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_(35329993932).jpg) Priddy at the 2017 AVP Austin Open | |||||
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| Full name | William Reid Priddy | ||||
| Nationality | American | ||||
| Born | (1977-10-01)October 1, 1977 (age 47) Richmond, Virginia, U.S. | ||||
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (194 cm) | ||||
| Weight | 196 lb (89 kg) | ||||
| Spike | 139 in (353 cm) | ||||
| Block | 130 in (330 cm) | ||||
| College / University | Loyola Marymount University | ||||
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| Position | Outside hitter | ||||
| Current club | Volley Lube | ||||
| Number | 8 | ||||
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William Reid Priddy (born October 1, 1977), known asReid Priddy, is an Americanvolleyball player on theUnited States men's national volleyball team and Italian clubCucine Lube Civitanova. He has also played on theAVP tour from 2000 to 2006.
As of 2009, Priddy has resumed playing on theAVP Tour.
Priddy was born inRichmond, Virginia to Ken and Sharon Priddy. He started playing volleyball after his family moved from Richmond toFlorida, where he tried it in a summer-schoolP.E. class.
Priddy graduated in 1996 fromMountain Pointe High School in Phoenix, Arizona. His first year of varsity volleyball was in Arizona in 1994. Priddy played the setter position for the Pride and helped lead the team as a junior to the school's first state championship in 1995.
Priddy has been married to Lindsay Pierce since March 10, 2007.
Priddy graduated fromLoyola Marymount University with a degree in communication studies in 2000. He was also recruited byCal State Northridge,USC andUC Santa Barbara.[1] He appeared in 18 matches (42 games). Posted 150 kills, 70 digs and 12 service aces as a freshman. He led the Lions with 391 kills and in matches with 10-or-more kills (17) and was second on the team in kills per game (4.83), digs (178) and digs per game (2.20) in 1998. In 1999, he led the team in kills (435), kills per game (5.80) and service aces (35) as a senior
Priddy played with the national team at thePan American Games in 1999. In 2000, he also debuted playing in Italy, forVolley Forlì. In 2001, Priddy led the team in kills (258) and digs (184), and was second on the team in blocks (41) and tied for third in service aces (14), participating in the Japan Tour,Volleyball World League, World Championship Qualifier,NORCECA Zone Championships, and the Jeep America's Cup. That year he also played for theVienna Hotvolleys club inAustria.
Priddy rejoined the US team in late July 2002. He led the team in total points (70), kills (60) and blocks (eight) in six matches at theFIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, and finished the season first on the team in points per game (2.98) and sixth in total points (173), had 92 kills, 66 digs, 21 blocks and 10 service aces. He also participated for the national team in the Bulgaria Tour, Greece Tour, and Florida Tour.
Priddy served as the team captain at the2003 Pan American Games where the team placed fourth. Although battling an abdominal injury for much of the season, he still finished third on the team in kills (224) and fourth on the squad in service aces (17). He also participated in the Colorado/Nebraska Tour, Canada Tour,NORCECA Zone Championships (gold medal), and theWorld Cup (fourth place).
Team USA qualified for the2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece, by winning theNORCECA Olympic Qualifying Tournament inCaguas, Puerto Rico. The team finished fourth overall at the Olympics. He also participated in the Japan Tour, Houston Series, USA Global Challenge (gold medal), and theSerbia and Montenegro Tour (silver medal). That year, he moved toCallipo Vibo Valentia club of southern Italy.
In 2005, he made his indoor season debut in Japan at the World Grand Champions Cup as the Team USA claimed the silver medal with a record of 4-1. He played in each of the final four matches (eight out of 13 sets) and scored 27 points on 23 kills, two blocks and two service aces. In 2005–2006 he played at club level in South Korea for Daejeon Samsung Bluefangs. The following year, Priddy led his team in scoring in seven out of 12 World League matches, including 21 points againstSerbia & Montenegro, and was one of the World League leaders in scoring and hitting. The U.S. team went undefeated (4-0) at the Inaugural Pan American Cup in June. Priddy obtained the high score in the first (18), third (23) and fifth (16) matches in Argentina. At club level, in 2006–2007 he was hired byOlympiacos Piraeus inGreece, after which he moved to Russia clubVC Lokomotiv Novosibirsk, where he remained until 2010.
In 2008, Priddy was part of the team which won the gold medal in the2008 Summer Olympics defeating Brazil in final. After leaving Lokomotiv, in 2010–2012 Priddy played for Russian clubVC Zenit-Kazan and then forHalkbank Ankara in Turkey (2012–2013). He returned to play for European clubs only in January 2016, when he was called to replace injuredSimone Parodi by Lube Cucine Civitanova.
At the 2016 Olympics, during the bronze medal game, he came off the bench and helped rally the team to a 3-2 victory.
| Year | Award / Honor |
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| 1998 | Earned AVCA second-team All-America honors Earned all-MPSF honorable mention accolades. |
| 1999 | Earned AVCA second-team All-America honors Garnered second-team all-Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF)honors. |
| 2000 | Earned American Volleyball Coaches Association first-team All-America honors as a senior |
| 2013 | Most Valuable Player of theMen's CEV Cup 2012–13 withHalkbank Ankara |
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2008 USA Olympic Volleyball Team (men's beach, women's beach and men's indoor - gold medals, women's indoor - silver medal) | ||
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2012 USA Olympic Volleyball Team (women's indoor – silver medal, women's beach – gold & silver) | ||
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2016 USA Olympic Volleyball Team (men's indoor – bronze medal, women's indoor – bronze, women's beach – bronze) | ||
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