Krista Vansant
Krista Vansant (born March 31, 1993) is a volleyball player who played collegiately for Washington. She is an assistant coach for Indiana, starting in 2018.[2]
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Nationality | United States | ||||
Born | Whittier, California, U.S. | March 31, 1993||||
Hometown | Redlands, California, U.S. | ||||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||||
Weight | 75 kg (165 lb)[1] | ||||
Spike | 310 cm (122 in)[1] | ||||
Block | 300 cm (118 in)[1] | ||||
College(s) | University of Washington | ||||
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Position | Outside hitter | ||||
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Honours
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Early life
Vansant was born in Whittier, California, east of Los Angeles, to Tricia and Robert Vansant and grew up in Redlands, California.[3] She played volleyball all four years at Redlands East Valley High School where she helped lead her team to three CIF championship titles.[4] She recorded 1913 kills during her four years on the high school team.[5] Her high school accomplishments resulted in being awarded the Gatorade Player of the Year award in volleyball. She was the consensus top pick in the nation as a senior, and chose to go to the University of Washington.[3]
College career
In her junior year at Washington, Vasant was named the National Player of the Year by the American Volleyball Coaches Association, as well as Pac-12 Player of the Year.[6] She helped lead her team to the semifinals of the 2013 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament.[6] In 2014 and 2015, she was the winner of the Honda Sports Award, given to the nation's top female collegiate volleyball player.[7]
Club career
Vansant had played professional club level volleyball for only 2015/16 season with the Swiss side Voléro Zürich.[8] She won the Swiss Championship as well as the Swiss Cup with her team and contributed to club's eleventh double in twelve years.[9] At the Champions League; Voléro topped their respective group with six wins from six matches,[10] and eliminated Lokomotiv Baku in the first knock-out round to reach the playoff 6 stage of the competition,[11] in which they were defeated by the eventual finalist VakıfBank S.K..[12]
National team
Vansant represented United States national team on an international competition for the first time at the 2015 Pan American Cup.[4] She led the team to gold medal with a tournament-leading 50.4% kill percentage to go with 81 total points,[8] and earned "most valuable player" and "best outside hitter" honors for the tournament.[13] At the 2015 Pan American Games, she was the top scorer for the Team USA in five of their six matches and selected as the "best outside hitter",[4][14] while the Americans winning the title.[15] She also helped Team USA to capture the gold medal at the 2015 NORCECA Championship[4] and was on the preliminary round squad at the 2015 and 2016 FIVB World Grand Prix,[16][1] where Team USA won the gold and silver medal, respectively.[17][18]
Vansant was named as an alternate for the 2016 Rio Olympic Team,[19] but did not take part at the Olympic Games.[8]
Awards and honors
College
- Gatorade National Volleyball Player of the Year (2011)[20]
- AVCA National Player of the Year (2013)[6]
- Honda Sports Award for volleyball (2014, 2015)[21]
- ESPNW National Volleyball Player of the Year (2014)[22]
- Pac-12 Player of the Year (2014)[6]
- Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year (2014)[23]
- AVCA All-America First Team (2013, 2014)[24]
- AVCA All-America Second Team (2012)[24]
- All-Pac-12 Team (2012, 2013, 2014)[3]
- Pac-12 Freshman of the Year (2011)[3]
Individuals
Clubs
- 2015-16 National League A - Champion, with Voléro Zürich
- 2015-16 Swiss Cup - Champion, with Voléro Zürich
National team
- 2015 Pan American Cup - Gold Medal
- 2015 Pan American Games - Gold Medal
- 2015 FIVB World Grand Prix - Gold Medal
- 2015 NORCECA Championship - Gold Medal
- 2016 FIVB World Grand Prix - Silver Medal
References
- "USA 2016 World Grand Prix Team Roster". fivb.com. Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Archived from the original on July 12, 2016. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
- "Krista Vansant Brings Fire Power to Indiana Volleyball Coaching Staff". The Hoosier Network. February 6, 2018. Retrieved April 1, 2020.
- "Krista Vansant". gohuskies.com. Washington Huskies. Retrieved April 1, 2020.
- "Krista Vansant". teamusa.org. United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
- "Krista Vansant's High School Volleyball Stats". MaxPreps.com. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
- ConferenceUnpublished, Pac-12. "Washington's Krista Vansant named AVCA Player of the Year". Pac-12. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
- staff, Seattle Times (January 8, 2015). "Washington's Krista Vansant wins volleyball's Honda Award for a second time". The Seattle Times. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
- "Krista Vansant". iuhoosiers.com. Indiana Hoosiers. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
- "Volero Zürich Awarded Wild Card for Women's Club World Championship". fivb.com. Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
- "Volero drop one set, yet finish pool stage with perfect record of six straight wins". cev.eu. European Volleyball Confederation. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
- "Volero bounce back to claim last spot in CL Playoffs 6 and take on VakifBank". cev.eu. European Volleyball Confederation. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
- "VakifBank overcome Volero to face arch-rivals Fenerbahce in CL semis". cev.eu. European Volleyball Confederation. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
- "Krista Vansant named MVP of the Pan Am Cup". norceca.net. North, Central America and Caribbean Volleyball Confederation. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
- "Carli Lloyd of USA is the MVP at Pan Am Games". norceca.net. North, Central America and Caribbean Volleyball Confederation. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
- "USA women are the Pan Am Games Champions". norceca.net. North, Central America and Caribbean Volleyball Confederation. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
- "USA 2015 World Grand Prix Team Roster". fivb.com. Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Archived from the original on July 5, 2016. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
- "USA Wonder Women Stay Golden". fivb.com. Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
- "Brazil win record 11th title in World Grand Prix". fivb.com. Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
- "USA Volleyball Names U.S. Olympic Women's Team". teamusa.org. United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
- "Krista Vansant: 2010-2011 Gatorade National Volleyball Player of the Year". gatorade.com. Gatorade. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
- "Washington's Vansant Repeats As Honda Volleyball Sport Award Winner". CWSA. January 8, 2015. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
- "espnW Volleyball Player Of The Year: Washington's Krista Vansant". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
- "Pac-12 Scholar-Athletes of the Year". pac-12.com. Pac-12 Conference. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
- "All-Americans by Washington Huskies". huskiesnewera.com. Washington Huskies. Retrieved April 5, 2020.