TAFT TOREADORS-
1998: (CIF Finalist) #2 Seed 1999: (CIF Champions) #2 Seed 2000: (CIF Champions) #1 Seed 2001: (CIF Champions) #2 Seed 2002: (CIF Finalist) #3 Seed 2003: (CIF Finalist) #4 Seed 2004: (CIF Quarter-Finalist) #6 Seed 2005: (CIF Finalist) #4 Seed 2006: (CIF Finalist) #2 Seed 2007: (CIF Finalist) #2 Seed 2008: (CIF Quarter-Finalist) #10 Seed 2009: (CIF Semi-Finalist) #4 Seed 2010: (CIF Champions) #1 Seed 2011: (CIF First-Round) #6 Seed 2012: (CIF Semi-Finalist) #3 Seed 2013: (CIF Semi-Finalist) #3 Seed 2014: (CIF Quarter-Finalist) #5 Seed 2015: (CIF Champions) #2 Seed 2016: (CIF Semi-Finalist) #6 Seed 2017: (CIF Quarter-Finalist) #3 Seed 2018: (CIF Quarter-Finalist) #6 Seed 2019: (CIF Quarter-Finalist) #7 Seed 2020: (No Playoffs — COVID-19) 2021: (CIF Finalist) #2 Seed 2022: (CIF Quarter-Finalist) #7 Seed 2023: (CIF Quarter-Finalist) #5 Seed 2024: (CIF Quarter-Finalist) #7 Seed |
TAFT LADY TOREADORS-
1998: (CIF Finalist) #2 Seed 1999: (CIF First-Round) #8 Seed 2000: (CIF First-Round) #8 Seed 2001: (CIF First-Round) #12 Seed 2002: (CIF Finalist) #2 Seed 2003: (CIF Semi-Finalist) #2 Seed 2004: (CIF Second-Round) #10 Seed 2005: (CIF Finalist) #2 Seed 2006: (CIF Champions) #2 Seed 2007: (CIF Semi-Finalist) #3 Seed 2008: (CIF First-Round / Champions) #21 Seed 2009: (CIF Champions) #3 Seed 2010: (CIF Semi-Finalist) #1 Seed 2011: (CIF Finalist) #2 Seed 2012: (CIF Finalist) #1 Seed 2013: (CIF Champions) #1 Seed 2014: (CIF Champions) #1 Seed 2015: (CIF Quarter-Finalist) #5 Seed 2016: (CIF Quarter-Finalist) #6 Seed 2017: (CIF Semi-Finalist) #3 Seed 2018: (CIF Finalist) #3 Seed 2019: (CIF Quarter-Finalist) #1 Seed 2020: (CIF Quarter-Finalist) #4 Seed 2021: (CIF Quarter-Finalist) #5 Seed 2022: (CIF Finalist) #3 Seed 2023: (CIF Finalist) #3 Seed 2024: To Be Determined... |
1988 USA Olympic Mens Volleyball Team
Taft Volleyball Was Represented In Four Consecutive Olympic Games:
1984, 1988, 1992, 1996
Taft Alumni In The Olympics:
-Jeff Stork 1988, 1992, 1996
-Craig Buck 1984, 1988
-Marv Dunphy 1988
USA Mens Volleyball Won Olympic Medals In Three Of Those Four Games In Which A Taft Alumni Was A Member Of Team USA.
1984 (Olympiad XXIII Los Angeles, USA) - Gold Medal
1988 (Olympiad XXIV Seoul, South Korea) - Gold Medal
1992 (Olympiad XXV Barcelona, Spain) - Bronze Medal
1984, 1988, 1992, 1996
Taft Alumni In The Olympics:
-Jeff Stork 1988, 1992, 1996
-Craig Buck 1984, 1988
-Marv Dunphy 1988
USA Mens Volleyball Won Olympic Medals In Three Of Those Four Games In Which A Taft Alumni Was A Member Of Team USA.
