Ryan Madsen Millar (born 22 January 1978) is an American volleyball player, a member of United States men's national volleyball team in 1998–2008, a participant of the Olympic Games (

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), 2008 Olympic Champion, three times NORCECA Champion.

Personal life

Millar was born in San Dimas, California. He graduated from Brigham Young University in 2001.

Career

Millar played volleyball at Brigham Young University in

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, from 1996-1999. In 1996, he was named the Volleyball Magazine National Freshman of the Year and was a Third-Team All- Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF). In 1999, he was named the MPSF Player of the Year and was a First Team

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(AVCA) All-American. In 1998, he finished second in the nation in blocks per game (2.02) en route to repeating as a First Team All-American. In 1999, he capped off his successful career by leading BYU to the program's first ever NCAA Men's Volleyball Championship and was once again a First Team All-American as he ranked first in the country in hitting percentage (.498) and blocks per game (2.14) In July 2006, Millar was named as an assistant coach for the BYU men's volleyball team under Head Coach Tom Peterson. In August 2006, Millar was named co-interim head coach of the BYU men's volleyball team after Peterson's sudden resignation. He has played at the

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and the

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. In 2000, the U.S. men had a disappointing Olympic tournament, failing to win a single match. At Athens, Millar helped the USA men finished fourth overall. During the Olympics, he ranked fourth on the team in scoring with 70 points on 53 kills, and 16 blocks. In 2008, Millar helped Team USA to the gold medal.

Achievements

Clubs

National championships

* 2010/2011 Bronze medal with cup

Polish Championship, with

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* 2011/2012 Simple gold cup

Russian Cup, with Lokomotiv Novosibirsk * 2011/2012 Bronze medal with cup

Russian Championship, with Lokomotiv Novosibirsk

Individual

* 2005 NORCECA Championship - Best Blocker * 2005 FIVB World Grand Champions Cup - Best Blocker * 2007 USA Volleyball - Indoor Player of the Year

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Millar, Ryan 1978 births Living people American men's volleyball players Volleyball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the United States in volleyball BYU Cougars men's volleyball players People from San Dimas, California American Latter Day Saints Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Los Angeles County, California Expatriate volleyball players in Poland Resovia (volleyball) players Middle blockers