United States men's national volleyball team
United States men's national volleyball team - 2015
The United States men's national volleyball team is the national team for the United States of America. It is governed by USA Volleyball. The team represents the country in international competitions and friendly matches.
History
In September 2015 U.S. national team took part in 2015 World Cup. American players won 10 of 11 matches (the same result as Poland and Italy) and lost only with Poland (1-3). On September 23, 2015 they played their last game at World Cup and beat Argentina (1-3). Despite of the same amount of winning matches just like two other teams, USA won World Cup and qualified at 2016 Summer Olympic Games because of difference in points.[1] American players received three individual awards. Micah Christenson was Best Setter, Erik Shoji was Best Libero and Matthew Anderson was chosen Most Valuable Player.[2] It was their second victory in World Cup tournament (previous in 1985).[3]
Olympic Games
- 1964 Tokyo — 9th place
- Bright, Brown, Erickson, Murray, Hill, Griebenow, Hammer, Highland, Lantg, Nelson, O'Hara, Ernie Suwara, Taylor and Velasco. Head Coach: Wilson.
- 1968 Mexico — 7th place
- Alstrom, Bright, Davenport, Duke, Haine, Henn, May, Patterson, Rundle, Stanley, Suwara and Velasco. Head Coach: Coleman.
- 1984 Los Angeles —
Gold medal
- Berzins, Buck, Duwelius, Dvorak, Kiraly, Marlowe, Powers, Salmons, Saunders, Sunderland, Timmons and Waldie.
- 1988 Seoul — Gold medal
- Buck, Ctvrtlik, Fortunee, Kiraly, Luyties, Partie, Root, Sato, Saunders, Stork, Tanner and Timmons. Head Coach: Dunphy.
- 1992 Barcelona —
Bronze medal
- Becker, Briceno, Ctvrtlik, Fortune, Greenbaum, Hilliard, Ivie, Partie, Samuelson, Sato, Stork and Timmons. Head Coach: Sturm.
- 1996 Atlanta — 9th place
- Ball, Ctvrtlik, Fortune, Hyden, Ivie, Lambert, Landry, Nygaard, Sorensen, Stork, Watts and Winslow. Head Coach: Sturm.
- 2000 Sydney — 11th place
- Ball, Barnett, Hoff, Hyden, Lambert, Landry, McCaw, Millar, Nygaard, Roumain, Sullivan and Witt. Head Coach: Beal.
- 2004 Athens — 4th place
- Ball, Barnett, Billings, Eatherton, Gardner, Hoff, Millar, Priddy, Salmon, Stanley, Sullivan and Suxho. Head Coach: Beal.
- 2008 Beijing — Gold medal
- Ball, Gardner, Hansen, Hoff, Lambourne, Lee, Millar, Priddy, Rooney, Salmon, Stanley and Touzinsky. Head Coach: McCutcheon
- 2012 London — 5th place
- Anderson, Holmes, Lambourne, Lee, Lotman, McKienzie, Priddy, Rooney, Smith, Stanley, Suxho and Thornton. Head Coach: Knipe
World Championship
- 1949 — did not compete
- 1952 — did not compete
- 1956 — 6th place
- 1960 — 7th place
- 1962 — did not compete
- 1966 — 11th place
- 1970 — 18th place
- 1974 — 14th place
- 1978 — 19th place
- 1982 — 13th place
- 1986 — Gold medal
- Dvorak, Saunders, Salmons, Ctvrtlik, Partie, Timmons, Buck, Stork, Sato, Powers, Kiraly. Head Coach: Dunphy.
