SportStars™ Magazine

Star of the week

After leading the Wolverines to a Bay Valley Athletic League championship and a trip to the North Coast Section Division I semifinals, Agopian has spent his summer playing for the Cobra Kai 17U team of the Diablo Valley Volleyball Club.

That’s a good thing — both for Jason and the rest of Cobra Kai.

Recently, the 6-foot, 6-inch middle hitter combined with De La Salle outside hitter, Brendan Byrne, to power Cobra Kai to an 8-3 record and 13th place finish at the USAV Junior Nationals in Austin, Texas.

SportStars: What was the key to you guys winning your final six matches in Austin?

Jason Agopian: We started out slow...And we had worked so hard lead- ing up to the tournament, that we didn’t want all that to be a waste.

SportStars: It was your first visit to Texas, so is it true that everything else is bigger there?

JA: (Laughing) I’d have to say, yeah. A few things were actually bigger.

SportStars: You gave up a promising high school football career to focus solely on volleyball. What led you to that choice?

JA: Volleyball was just more fun.

SportStars: What’s your favorite element of volleyball?

JA: The teamwork and the excitement. The intensity of the matches. If you watch a good VB match, they get intense.

Jason’s Quick Hits: 

Batman or spider-man: Spider-man 

Best eatery in Antioch: Chipotle 

Favorite athlete: Reid Priddy, U.S.A volleyball