Liz Masakayan

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Liz Masakayan
Personal information
Full nameElizabeth Lee Masakayan
NicknameLiz
NationalityFilipino / American
Born (1964-12-31) December 31, 1964 (age 58)
Quezon City, Philippines
Height5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
College / University UCLA
Volleyball information
PositionOutside hitter
Number3 (national team)
21 (UCLA)
National team
1986-1991Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Honours
Women’s volleyball
Representing the Flag of the United States.svg  United States
World Championship
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1990 China Indoor
Pan American Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1987 Indianapolis Indoor
Goodwill Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1986 Moscow Indoor
Women’s beach volleyball
Representing the Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Goodwill Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1994 Saint Petersburg Beach

Liz Masakayan (born December 31, 1964, in Quezon City, Philippines) [1] is a former indoor and beach volleyball player, and is currently a coach. She participated in the 1988 Summer Olympics with the United States women's national volleyball team, and as a beach volleyball player won a total of 47 tournaments in her career. [2] [3]

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Early life

Volleyball was the last organized sport Masakayan tried out for in her first year (10th grade) at Santa Monica High School (a three-year school back in the 1980s). [4] Her first year was spent on the junior varsity squad, and the last two on the varsity counterpart, where the team won the California state championship in 1981. [5]

Masakayan played Little League baseball when she was ten, the first year it allowed girls to play due to Title IX. [1] Most of the time she was the only girl on the team. [1] Masakayan heard a lot of comments over four years from playing on a team full of boys but says, "I learned at an early age that if you just worked hard, had fun, and treated people nicely, that everything would fall into place, like winning". [1] She played soccer for seven years and ran track for four years. [1] Masakayan helped form the first girls' soccer team at Santa Monica High School. [1]

Career

College

After winning the 1984 NCAA Championships at UCLA, where she still holds numerous single season and career records, Masakayan was given the Broderick Award for being the nation's premier collegiate volleyball player. [3] [6] [7] Masakayan was a two-time AVCA first-team All-American, and was named the 1985-86 UCLA Female Athlete of the Year. [8] [3] She has also been inducted into the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame. [9]

National team

As an indoor player, Masakayan was an outside hitter for the United States women's national volleyball team for five years, and competed at the 1988 Seoul Olympics in South Korea. [2] She won bronze medals at the 1990 World Championships in Beijing, China, 1987 Pan American Games in Indianapolis, Indiana, and 1986 Goodwill Games in Moscow, Soviet Union. [2] [10]

Beach volleyball

The pair of Karolyn Kirby and Masakayan were the most dominant team in the early 1990s, winning 29 tournaments. [3] They won the inaugural 1994 Goodwill Games in St. Petersburg, Russia. [3] They also won the 1994 World Champions in La Serena, Chile. [2] Masakyan was the WPVA's (Women's Professional Volleyball Association) 1992 Most Valuable Player, [11] the 1993 co-Most Valuable Player, and the Best Defensive Player in 1991 and 1992. [3] In addition, she was the 1993 and 1994 Best Hitter, and the 1995 Most Inspirational Player after coming back from several knee surgeries. [3]

Masakayan and her partner, Elaine Youngs, narrowly missed qualifying for the 2000 Sydney Olympics in Australia. [12] They captured the first tournament of the millennium in February 2000 at Vitoria, Brazil. [3] The pair also won the bronze medal at the 1999 World Championships in Marseille, France. [3]

Throughout Masakayan's beach volleyball career, she won 47 tournaments and reached the final four 61 times. [3] In 2001, she was the Santa Barbara champion, and in December captured the bronze medal at the FIVB (Fédération Internationale de Volleyball) season finale in Fortaleza, Brazil, where Masakayan announced her retirement from international competition. [3] She retired from domestic competition after playing four tournaments in 2005. [3]

Coaching

Indoor coaching

As an indoor coach, Masakayan was an assistant coach at UCLA when they won the National Championships in 1991 and runner-up in 1992. [9] Masakayan was inducted in the AVCA (American Volleyball Coaches Association) Hall of Fame in December of 2011. [9]

Beach volleyball coaching

Masakayan coached the beach volleyball team of Elaine Youngs and Nicole Branagh, who were ranked second in the AVP in 2007. [9]

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  4. ↑ Masakayan, Liz (May 23, 2018). "Liz Masakayan Acceptance Speech" (video). YouTube . VolleyMob.
  5. ↑ "UCLA, USC Again Dominate So. Calif. Indoor Volleyball Hall of Fame Finalists for May 6, 2018 2nd Induction Class" (PDF). Socalindoorvolleyballhof.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 21, 2019. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
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Sporting positions
Preceded by
Flag of the United States.svg  Nancy Reno
and Karolyn Kirby  (USA)
 Women's FIVB World Tour Points Champions
alongside Flag of the United States.svg Karolyn Kirby
1993		Succeeded by
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