Antioch’s Jason Agopian makes First Team All Federation for Men’s College Volleyball
Jason Agopian spikes the volleyball during a match. Photo courtesy of UC Irvine Athletics.
By Allen Payton
Antioch resident and college junior, Jason Agopian, plays on the men’s volleyball team as a middle blocker at U.C. Irvine. He was recently chosen First Team All MPSF (Mountain Pacific Sports Federation).
The federation is made up of 10 sports, 93 teams at 38 institutions in nine states.
Jason Agopian. Courtesy of UC Irvine Athletics.
Besides UC Irvine, men’s volleyball includes teams from Brigham Young, Cal Baptist, Cal State Northridge, Hawaii, Long Beach State, Pepperdine, Stanford, UCLA, UC San Diego, UC Santa Barbara and USC.
Agopian’s older brother, Corey posted a comment on his Facebook page about the accomplishment.
“No big deal or anything. Just like the best middle in the nation and stuff,” he wrote.
The youngest child of the late Antioch Councilman Gary Agopian, and Robin Agopian, Jason is a 2011 graduate of Deer Valley High School where he also played volleyball, and football, as well. He is studying psychology and social behavior.
For more about Jason and his performance at U.C. Irvine, click here.
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Awesome! Congrats Jason. I remember when I was coaching his brother Corey at AHS, while I worked at Jason’s school(DRMS) saw Jason, (already 6ft tall in 7th grade). I asked if Jason was thinking of playing Volleyball. Jason said he wasn’t really interested, wasn’t his sport… So glad he decide to change his mind. AND DOMINATE!!