the second vs. UCLA and the third against Pepperdine ... Tallied a season-high four blocks against UC San Diego.

2009: Named to MPSF All-Academic Team ... Played in 98 games on the season ... Finished with 152 kills (1.55/game), 21 service aces (0.21/game), 127 digs (1.30/game) and 59 blocks (0.60/game) ... Finished with four double-digit kill matches and three double-digit dig matches ... Had one double-double with a career-high 16 kills and 10 digs at Pacific (1/31) ... Finished with 11 kills and seven digs in win over Penn State (3/14) ... Had 10 digs against both Stanford (1/9) and UC Santa Barbara (4/10) ... Tallied a career-high 12 digs against Stanford (4/3), while also finishing with 10 digs at UC San Diego (4/17) ... Had a career-high eight blocks (2 solo/6 assists) against UCLA (1/21) ... Totaled a career-best .421 (10-2-19) hitting percentage vs. UC Santa Barbara (4/10).

2008: Averaged 1.10 kills and 2.10 digs per game in 21 games as a freshman ... Played one game at Pacific finishing with two digs ... At Pepperdine on Feb. 13 played two games and finished with a kill and four digs ... In the four-game win at Hawaii on January 1, had five kills, while adding a career-best 17 digs and three aces.

High School: Lettered four years in volleyball at Spanish River High School ... Led team to a 101-13 mark during his four years ... Team captured the 2006 and 2007 state championships ... Selected as the state player of the year two times and was a four-time first-team all-county and All-Florida League selection.

Club: Played on the Florida Suns club team for one year and they finished 11th at the Junior Olympics.

Major: Business Managment