Simone Lee | |||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
Full name | Simone Alexandria Lee | ||||||||||||||
Nationality | United States | ||||||||||||||
Born | Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. | October 7, 1996||||||||||||||
Hometown | Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
Height | 186 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||
Spike | 305 cm (120 in) | ||||||||||||||
Block | 305 cm (120 in) | ||||||||||||||
College / University | Penn State University | ||||||||||||||
Volleyball information | |||||||||||||||
Position | Outside hitter | ||||||||||||||
Current club | Allianz MTV Stuttgart | ||||||||||||||
Number | 10 | ||||||||||||||
Career | |||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
National team | |||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
Simone Alexandria Lee (born October 7, 1996) is an American volleyball player. She plays as an outside hitter for German professional team Allianz MTV Stuttgart. [1]
Simone Lee played for Penn State University from 2014 to 2017, [2] taking the national title during her freshman year, reaching another Final 4 during her senior year. [3]
She made her debut in the United States senior national team at the 2018 Pan American Volleyball Cup, where she won the gold medal, [4] [5] and in 2019 at the FIVB Volleyball Nations League. [6]
In December 2017, she signed her first professional contract with Imoco Volley, where she played the remainder of the 2017-18 season, winning the Scudetto. In the following season she played in the Turkish Sultanlar Ligi with Beylikdüzü Vİ.
In the 2019-20 season, she went to Japan, where she participated in the V.League Division 1 with the Kurobe AquaFairies; at the end of the commitments with the Asian team, she played in Germany for the final of the 1. Bundesliga with MTV Stuttgart. In the following season she returned to the Kurobe club, [7] while in the 2021-22 season she plays again for Stuttgart. [8]
Tayyiba Mumtaz Haneef-Park is an American indoor volleyball head coach and former player. She played at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, where the team finished in 5th place. Haneef-Park also competed in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, where she won a silver medal with team USA. After her pregnancy in 2010, she returned to Team USA to repeat their silver medal performance at the 2012 London Olympics. Both times USA lost to Brazil. She is currently the head coach of the San Diego Mojo of the Pro Volleyball Federation.
Bethania de la Cruz de Peña is a volleyball player from the Dominican Republic, currently playing for the Omaha Supernovas of the Pro Volleyball Federation. She is best known for winning the gold medal with the Dominican women's national team at the 2009 NORCECA Championship and the 2010 Pan-American Cup.
Megan Hodge Easy is an American indoor volleyball player who won a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics with the US team and played for Pennsylvania State University's volleyball team. Currently, she plays in Brazilian team Itambé-Minas.
Christa Deanne Harmotto Dietzen is an American former professional volleyball player who played as a middle blocker for the United States women's national volleyball team. She played college volleyball for the Penn State women's volleyball team, and won back to back national championships in 2007 and 2008. Harmotto won gold with the national team at the 2014 World Championship, silver at the 2012 London Summer Olympics, and bronze at the 2015 World Cup and 2016 Rio Olympic Games.
Nicole Marie Fawcett is an American indoor volleyball player who won the 2014 World Championship and 2015 Pan American Games gold medal with the United States national team.
Niverka Dharlenis Marte Frica is a volleyball player from the Dominican Republic who currently plays for Indonesian side Jakarta Popsivo Polwan. She played the 2012 Summer Olympics with the Dominican Republic national team ranking in fifth place. She also played the 2010 and the 2014 World Championship earning the 17th place and the fifth place and the 2011 and the 2015 FIVB World Cup with her national team ranking in the eight and seventh place. She won the bronze medal in the 2015 Pan American Games.
Gina Altagracia Mambrú Casilla is a volleyball player from the Dominican Republic, who played the 2012 Olympic Games and the 2014 World Championship ranking fifth in both competitions. She won the gold medal at the 2010 and 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games and bronze at the 2015 Pan American Games.
Alisha Rebecca Glass Childress is an American professional volleyball player who plays as a setter for the Vegas Thrill of the Pro Volleyball Federation. Glass played collegiate volleyball for Penn State, where she led Penn State to three NCAA consecutive championships. Glass won gold with the national team at the 2014 World Championship, and bronze at the 2015 World Cup and 2016 Rio Olympic Games.
Samantha Bricio is a Mexican volleyball professional player, the youngest player to play for the Mexico national team in its history. Bricio played in the 2009 FIVB Girls Youth World Championship and again in 2011, finishing twelfth. She received the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games Best Scorer and Best Server awards and the Best Scorer award in the 2011 Youth Pan-American Cup, 2011 Junior Pan-American Cup and the 2013 Pan-American Cup.
Jennifer Hamson is an American professional volleyball player and former basketball player. She was also an All-American player for the Brigham Young University Cougars volleyball team.
Kayla Banwarth is an American former volleyball player and coach. She played as a libero for the United States women's national volleyball team. Banwarth won gold with the national team at the 2014 World Championship, and bronze at the 2015 World Cup and 2016 Rio Olympic Games.
Lindsay Stalzer is an American volleyball player who currently plays for the San Diego Mojo of the Pro Volleyball Federation.
Jana Franziska Poll is a German volleyball player, member of the Germany women's national volleyball team. At club level, she plays for German SCU Emlichheim.
Micha Danielle Hancock is an American indoor volleyball player for the United States women's national volleyball team. Hancock played setter for the Penn State women's volleyball team, and won back-to-back national championships in 2013 and 2014. Hancock won gold with the national team at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics.
Marisa Field is a Canadian volleyball player who twice represented her home country in the FIVB World Championship, in 2010 and 2014.
The German Women's volleyball League or in is the highest division in German women's volleyball. The German champion has been determined in this competition since the 1976/77 season.
Sarah Grace Wilhite Parsons 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.
Paige Nicole Sander is an American former volleyball player who played in the middle blocker position.
Jenna Rosenthal is an American professional volleyball player who plays as a middle blocker for the Columbus Fury of the Pro Volleyball Federation. She has played for the U.S. national team. Professionally, she has played in Finland, Germany, and most recently in 2022, the United States. Collegiately, she played for Marquette University from 2014–2018.
Krystal Rivers is an American volleyball player. With her current club Allianz MTV Stuttgart, she won the German championship twice, and reached the final of the CEV Cup.