1984 (Olympiad XXIII Los Angeles, USA) - Gold Medal
1988 (Olympiad XXIV Seoul, South Korea) - Gold Medal
1992 (Olympiad XXV Barcelona, Spain) - Bronze Medal
Volleyball Hall Of Fame
Taft Alumni Marv Dunphy '66, Craig Buck '76 & Jeff Stork '78 Are In The Volleyball Hall Of Fame.
Craig Buck Inducted as a Player 1998
At 6’9”, Craig Buck stood out even before he stepped onto the volleyball court. But watching him play, he often seemed bigger than life, as he dominated net play both offensively and defensively. He is considered by many to be the best middle blocker of all time.
Buck started playing volleyball at Taft High School and received first team All-Los Angeles City honors in 1975. A member of the U.S. Junior National Team from 1976 to 1979, Buck gained recognition across the continent, and was named Most Valuable Player at the AAU National Championships and the U.S. Junior Nationals in 1978.
A highly prized recruit at Pepperdine University, Buck played for a Hall of Fame coach Marv Dunphy, and led the Waves to the regional finals in his freshman year, earning All-American honors in 1980 and 1981.
In 1981, the United States opened the National Training Center in San Diego. With the addition of Craig Buck to the National Team, the United States assembled one of the greatest volleyball teams of all time and in 1984 the U.S. not only returned to the Olympic arena in Los Angeles, hey struck gold, igniting volleyball fever across the country.
The U.S. team’s stars were still on the rise in 1985, and Buck was reunited with an old friend, as Marv Dunphy became the new U.S. team coach. This combination played a big part in the U.S. Team’s capture of volleyball’s “Triple Crown”: the 1984 Olympic gold medal and gold medals in the 1985 World Cup and the 1986 World Championships.
With Buck at the net, the United States successfully defended their Olympic title in 1988, winning the gold medal in Seoul, Korea. Dunphy’s assessment of Buck was high praise, saying, “Craig is the best to have ever played his position. He set the table for what everyone is doing now and far as read blocking is concerned. He could take over matches. When we needed him to be great, he was great.”
Highly respected as one of the world’s best quick attackers, Buck was named most valuable player at the 1985 USA Cup, All-tournament selection at the 1986 World Championships, and MVP of the 1987 Savin Cup. And while he was best known for his physical play at the net, Buck was extremely agile for a big man and was underrates as a player in the backcourt. He led the U.S. Team in serving percentage in the 1984 Olympics, recording a team high 6 aces, and earned Best Server as well as All-World honors at the 1986 World Championships.
Among his many other credits, Buck was named the 1990 Male Volleyball player of the Year by the U.S. Olympic Committee, and was a three-time All-American at the USA Nationals, earning MVP honors in 1987. Overseas, Buck played professionally in France and Italy from 1988 to 1991, and was named an Italian League All-Star in 1991 before jetting off to Japan and the Panasonic Team.
Buck’s final volleyball competition game came on the Pro Four-Man Tour from 1991 to 1997, where he earned All-League honors for six years, and was named MVP in 1996.
Craig lives in Superior, Colorado, with his wife heather and his son Jason.
Marv Dunphy Inducted as Coach 1994
Marv Dunphy experienced unprecedented success from 1985 to 1988 as coach of the U.S. National Volleyball Team. During his tenure, the Americans maintained their Number one ranking and compiled an impressive overall record of 197-31. Marv’s squad was in a class by itself winning nearly every major international tournament, including the 1985 World Cup, the 1986 World Championships, the 1987 Pan American Games, and of course, the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, Korea.
In addition to these world-class accomplishments, Marv is also one of a select group of coaches who can boast of winning NCAA National Championships in three different decades, 1978, 1985 and 1992, as a coach at Pepperdine University.
A native of Topanga Canyon, California and Taft High School graduate, Marv earned his bachelor’s degree at Pepperdine while garnering 1973 All-American honors as a middle blocker at the institution. He later earned his doctorate at Brigham Young University.
Marv served as assistant volleyball coach at Pepperdine from 1975-1977, as head coach from 1977-1985, and then returned to that position in 1988. In his career at Pepperdine, Dunphy has posted a record of 384-160.
