Krista Vansant
Krista Vansant (born March 31, 1993) is a volleyball player and coach who played collegiately for Washington. In 2022, she was the assistant coach for the University of Illinois volleyball team after spending 3 seasons as an assistant coach at Indiana.[2][3]
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Krista Vansant Hendrickson at an Illinois volleyball practice in October 2022 | |||||
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| Nationality | United States | ||||
| Born | March 31, 1993 Whittier, California, U.S. | ||||
| 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 / University | University of Washington | ||||
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| Position | Outside hitter | ||||
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Early life edit
Vansant was born in Whittier, California, east of Los Angeles, to Tricia and Robert Vansant and grew up in Redlands, California.[4] She played volleyball all four years at Redlands East Valley High School where she helped lead her team to three CIF championship titles.[5] She recorded 1913 kills during her four years on the high school team.[6] 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.[4]
College career edit
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.[7] She helped lead her team to the semifinals of the 2013 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament.[7] In 2014 and 2015, she was the winner of the Honda Sports Award, given to the nation's top female collegiate volleyball player.[8]
Club career edit
Vansant had played professional club level volleyball for only 2015/16 season with the Swiss side Voléro Zürich.[9] She won the Swiss Championship as well as the Swiss Cup with her team and contributed to club's eleventh double in twelve years.[10] At the Champions League; Voléro topped their respective group with six wins from six matches,[11] and eliminated Lokomotiv Baku in the first knock-out round to reach the playoff 6 stage of the competition,[12] in which they were defeated by the eventual finalist VakıfBank S.K.[13]
National team edit
Vansant represented United States national team on an international competition for the first time at the 2015 Pan American Cup.[5] She led the team to gold medal with a tournament-leading 50.4% kill percentage to go with 81 total points,[9] and earned "most valuable player" and "best outside hitter" honors for the tournament.[14] 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",[5][15] while the Americans winning the title.[16] She also helped Team USA to capture the gold medal at the 2015 NORCECA Championship[5] and was on the preliminary round squad at the 2015 and 2016 FIVB World Grand Prix,[17][1] where Team USA won the gold and silver medal, respectively.[18][19]
Vansant was named as an alternate for the 2016 Rio Olympic Team,[20] but did not take part at the Olympic Games.[9]
Awards and honors edit
College edit
- Gatorade National Volleyball Player of the Year (2011)[21]
- AVCA National Player of the Year (2013)[7]
- Honda Sports Award for volleyball (2014, 2015)[22]
- ESPNW National Volleyball Player of the Year (2014)[23]
- Pac-12 Player of the Year (2014)[7]
- Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year (2014)[24]
- AVCA All-America First Team (2013, 2014)[25]
- AVCA All-America Second Team (2012)[25]
- All-Pac-12 Team (2012, 2013, 2014)[4]
- Pac-12 Freshman of the Year (2011)[4]
Individuals edit
- 2015 Pan American Cup "Most Valuable Player"
- 2015 Pan American Cup "Best Outside Hitter"
- 2015 Pan American Games "Best Outside Hitter"
Clubs edit
- 2015-16 National League A - Champion, with Voléro Zürich
- 2015-16 Swiss Cup - Champion, with Voléro Zürich
National team edit
- 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 edit
- ^ a b c d e . fivb.com. Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Archived from the original on July 12, 2016. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
- ^ "Krista Vansant Named Newest Volleyball Assistant Coach". The Hoosier Network. January 10, 2022. Retrieved January 10, 2021.
- ^ "Krista Vansant Brings Fire Power to Indiana Volleyball Coaching Staff". The Hoosier Network. February 6, 2018. Retrieved April 1, 2020.
- ^ a b c d "Krista Vansant". gohuskies.com. Washington Huskies. Retrieved April 1, 2020.
- ^ a b c d . teamusa.org. United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on May 23, 2015. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
- ^ "Krista Vansant's High School Volleyball Stats". MaxPreps.com. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
- ^ a b c d ConferenceUnpublished, Pac-12. "Washington's Krista Vansant named AVCA Player of the Year". Pac-12. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ 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.
- ^ a b c "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.
- ^ . fivb.com. Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Archived from the original on July 5, 2015. 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.
- ^ . teamusa.org. United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on July 13, 2016. 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.
- ^ a b "All-Americans by Washington Huskies". huskiesnewera.com. Washington Huskies. Retrieved April 5, 2020.