Teee Sanders

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Tonya Slacanin
Personal information
Full nameTonya Denise Williams (-Slacanin)
NicknameTeee
BornTonya Denise Williams
March 28, 1968 (1968-03-28) (age 56)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Spike129 in (328 cm)
Block120 in (304 cm)
College / UniversityUniversity of Hawaii
Volleyball information
PositionOutside Hitter
Number1
National team
1990–1996Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Medal record
Women's volleyball
Representing the Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Olympic rings.svg
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1992 Barcelona Indoor
World Championship
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1990 China Indoor
FIVB World Grand Prix
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1995 Shanghai
Pan American Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1995 Mar del Plata Indoor

Tonya Slacanin [1] (born March 28, 1968), formerly known as "Teee" Williams or "Teee" Sanders, is a retired female volleyball player from the United States. She won a bronze medal with the USA National Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. [2] She also competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, finishing in seventh place. [2]

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Among her achievements, Slacanin helped the national team win a silver medal at the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata. [2]

College

Slacanin played college women's volleyball with the Hawaii Rainbow Wahine volleyball team. [2] She helped Hawaii to the national title in 1987. [3] She was a three-time AVCA first-team All-American, and the 1987 and 1989 National Player of the Year. [4] She also set the record for most attacks in a match with 99 against Cal Poly on December 8, 1989. [5] In the same season, Slacanin set a school record with 44 kills in a match against UC Santa Barbara. [6]

In 1998, Slacanin was inducted into the University of Hawaii Sports Circle of Honor. [7]

International

Slacanin played for Orion Sesto San Giovanni Milano in the Italian championship in 1992–93, and then for PVF Parmalat Matera from 1996 to 1998. [8] She won the European "CEV-Cup" in 1994 with the German team USC Münster. [8] She also won as the national Championship and Cup title in Germany in 2004 with USC Münster. [8]

Beach volleyball

Slacanin won a German beach volleyball tournament in 2003, partnering with Ines Pianka. [2]

Personal life

While playing collegiately at the University of Hawaii, Slacanin married an Army soldier by the last name Sanders, and her name became Teee Williams-Sanders. [3] The marriage ended in divorce with Slacanin taking back her maiden name of Williams. [3] She has since remarried, and is currently Tonya Slacanin. [1]

International competitions

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  4. ↑ "Women's Volleyball All-America Teams and Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA . Archived (PDF) from the original on July 5, 2022. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
  5. ↑ @NCAAVolleyball (December 8, 2022). "On this day in 1989, Teee Williams-Sanders tallied the most total attacks in a match in tournament history with 99 against Cal Poly" (Tweet). Archived from the original on September 4, 2023. Retrieved September 4, 2023– via Twitter.
  6. ↑ "Faces in the Crowd". Sports Illustrated . New York City: Time. January 15, 1990. Retrieved September 29, 2024.
  7. ↑ "Teee Williams". University of Hawai'i at Manoa Athletics. Archived from the original on February 22, 2022. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
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