Steve Klosterman

United States volleyball player Steve Klosterman in play-off match season 2007.

Steve Klosterman is a volleyball coach and former player from the United States, currently Assistant at Hofstra University, a 2-time NCAA All American, NCAA Championship MVP, Puerto Rican Superior League Championship MVP, and former international player. He finished UCLA at 2007 (University of California at Los Angeles), as the #1 points producer in the "rally scoring" era, and 4th overall in the history of UCLA.

Early career

As a high school player, he was deemed the top volleyball recruit in the nation by the Los Angeles Times. ^[1]

In 2006, playing for UCLA, he was named Most Outstanding Player of the NCAA Championships after scoring 32 points and hitting .379 in two matches at the tournament. ^[2]

International career

• 2007-08 — Named MVP of the Puerto Rican Championships after leading his Naranjito Changos to the Puerto Rican Professional League Championships. ^{[3] [4]}
• 2009 — Member of USAV Training Team. Member of team that defeated Canadian National team. ^[5]
• 2010 — Played in Doha, Qatar with Police United. Contributed in the achievement of the All Time best season for the team with a 3rd-place finish.
• 2011 — Played in Toulouse, France. He joined the Spacers who were already losing many matches and risked being dropped down to the B league. He contributed enough wins during the season's 2nd half matches to keep the team in the A League, including the defeat of the eventual league champion in a crucial match.
• 2012 — Played for Nuevos Gigantes de Carolina of the Puerto Rico Superior League.
• 2014 — SKV Havířov, Czech Republic.

UCLA Men's Volleyball Championships Banner Flying in the Rafters of Pauley Pavilion

Steve Klosterman

Coaching career

• Hofstra University Women's Volleyball, Assistant Coach,
• Assistant (vol) Coach at Loyola of Chicago, Women Fall, 2017
• Loyola of Chicago Men's: Camp Coach Summer, 2018
• Club Head coach and technical advisor at Chicago Bounce
• 10 years coaching at HBC Club in So. California
• UCLA Men's, (vol) Assistant Coach

References

1. "He's Getting Offers With All the Fixings". Los Angeles Times .
2. Don (15 June 2008). "UCLA Men's Volleyball 2006 Championship MVP Steve Klosterman". Archived from the original on 2021-12-21 – via YouTube.
3. Don (14 June 2008). "Steve Klosterman Naranjito Changos Champs MVP". Archived from the original on 2021-12-21 – via YouTube.
4. Don (4 July 2008). "Steve Klosterman Naranjito Changos Champions MVP Highlights". Archived from the original on 2021-12-21 – via YouTube.
5. "USA "B" vs Canada National (Norceca) Team, Steve Klosterman Highlights". YouTube . Archived from the original on 2021-12-21.

• Daily Bruin: Bouncing Back Into His Game http://dailybruin.com/2006/04/26/bouncing-back-into-his-game/
• "Volleyball players receive honors". Daily Bruin. 7 May 2007.
• L.A.Times: Former college volleyball MVP starts from scratch as coach at Orangewood Academy https://www.latimes.com/sports/highschool/varsity-times/la-sp-steve-klosterman-sondheimer-20170504-story.html

External links

• Personal website