Need to talk with us? Get a hold of us in three ways:
E-mail: mesamvb@gmail.com
Phone: 858-518-5240 (Coach Landicho's cell)
In person: M-101, in the Mesa Gymnasium lobby
Interested in playing for Mesa MVB?
Are you a volleyball player looking to eventually join a men’s program at a four year university, and want to get a great start to your college experience? The Mesa College men’s volleyball program offers significant advantages to players looking to get to the next level, by providing an outstanding program which prepares them to be better volleyball players, better students, and better men. Click on the link below to find out more.
The Mesa men’s volleyball program has three primary goals: (1) preparing aspiring players for transfer to one of the four-year university MVB programs in the United States, (2) creating superior men through championship-level volleyball, and (3) winning volleyball matches! Players in the Mesa MVB program take advantage of the following benefits to aid in their athletic, academic, and personal goals:
+ Strong coaching staff - Mesa’s coaching staff possesses nearly 40 years in the sport, including multiple championship experiences.
+ The latest techniques and strategies in the sport - Coach Landicho’s continuing relationship with USA Volleyball and NCAA contacts ensure Mesa’s players receive training that includes the latest advances in the sport from the National Team and NCAA Division I programs.
+ Technology - the Mesa MVB program utilizes the latest technology in the sport to help players improve their skills, including TiVo video recording, Data Project statistics program, and eSpor video editing.
+ Academic support – the Mesa athletic department has at its disposal a counselor in the College’s counseling office, who specializes in advising student-athletes. Kristy Carson, a former Division I athlete herself, runs the Mesa Academic and Athletics Program (MAAP), which assists student-athletes in achieving their educational, transfer, career and personal goals. In addition, within the College’s tutoring center there is a study hall specifically for student-athletes, with tutors available to assist student-athletes in a variety of subjects.
+ Saving money – going to Mesa offers tremendous savings, compared to a four-year institution. Based on a 12-unit full-time student load with fees, California residents pay $1,201.00 for a two-semester academic year at Mesa, compared to the California State University (CSU) average of $6,519.00 for the same academic load. Out-of-state students pay at a higher rate ($183.00 per unit), but even with the increased fees a two-semester year at Mesa is $4,469.00, compared to the CSU average of $9,975.00 for non-California students. In both cases, financial aid can significantly lessen the cost, and all Mesa MVB students are highly encouraged to pursue all financial aid options, to minimize costs.
+ Professional Activities class – a classroom-based course, Mesa MVB players receive additional off-court training in this class. Activities in the course include volleyball strategy, vision training, video review, and personal development & leadership training. The class occasionally takes place on-court, allowing instruction and review within the reality of the volleyball court. A two-unit course, the Professional Activities-Volleyball course is transferrable to four-year institutions and thus counts towards the player’s nine academic unit (12 unit overall) eligibility requirement during the playing season. This enables Mesa MVB players to take a lesser load of their core academic classes during the season, and allows greater focus on those classes within the team demands of the season.
+ Outstanding school – San Diego Mesa College is the fastest growing community college in California, and the seventh fastest growing CC in the nation. Mesa College takes pride in its high academic standards, its excellent programs and services, and its personal approach to helping each individual student succeed. At Mesa, students will find a wide and diverse array of courses and programs leading to the A.A. or A.S. degree in both academic and vocational subjects, as well as programs leading to occupational certificates. Mesa is one of California’s leading transfer institutions, annually sending students to UC, CSU, and other four-year institutions throughout the nation.
+ New facilities for students – Mesa College is in the midst of a construction boom, with new facilities opening to benefit its students. A new 50,000 sq. ft. Allied Health Building and a renovation to Merrill Douglas Stadium were completed in 2009. A re-model of an old school site next to Mesa resulted in a state-of-the-art Design Center in 2010. A new Student Services Center, home to a number of entities including the college’s Admissions, Counseling, & Financial Aid offices, and the college’s Tutoring Center, will open in 2012. Mesa’s 150,000 sq. ft. Math & Sciences building, the largest building in the San Diego Community College District, opens in 2013. And, the new Social & Behavioral Sciences building will become available to students in 2014.
