Logan Tom
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Birthplace | Napa, California |
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Birthdate | May 25, 1981 |
Height | 193 cm |
Team | CV Spar Tenerife |
Logan Maile Lei Tom (born May 25, 1981 in Napa, California) is an Olympic indoor volleyball and professional beach volleyball player.
She is the daughter of former NFL Football player Melvyn Tom. Though she grew up with her mom and brother in Salt Lake City, Utah, she spent her summers with her dad in Hawaii learning how to surf. In 2000, she became the youngest woman to ever be selected for the USA Olympic volleyball team. She was just 19 years old at the time. Logan Tom was a student athlete at Stanford University, where she majored in international relations and helped the Cardinal win a national title in 2001. She was named the NCAA "Player of The Year" in 2003. In 2004, the 6' 1" (185 cm) Tom posed in a bikini for an FHM magazine article on female Olympic athletes. She was ranked #91 on the FHM 100 Sexiest Women of 2005.[1].
She is of Chinese-Hawaiian descent.
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- ^ FreeJose.com. FHM Magazine 100 Sexiest Women 2005. Retrieved on November 11, 2006.
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Categories: 1981 births | Competitors at the 2000 Summer Olympics | Competitors at the 2004 Summer Olympics | Olympic competitors for the United States | American volleyball players | Chinese Americans | Living people | Native Hawaiian people | People from Napa, California | People from Salt Lake City | People from Long Beach, California | Stanford Cardinal volleyball players | People from the San Francisco Bay Area