- 1990 — 13th place
- 1994 — Bronze medal
- 1998 — 9th place
- 2002 — 9th place
- Ball, Seiffert, McKienzie, Sullivan, Bunker, Priddy, Millar, Salmon, Billings, Stanley, Polster, Naeve. Head coach: Beal
- 2006 — 10th place
- Polster, Lambourne, Eatherton, Suxho, Priddy, Millar, Salmon, Hoff, Stanley, Gardner, McKienzie, Taliaferro. Head coach: McCutcheon
- 2010 — 6th place
- Anderson, Rooney, Lee, Lambourne, Lotman, Winder, Priddy, Stanley, Hansen, Holmes, Clark, Holt. Head coach: Knipe
- 2014 — 7th place
- Anderson, Sander, Lee, Lotman, K. Shoji, Ciarelli, Christenson, Clark, Holt, Reft, Smith, E. Schoji. Head coach: Speraw
World Cup
- 1965 — did not compete
- 1969 — did not compete
- 1977 — 10th place
- 1981 — did not qualify
- 1985 — Gold medal
- 1989 — 4th place
- 1991 — Bronze medal
- 1995 — 4th place
- 1999 — 4th place
- 2003 — 4th place
- Ball, Sullivan, Suxho, Priddy, Millar, Salmon, Billings, Hoff, Stanley, Gardner, Polster, Naeve. Head coach: Beal
- 2007 — 4th place
- Ball, Rooney, Polster, Lee, Lambourne, Priddy, Millar, Salmon, Hoff, Stanley, Hansen, Gardner. Head coach: McCutcheon
- 2011 — 6th place
- Anderson, Rooney, Patak, Lee, Lotman, Priddy, Salmon, Holmes, Hansen, Thornton, Holt. Head coach: Knipe
- 2015 — Gold medal
- Anderson, Russell, Sander, Lee (C), Lotman, Shoji K., Troy, Christenson, Holmes, Jablonsky, Holt, Smith, Watten, Shoji E.. Head Coach: Speraw.
World Grand Champions Cup
- 1993 — 5th place
- 1997 — did not compete
- 2001 — did not compete
- 2005 —
Silver medal
- Eatherton, Polster, Lambourne, Hoff, McKienzie, Millar, Priddy, Salmon, Stanley, Suxho, Tamas, Olree. Head Coach: McCutcheon
- 2013 — 5th place
- Anderson, Rooney, Lee, K. Shoji, Priddy, Troy, Christenson, Tavana, Menzel, Clark, Holt, E. Shoji. Head coach: Speraw
World League
- 1990 — 7th place
- 1991 — 6th place
- 1992 — Bronze medal
- 1993 — 9th place
- 1994 — 12th place
- 1995 — 10th place
- 1996 — did not compete
- 1997 — did not compete
- 1998 — did not compete
- 1999 — did not compete
- 2000 — 6th place
- 2001 — 9th place
- 2002 — did not compete
- 2003 — did not compete
- 2004 — did not compete
- 2005 — did not compete
- 2006 — T-10th place
- 2007 — Bronze medal
- Polster, Taliaferro, Lambourne, Lee, Priddy, Millar, Salmon, Hoff, Stanley, Hansen, Gardner. Head Coach: McCutcheon.
- 2008 — Gold medal
- Ball, Rooney, Lambourne, Priddy, Millar, Salmon, Hoff, Stanley, Hansen, Gardner, Lee, Touzinsky. Head Coach: McCutcheon.
- 2009 — 6th place
- 2010 — 8th place
- 2011 — 7th place
- Anderson, Rooney, Patak, Lee, Lambourne, Lotman, Suxho, Priddy, Thornton, Winder, Holmes, Stanley, Hansen, Gardner, Jablonsky, Holt, Touzinsky, Tarr, Smith. Head Coach: Knipe.
- 2012 — Silver medal
- Anderson, Rooney, Lee, Lambourne, Lotman, Suxho, Priddy, Thornton, Holmes, Stanley, Smith, McKienzie. Head Coach: Knipe.
- 2013 — 12th place
- 2014 — Gold medal
- Anderson, Rooney, Sander, Lee, Lotman, Shoji K., Christenson, Holmes, Clark, Holt, Muagututia, Shoji E.. Head Coach: Speraw.
