Michelle Bartsch-Hackley

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Michelle Bartsch-Hackley
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Bartsch in 2016
Personal information
Full nameMichelle Bartsch-Hackley
NicknameMesh, Mitch, Bartschy, Panda, Slugger [1]
NationalityAmerican
Born (1990-02-12) February 12, 1990 (age 34)
Kansas City, Kansas [2]
Hometown Collinsville, Illinois
Height190 cm (75 in)
Weight90 kg (198 lb)
Spike305 cm (120 in)
Block296 cm (117 in)
Volleyball information
PositionOutside hitter / opposite Hitter
Current club Flag of Turkey.svg Vakıfbank Istanbul
Number14 (national team)
Career
YearsTeams
2008–2011 Flag of the United States.svg University of Illinois
2012 Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Llaneras de Toa Baja
2013–2014 Flag of Germany.svg Rote Raben
2014–16 Flag of Germany.svg Dresdner SC
2016–17 Flag of Italy.svg Neruda Bolzano
2017–18 Flag of Italy.svg Futura Busto Arsizio
2018–19 Flag of Italy.svg AGIL Novara
2019–20 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Beijing BAIC Motors
2020–2022 Flag of Turkey.svg Vakıfbank Istanbul
National team
2015 - 2021 Flag of the United States.svg United States
Honours
Women’s Volleyball
Representing the Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Olympic Games
Olympic rings.svg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2020 Tokyo Team
World Cup
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Japan Team
World Grand Champions Cup
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2017 Japan Team
FIVB Nations League
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Nanjing Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Nanjing Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Rimini Team
Pan-American Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Cañete/Lima

Michelle Bartsch-Hackley (born February 12, 1990) is an American professional volleyball player for the United States women's national volleyball team. She played collegiate volleyball with the University of Illinois Fighting Illini from 2008 to 2011. She won gold with the national team at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics. [3]

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Career

Michelle Bartsch's career began at Collinsville High School in Illinois, where she excelled at basketball, swimming and track and field. While playing for her high school, she joined the US youth selections, winning the gold medal at the US Under-18 Championship in 2006 and the North American Under-20 Championship in 2008. She was also awarded the title of Best Server in the competition.

From 2008 to 2011, she played for the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, reaching the NCAA Division I National Championship in her senior year, losing to the University of California, Los Angeles; despite this defeat, she received several individual awards during the season.

She made her professional debut in 2012 with Llaneras de Toa Baja, in the Liga de Voleibol Superior Feminino in Puerto Rico.

She then played for Rote Raben Vilsbiburg from 2013 to 2014, winning the German Cup. She stayed in Germany the following season, but played for the Dresdner Sportclub 1898 club, who would go on to win the German Championship 2015 and again the German Championship plus the German Cup in 2016. In 2015 she made her debut in the US national team. [4] In 2015, she won a gold medal at the Pan American Games. In 2017, she won a gold medal at the 2017 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup, [5] and a bronze medal at the 2017 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Grand Champions Cup. [6]

In 2016–17, she played for Neruda Volley di Bolzano in Serie A1. In 2017 she played in Futura Volley Busto Arsizio. In 2018 she was recruited by AGIL Volley. In 2019 she played for Beijing BAIC Motor China Volleyball League.

Bartsch-Hackley was named an alternate to the U.S. volleyball team at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. She used this as motivation to earn a spot in the future Olympic Games, as she said in July 2021 “I think after being an alternate in 2016 I grew hungrier because I was so close at that time. The past few years I’ve tried to take every opportunity and use it to grow and improve.” [7]

In 2020, she was inducted into the University of Illinois Athletics Hall of Fame. [8]

In May 2021, she was named to the 18-player roster for the FIVB Volleyball Nations League tournament [9] played May 25-June 24 in Rimini, Italy. It was the only major international competition before the Tokyo Olympics in July. The U.S. team won gold and Bartsch-Hackley was named Best Outside Hitter and MVP. [10]

On June 7, 2021, US National Team head coach Karch Kiraly announced she would be part of the 12-player Olympic roster for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. [11] On August 8, 2021, she won a gold medal as a member of the U.S. women's volleyball team that defeated Brazil 3–0 in the final match. [12] She was named as co-"Best outside hitter" (along with teammate Jordan Larson) of the Olympics. [13]

On April 12, 2022, Bartsch-Hackley announced that she will take a break after the 2022 club season concludes and will leave volleyball indefinitely through at least January 2023. During this period, she will not participate in any competitions or sign with new clubs. [14]

Awards

Clubs

Individual

Personal life

Her husband is Corbin Hackley. [15] Her husband travels with her when she plays and brings along their dog, Champion. [16]

Her mother, Julie, played volleyball for the University of Kansas. Her father, Michael, played soccer at Blackburn College. [16]

Her undergraduate degree from the University of Illinois in 2012 is in sports management. [16]

Her brother, Andrew Bartsch, is married to Kelsey Card, who competed in the Tokyo Summer Olympics in the discus throw. [17]

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  5. ↑ "2017 Rosters". Team USA. Archived from the original on February 18, 2018. Retrieved 2018-02-17.
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  7. ↑ "OLYMPICS: U.S. women's volleyball's Bartsch-Hackley links Bradley to Tokyo Olympics". Daily Journal. Retrieved 2021-07-24.
  8. ↑ "Michelle Bartsch-Hackley (2020) - Hall of Fame". University of Illinois Athletics. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
  9. ↑ "Kiraly announces 18 USA Volleyball women on FIVB VNL Roster |". 13 May 2021.
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Awards
Preceded by Best Outside Hitter of
Olympic Games
2020
ex aequo Flag of the United States.svg Jordan Larson 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by Most Valuable Player of
FIVB Nations League
2018
2021 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
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 Best Outside Hitter of
FIVB Nations League
2018
ex aequo Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhu Ting 		Succeeded by

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