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- ↑ Hawks, Rachel. "BYU volleyball: Duncan Ceriani named NCAA Silver Anniversary Award winner" . Retrieved 2015-07-11.
- ↑ "BYU Hall Inductions Set for Thursday". The Salt Lake Tribune. 7 November 1999.
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