The UBC Thunderbirds are the athletic teams that represent the University of British Columbia. In Canadian intercollegiate competition, the Thunderbirds are the most successful athletic program both regionally in the Canada West Universities Athletic Association, and nationally in U Sports, winning 116 national titles. UBC has won an additional 20 national titles competing in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics against collegiate competition from the United States and 40 national titles in sports that compete in independent competitions.
VakıfBank Sports Club is a Turkish professional volleyball club based in Istanbul, Turkey. Founded in 1986, VakıfBank SK is currently one of the best women's volleyball teams in the world, having won the FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship a record four times and the European Champions League six times to date.
Angelina Grün is a German former volleyball player, who was a member of the German Women's Team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Grün also competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.
Lyubov Vladimirovna Sokolova is a retired Russian volleyball player, Honored Master of Sports of Russia. She was a member of the national team that won gold medals at the 2006 and 2010 World Championships in Japan, and silver medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Additionally, she’s the only volleyball player who has won 2 World titles in the same year: 2010 World Championship with Russia and 2010 World Club Championship with Fenerbahçe
Francesca Piccinini is an Italian volleyball player who has represented Italy four times at the Summer Olympics. She was a member of the Women's National Team that won the gold medal at the 2002 World Championship in Germany. She made her debut for Italy on 10 June 1995 against the United States. She was inspired to become a professional volleyball player by the Japanese anime Attack No. 1, shown in Italy in the 1980s under the title Mimì e la nazionale della pallavolo.
Jelena Nikolić-Nenadiċ is a retired Serbian professional volleyball player, playing as a wing-spiker. She was a member of the Women's National Team that won silver medal at the 2016 Olympics and gold medal at the 2011 European Championship in Serbia.
Kübra Akman, also known as Kübra Çalışkan, is a Turkish professional volleyball player.
Zhu Ting is a professional Chinese volleyball player. She is an outside hitter and former captain of the China women's national volleyball team. Currently, she plays for Italian club Imoco Volley Conegliano.
Kimberly Hill is an American former professional volleyball player who played as an outside hitter for the United States women's national volleyball team. Hill won gold with the national team at the 2014 World Championship and the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics, and bronze at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.
Kelsey Marie Robinson Cook is an American indoor volleyball player of the United States women's national volleyball team. Robinson won gold with the national team at the 2014 World Championship, the Rimini Volleyball Nations League, and the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics, and bronze at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.
Kyla Richey is a Canadian volleyball player. She is a member of the Canada women's national volleyball team since she made the Senior A team in 2008. Prior to that, she was a part of the Junior National team for three years from 2015-2017. Kyla is the current captain of Team Canada under head coach Tom Black. Her career is one of the longest Team Canada Women's Team stints in history competing at three consecutive World Championships.
Paola Ogechi Egonu is an Italian professional volleyball player. She plays for Italian volleyball club Vero Volley Milano and is part of the Italy women's national volleyball team.
Carlotta Cambi is an Italian volleyball player for Igor Gorgonzola Novara and the Italian national team.
Isabelle Haak is a Swedish volleyball player, who plays as an opposite for the Italian club Imoco Volley Conegliano and the Swedish national team.
Cansu Özbay is a Turkish professional volleyball player. She plays in the setter position. Currently, she plays for Vakıfbank Istanbul. She is a member of the Turkey women's national volleyball team.
Chiaka Sylvia Ogbogu is an American professional volleyball player. As a member of the United States women's volleyball team, she has won multiple international competitions, including a gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics and a silver medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Brianna Beamish is a Canadian volleyball player. She was part of the Canada women's national volleyball team, and participated at the 2017 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Grand Prix, and 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship. She played CIS women's volleyball for the UBC Okanagan Heat for five seasons from 2011 to 2016. She finished her university career by contributing to the Heat's Bronze medal win in the 2016 CIS Women's Volleyball Championship.
Alessia Gennari is an Italian volleyball player, who plays as an outside hitter for the Italian club Imoco Volley and the Italian women's national volleyball team. At club level, she has won the Italian Championship, the Italian Cup, the CEV Cup and the FIVB Club World Championship with the clubs she played for. With the national team, she competed in the women's tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics and has won the 2021 European Championship and the 2022 FIVB Volleyball Nations League.
The 2019 U Sports Women's Volleyball Championship was held March 15–17, 2019, in Edmonton, Alberta, to determine a national champion for the 2018–19 U Sports women's volleyball season. The tournament was played at Saville Community Sports Centre at the University of Alberta. It was the sixth time that Alberta had hosted the tournament with the most recent occurring in 2010.
Derya Cebecioğlu is a Turkish volleyball player. She is 1.81 m tall at 69 kg (152 lb), and plays in the Outside Hitter position. She last played for VakıfBank S.K. in Istanbul. She is a member of the Turkey women's national volleyball team.
