USD Volleyball 2003

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VOLLEYBALL COACHING STAFF

B RENT HILLIARD

A SSISTANT C OACH THIRD SEASON

L ONG B EACH STATE 1993 (B.A. P OLITICAL SCIENCE)

Brent Hilliard is in his third season with the Toreros as the team's top assistant. Hilliard comes to USO after a stellar playing career in which he earned NCAA Player of the Year accolades and repre– sented the United States at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona. Hilliard came to USO in 2001 after serving as the Head Volleyball Coach at Cuyamaca Junior College in 1999 and 2000. In 1992, as an opposite or right side player at Long Beach State, Hilliard was named the NCAA Player of the Year leading his team to a 31-1 record. Hilliard earned All-American honors four times in his college career and was a three-time selection as a First-Team NCAA All- American. In 1991 Hilliard propelled the 49ers to a National Championship, beating USC in Honolulu, avenging a championship match loss to USC the year before. In 1992 Hilliard was selected to play for the U.S.A. in the 1992

Hilliard was an NCAA All-American and the 1992 Player of the Year at Long Beach State.

Olympics in Barcelona. Hilliard, the team's youngest member, helped the U.S.A. de– feat Cuba in the '92 games and claim the Bronze medal. One year later, Hilliard won a silver medal in the 1993 Pan American Games. Hilliard also owns a Bronze medal won at the 1991 World Cup. Hilliard continued his volleyball career as a professional in Europe from 1995-1998, playing two seasons in Belgium and one season in the Netherlands. In 1996, Hilliard and the Maasiek Volleyball club from Bel– giumwon the country's championship and competed in the European Champions League.

USD coaches ({-r) Brent Hilliard, Jennifer Petrie and Tammy Leib!.

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