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Minnesota Golden Gophers Women's Volleyball
Minnesota Golden Gophers volleyball is the NCAA Division I women's volleyball team at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. The program began its first season in 1972 under head coach Dee Jilek. Its current head coach is Keegan Cook, who took over the team at the conclusion of the 2022 season, following the resignation of Hugh McCutcheon. Previous coach Mike Hebert had led the Golden Gophers to every NCAA Tournament, with the exception of 1998, when he was head coach of the team. His tenure was highlighted by back-to-back NCAA Final Four appearances in 2003 and 2004. Hebert also led Minnesota the program's first Big Ten title in 2002. Final Four appearances 2003 Even with a 13 overall tournament seed, Minnesota beat Washington in the regional final in five sets to advance to the school's first NCAA Final Four. In the national semifinals, Minnesota played top ranked and undefeated Southern California tough, but fell in three sets. Minnesota was led by Cassie Busse with 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keegan Cook
R. Keegan Cook (born July 9, 1985) is an American volleyball coach. He began his coaching career at his alma mater, Saint Mary's, where he was on the staff in various assistant coaching roles for eight years (2005–2012). He served as an assistant coach for the University of Washington in 2013 and 2014 before assuming the head coaching role from 2015–2022. On December 12, 2022, Cook was named the eighth head coach at the University of Minnesota, to begin in the 2023 season, succeeding former coach Hugh McCutcheon. Personal life Cook is a native of Pleasanton, California. In 2007, he graduated from Saint Mary's with a Bachelor of Arts in mathematics with a minor in religious studies. He has done work for statistical analysis as a Volleyball Information Supervisor (VIS) for the FIVB. In January 2022, he was named as the president of the board of directors for the American Volleyball Coaches Association, a position he will serve through the end of 2023. He is married to S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Texas Longhorns Women's Volleyball
The Texas Longhorns women's volleyball team represents The University of Texas at Austin in NCAA Division I intercollegiate women's volleyball competition. The Longhorns currently compete in the Big 12 Conference. Texas has won four volleyball national championships – one AIAW championship in 1981 and three NCAA championships in 1988, 2012, and 2022. Beginning with the 1981 season, they have qualified for the AIAW/NCAA tournament every year except for two (40 of 42 seasons) and the most recent 19 years (2004-2022). The volleyball program was founded in 1974. It has had seven head coaches in its history – the first four lasted just 1–2 years each: Pam Lampley (1974), Cheryl Lyman (1975), Jody Conradt (1976–77) and Linda Lowery (1978-79). Mick Haley coached from 1980 to 1996 before leaving to coach the Olympic team followed by the head coaching job at USC. Jim Moore coached 1997–2000 and Jerritt Elliott has coached Texas since 2001. Texas reached the NCAA Final Four in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linda Wells (softball)
Linda Marie Wells (born December 13, 1949) is a former American softball coach. She previously served as the head coach for the Minnesota Golden Gophers softball and Arizona State Sun Devils softball teams. Playing career Wells was a three-sport athlete in high school, and played softball, volleyball, basketball, tennis and field hockey while at Southeast Missouri State University. She Played professionally from 1975 to 1979, serving as player-coach for the Chicago Ravens and St. Louis Hummers. Coaching career Minnesota Wells started the Minnesota Golden Gophers softball program in 1974. She served as the head coach for the Gophers from 1974 to 1989, missing the 1976 season due to attending medical school at Saint Louis University. She was named the Big Ten Conference Softball Coach of the Year in 1988 after leading her team to a 31–25 record and the Big Ten Conference Championship. During her career at Minnesota she posted a 350–264–1 record. She served as the Minnesota ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephanie Samedy
Stephanie Samedy (born September 27, 1998) is an American professional volleyball player who plays as an opposite hitter for Italian Series A1 team Imoco Volley Conegliano. She played collegiately at the University of Minnesota. Personal life Samedy is from Clermont, Florida and played volleyball at her high school, East Ridge. She was the first volleyball athlete in her high school's history to sign with a NCAA Division I program when she signed with Minnesota. She was named an Under Armour All-American and was the 2016-17 Florida Gatorade Volleyball Player of the Year, recording 424 kills, 189 digs, and 25 blocks during her senior year. She played on the youth and junior USA national teams, and won a silver medal at the 2015 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship. Career College Samedy became the first player in Minnesota's history to earn AVCA First Team All-American honors as a freshman. In her freshman season, she led the team with 478 kills. In her sophomore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexis Hart
Alexis may refer to: People Mononym * Alexis (poet) ( – ), a Greek comic poet * Alexis (sculptor), an ancient Greek artist who lived around the 3rd or 4th century BC * Alexis (singer) (born 1968), German pop singer * Alexis (comics) (1946–1977), French comics artist * Alexis, character in Virgil's Eclogue II, beloved of Corydon (character) * Alexis, in Greek mythology, a young man of Ephesus, beloved of Meliboea * Alexis, a fictional character from ''Transformers:Unicron Trilogy'' Given name * Alexis (given name) Surname *Aaron Alexis (1979–2013), perpetrator of the 2013 Washington Navy Yard shooting *Jacques-Édouard Alexis (born 1947), former prime minister of Haiti *Jacques Stephen Alexis (1922–1961), Haitian communist novelist, poet, and activist *Paul Alexis (1847–1901), French novelist, dramatist, and journalist *Stephen Alexis (1889–1962), Haitian novelist and diplomat *Wendell Alexis (born 1964), American basketball player *Willibald Alexis or Georg Wilhelm He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Wilhite Parsons