Marv is the recipient of the 1988 Coach of the Year Award from the Federation Internationale de Volleyball. He serves as a technical advisor to the USA National Volleyball Team, and he is the author of four publications: Volleyball (1977), Volleyball Mini-Series (1977), NCAA/ESPN Volleyball Instructional Series (1982), and Volleyball Today (1991).
Marv and his wife, Su, have three kids and live in Decker Canyon, California.
Jeff Stork Inducted as a Player 2012
Jeff Stork brings a 116-142 career record and a 94-136 school record into his ninth season at Cal State Northridge. Playing among the toughest schedules in the country, the 2009 Matadors finished 8-22 overall and 4-12 in the Big West which was eighth-best in the conference. Northridge also had two players honored on the 2009 postseason all-conference teams (Angela Hupp and Britney Graff) and had two student-athletes named to the 2009 Big West All-Academic team. In all, 20 Matadors have earned All-Big West honors under Stork while 28 Northridge student-athletes have garnered all-academic consideration.
The 2003 and 2004 seasons are considered to be the most successful seasons of Stork's tenure.
In 2003, Stork led the Matadors to a 16-13 overall record and a second place finish in the Big West at 12-6. The 2003 season proved even more memorable as CSUN was awarded an NCAA berth for the first time since 1996. Northridge owned its longest win streak since 1996, included in the streak were wins over No. 15 UC Santa Barbara and No. 24 Pacific. The win streak ended when the Matadors dropped a tough 3-1 decision to No. 8 UCLA.
In 2004, Stork guided the Matadors to a 17-11 overall record (11-7 Big West) and Northridge earned a trip to the NCAA Tournament for the second straight season. The Matadors also posted their highest win total since 1996 and their highest conference win total since that same 1996 season.
Stork was officially named head women's volleyball coach at Cal State Northridge on March 15, 2002. Stork became just the sixth head coach in the 31-year history of Matador volleyball.
In 2001, Stork concluded a four-year stint as part of the Pepperdine men's volleyball staff for head coach Marv Dunphy. Stork was tabbed Dunphy's top assistant coach in August of 1998 and helped the 1999 team compile an overall record of 20-5 and earn a No. 4 national ranking from the AVCA and Volleyball Magazine.
Stork was named as Pepperdine's interim head coach in 1999 when Dunphy joined the U.S. National Team as an assistant coach through the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia.
Pepperdine fared well under Stork's guidance, compiling a 22-6 record and advancing to the NCAA Championships. The Waves won the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) Mountain Division title in 2000 and advanced to the title game of the conference tournament before losing a four-game decision to UCLA in the title match. Pepperdine earned the lone at-large berth to the 2000 NCAA Championships, but the Waves were beaten by Ohio State in the semifinal round. Pepperdine completed the 2000 campaign ranked No. 3 nationally by the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) and Volleyball Magazine.
Stork returned to his assistant's post when Dunphy returned as head coach in 2001. The Waves posted a 14-9 mark that year, finishing the season ranked No. 6 nationally in both polls.
Prior to coaching at Pepperdine, Stork worked as an assistant coach during the 1997 season with the women's program at New Mexico under Laurel Brassey Iverson. The Lobos compiled an overall record of 14-15.
A native of Topanga and a graduate of Taft High School in Woodland Hills, Stork began his collegiate studies at Los Angeles Pierce College in 1981. He did not play volleyball while at Pierce. He then transferred to Pepperdine where he spent the next three years (1982-84) earning All-American honors all three seasons. During his collegiate career at Pepperdine, Stork helped the Waves to a three-year record of 56-21 (.727). Pepperdine advanced to the NCAA title match in 1983 and 1984, but was beaten both times by UCLA. Stork garnered All-NCAA Tournament Team honors in both seasons. In 1985, Stork decided to try his hand at coaching and served as a graduate assistant coach at Pepperdine while completing work toward a bachelor's degree in education and kinesiology.
