{"id":1344,"date":"2010-04-30T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-30T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lbpost.com\/articles\/sports\/lbsu-mvb-bittner-named-all-american\/"},"modified":"2010-04-30T05:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-04-30T05:00:00","slug":"lbsu-mvb-bittner-named-all-american","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/lbsu-mvb-bittner-named-all-american","title":{"rendered":"LBSU MVB: Bittner Named All-American"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--StartFragment-->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none\"><span style=\"font-style: italic; \">Report by LBSU<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none\">Senior Dean Bittner has been named second-team All-America by the American Volleyball Coaches Association. &nbsp;The honor marks the third time Bittner has been named to the AVCA All-America Team, including first-team recognition as a junior and second-team accolades as a sophomore.<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none\">Bittner (Lakewood, Calif.\/Lakewood HS) also earned All-Mountain Pacific Sports Federation honors for the third consecutive season after leading the 49ers in kills and kills per game as a senior. &nbsp;He was a third-team All-MPSF pick this year, a first-team selection as a junior and a second-team choice as a sophomore. &nbsp;Bittner finished this season with 502 kills (4.61 per game), 85 blocks (0.78 per game) and 41 service aces (0.38 per game). &nbsp;He earned national player of the week accolades on Jan. 25, his Long Beach State record-tying fourth national player of the week honor. &nbsp;The opposite finished his career second all-time in kills at Long Beach State with 1,872, as well as second in total kill attempts (3,931) and most matches with 20+ kills (40), third in most matches with 10+ kills (91), fourth in service aces (130) and sixth in service ace average (.310).<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none\">Bittner and the rest of the 2010 team will be honored at the third annual Black and Gold Gala on April 21. &nbsp;For more information log on to <a href=\"http:\/\/longbeachstate.com\/\">longbeachstate.com<\/a>.<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p>  <!--EndFragment--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dean Bittner was named second-team All-American by the AVCA after his senior 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