Avery Skinner (volleyball)

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Avery Skinner
Personal information
NationalityFlag of the United States.svg  United States
Born (1999-04-25) April 25, 1999 (age 25)
Hometown Katy, Texas, U.S.
Height186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Spike309 cm (122 in)
Block299 cm (118 in)
College / University Kentucky / Baylor
Volleyball information
PositionOutside hitter
Current club Flag of Italy.svg Chieri
Number6 (club)
27 (national team)
Career
YearsTeams
2017–2020 Flag of the United States.svg Kentucky
2021 Flag of the United States.svg Baylor
2022–2023 Flag of France.svg Béziers Volley (fr)
2023– Flag of Italy.svg Chieri
National team
2022–Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Honours
Indoor Volleyball
Representing the Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Olympic Games
Olympic rings.svg
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Paris Team
NORCECA Championship
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Quebec City
NORCECA Pan-American Cup
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Hermosillo
NORCECA Pan American Cup Final Six
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Santo Domingo

Avery A. Skinner [1] (born April 25, 1999) is an American professional volleyball player who plays as an outside hitter for the United States women's national volleyball team and Italian Series A1 professional team Chieri.

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Personal life

Skinner is from Katy, Texas. In addition to playing volleyball, she was tap, ballet, and musical theater dancer before deciding at age 13 to focus solely on volleyball. Skinner played school volleyball for HCYA and she helped the team win state championships in 2015 and 2016. She also played club volleyball for Houston's Skyline. She considered playing volleyball for Baylor, Iowa State, and Texas A&M but ultimately settled on Kentucky as she wanted to see what life was like outside of Texas. [2] [3]

Skinner is the daughter of Rebecca Skinner and Brian Skinner, who was a star basketball player at Baylor and played in the NBA for 14 years. [4] Her sister, Madisen, played volleyball with her at Kentucky. [2]

Career

College

Skinner played college volleyball for a total of five years, as she opted to use the extra year of eligibility granted by the NCAA due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [2]

From 2017 to 2020, she played for the Kentucky Wildcats. As a freshman in 2017, she finished second on the team with 362 kills and was named to the SEC All-Freshman Team. [3] In 2019, plagued by a knee injury, she only played in nine matches. [3] However, she was able to return to full strength in 2020 and credited the extra time off due to the COVID-19 quarantines that were in place at the time allowing her more time to rehabilitate her injuries. [3] As a result of her strong senior season, she was named an AVCA First Team All-American after leading Kentucky to its first ever NCAA championship title in the 2020 NCAA Tournament. She was named on the NCAA Final Four All-Tournament Team. She graduated from Kentucky with two degrees in interdisciplinary early childhood education and communication studies and disorders. [5]

She opted to play her extra year of eligibility as a graduate transfer for the Baylor Bears. She finished the season as an Honorable Mention All-American and had the second-most kills on the team with 355 in her 101 sets played, averaging 3.51 kills per set, had 255 digs and 49 blocks. She was named a finalist for the NCAA Woman of the Year. [5]

Professional clubs

Skinner signed her first professional volleyball contract with Béziers Volley in June 2022 and played for the team in the 2022–2023 season. [6] She has played for the Italian Serie A1 team Chieri since 2023. [7]

Awards and honors

College

The following are the awards Skinner won during her collegiate career: [4]

International

References

  1. ↑ "UK Spring Commencement" (PDF).
  2. 1 2 3 "Skinner carving out own name for herself for No. 10 Baylor volleyball". wacotrib.com. Retrieved June 25, 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "NCAA volleyball: The resurgence of UK's Avery Skinner, Wednesday's recaps". volleyballmag.com. November 5, 2020. Retrieved June 25, 2022.
  4. 1 2 "Avery Skinner - Baylor Profile". baylorbears.com. Retrieved June 25, 2022.
  5. 1 2 "TVB's Avery Skinner Woman of the Year Finalist". baylorbears.com. Retrieved June 25, 2022.
  6. ↑ "Mercato saison 2022/23 - Avery Skinner". beziers-angels.com. Retrieved June 25, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Chieri investe su Avery Skinner". corrieredellosport.it. Retrieved July 13, 2023.
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