Megan Eileen Courtney-Lush (born October 27, 1993) is an American indoor professional volleyball player for the United States women's national volleyball team. Courtney played outside hitter for the Penn State women's volleyball team, and won back to back national championships in

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and

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. With the USA national team, she played at the 2017 FIVB World Grand Prix. She was named the best libero at the

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. Courtney was also selected as an alternate to the 2020 USA Olympic Team but did not travel to Tokyo.

Career

High School and College

Courtney's volleyball career began in 2008, playing for four years with Archbishop Alter High School in

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. She played college women's volleyball at

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, where in her freshman season she was the Big Ten Freshman of the Year as well as the AVCA Mideast Region Freshman of the Year. In her next two seasons, she helped Penn State to back-to-back NCAA Titles. In the

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, she earned Most Outstanding Player honors after she recorded career-high 23 kills and 16 digs in the national semifinals win over Stanford. She had 11 kills and 14 digs in the NCAA Championship win over BYU.

International

In 2016, she signed her first professional contract at

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in the

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. In the summer of 2016, she made her debut in the US women's national team. In 2017, she won the

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gold medal. In the 2016-17 season she arrived in Poland, where he plays the ORLEN Liga with the Impla of Breslavia. In the following season she played for Çanakkale, a Turkish Sultanlar league club. In May 2021, she was named to team USA's 18-player roster for the FIVB Volleyball Nations League tournament. that was played May 25-June 24 in

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. Team USA would eventually win the gold medal after defeating Brazil in the finals. She was a selected as an Olympic alternate for the

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. After three seasons in teams of the

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, she was picked by Imoco Volley Conegliano as outside hitter. In her debut match with her new club she won her first professional title, the 2021 Italian Super Cup, and received the Most Valuable Player award.

Clubs

(2015-2016) * Impel Wrocław (2016-2017) *

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(2017-2018) *

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(2018-2019) * Igor Gorgonzola Novara (2019-2020) *

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(2020-2021) *

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(2021-2022)

Awards

Clubs

* 2021 Italian Supercup - Simple cup icon

Champions, with Imoco Volley Conegliano * 2021-22 Italian Cup (Coppa Italia) - Simple cup icon

Champion, with Imoco Volley Conegliano

Individuals

* '' 2019 FIVB Nations League – "Best Libero"'' * ''2021 Italian A1 League Super Cup – Most Valuable Player ''

References

External links

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Career

High School and College

International

Clubs

Awards

Clubs

Individuals

See also

References

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