James Powers

	Class: Senior
	Hometown: Fort Worth, Texas
	High School: Trinity Valley HS

	Last College: TCU
	Height: 6-3
	Position: Middle Blocker
	Experience: 2V

04/06/2013

Long Beach State Strikes Late to Upend Waves 3-2

Waves unable to hold on to early lead and fall in five sets to Long Beach State.

04/04/2013

Waves Outlast Matadors in Five Sets, Torres Matches Career High in Kills

Maurice Torres racks up 28 kills while hitting .500 to lead Waves to victory.

04/03/2013

Waves Host Final Two Regular-Season Home Matches, Celebrate Senior Night on Saturday vs. Long Beach State

Prior to Saturday's 5 p.m. match vs. the 49ers, Pepperdine will honors the program's three seniors: James Powers, Maurice Torres and Beau Vandeweghe.

03/26/2013

Men's Volleyball Contends With BYU and Cal Baptist on the Road

Waves tied for fourth with UCLA in MPSF standings entering this week.

01/06/2013

Pepperdine Opens Season on Tuesday at UC Irvine

Waves embark on 2013 season with road matches at UC Irvine and UC San Diego.

02/19/2013

Pepperdine vs. BYU - Feb. 15, 2013

Pepperdine def. BYU, 3-2 Photos by Martin A. Folb

James Powers Career Statistics

PEPPERDINE 2012: Did not see action as a junior.

PEPPERDINE 2011: Made first career appearance vs. Harvard (3/15) ... Also saw action in a set against Rutgers-Newark (3/19).

TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: Attended TCU for one semester before transferring to Pepperdine.

HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Trinity Valley School in 2009 ... Was a middle blocker on the varsity squad for three season ... Lifted team to two Southern Preparatory Conference Championship titles ... also ran track and field.

PERSONAL: Born in Forth Worth, Texas ... Son of Marsha and Pat Powers ... Brother Patrick Powers play volleyball for Pepperdine from 2006-10 ... both parents ran track in college ... Chose Pepperdine "because of its religious ties, my desire to play collegiate volleyball and because my brother was also a member of the team here."

FAVORITES: Favorite sports team is the Dallas Mavericks ... Enjoys the work of director Mel Brooks ... Favorite movie is The Departed ... Favorite food is pizza ... Favorite sport other than volleyball is track.