By Christine Jinbo

Tayloyr Sander of Norco (Calif.) High School has in impressive volleyball resume.  He started on the  USA Youth National Team as an outside hitter in the NORCECA Boys' Youth Continental Championships.  His club team, Orange County Volleyball Club, is currently the first seed in the 17 Open division of the SCVA Boys Classic in Anaheim, Calif. 

Sander spoke with ESPN RISE Volleyball about playing in the CIF State Southern California Div. II Regional and what the CIF Sportsmanship Award means to him.

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By Christine Jinbo

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	Taylor Sander's beach ball control helps on the hard wood.

Boys volleyball season is here and ESPN RISE Volleyball is putting the finishing touches on the Pre-Season FAB 50. Before the release of the anticipated rankings, we will feature a few high school standouts, who proved themselves in other league or off season play.

We caught up with Taylor Sander of Norco High School who had a tremendous off-season.  Sander took home an armful of hardware this summer as he competed with his club team, on the beach and with the USAV Junior National Team at the NORCECA Youth World Championships in Mexico.

First, Sander's club team, Orange Coast Volleyball Club (OCVC), earned bronze at the USA Volleyball Junior Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah.  After club season, Sander attended the AAU Beach Junior National Championships in Hermosa Beach where he received the Player of the Year Award, which honors a female athlete and a male athlete who performed well on the 2007 beach tour and showed good sportsmanship.  

As if a medal and a plaque were not enough, he made the final cut for the USA Volleyball Junior National Team.  After making it through the USAV High Performance tryout process and earning a spot on the team, Sander competed with the Junior National Team in Mexico for a bid to the NORCECA World Championships in Italy in the summer of 2009 and won gold.(Read full post)