- 2015 — Bronze medal
- Anderson, Russell, Sander, Lee, Lotman, Shoji K., Priddy, Troy, Jaeschke, Christenson, Holmes, Holt, Smith, Watten, Shoji E.. Head Coach: Speraw.
NORCECA Championship
- 1969 — Bronze medal
- 1971 — Silver medal
- 1973 — Gold medal
- 1975 — Bronze medal
- 1977 — 5th place
- 1979 — 5th place
- 1981 — Silver medal
- 1983 — Gold medal
- 1985 — Gold medal
- 1987 — Silver medal
- 1989 — Bronze medal
- 1991 — Silver medal
- 1993 — Silver medal
- 1995 — Silver medal
- 1997 — Silver medal
- 1999 — Gold medal
- 2001 — Silver medal
- 2003 — Gold medal
- 2005 — Gold medal
- Olree, Polster, Tamas, Lambourne, Eatherton, Suxho, Millar, Salmon, Billings, Hoff, Stanley, McKienzie. Head Coach: McCutcheon
- 2007 — Gold medal
- Ball, Polster, Lambourne, Lee, Hoff, Millar, Priddy, Salmon, Stanley, Hansen, Gardner, Touzinsky. Head Coach: McCutcheon
- 2009 — Silver medal
- 2011 — Silver medal
- Anderson, Rooney, Patak, Lee, Lambourne, Lotman, Millar, Stanley, Hansen, Thorton, Jablonsky, Holt. Head coach: Knipe
- 2013 — Gold medal
- Anderson, Rooney, Caldwell, Lee, Priddy, Troy, Christenson, Menzel, Clark, Holt, Tavana, E. Shoji. Head coach: Speraw
- 2015 — TBD
Pan American Cup
- 2006 — Gold medal
- 2007 — did not compete
- 2008 — Gold medal
- Anderson, Patak, Tarr, Proper, Meerstein, Jablonsky, Winder, Hildebrand, Hein, Scheftic, Lotman, Reft. Head coach: Knipe
- 2009 — Gold medal
- Vance, Bittner, McKinney, Kneubuhl, Hildebrand, Tarr, Meerstein, Nielsen, Thornton, Holt, Zahn, Watten. Head coach: McLaughlin
- 2010 — Gold medal
- Watten, Tarr, McKinney, Thornton, Bittner, Lipsitz, Smith, Hildebrand, Clark, Brunner, Jablonsky, McGuire. Head coach: McLaughlin
- 2011 — Silver medal
- Menzel, Muagututia, Troy, Winder, Hein, Meehan, Shoji, Smith, Tarr, Price, Jablonsky, Watten. Head coach: Mayforth
- 2012 — Gold medal
- Davis, Rawson, Clark, Muagututia, Troy, DuFault, McDonnell, Ciarelli, Ammerman, Watten, Sander, Shoji. Head coach: Patchell
- 2013 — 5th place
- Olbright, Taylor, Owens, Sunder, Brinkley, McDonnell, Price, Ammerman, Sangrey, Ratajczak, Lavaja, Sander. Head coach: Patchell
- 2014 — Silver medal
- Rowe, Crabb, Mcllvaine, Brinkley, Kevorken, Page, Averill, Dejno, La Cavera, Nally, Boldog, Olson. Head coach: Sullivan
- 2015 — 6th place
- Kessel, Jendryk, Benesh, Brinkley, Langlois, Mcllvaine, Nally (C), Walsh, Patch, Seif, Petty, Russell. Head coach: Nygaard.
America Cup
- Ball, Billings, Eatherton, Hansen, Hoff, Lambourne, Millar, Polster, Priddy, Rooney, Salmon, Stanley. Head Coach: McCutcheon.
- Anderson, Nielson, Eatherton, Lambourne, Jablonsky, Winder, Billings, Hein, Taliaferro, Thomas, Touzinsky. Head Coach: Larsen.
