Ryan Millar Season 1997

Personal

• B.S. in sociology from BYU
• Married to Suzanne, with one son

Career Highlights

• Four-time All American:
• One of only five players ever to have earned three first-team All-America Honors
• Volleyball Magazine Freshman Team 1996
• AVCA and Volleyball Magazine First Team 1997, 1998, 1999
• Volleyball MagazineNational Player of the Year 1999
• NCAA All-Tournament Team 1999
• Led the country in hitting percentage (.498) and blocks per game (2.14) in 1999
• Third-Team All-MPSF 1996
• MPSF Player of the Year 1997
• Three-time First-Team All-MPSF 1997, 1998, 1999
• Led BYU to its first NCAA title and a 30-1 record as a senior
• Current BYU side-out scoring record holder in all categories
• Single-match kills (48) 1997
• Single-match kill attempts (95) 1997
• Single-match total blocks (18) 1996
• Single-season kills (648) 1997
• Single-season kill attempts (1,259) 1997
• Single-season block assists (192) 1999
• Single-season block solos (22) 1999
• Single-season total blocks (214) 1999
• Career kills (1,797)
• Career kills per game (5.19)
• Career kill attempts (3,338)
• Career block assists (590)
• Career block solos (72)
• Career total blocks (662)
• Career blocks per game (1.91)
• Career games played (346)

Before BYU

• Two-time third-team All-American at Highland High in Palmdale, California
• Named first-team All-American as a junior by Volleyball Monthly
• Three-time all-league and MVP of the Golden League as a senior
• Also won MVP honors at the Poway and Redondo Tournaments as a senior

After BYU

• Served as co-interim head coach at BYU in 1996 with Shawn Patchell
• Played professional volleyball in Italy for six years and has played nine overall
• Three-time member of the USA Olympic team
• Owns and operates Next Level Volleyball camps

Post BYU Honors and Societies

• USA Volleyball’s Male Indoor Player of the Year 2007
• Won a gold medal at the Beijing Olympics 2008
• Inducted into the BYU Hall of Fame 2009

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