While the Waves were winning a national championship, Stork was embarking on a 10-year tour of duty (1985-92 and 1995-96) as a member of the USA Volleyball Team. He would ultimately become a member of three U.S. Olympic Teams (1988, 1992 and 1996) and was the starting setter on the 1988 team coached by Dunphy that won a gold medal at the Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea. His 1988 Olympic dreams almost turned into a nightmare as a back injury kept him sidelined for the first two matches. But he returned to spark Team USA's gold medal drive. He is regarded as one of the game's all-time best setters and gained an international reputation for being calm under pressure. His highly technical approach allowed the American squad to maintain its No. 1 world ranking throughout the later half of the 1980s.
Stork is a highly decorated volleyball player and picked up many accolades and medals throughout his career, including being named the co-winner (with Doug Partie) of the 1987 Players Award. In addition to winning the gold medal at the 1988 Olympic Games, Stork struck gold at the 1985 NORCECA Championships, the 1985 World Cup, the 1986 World Championships, the 1987 Savvin Cup and the 1987 Pan-American Games. He has also won three silver medals (1985 Savvin Cup, 1987 NORCECA Championships and the 1991 NORCECA Championships) in his career and two bronze medals (1992 Olympic Games and in the 1992 World League). Most recently, Stork was named to the USA Volleyball Men's (1978-2002) 75th Anniversary All-Era Team.
In addition to his substantial experience with the U.S. National Team, Stork played professionally for a number of years in Italy and speaks Italian fluently. He was named the Italian League MVP in 1993 while setting for Mediolanum Gonzaga. His Maxicono team captured the 1990 Italian indoor title. He also competed successfully on the beach during the early 1990s, playing in the Bud Light 4-Man Beach Volleyball League's inaugural season (1991) while leading Club Sportswear to a league championship. He was a two-time MVP of the Bud Light 4-Man League (1991 and 1994).
Stork and his wife, Sabine, have three children -- Matthew, who will be a junior on the men's volleyball team at Cal State Northridge in 2010, Daniel, who will be a freshman at UC Irvine, and Nicoletta -- and reside in Topanga, Calif.
Taft Alumni Marv Dunphy '66, Craig Buck '76 & Jeff Stork '78 Are In The Volleyball Hall Of Fame.
Craig Buck Inducted as a Player 1998
At 6’9”, Craig Buck stood out even before he stepped onto the volleyball court. But watching him play, he often seemed bigger than life, as he dominated net play both offensively and defensively. He is considered by many to be the best middle blocker of all time.
Buck started playing volleyball at Taft High School and received first team All-Los Angeles City honors in 1975. A member of the U.S. Junior National Team from 1976 to 1979, Buck gained recognition across the continent, and was named Most Valuable Player at the AAU National Championships and the U.S. Junior Nationals in 1978.
A highly prized recruit at Pepperdine University, Buck played for a Hall of Fame coach Marv Dunphy, and led the Waves to the regional finals in his freshman year, earning All-American honors in 1980 and 1981.
In 1981, the United States opened the National Training Center in San Diego. With the addition of Craig Buck to the National Team, the United States assembled one of the greatest volleyball teams of all time and in 1984 the U.S. not only returned to the Olympic arena in Los Angeles, hey struck gold, igniting volleyball fever across the country.
The U.S. team’s stars were still on the rise in 1985, and Buck was reunited with an old friend, as Marv Dunphy became the new U.S. team coach. This combination played a big part in the U.S. Team’s capture of volleyball’s “Triple Crown”: the 1984 Olympic gold medal and gold medals in the 1985 World Cup and the 1986 World Championships.
With Buck at the net, the United States successfully defended their Olympic title in 1988, winning the gold medal in Seoul, Korea. Dunphy’s assessment of Buck was high praise, saying, “Craig is the best to have ever played his position. He set the table for what everyone is doing now and far as read blocking is concerned. He could take over matches. When we needed him to be great, he was great.”
