Logan Maile Lei Tom (born May 25, 1981) is an American former indoorvolleyball andbeach volleyball player, and is the current head coach of theIsrael women's national volleyball team. She is a four-time Olympian at the outside hitter position. At age 19, Logan became the youngest woman ever to be selected for an American Olympic volleyball team when she competed at the2000 Olympic Games in Sydney.[1] She was a skilled all-around player who brought stability to the American serve receive and defense, while also providing the team with a solid attack and block at the net. She was a huge part of the national team from 2000 to 2012. At the2008 Olympics, Tom helped Team USA win a silver medal and was named Best Scorer, she won another silver medal at the2012 Olympics with the national team. She was also awarded the Most Valuable Player of the2004 FIVB World Grand Prix.
In October 2021, she was inducted into theInternational Volleyball Hall of Fame, along withClay Stanley andTodd Rogers.[2]
Logan Tom was born inNapa, California to Kristine andMelvyn Tom. Her father was adefensive end[3] for nine years in theNFL with thePhiladelphia Eagles and theChicago Bears.[4] Though she grew up with her mother and older brother Landon[3] inSalt Lake City,Utah, she spent her summers with her father and his relatives inHawaii learning how tosurf.[5] She is ofChinese Hawaiian descent.[5]
Tom attendedHighland High School, where she led the volleyball team to state titles in 1997 and 1998.[6] Tom also competed inbasketball andtrack and was an All-state selection in basketball. She placed third in the state in thejavelin as a senior and graduated with a 4.00GPA and ranked first in her class. Tom also earned theGatorade Player of the Year awards for volleyball in 1999. In 2000, she became the youngest woman to ever be selected for the USA Olympic volleyball team at 19.[5]
Over the summer of 2003, Tom was selected as one of eight finalists for the Women's Sports Foundation Sportswoman of the Year Award in the team category.
In 2005, Tom was ranked 91st of theFHM magazine's 100 sexiest women list.[7]
Tom attendedStanford University from 1999 to 2002 but did not graduate with her class. She left Stanford 50 units shy of completing her major inInternational Relations in December 2002, her last term of collegiate athletic eligibility.[8] She officially graduated from Stanford in the summer of 2014. In October 2013, Tom was inducted into the Stanford University Athletics Hall of Fame.
Tom was named theAmerican Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) andPac-10 National Freshman of the Year and became only the fourth volleyball player inNCAA history to receive AVCA First TeamAll-America honors as atrue freshman. She led theCardinal and ranked second in the Pac-10 in both kills (4.63 kpg) andservice aces (0.45 sapg) and ranked second on the team indigs (2.73 dpg). She finished with a total of 472 kills, while also adding a .320 attack percentage (#8 Pac-10) and a 0.94block per game average.
She was named the NCAA Final Four All-Tournament Team after having 29 kills in the NCAA semifinal match against defending national championLong Beach State. Her squad finished as NCAA runners-up toPenn State.
Tom missed a month and a half of the season while playing on theU.S. national volleyball team in the2000 Olympics.[9] Tom is the first woman in the history of Stanford athletics to appear in the Olympics and then return to compete for Stanford.[1] She was named an AVCA First Team All-American. For the year, she averaged 5.86 kills, 3.20 digs, 0.41 service aces and 0.86 blocks per game and hit .350 for the season. She notched double figures in kills in 16 consecutive matches.
Tom was named the AVCA National Player of the Year, in addition to being named theHonda Award winner for volleyball, the Pac-10 Player of the Year and her third consecutive First Team All-America honor. She averaged 5.09 kills, 0.54 service aces, 3.49 digs and 0.90 blocks per game and played in 122 games (35 matches). She recorded 10 or more kills in 50 of 51 matches, dating back to the 2000 season and notched a double-double in 25 matches.
