PAC-12 ALL CENTURY TEAM, KARCH KIRALY, The King of the Beach

Pac-12 All Century Team: Men's Volleyball Player of the Century: Karch Kiraly

Former Bruin Karch Kiraly was named the Men’s Volleyball Player of the Century. Kiraly led UCLA to three national titles during his collegiate career, and was an All-American all four years. He was inducted into the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame in 1993. In 2001, he was inducted in the Volleyball Hall of Fame and in 2005 he was inducted into the AVCA Volleyball Hall of Fame. UCLA was 126-5 during his career including two undefeated seasons (1979 & 1982). He won the gold medal at the 1984 Olympics, and was the captain and team MVP of the 1988 Olympic team that won the gold medal. He also won the gold medal at the 1987 Pan American Games, 1986 World Championships and 1985 World Cup. He also has a gold medal on the beach from the 1996 Olympics.

Coach of the Century
	Player	Pac-12 Years
	Al Scates Watch Pac-12 Living Legend feature	1962-2012
Outside Hitters
	Players	Pac-12 Years
	Karch Kiraly	1979-82
	Celso Kalache	1973-77
	Pat Powers	1978-80
	Paul Nihipali	1994-97
	Asbjorn Volstad	1984-87
	Ernie Suwara	1965-67
	Mike Lambert	1994-97
Middle Blockers
	Players	Pac-12 Years
	Bryan Ivie	1988-91
	Doug Partie	1981-84
	Jeff Nygaard	1992-95
	Scott Fortune	1985-89
Setters
	Players	Pac-12 Years
	Ricci Luytes	1981-84
	Dusty Dvorak	1977-80
	Stein Metzger	1993-96
	Brandon Taliaferro	1997-00
Libero
	Player	Pac-12 Years
	Erik Shoji	2009-12

KING OF THE BEACH® STORY

Pac-12 All Century Team