Clayton Stanley

Clayton Stanley
Personal information
Full name Clayton Iona Stanley
Nickname Clay, The Bird
Nationality  United States
Born January 20, 1978
Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
Hometown Honolulu, Hawaii
Height 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)
Weight 104 kg (229 lb)
Spike 357 cm (141 in)
Block 332 cm (131 in)
Volleyball information
Position Opposite hitter
Current club Russia VC Ural Ufa
Number 3
Career
Years Teams
2001–2004
2004–2006
2006–2010
2010–2011		 Panathinaikos Athens
Iraklis Thessaloniki
Zenit Kazan
Ural Ufa
National team
2004–  United States
Last updated: September 29, 2011

Clayton “Clay” Iona Stanley (born January 20, 1978, in Honolulu, Hawaii) is an American volleyball player. Stanley has been on the U.S. men's national team since 2000 and has made three Olympic appearances, in 2004, 2008, and 2012. He was the Most Valuable Player of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, after guiding his team to the gold medal.[1]

Personal life

Stanley was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, to Jon Stanley and Sandra Haine. He has three brothers (Reese Haine, Wil Stanley and Jon Stanley), and two sisters (Taeya Stanley and Natasha Haine).

Stanley is a graduate of Kaiser High School in Honolulu and did not play volleyball in high school, as the school did not have a boys' team at the time.

Stanley's father played on 1968 men's Olympic volleyball team and is a member of the Volleyball Hall of Fame. Stanley's step-grandfather, Tom Haine, was also on the 1968 men's Olympic volleyball team. His mother, Sandra Haine, played professionally for the Denver Comets as well as for Canada's national team. With Stanley's first Olympic appearance in Athens, Greece, he and his father became the first father-son Olympians in USA volleyball history.

College

Stanley attended the University of Hawaiʻi, where he majored in Spanish. Stanley was a freshman in 1997, but redshirted his sophomore year. He decided to forgo his 2000 senior redshirt year to play professionally.[2]

In 1999, Stanley broke Hawaiʻi's single-match kill record with 50 kills against UCLA. In 2000, he was Third-Team All-Mountain Pacific Sports Federation and ranked in the Top 15 of the nation with a 5.53 kill average. He led the MPSF in aces and tied team record with 54. He finished his career 10th on all-time kill list at Hawaii.

International

Playing at the 2004 Summer Olympics, Stanley led the team and finished fifth overall in scoring with 110 points on 83 kills, 17 aces and 10 blocks. His 17 aces ranked second among all players in the tournament. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, Stanley helped Team USA to its first gold medal in 20 years. For his performances during the tournament, he was selected as the MVP, Best Scorer, and Best Server of the Olympics.[1]

With the professional club Iraklis Thessaloniki, he won the silver medal at the 2004–05 CEV Champions League and was awarded "Best Scorer" and "Best Server".[3] The next season he also won the silver medal and was awarded "Best Scorer".[4]

Playing with Dynamo-Tattransgaz he won the 2007–08 Indesit Champions League and also was individually awarded "Most Valuable Player".[5]

Clubs

Awards

Individuals

National team

Senior team

Clubs

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 FIVB. "MVP Clay Stanley explains greatness after Olympic triumph" (retrieved on August 25, 2008).
  2. ↑ NBC. "NBC Olympic Profile: Riding on a Rainbow"
  3. ↑ CEV. "Tours stronger than host team". Retrieved 2010-06-05.
  4. ↑ CEV. "Sisley Treviso wins Champions' League!". Retrieved 2010-06-05.
  5. ↑ CEV. "KAZAN takes Indesit European Champions’ League title to Russia". Retrieved 2010-06-10.

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