Highly respected as one of the world’s best quick attackers, Buck was named most valuable player at the 1985 USA Cup, All-tournament selection at the 1986 World Championships, and MVP of the 1987 Savin Cup. And while he was best known for his physical play at the net, Buck was extremely agile for a big man and was underrates as a player in the backcourt. He led the U.S. Team in serving percentage in the 1984 Olympics, recording a team high 6 aces, and earned Best Server as well as All-World honors at the 1986 World Championships.
Among his many other credits, Buck was named the 1990 Male Volleyball player of the Year by the U.S. Olympic Committee, and was a three-time All-American at the USA Nationals, earning MVP honors in 1987. Overseas, Buck played professionally in France and Italy from 1988 to 1991, and was named an Italian League All-Star in 1991 before jetting off to Japan and the Panasonic Team.
Buck’s final volleyball competition game came on the Pro Four-Man Tour from 1991 to 1997, where he earned All-League honors for six years, and was named MVP in 1996.
Craig lives in Superior, Colorado, with his wife heather and his son Jason.
Marv Dunphy Inducted as Coach 1994
Marv Dunphy experienced unprecedented success from 1985 to 1988 as coach of the U.S. National Volleyball Team. During his tenure, the Americans maintained their Number one ranking and compiled an impressive overall record of 197-31. Marv’s squad was in a class by itself winning nearly every major international tournament, including the 1985 World Cup, the 1986 World Championships, the 1987 Pan American Games, and of course, the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, Korea.
In addition to these world-class accomplishments, Marv is also one of a select group of coaches who can boast of winning NCAA National Championships in three different decades, 1978, 1985 and 1992, as a coach at Pepperdine University.
A native of Topanga Canyon, California and Taft High School graduate, Marv earned his bachelor’s degree at Pepperdine while garnering 1973 All-American honors as a middle blocker at the institution. He later earned his doctorate at Brigham Young University.
Marv served as assistant volleyball coach at Pepperdine from 1975-1977, as head coach from 1977-1985, and then returned to that position in 1988. In his career at Pepperdine, Dunphy has posted a record of 384-160.
Marv is the recipient of the 1988 Coach of the Year Award from the Federation Internationale de Volleyball. He serves as a technical advisor to the USA National Volleyball Team, and he is the author of four publications: Volleyball (1977), Volleyball Mini-Series (1977), NCAA/ESPN Volleyball Instructional Series (1982), and Volleyball Today (1991).
Marv and his wife, Su, have three kids and live in Decker Canyon, California.
Jeff Stork Inducted as a Player 2012
Jeff Stork brings a 116-142 career record and a 94-136 school record into his ninth season at Cal State Northridge. Playing among the toughest schedules in the country, the 2009 Matadors finished 8-22 overall and 4-12 in the Big West which was eighth-best in the conference. Northridge also had two players honored on the 2009 postseason all-conference teams (Angela Hupp and Britney Graff) and had two student-athletes named to the 2009 Big West All-Academic team. In all, 20 Matadors have earned All-Big West honors under Stork while 28 Northridge student-athletes have garnered all-academic consideration.
The 2003 and 2004 seasons are considered to be the most successful seasons of Stork's tenure.
In 2003, Stork led the Matadors to a 16-13 overall record and a second place finish in the Big West at 12-6. The 2003 season proved even more memorable as CSUN was awarded an NCAA berth for the first time since 1996. Northridge owned its longest win streak since 1996, included in the streak were wins over No. 15 UC Santa Barbara and No. 24 Pacific. The win streak ended when the Matadors dropped a tough 3-1 decision to No. 8 UCLA.
In 2004, Stork guided the Matadors to a 17-11 overall record (11-7 Big West) and Northridge earned a trip to the NCAA Tournament for the second straight season. The Matadors also posted their highest win total since 1996 and their highest conference win total since that same 1996 season.
Stork was officially named head women's volleyball coach at Cal State Northridge on March 15, 2002. Stork became just the sixth head coach in the 31-year history of Matador volleyball.