+ First-class apparel – Mesa MVB players are fully outfitted with full practice gear, and classy game day uniforms, backpacks, and warmups. We proudly feature gear from Asics, a supporter of Mesa MVB and California community college men’s volleyball.
+Student-athlete locker room, available only to Mesa student-athletes and which can be used for the full Spring semester, with personalized locker nameplate.
+ Daily laundry for practice gear, provided by Mesa’s athletic dept. support staff.
+ Meal money for away matches, and pre-match food for home matches.
Have we got your attention? If you want more information, fill out the recruiting form by clicking on the "recruiting" link in the menu on the left side of this webpage, or contact Head Coach John Landicho directly at mesamvb@gmail.com.
Mesa MVB news
Click on any of the links below, to catch up on the latest happenings of the SD Mesa men's volleyball program:
5/10/12 – Mesa MVB players Matt Hanson and David Ertley have both been offered and accepted athletic scholarships to join the men’s volleyball program at Hope International University. Both players will begin their time at the Fullerton, CA university this Fall, and begin training for the Royals' 2013 MVB team.
Hanson, a 6’4” opposite from Pacifica HS in Riverside, CA, has been Mesa’s primary OPP for the past two seasons. He was an All-Pacific Coast Athletic Conference second team selection in 2012, and one of the team's two Most Valuable Players this year. Hanson will study Kinesiology with an emphasis on Teacher Education, at HIU. Ertley, a 6’3” outside hitter from Mt. Carmel HS in San Diego, CA, has filled starting and reserve assignments as an OH for Mesa over the last two seasons. He is a former Mesa MVB Coaches' Award winner, in 2011. Ertley will join the Physical Therapy program at HIU.
Hanson and Ertley are the first of Mesa MVB's class of 2012 to sign with four-year universities. Mesa MVB proudly congratulates Matt & David on accomplishing their goal of continuing their academic and volleyball careers at the next level.
5/5/12 - Mesa MVB would like to congratulate UC Irvine on winning the 2012 NCAA men's volleyball championship! UCI head coach John Speraw has been a great friend to Mesa MVB since Mesa head coach John Landicho took over in 2008, allowing access to the Anteaters' practice gym and providing important counsel and feedback over the past four years. We purposefully pattern many elements of the Mesa MVB program after UCI’s, because we think it’s the best in the business right now at developing outstanding young men and outstanding volleyball players. And with three NCAA men’s volleyball championships in the last six years for UCI, the results speak for themselves. Props too, to UCI starting S Chris Austin (Long Beach City) and reserve OH Alex Reis (Irvine Valley), veterans of California JC men's volleyball. Congrats to UCI on another MVB championship – Zot Zot Zot!
5/3/12 – The Mesa men’s volleyball team announced its 2012 team award winners, at its season-ending banquet today:
Most Valuable: Matt Hanson & Tyler Owen
Most Improved: Joshua Honore
Coaches’ Award: Joshua Honore
Owen and Hanson were also awarded plaques for their selections onto the All-Pacific Coast Athletic Conference first and second teams, respectively.
The Mesa MVB program would like to thank the Barona Valley Ranch Hotel & Casino, for their annual graciousness in hosting its award banquet. Mesa MVB has enjoyed the award-winning food of Barona’s Seasons Fresh buffet for four consecutive years. The Olympians now look forward to 2013, when 11 returnees and the strongest recruiting class in Coach Landicho’s tenure, hit the Mesa gym in August for pre-season workouts.
5/1/12 – Two members of the Mesa MVB team were honored by the Pacific Coast Athletic Conference for their play in the 2012 season, it was announced today.
Sophomore MB Tyler Owen was selected to the All-PCAC first team. Owen, from Patrick Henry HS in San Diego, CA, was a two-year starter at middle blocker for the Olympians, and led the team in hitting efficiency, total blocks, and total points scored in 2012, despite missing a full match due to illness. Owen is considering multiple offers to continue his playing and academic career at the four-year university level.
Sophomore OPP Matt Hanson was selected to the All-PCAC second team. Hanson, from Pacifica HS in Riverside, CA, was Mesa’s team leader in kills & attack attempts, and 2nd in hitting efficiency and total points scored, in 2012. He played in every set of the Olympians 2012 season, his second season as a starting OPP. Hanson is also weighing multiple offers to continue his academic and volleyball career at a four-year university.