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. 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. 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. 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 outs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daly Santana
Daly Santana Morales (born February 19, 1995) is a Puerto Rican indoor volleyball player. She is a outside hitter. She is part of the Puerto Rican national team since 2011. At the age of 21, she competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Early life Santana has said that volleyball stopped being just a game for her at the age of 11, when she made Puerto Rico's under-18 national team. In 2010, she led the team to the bronze medal at the NORCECA Girls’ Youth Volleyball Tournament. In 2011, she captained the team at the 2011 FIVB Volleyball Girls' Youth World Championship in Turkey. In 2011, as a 16 year old, Santana split time between homework, the Bayamon Military Academy high school volleyball team, and the Llaneras de Toa Baja, a professional team in the LVSF. In 2011, she made her debut with Puerto Rico's senior national team when she played at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico. College career In 2012, Santana began playing NCAA Division I volleyball, joinin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hannah Tapp
Hannah Bailey Tapp (born June 21, 1995) is an American volleyball player who plays as a middle blocker. Since 2019, she plays professionally in Japan. She is a member of the United States women's national volleyball team since 2017. Personal life Tapp grew up in Stewartville, Minnesota. She graduated from Stewartville High School in 2013. In addition to volleyball, she also played basketball and was a track & field athlete in high school. She has an identical twin sister, Paige, who also played volleyball for Minnesota and the U.S. national team. Career College Tapp played collegiately for Minnesota. She had 978 kills and 551 career blocks, with an overall total of 1,273 points throughout her career. She was named an AVCA 1st Team All-American in 2015 and a 2nd Team All-American in 2016. Tapp graduated Minnesota with a degree in management in 2017. She was a finalist for the Senior CLASS Award in volleyball. Professional clubs Tapp has played professionally in Germany, Ita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paige Tapp
Paige Nicole Sander (; born June 21, 1995) is an American former volleyball player who played in the middle blocker position. Sander played collegiately for Minnesota Golden Gophers women's volleyball, Minnesota from 2013 to 2016 where she was an All-American and was a member of the United States women's national volleyball team, U.S. national team. With the national team, she won a gold medal at the 2017 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup, 2017 and 2018 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup, 2018 Pan American Cup, and participated in the 2017 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix, 2017 FIVB World Grand Prix tournament. Personal life Sander is from Stewartville, Minnesota and played volleyball for Stewartville High School. Sander's twin sister, Hannah Tapp, Hannah, also played volleyball with her at Minnesota and the national team. In 2022, she married former men's national team player Brenden Sander. Career Minnesota At Minnesota, Sander began her career in 2013, but seldom played ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tori Dixon
TeTori "Tori" Elsie Dixon (born August 4, 1992) is an American indoor volleyball player, and was part of the United States national team that won the 2014 World Championship gold medal. Career College She played college volleyball for the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers women's volleyball team. Dixon was Selected AVCA All-America First-Team a unanimous All-Big Ten. She finished her career ranked fifth all time in total blocks (507), the best ever career hitting percentage (.369) and ninth all-time in career kills (1,479). International Dixon was part of the USA national team that won the 2014 World Championship gold medal when the team defeated China 3-1 in the final match. Dixon was named Best Middle Blocker at the 2014 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup. Dixon played for Rabita Baku for the 2014/15 season, taking part of the Women's CEV Champions League and Azerbaijan Women's Volleyball Super League. She then played for the Japanese club Toray Arrows for the 2015 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lauren Gibbemeyer
Lauren Gibbemeyer (born September 8, 1988) is an American indoor volleyball player. She was a member of the United States women's national volleyball team and plays as middle blocker. Career She played college women's volleyball at University of Minnesota from 2007 to 2010. Gibbemeyer was part of the USA national team that won the 2015 FIVB World Grand Prix gold medal. Lauren Gibbemeyer's early career started with Northern Lights Volleyball Club. In these years she won the 2006 North American Junior Championship. From 2007 to 2010 she played for the University of Minnesota, taking part in the Austin 2009 semifinals against the University of Texas. In 2011, after college she was asked to play for the national team for the first time. She won the bronze medal at the 16th Pan American Games, where she was awarded Best block. In the 2011-12 season she began her professional career in the Japanese league with Toyota Auto Body Queens. The following season she moved to Robursport Vol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cassie Busse
Cassie Busse (born January 15, 1982) is a retired American female volleyball player. She was part of the United States women's national volleyball team. She participated at the 2007 Pan American Games The 2007 Pan American Games, officially known as the XV Pan American Games, were a major continental multi-sport event that took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from July 13 to 29, 2007. A total of 5,633 athletes from 42 National Olympic Com .... References External linksArticle title*https://web.archive.org/web/20110807120224/http://www.bigten.org/sports/w-volley/spec-rel/080104aac.html *https://web.archive.org/web/20101124210504/http://www.bigten.org/sports/w-volley/recaps/080104aae.html 1982 births Living people American women's volleyball players Volleyball players at the 2007 Pan American Games Place of birth missing (living people) Pan American Games medalists in volleyball Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States Medalists at the 2007 Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