In 2001, Stork concluded a four-year stint as part of the Pepperdine men's volleyball staff for head coach Marv Dunphy. Stork was tabbed Dunphy's top assistant coach in August of 1998 and helped the 1999 team compile an overall record of 20-5 and earn a No. 4 national ranking from the AVCA and Volleyball Magazine.
Stork was named as Pepperdine's interim head coach in 1999 when Dunphy joined the U.S. National Team as an assistant coach through the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia.
Pepperdine fared well under Stork's guidance, compiling a 22-6 record and advancing to the NCAA Championships. The Waves won the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) Mountain Division title in 2000 and advanced to the title game of the conference tournament before losing a four-game decision to UCLA in the title match. Pepperdine earned the lone at-large berth to the 2000 NCAA Championships, but the Waves were beaten by Ohio State in the semifinal round. Pepperdine completed the 2000 campaign ranked No. 3 nationally by the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) and Volleyball Magazine.
Stork returned to his assistant's post when Dunphy returned as head coach in 2001. The Waves posted a 14-9 mark that year, finishing the season ranked No. 6 nationally in both polls.
Prior to coaching at Pepperdine, Stork worked as an assistant coach during the 1997 season with the women's program at New Mexico under Laurel Brassey Iverson. The Lobos compiled an overall record of 14-15.
A native of Topanga and a graduate of Taft High School in Woodland Hills, Stork began his collegiate studies at Los Angeles Pierce College in 1981. He did not play volleyball while at Pierce. He then transferred to Pepperdine where he spent the next three years (1982-84) earning All-American honors all three seasons. During his collegiate career at Pepperdine, Stork helped the Waves to a three-year record of 56-21 (.727). Pepperdine advanced to the NCAA title match in 1983 and 1984, but was beaten both times by UCLA. Stork garnered All-NCAA Tournament Team honors in both seasons. In 1985, Stork decided to try his hand at coaching and served as a graduate assistant coach at Pepperdine while completing work toward a bachelor's degree in education and kinesiology.
While the Waves were winning a national championship, Stork was embarking on a 10-year tour of duty (1985-92 and 1995-96) as a member of the USA Volleyball Team. He would ultimately become a member of three U.S. Olympic Teams (1988, 1992 and 1996) and was the starting setter on the 1988 team coached by Dunphy that won a gold medal at the Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea. His 1988 Olympic dreams almost turned into a nightmare as a back injury kept him sidelined for the first two matches. But he returned to spark Team USA's gold medal drive. He is regarded as one of the game's all-time best setters and gained an international reputation for being calm under pressure. His highly technical approach allowed the American squad to maintain its No. 1 world ranking throughout the later half of the 1980s.
Stork is a highly decorated volleyball player and picked up many accolades and medals throughout his career, including being named the co-winner (with Doug Partie) of the 1987 Players Award. In addition to winning the gold medal at the 1988 Olympic Games, Stork struck gold at the 1985 NORCECA Championships, the 1985 World Cup, the 1986 World Championships, the 1987 Savvin Cup and the 1987 Pan-American Games. He has also won three silver medals (1985 Savvin Cup, 1987 NORCECA Championships and the 1991 NORCECA Championships) in his career and two bronze medals (1992 Olympic Games and in the 1992 World League). Most recently, Stork was named to the USA Volleyball Men's (1978-2002) 75th Anniversary All-Era Team.
In addition to his substantial experience with the U.S. National Team, Stork played professionally for a number of years in Italy and speaks Italian fluently. He was named the Italian League MVP in 1993 while setting for Mediolanum Gonzaga. His Maxicono team captured the 1990 Italian indoor title. He also competed successfully on the beach during the early 1990s, playing in the Bud Light 4-Man Beach Volleyball League's inaugural season (1991) while leading Club Sportswear to a league championship. He was a two-time MVP of the Bud Light 4-Man League (1991 and 1994).
Stork and his wife, Sabine, have three children -- Matthew, who will be a junior on the men's volleyball team at Cal State Northridge in 2010, Daniel, who will be a freshman at UC Irvine, and Nicoletta -- and reside in Topanga, Calif.