5/1/12 - Mesa MVB head coach John Landicho will continue and expand his relationship with USA Volleyball's High Performance (HP) program this summer. Landicho has accepted invitations to be part of the coaching staff for the Boys Select A2 team at the 2012 USAV HP Championships, and to return to coach in one of the HP program’s national Boys Youth A3 camps.
Landicho will first go to Long Beach State University in early July, where one of the Youth A3 camps takes place. This will be the third consecutive summer he will assist 49er asst. coach John Crutchfield with the LBSU A3 camp. Landicho will travel in late July to Des Moines, IA, where the Boys Select A2 team will train before competing in the HP Championships, which annually features youth-age teams from across the US as well as foreign teams. Landicho was invited for the same position with the BSA2 team in 2011, but had to decline the invitation due to conflicts with the completion of his Master’s degree.
“Especially in an Olympic year, it is always an honor to work with and represent USA Volleyball,” notes Landicho. “It also helps me to continue to learn as a coach, to take the training methods of our Men’s National Team and to work side by side with some of the best coaches in the nation. I can then transfer that knowledge into our gym at Mesa, where our players utilize it in their efforts to prepare themselves to play at the four-year university level and to win matches while wearing a Mesa uniform.”
Landicho has been a part of the USAV HP program since 2001, and also assists with HP tryouts in California and Arizona. He began his involvement with USA Volleyball as a volunteer technical advisor to the 1996 USA Men’s Olympic Team.
4/9/12 – Mesa MVB player Tyler Owen was honored as the Pacific Coast Athletic Conference’s Athlete of the Week, for the week ending April 7th. Owen shares the honor with Mesa track & field athlete Carlos Bojorquez.
Owen was honored on the strength of his performance in Mesa’s 27-25, 25-14, 25-17 win against San Diego City on April 4th, its only match of the week. Owen logged 14 kills on .824 hitting efficiency (14k-0e-17att). He also added 6 blocks (two solo, four assists), for a match total of 20 points in leading Mesa to its second win of the season.
Owen, from Patrick Henry HS in San Diego, is Mesa’s current leader in kills, blocks, and hitting efficiency. He is carrying a 3.5 GPA and is readying himself to play for a four-year university in 2013.
8/20/11 - Mesa men's volleyball S Corey Ferback will join the men's volleyball program at NCAA D-III Fontbonne University, this Fall.
Ferback, from Patrick Henry HS in San Diego, came to Mesa in 2010 as a transfer from Grossmont College and assumed the starting setter's position for the Olympians for the 2011 season. Mesa MVB congratulates Corey on his acceptance to Fontbonne, and looks forward to following his playing career with the Griffins.
7/21/11 - Mesa men's volleyball OH/L/DS Brian Annen will attend the University of North Carolina, this Fall. Annen will go to Chapel Hill with a partial academic scholarship, and will join the highly regarded Entrepreneurial program in the University's Department of Economics. He will also join North Carolina's men's club volleyball program (UNC does not field an NCAA men's volleyball team).
Annen, a sophomore by class standing from Pt. Loma HS in San Diego, came to Mesa in 2010 as a transfer from Penn State University. He filled outside hitter, libero, and defensive specialist roles as a part-time starter for the Olympians. Mesa MVB congratulates Brian on his acceptance to UNC, and looks forward to hearing of his future success as a student and businessman.
3/31/11 - Sophomore OH Stuart Corbett has earned an appointment to the United States Air Force Academy, in Colorado Springs, CO. Corbett was nominated for the spot by Congressman Duncan D. Hunter, and was informed of his appointment earlier this week. The honor is rare; very few community college students earn an appointment to a U.S. service academy, in part because they are still required to spend a full four years at a service academy, essentially rendering their community college academic work moot. The full four-year scholarship is valued at $414,000.
A graduate of Ramona HS and hailing from Ramona, CA, Corbett is in his second season with the Olympians. After seeing reserve time as an OPP in 2010, Corbett moved to OH and has seen playing time in both starting and reserve roles ths season. He will report to the USAFA on June 26th, and will also join the Academy's men's club volleyball team (USAFA does not field an NCAA men's volleyball team). The Mesa MVB program proudly congratulates Stuart on this prestigious honor!
