C.J. Schellenberg Class: Junior Hometown: Pacific Palisades, CA High School: Loyola Height / Weight: 6-7 / 210 Position: OPP

2008: The left-handed Schellenberg returns for his third season as the starting opposite hitter as a junior in 2008, although he will face a challenge for his spot ... 2007: Schellenberg started for his second season at opposite hitter as a sophomore in 2007 ... Overall while starting 26 matches (and appearing in all 28), he was second on USC in kills (358) and aces (24), third in digs (119) and fifth in blocks (66) ... He hit .233 ... He had double kill figures 21 times (including 4 with 20-plus kills), 5-plus digs 12 times (twice with 10-plus digs) and 5-plus blocks 4 times ... 2006: He started all 29 matches at opposite hitter as a first-year freshman in 2006 ... Overall, he had 271 kills (third on USC), 103 digs, 83 blocks and 14 aces ... He had double kill figures 11 times, 5-plus digs 10 times and 5-plus blocks 6 times ...

HIGH SCHOOL: He was named the 2005 Mizuno/Volleyball Magazine All-American Player of the Year, Los Angeles Times All-Star MVP and All-CIF Division I Player of the Year as a senior as Loyola High in Los Angeles (Calif.), as Loyola won its third consecutive CIF Division I title ... He also made the 2005 Volleyball Fab 50 team ... As a 2004 junior, he made the All-CIF Division I first team and Los Angeles Times All-Star second team ... Current Trojans Jimmy Hirschman, Jimmy Killian and Matt Hillier also prepped at Loyola ...

PERSONAL: He was a member of the 2004 U.S. Junior National Team and 2003 U.S. Boys' Youth National Team ... He helped his SCVC Kaepa Blue teams win 3 Open gold medals at the Junior Olympics (in the 18s in 2004, 17s in 2003 and 15s in 2001) ... He also won the 2004 Under 19 Boys AAU National Beach championship ... His initials stand for Christopher James ... His father, Jim, played football at Vanderbilt ... He is a social science economics major at USC ... Birthdate is Sept. 26, 1986.

	G	M	K	E	TA	PCT	AST	SA	SE	RE	DG	BS	BA	BE
2006 (Fr.)...	101	29	271	134	641	.214	13	14	85	2	103	7	76	8
2007 (So.)...	99	28	358	173	794	.233	10	24	77	0	119	10	56	7
CAREER...	200	57	629	307	1435	.225	23	38	162	2	222	17	132	15

Career single-match highs: 23 kills (Stanford and Long Beach State, 2007), 11 digs (Cal State Northridge, 2007), 9 blocks (UCLA, 2006)