Megan Courtney

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Megan Courtney
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Courtney in 2016
Personal information
Full nameMegan Eileen Courtney
NationalityAmerican
Born (1993-10-27) October 27, 1993 (age 31)
Kettering, Ohio, U.S.
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight61 kg (134 lb)
Spike315 cm (124 in)
Block300 cm (118 in)
College / University Pennsylvania State University
Volleyball information
PositionOutside hitter/Libero
Current club Columbus Fury
Number17
Career
YearsTeams
2015-2016 Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Leonas de Ponce
2016-2017 Flag of Poland.svg Impel Wrocław
2017-2018 Flag of Turkey.svg Çanakkale Belediyespor
2018-2019 Flag of Italy.svg Volley Bergamo
2019-2020 Flag of Italy.svg Igor Gorgonzola Novara
2020-2021 Flag of Italy.svg Savino Del Bene Scandicci
2021-2022 Flag of Italy.svg Prosecco Doc Imoco Volley Conegliano
2023- Flag of the United States.svg Columbus Fury
National team
2016–2021 Flag of the United States.svg United States
Medal record
Women's Volleyball
Representing the Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
World Cup
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Japan Team
FIVB Nations League
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Nanjing Team
Pan-American Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Cañete/Lima
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Santo Domingo

Megan Eileen Courtney-Lush (born October 27, 1993) is an American indoor professional volleyball player for the Columbus Fury of the Pro Volleyball Federation. [1] She played college volleyball at Penn State, with whom she won back-to-back national championships in 2013 and 2014. She went on to play professionally for club teams in Puerto Rico, Poland, Turkey, and Italy.

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Though she was as an outside hitter in college and during her club seasons, Courtney-Lush played as a libero during her time as a member of the United States women's national team. With the U.S., she participated at several international tournaments, most notably winning the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League, where she was named Best Libero. [2] Courtney was named as an alternate to the 2020 USA Olympic Team. [3]

Career

High school and college

Courtney-Lush was a four-year varsity player at Archbishop Alter High School in Kettering, Ohio. [4] In her freshman, junior, and senior seasons, she helped take her team to the state semifinals. She was named the 2011–2012 Ohio Gatorade Player of the Year. [5]

She played college women's volleyball at Penn State, where in her freshman season she was the Big Ten Freshman of the Year as well as the AVCA Mideast Region Freshman of the Year. In her next two seasons, she helped Penn State to back-to-back NCAA titles. In the 2014 NCAA Tournament, she earned Most Outstanding Player honors after she recorded career-high 23 kills and 16 digs in the national semifinals win over Stanford. She had 11 kills and 14 digs in the NCAA Championship win over BYU. [6] Courtney-Lush finished her college career with 1,154 kills on a .259 hitting percentage, 1,141 digs, and 364 blocks. [5]

Professional

In 2016, Courtney-Lush signed her first professional contract at Leonas de Ponce in the Liga de Voleibol Superior Femenino. In the summer of 2016, she made her debut in the US women's national team. [7] In 2017, she won the 2017 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup gold medal. In the 2016-17 season she arrived in Poland, where he plays the ORLEN Liga with the Impla of Breslavia. [8] In the following season she played for Çanakkale, a Turkish Sultanlar league club.

In May 2021, she was named to team USA's 18-player roster for the FIVB Volleyball Nations League tournament. [9] that was played May 25-June 24 in Rimini, Italy. Team USA would eventually win the gold medal after defeating Brazil in the finals. She was a selected as an Olympic alternate for the 2020 Summer Olympics. [10]

After three seasons in teams of the Italian League, she joined Imoco Volley Conegliano as outside hitter. In her debut match with her new club she won her first professional title, the 2021 Italian Super Cup, and received the Most Valuable Player award. [11]

After taking a hiatus from volleyball to have a child, Courtney-Lush returned to professional volleyball with the Columbus Fury for the Pro Volleyball Federation's inaugural 2024 season. [12]

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Awards

Clubs

Individuals

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References

  1. ↑ "2024 Columbus Fury Roster". ColumbusFury. Retrieved December 20, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Player - Megan Courtney - FIVB World Grand Prix 2017". worldgrandprix.2017.fivb.com. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Olympic oversight". Penn Stater The Magazine of the Penn State Alumni Association. Pennsylvania State University. January–February 2022.
  4. ↑ "Megan Courtney Bio :: Penn State :: Official Athletic Site". Archived from the original on August 8, 2018. Retrieved February 17, 2018.
  5. 1 2 Stewart, Kori. "Which familiar faces in Ohio will fill the inaugural Pro Volleyball Federation rosters?". The Enquirer. Retrieved September 21, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Megan Courtney Bio :: Penn State :: Official Athletic Site". Archived from the original on August 8, 2018. Retrieved February 17, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Megan Courtney". Team USA. Archived from the original on August 23, 2017. Retrieved February 17, 2018.
  8. ↑ "Impel Wrocław | Megan Courtney przyjmującą Impel Wrocław". impelwroclaw.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved February 17, 2018.
  9. ↑ "Kiraly announces 18 USA Volleyball women on FIVB VNL Roster |". May 13, 2021.
  10. ↑ "USAV Announces U.S. Olympic Women's Volleyball Team". USA Volleyball. June 7, 2021. Retrieved August 2, 2021.
  11. ↑ "ITALIAN SUPER CUP W: Trophy goes into hands of Imoco players fourth season in row". World of Volley. October 6, 2021. Retrieved October 28, 2021.
  12. ↑ Columbus, Katie Kapusta. "New Columbus pro volleyball team brings stars". spectrumnews1.com. Retrieved September 21, 2025.
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