SOURCE: USA Volleyball

Chris Underwood

Major International Competition:
1995 World League
1995 Pan American Games (silver)

Highlights with USA National Team:
Was a major offensive force for Team USA in '95 Pan American Games (@ Mar del Plata, Argentina), his first taste of major international competition

had team-leading 36 kills in win vs. Cuba in Pan Am semifinals (3-17-95)

joined USA national team on an extended tryout basis in June-1994

contributed 11 kills as a starter vs. Canada (2/22/95 @ Portland), his national team debut

played on 1993 World University Games team, coached by Jim McLaughlin, also his coach at USC

College/High School:
a 1994 American Volleyball Coaches Association first-team All-America and Volleyball Monthly second-team All-America selection

co-captain of 1994 Trojans (with Pat Ivie, Bryan's brother)

led USC with 569 kills as a senior in 1994, while ranking second in digs (156) and blocks (93, including a career-high 13 stuffs vs. Stanford)

named MVP of UC Santa Barbara Collegiate Invitational

had a career-high 40 kills vs. CSU Northridge as a junior in 1993

ranked third in the nation in 1992, with a .481 attacking percentage, while leading Trojans in blocking (97)

played on the gold-medalist South team in the 1991 U.S. Olympic Festival

prepped at Loyola High in Los Angeles, Calif. and was a member of the school's 1988 CIF 4-A championship team

named to 1989 Volleyball Monthly "Fab 50"

selected to all-tournament team at the 1989 Reebok (high school) tournament

Personal:
Born in Los Angeles, California

majored in communications at USC

nickname: "Thunderwood"

likes to golf