Krista Vansant

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Krista Vansant
Krista Vansant Hendrickson at practice.jpg
Krista Vansant Hendrickson at an Illinois volleyball practice in October 2022
Personal information
NationalityFlag of the United States.svg  United States
Born (1993-03-31) March 31, 1993 (age 30)
Whittier, California, U.S.
Hometown Redlands, California, U.S.
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) [1]
Weight75 kg (165 lb) [1]
Spike310 cm (122 in) [1]
Block300 cm (118 in) [1]
College / University University of Washington
Volleyball information
PositionOutside hitter
Career
YearsTeams
2015–2016 Voléro Zürich
National team
2015–2016 United States
Honours
Women's volleyball
Representing Flag of the United States.svg  United States
World Grand Prix
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Omaha Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2016 Bangkok Team
Pan American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Toronto Team
Pan American Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Peru Team
NORCECA Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Morelio Team

Krista Vansant (born March 31, 1993) is a volleyball player and coach who played collegiately for Washington. In 2022, she was the assistant coach for the University of Illinois volleyball team after spending 3 seasons as an assistant coach at Indiana. [2] [3]

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Early life

Vansant was born in Whittier, California, east of Los Angeles, to Tricia and Robert Vansant and grew up in Redlands, California. [4] She played volleyball all four years at Redlands East Valley High School where she helped lead her team to three CIF championship titles. [5] She recorded 1913 kills during her four years on the high school team. [6] Her high school accomplishments resulted in being awarded the Gatorade Player of the Year award in volleyball. She was the consensus top pick in the nation as a senior, and chose to go to the University of Washington. [4]

College career

In her junior year at Washington, Vasant was named the National Player of the Year by the American Volleyball Coaches Association, as well as Pac-12 Player of the Year. [7] She helped lead her team to the semifinals of the 2013 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament. [7] In 2014 and 2015, she was the winner of the Honda Sports Award, given to the nation's top female collegiate volleyball player. [8]

Club career

Vansant had played professional club level volleyball for only 2015/16 season with the Swiss side Voléro Zürich. [9] She won the Swiss Championship as well as the Swiss Cup with her team and contributed to club's eleventh double in twelve years. [10] At the Champions League; Voléro topped their respective group with six wins from six matches, [11] and eliminated Lokomotiv Baku in the first knock-out round to reach the playoff 6 stage of the competition, [12] in which they were defeated by the eventual finalist VakıfBank S.K. [13]

National team

Vansant represented United States national team on an international competition for the first time at the 2015 Pan American Cup. [5] She led the team to gold medal with a tournament-leading 50.4% kill percentage to go with 81 total points, [9] and earned "most valuable player" and "best outside hitter" honors for the tournament. [14] At the 2015 Pan American Games, she was the top scorer for the Team USA in five of their six matches and selected as the "best outside hitter", [5] [15] while the Americans winning the title. [16] She also helped Team USA to capture the gold medal at the 2015 NORCECA Championship [5] and was on the preliminary round squad at the 2015 and 2016 FIVB World Grand Prix, [17] [1] where Team USA won the gold and silver medal, respectively. [18] [19]

Vansant was named as an alternate for the 2016 Rio Olympic Team, [20] but did not take part at the Olympic Games. [9]

Awards and honors

College

Individuals

Clubs

National team

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