She was named theNCAA Women's Volleyball Championship Most Outstanding Player after leading her team to the 2001 National Championship over top ranked and previously undefeated Long Beach State as she had 25 kills, 12 digs and five blocks against the 49'ers after having 22 kills and five blocks againstNebraska in the NCAA semifinal.
In 2002, she won theHonda Sports Award as the nation's top female collegiate volleyball player.[10][11]
She was named the AVCA National Player of the Year for the second consecutive year and become the third player in NCAA history to be named a First Team All-American for four consecutive years. She was the Honda Award winner for volleyball for the second year in a row and was named the Pac-10 Player of the Year for the second consecutive year.
She averaged 4.89 kills, 0.34 service aces, 3.28 digs, 0.82 blocks and 5.81 points per game and finished off her career with 1,939 career kills and is the all-time leader at Stanford surpassingKristin Klein (1,909) and is third all-time in the Pac-10. Her 171 career service aces ranks second on in Stanford history and third in the league . She averaged 5.02 kills per game for her career which ranks second all-time in the conference record books.
She was named to the NCAA Final Four All-Tournament Team for the third time in her four years at Stanford, as she had 16 kills, 13 digs, four aces and four blocks in Stanford's losing effort toUSC in the National Championship match.
In 2003, she repeated as the winner of theHonda Sports Award, given to the nation's top female collegiate volleyball player.[10][11]
Tom's very first professional appearance was with the Brazilian team,MRV/Minas of theBrazil Superliga, on January 18, 2003, exactly two weeks after signing with them, on January 4, 2003.[8]
Tom appeared in the2000 Sydney Olympics (4th place),2004 Athens Olympics (5th place),2008 Beijing Olympics (silver medal), and the2012 London Olympics (silver medal). Tom was named the "Best scorer" of the 2008 Olympic games.
In 2004, Tom was named the Most Valuable Player of theWorld Grand Prix after leading all players in scoring with 224 points in 13 matches (179 kills, 24 blocks and 21 service aces) where she also garnered "Best server" accolades.
From 2004–2007, she took a break from the national team, after claiming to be "burnt out" after a disappointing 5th-place finish at the Athens Olympics. However despite that, she continued to play professionally in Italy, Switzerland, and Spain. She also played beach volleyball (partnering withHolly McPeak, among others). She was the 2006AVP Rookie of the Year and recorded 14 top-10 finishes in 2007.[12]
In 2007, she was named one of threeFIVB World Cup most valuable player nominees as she averaged 4.10 points per set at the World Cup in her first international tournament with Team USA in nearly three years. She averaged 3.35 kills, 0.65 blocks, 1.95 digs and 0.10 aces per set at the World Cup while starting 40 of 41 sets.
On September 15, 2008,Hisamitsu Springs, a women's volleyball team based inKobe city, Hyogo, andTosu city, Saga,Japan, announced her joining.
She was named Best Receiver at the2010 World Championship.[13]
Logan earned the Best Server award and the gold medal at the2011 NORCECA Championship, held inCaguas, Puerto Rico.[14]
Tom joined the Indonesian club Jakarta Pertamina Energi for the 2016 season,[15] taking them to the championship playoff.[16] The New Zealander club Harbour Raiders announced that Tom would play with them[17] and she help them win the local league championship.[18][19]She then joined the Israeli club Maccabi XT Haifa for the 2017/18 season.[19][20]
In 2010, Tom began working with the instructional volleyball website Volleyball 1on1 where she appears as an online instructor showcasing her coaching abilities through interactive videos.[21]
In May 2021, Tom was appointed as the head coach of theIsrael women's national volleyball team.[22]
Champion, with Voléro Zürich Cup winner, with Voléro Zürich Champion, with Fenerbahçe Universal Champion, withUnilever Vôlei Champion, with Harbour Raiders Cup winner, with Maccabi Haifa Champion, with Maccabi Haifa Champion, with Maccabi Haifa
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| Preceded by | Best Scorer of Olympic Games Beijing 2008 | Succeeded by |
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