Goodwill Games
- 1986 — Silver medal
- Ctvrtlik, Dvorak, Kiraly, Luyties, Miller, Partie, Powers, Salmons, Saunders, Tanner, Stork, Timmons.
Current team
Updated: 23 September 2015
| No. |
Name |
Date of birth |
Height |
Weight |
Spike |
Block |
2015 club |
| 01 !1 | Anderson , MatthewMatthew Anderson | 000000001987-04-18-000018 April 1987 | 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) | 100 kg (220 lb) | 360 cm (140 in) | 332 cm (131 in) |  Zenit Kazan |
| 01 !2 | Russell , AaronAaron Russell | 000000001993-06-07-00007 June 1993 | 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) | 98 kg (216 lb) | 356 cm (140 in) | 337 cm (133 in) |  Sir Safety Perugia |
| 01 !3 | Sander , TaylorTaylor Sander | 000000001992-03-17-000017 March 1992 | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | 80 kg (180 lb) | 345 cm (136 in) | 320 cm (130 in) | Blu Volley Verona |
| 01 !4 | Lee, DavidDavid Lee | 000000001982-03-08-00008 March 1982 | 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) | 105 kg (231 lb) | 350 cm (140 in) | 325 cm (128 in) |  P.A.O.K. V.C. |
| 01 !6 | Lotman , PaulPaul Lotman | 000000001985-11-03-00003 November 1985 | 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) | 102 kg (225 lb) | 336 cm (132 in) | 312 cm (123 in) |  Asseco Resovia Rzeszów |
| 01 !7 | Shoji , KawikaKawika Shoji | 000000001987-11-11-000011 November 1987 | 1.9 m (6 ft 3 in) | 79 kg (174 lb) | 331 cm (130 in) | 315 cm (124 in) |  SCC Berlin |
| 01 !9 | Troy , MurphyMurphy Troy | 000000001989-05-31-000031 May 1989 | 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) | 99 kg (218 lb) | 360 cm (140 in) | 350 cm (140 in) | Lotos Trefl Gdańsk |
| 01 !10 | Jaeschke , ThomasThomas Jaeschke | 000000001993-09-04-00004 September 1993 | 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) | 92 kg (203 lb) | 348 cm (137 in) | 330 cm (130 in) | Asseco Resovia Rzeszów |
| 01 !11 | Christenson, MicahMicah Christenson | 000000001993-05-08-00008 May 1993 | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | 88 kg (194 lb) | 349 cm (137 in) | 340 cm (130 in) | Cucine Lube Civitanova |
| 01 !12 | Holmes, RussellRussell Holmes | 000000001982-07-01-00001 July 1982 | 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) | 95 kg (209 lb) | 352 cm (139 in) | 335 cm (132 in) | Asseco Resovia Rzeszów |
| 01 !16 | Jablonsky, JaysonJayson Jablonsky | 000000001985-07-23-000023 July 1985 | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | 91 kg (201 lb) | 345 cm (136 in) | 335 cm (132 in) | P.A.O.K. V.C. |
| 01 !17 | Holt , MaxwellMaxwell Holt | 000000001987-03-12-000012 March 1987 | 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) | 90 kg (200 lb) | 351 cm (138 in) | 333 cm (131 in) | Dynamo Moscow |
| 01 !20 | Smith, DavidDavid Smith | 000000001985-05-15-000015 May 1985 | 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) | 86 kg (190 lb) | 348 cm (137 in) | 314 cm (124 in) |  Tours VB |
| 01 !21 | Watten , DustinDustin Watten | 000000001986-10-27-000027 October 1986 | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | 80 kg (180 lb) | 306 cm (120 in) | 295 cm (116 in) | GFCO Ajaccio |
| 01 !22 | Shoji , ErikErik Shoji | 000000001989-08-24-000024 August 1989 | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | 83 kg (183 lb) | 330 cm (130 in) | 321 cm (126 in) | SCC Berlin |
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See also
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