Men's Volleyball - 2009 Roster
Brady Weissbourd

20 - Brady Weissbourd

Height: 6-9
Year: Senior
Hometown: Chicago, Ill.
High School: Walter Payton
Position: Middle Blocker
House Affiliation: Dunster

Senior

· 2009

Team captain ... Named to the 2009 EIVA All-East second team ... Captured EIVA All-Academic honors ... Tabbed to the Academic All-Ivy squad ... Earned ESPN The Magazine All-District second-team honors ... Four-time Hay Division Player of the Week ... Ranked third in the EIVA and seventh in the nation with 5.21 kills per set, fourth in the league and 12th in the country with 1.36 blocks per set and second in the EIVA and fourth nationally with 0.51 service aces ... Also finished 24th in the nation with a .345 attack percentage and averaged 1.32 digs per set ... Posted 19 or more kills in 10 of 11 matches during the middle of the season, averaging 6.12 kills, 1.65 digs, 1.28 blocks and 0.67 service aces on a.381 attack percentage during that time ...  Began the season with 21 kills and 10 blocks at Springfield Jan. 27 and 19 kills, seven blocks and six digs Jan. 31 against Stevens Institute ... Named EIVA Hay Division Player of the Week Feb. 2 for his effort ... Had his second double-double of the season Feb. 6 against NYU with 11 blocks with 14 kills ... Set career highs with 34 kills and 40 points Feb. 17 against Newbury with five digs and five blocks ... Knocked down 28 kills with seven digs and four blocks against Rutgers-Newark March 6 ... Had 10 digs against NJIT March 7 while contributing 27 kills, five blocks and four service aces ... Named player of the week March 9 ... Went over 1,000 points for his career March 14 at East Stroudsburg ... Posted a career high five service aces with 21 kills and six blocks against MIT March 21, hitting a career-best .667 (minimum of 20 attacks) along the way ... Set a career high with 12 blocks at NYU March 28 with 31 kills and seven digs ... Secured his second-straight match with 31 kills the next day at Sacred Heart while setting a new career high with 15 digs ... Garnered player of the week honors March 30 ... Had 24 kills, six digs, five service aces and four blocks April 11 versus Sacred Heart, going over 900 recorded kills in the process ... Earned his fourth player of the week honor April 13 ... Finished his career with 23 kills and six blocks at George Mason April 22.

Junior

· 2008

Named to Academic All-District 1 at-large team, which honors just 20 total student-athletes from 25 sports at Division I schools around the Northeast, as part of the CoSIDA ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America program ... An Academic All-Ivy League performer ... Named Academic All-EIVA ... One of four Crimson players to appear in all 55 games played in 2008 ... Finished the regular season ranked first on the team, fourth in the EIVA and seventh in the nation in hitting percentage (.439), first on the team, second in the league and eighth in the nation in blocks per game (1.35) and second on the team and tenth in the league in kills (3.78) ... Hit .500 with six kills, one service ace, two solo blocks and three block assists in the home-opening match against Rutgers-Newark (Feb. 1) ... Recorded 13 kills with no errors, two service aces, three digs, two solo blocks, three block assists and hit .765 in a conference win over Sacred Heart (Feb. 2) ... Named EIVA Hay Division Player of the Week (Feb. 4) ... Had 16 kills with three block assists while hitting .400 against Springfield (Feb. 5) ... At the Golden Dome Classic against host Rutgers-Newark (Feb. 15), had two solo blocks, six block assists and 11 kills while committing only one error en route to a .588 attack percentage ... Recorded 15 kills, one solo block, three block assists and a .480 attack percentage against Mt. Olive (Feb. 16) ... Committed only two errors with 15 kills, two solo blocks, four block assists, three digs and had a .565 attack percentage against Newbury (Feb. 20). ... Hit .478 with 17 kills and had five block assists against NYU (Feb. 22) ... Did not commit an error while compiling 12 kills against New Haven (Feb. 29), also recorded a season-best seven block assists ... Had eight kills and three block assists against Stevens (March 1) ... Had a .583 attack percentage on nine kills while also recording a solo block and two blocking assists against Johnson & Wales (March 5) ... Had 12 kills and three block assists while hitting .588 against St. Ambrose (March 7) ... Tied for a team-high 11 kills while committing only two errors against Springfield (March 8) while recording five block assists ... Had 14 kills, three service aces, four digs and five blocks in a win over Sacred Heart (March 28) ... Recorded 17 kills, a service ace, five digs and three blocks against NYU (March 29) ... Closed out his 2008 campaign hitting .640 with 18 kills and four service aces as Harvard defeated New Haven (April 2).

Before Harvard
Earned three varsity letters in volleyball and two in basketball ... Received the Most Improved Player in basketball ... Won the Rookie of the Year, MVP and Coach's Award in volleyball.

Personal
Concentration: human evolutionary biology.