Taylor Sander
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| Full name | Taylor Sander | ||||||||||||
| Nickname | The Sandman | ||||||||||||
| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||
| Born |
March 17, 1992 Huntington Beach, California, United States | ||||||||||||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 80 kg (180 lb) | ||||||||||||
| College(s) | Brigham Young University | ||||||||||||
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| Position | Outside hitter | ||||||||||||
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 Blu Volley Verona | ||||||||||||
| Number | 15 | ||||||||||||
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| Last updated: December 22, 2014 | |||||||||||||
Taylor Sander (born March 17, 1992 in Huntington Beach, California, United States) is an American volleyball player, a member of United States men's national volleyball team and Italian club Blu Volley Verona, gold medalist of the World League 2014.
Personal life
Sander is the son of Steven and Kera Sander. He has brother Brenden and Britney. At BYU his degree was in Global Studies.
Career
College
He was recruited by USC, Long Beach State, UC Irvine, and BYU.[1] At Brigham Young University Sander was a four-time AVCA All-American (three first-team citations, one second-team citation), the 2014 AVCA Player of the Year,[2] 2013 and 2014 MPSF Player of the Year, 2013 and 2014 MPSF Tournament MVP, and four-time All-MPSF First Team. He holds the BYU all-time single-match record for service aces (nine) and career service aces (182). In the rally-scoring era, is No. 1 at BYU in career kills (1,743), career attempts (3,464), career service aces (182), season attempts (1,021 in 2014), season service aces (55 in 2014) and aces in a match (nine).[3]
Clubs
Sander signed a contract with Blu Volley Verona, and Italian Serie A1 team (top level), on June 10, 2014.[4]
National team
Sander competed with Team USA in the 2014 World League. 4th ranked USA upset 1st ranked Brazil to win the tournament, and Sander was named "best outside spiker" and tournament MVP (which included a $30,000 prize award).[5]
References
- ↑ Curtis, Matt (7 December 2013). "Know the Bro: Men's volleyball star Taylor Sander". Vanquish the Foe. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
- ↑ Drew, Jay (30 April 2014). "BYU's Taylor Sander earns AVCA Player of the Year honors". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
- ↑ "BYU sweeps California Baptist as Taylor Sander sets program kills record". NCAA. 23 March 2014. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
- ↑ Murray, MB (11 June 2014). "BYU Volleyball: Taylor Sander to play professional volleyball in Italy". Vanquish the Foe. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
- ↑ "USA upset Brazil to claim second World League title". FIVB.org. 20 July 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
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Preceded by Ivan Zaytsev Ricardo Lucarelli |
Best Outside Spiker of FIVB World League 2014 ex aequo Ricardo Lucarelli |
Succeeded by TBD |
Preceded by Nikolay Pavlov |
Most Valuable Player of FIVB World League 2014 |
Succeeded by TBD |