Ceran recognized by MPSF

Ranked among the top ten in the nation, the Stanford men’s volleyball team has gotten off to one of its best start in years. Adding to the team’s recent accomplishments, senior outside hitter Matt Ceran was named the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) Co-Player of the Week yesterday.

The senior was honored for his performance during the UCSB/Elephant Bar Tournament — he had 60 kills in the Cardinal’s three matches against Cal-State Northridge, UC Irvine and the University of Alberta. Stanford won two of three games on the weekend, including a victory over last year’s national champion Irvine team, before falling to Alberta in the tournament championship.

Ceran shared the award with Long Beach State’s Dean Bittner, who competed in the same tournament over the weekend.

Water polo honored for academics

Despite ending its season short after missing the NCAA Championship Tournament, the Stanford men’s water polo team had 12 players honored as Academic All-Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) selections.

The Cardinal was spearheaded by the efforts of senior goalkeeper Sandy Hohener, boasting a cumulative GPA of 4.08. Other selections for the team were as follows: seniors Michael Bury (3.58), Peter Finlayson (3.68), Ryan Fortune (3.61) and Forrest Schwartz (3.68, RS Senior) were all recognized by the MPSF. Juniors Andrew Drake (3.14), Will Hindle-Katel (3.65) and Chris Jacobson (3.19) were also selected, while redshirt freshmen Will Smith (3.33) and Cody Wiesen (3.56), sophomore Sage Wright (3.76) and junior Steven Wright (3.40) were also honored by the conference.