Héctor Soto

Héctor Soto
Personal information
Full name	Héctor Alejandro Soto
Nickname	Picky
Nationality	Puerto Rico
Born	June 20, 1978 (1978-06-20) (age 33) New York City, New York
Hometown	San Juan, Puerto Rico
Height	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight	85 kg (190 lb)
Spike	340 cm (130 in)
Block	332 cm (131 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Wing Spiker
Current club	Hyundai Capital Skywalkers
Number	11
National team
2005 -	Puerto Rico
Honours Men's Volleyball Competitor for  Puerto Rico NORCECA Championship Silver 2007 Anaheim Team Pan-American Cup Bronze 2010 San Juan Team
Last updated: May 2010

Héctor Soto (born June 20, 1978) is a volleyball player from Puerto Rico, who was a member of the Men's National Team that ended up in sixth place at the 2007 FIVB Men's World Cup in Japan. There he was named Best Scorer of the tournament. At FIVB World Championships 2006 in Japan, he became one of the most popular players. The local press named him "Soto-Man" in reference to Superman due to his unstoppable kills that made him a scoring machine. He ended playing for the Panasonic Panthers in the Japanese League in the 2006/2007 season.

Soto is nicknamed "Picky". Serving as the team captain Soto was named the tournament's Best Scorer at the 2007 NORCECA Championship, finishing with 104 points on 94 spikes, five blocks and five aces. On June 25, 2008, Soto announced that he would take part in a promotional campaign for Gatorade.^[1]

He won with his team the Bronze medal at the 2010 Pan-American Cup.^[2]

Contents 1 College 2 Clubs 3 Awards 3.1 Individuals 3.2 Clubs 4 References 5 External links

College

Attended University of Indiana - Ft. Wayne where he was a two time AVCA Division I First Team All-American (1999, 2000) and a Second Team All-American selection in 1998.

Clubs

• Noliko Maaseik (2001–2002)
• Alimenti Sardi Cagliari (2002–2003)
• Terra Sarda Cagliari (2003–2005)
• Tiscali Cagliari (2005–2006)
• Panasonic Panthers (2006–2007)
• Lokomotiv Novosibirsk (2007–2009)
• Arkas Spor Izmir (2009–2010)
• Hyundai Capital Skywalkers (2010-current)

Awards

Individuals

• 2006 Inducted to the University of Indiana - Ft. Wayne Hall of Fame
• 2006 Central American & Caribbean Games "MVP"
• 2006 Central American & Caribbean Games "Best Scorer"
• 2006 FIVB World Championship "Best Scorer"
• 2007 Pan American Games "Best Scorer"
• 2007 NORCECA Championship "Best Scorer"
• 2007 FIVB World Cup "Best Scorer"
• 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games "Most Valuable Player"

Clubs

• 2002 Belgium League - Champion, with Noliko Maaseik
• 2002 Belgium Cup - Champion, with Noliko Maaseik
• 2004/2005 - Champion - Italian Serie A-2 with Terra Sarda Cagliari. For winning Serie A-2, the club was promoted to Serie A-1 the following season.

References

External links

• FIVB Profile
• Italian League Profile

Awards
Preceded by Marcos Milinkovic	2006 Men's Volleyball World Championship Best Scorer 2006	Succeeded by Incumbent

Awards
Preceded by Takahiro Yamamoto	2007 Men's Volleyball World Cup Best Scorer 2007	Succeeded by Incumbent

Persondata
Name	Soto, Hector
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	June 20, 1978
Place of birth	New York City, New York
Date of death
Place of death

Cheonan Hyundai Capital Skywalkers at 2010-2011 Season Head Coach Kim Ho-Chul Coach Kang Sung-Hyung  · Kim Kyung-Hoon Left Attacker 4 Moon Sung-Min  · 12 Jang Young-Ki  · 15 Lee Hyung-Doo  · 16 Lee Chul-Kyu  · 17 Kim Dae-Kyung Right Attacker 1 Joo Sang-Yong  · 9 Who In-Jung (c)  · 11 Héctor Soto Center Blocker 7 Lee Sun-Kyu  · 8 Lee Chang-Han  · 10 Yoon Bong-Woo  · 18 Han Sang-Gil Setter 3 Kwon Young-Min  · 6 Choi Tae-Woong  · 14 Lee Hyo-Dong Libero 2 Shin Dong-Kwang  · 5 Oh Jung-Rok Service in Military Kim Dong-Kun