Sarah Wilhite Parsons

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Sarah Wilhite Parsons
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Wilhite Parsons in 2019
Personal information
NationalityAmerican
Born (1995-07-30) July 30, 1995 (age 28) [1]
Hometown Eden Prairie, Minnesota, U.S.
Height188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Spike305 cm (120 in)
Block300 cm (118 in)
College / University University of Minnesota
Volleyball information
PositionOutside hitter
Current club NEC Red Rockets
Number18 (club)
13 (national team)
Career
YearsTeams
2013–2016 Flag of the United States.svg Minnesota
2017–2018 Flag of Italy.svg Busto
2018–2019 Flag of Germany.svg Allianz MTV Stuttgart
2019–2020 Flag of Brazil.svg Sesi Vôlei Bauru
2020– Flag of Japan.svg NEC Red Rockets
National team
2017– Flag of the United States.svg United States
Honours
Women's volleyball
Representing Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Pan-American Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Lima/Cañete Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Santo Domingo Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Ponce Team
Pan American Cup Final Six
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Santo Domingo
NORCECA Champions Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2019 Colorado SpringsTeam

Sarah Grace Wilhite Parsons (born July 30, 1995) is an American professional volleyball player who plays as an outside hitter for Japan professional club NEC Red Rockets and the United States women's national volleyball team.

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Personal life

Wilhite Parsons is from Eden Prairie, Minnesota and attended Eden Prairie High School. She was the Minnesota Gatorade Player of the Year in 2011 and 2012 and was the number 14 nationally ranked recruit coming out of high school. [2]

She is married to Jameson Parsons.

Career

College

Wilhite Parsons played college volleyball for Minnesota. In her sophomore season in 2014, she was 2nd on the team in kills with 309 kills. [2] During her junior season in 2015, she trained with the US Collegiate National Team. During that year, she helped Minnesota to its first NCAA Final Four appearance since 2009 in 2015.

Head coach Hugh McCutcheon stated that it was her junior season when he saw real potential in her to become the team leader as a six-rotation outside hitter. [3] With having won no major awards her entire career, she had a breakout season during her final season in 2016. She worked on her all-around volleyball skills and ended up averaging 4.20 kills per set and helped Minnesota to its second straight NCAA Final Four appearance in 2016. [3] Her season performance garnered her multiple awards such as the AVCA and ESPNW National Player of the Year, becoming the first player in Minnesota's history to receive the award. She was also named the Big Ten Player of the Year. [4] She was named Minnesota's Female Athlete of the Year and Breakthrough Athlete of the Year in 2017. [5] She finished her career with 1,182 kills. [2]

National team

Wilhite Parsons has participated in several tournaments with the U.S. national team including the 2017 Pan-American Cup, 2017 FIVB World Grand Prix, 2018 Pan-American Cup, 2018 FIVB World Championship, and preliminary rounds during the FIVB Nations League in 2018, 2019, 2021, and 2022. [6]

She was named an alternate for the 2020 Olympic Games, but did not travel with the team to Tokyo. [7]

Professional clubs

Awards and honors

Clubs

College

International

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References

  1. ↑ "SARAH WILHITE". FIVB. Retrieved June 30, 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 "Minnesota Bio". gopherspors.com. Retrieved June 20, 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Once timid and now intrepid, Minnesota's Sarah Wilhite named espnW volleyball player of the year". ESPN. Retrieved June 30, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Sarah Wilhite Named National Player of the Week and Big Ten Player of the Year". The Daily Gopher. Retrieved June 30, 2022.
  5. ↑ "A night for Golden Goldys". twin-cities.umn.edu. Retrieved June 30, 2022.
  6. ↑ "Team USA volleyball profile". usavolleyball.org. Retrieved June 30, 2022.
  7. ↑ "USAV Announces U.S. Olympic Women's Volleyball Team". USA Volleyball. Retrieved June 30, 2022.
  8. ↑ "Simón named MVP as Cuba Men win NORCECA Champions Cup, USA finish first in Women's competition". World of Volley. Retrieved June 30, 2022.
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