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 Krista Vansant Hendrickson at an Illinois volleyball practice in October 2022 | |||||
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| Nationality |  United States | ||||
| Born | (1993-03-31)March 31, 1993 (age 32) 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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Krista Vansant (born March 31, 1993) is a volleyball player and coach who played collegiately forWashington. In 2022, she was the assistant coach for theUniversity of Illinois volleyball team after spending 3 seasons as an assistant coach atIndiana.[2][3]
Vansant was born inWhittier, California, east of Los Angeles, to Tricia and Robert Vansant and grew up inRedlands, California.[4] She played volleyball all four years atRedlands East Valley High School where she helped lead her team to threeCIF 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 theGatorade Player of the Year award in volleyball. She was the consensus top pick in the nation as a senior, and chose to go to theUniversity of Washington.[4]
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 the2013 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament.[7] In 2014 and 2015, she was the winner of theHonda Sports Award, given to the nation's top female collegiate volleyball player.[8]
Vansant had played professional club level volleyball for only 2015/16 season with the Swiss sideVoléro 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 theChampions League; Voléro topped their respective group with six wins from six matches,[11] and eliminatedLokomotiv Baku in the first knock-out round to reach theplayoff 6 stage of the competition,[12] in which they were defeated by the eventual finalistVakıfBank S.K.[13]
Vansant representedUnited States national team on an international competition for the first time at the2015 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 the2015 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 the2015 NORCECA Championship[5] and was on the preliminary round squad at the2015 and2016 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 theOlympic Games.[9]
Champion, withVoléro Zürich Champion, withVoléro Zürich
Gold Medal Gold Medal Gold Medal Gold Medal
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