Khalia Lanier

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Khalia Lanier
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Personal information
Full nameKhalia Imani Lanier
Nationality Flag of the United States.svg American
Born (1998-09-19) September 19, 1998 (age 26)
Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S.
HometownScottsdale, Arizona, U.S.
Height186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
College / University University of Southern California (USC)
Volleyball information
PositionOutside hitter/Opposite
Current club Flag of Italy.svg Imoco Volley
Number16 (club)
29 (national team)
Career
YearsTeams
2016–2019 Flag of the United States.svg USC
2020–2021 Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Pinkin de Corozal
2021–2023 Flag of Italy.svg Volley Bergamo 1991
2023– Flag of Italy.svg Imoco Volley
National team
2015 Flag of the United States.svg United States U18 Team
2017 Flag of the United States.svg United States U20 Team
2023– Flag of the United States.svg United States women's national team
Honours
Women's volleyball
Representing the Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Indoor Volleyball
NORCECA U20 Pan American Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 San José
FIVB U18 World Championship
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Lima Team

Khalia Imani Lanier (born September 19, 1998) is an American professional volleyball player who plays as an outside hitter for Italian Series A1 team Volley Bergamo 1991 and the United States women's national team. She played collegiately for the USC Trojans volleyball team, where she was an All-American outside hitter.

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Personal life

Lanier was born and raised in Scottsdale, Arizona. She is the daughter of NBA Hall of Fame legend Bob Lanier. She chose to play volleyball over basketball, stating in an interview "I didn't want to play basketball because I didn't want to be in [her father's] spotlight." [1]

She attended Xavier College Preparatory high school. She started her international volleyball career as a member of the 2011 USAV Future Select Team. She was part of the United States U18 Team and won a silver medal at the 2015 U18 World Championship. [2]

She was named the 2015–2016 Gatorade National Player of the Year in girls' volleyball, marking her the top high school volleyball player in the nation. [3]

Career

College

Lanier played college volleyball for USC from 2016 to 2019. She majored in human biology and graduated from USC in the spring of 2020. [4]

As a freshman in 2016, she received AVCA All-America honorable mention and was named to the AVCA All-Pacific South Region Team and the Pac-12 All-Conference and All-Freshman Team. She led the team and ranked second in the Pac-12 for points and was third in the Pac-12 for kills. She started in all 121 sets played for the team and finished with 491 kills, 315 digs and 47 blocks. [2]

With the United States U20 Team, she was the captain of the gold medal-winning team at the 2017 U-20 Pan American Cup, which marked the first time the U20 team earned a medal at the tournament. In the championship match versus Argentina, she led all players with 16 points. [5]

As a sophomore in 2017, she serve as a team captain and was named an AVCA first-team All-American and was on the Pac-12 All-Conference Team. She finished her sophomore season with 511 kills and 578.5 points. She became the 17th player in USC program history to reach 1,000 career kills and only the second to do so in her first two seasons. [2]

As a junior in 2018, she received AVCA All-America honorable mention honors and was on the Pac-12 All-Conference Team for the third straight season, after recording 457 kills and 511.0 points. [2]

As a senior in 2019, she was an AVCA second team All-American. She was a finalist for the Senior CLASS Award in women's volleyball. She ended her career with 2,025 career kills, ranking sixth in the Pac-12 conference's history. She was only the fifth player in league history to collect 2,000 career kills and 1,000 career digs. [6]

Professional clubs

Awards and honors

Clubs

College

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References

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