Krista Vansant
Krista Vansant Hendrickson at an Illinois volleyball practice in October 2022
Personal information
Nationality United States
Born (1993-03-31) March 31, 1993 (age 30)
Whittier, California, U.S.
HometownRedlands, California, U.S.
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Weight75 kg (165 lb)[1]
Spike310 cm (122 in)[1]
Block300 cm (118 in)[1]
College / UniversityUniversity of Washington
Volleyball information
PositionOutside hitter
Career
YearsTeams
2015–2016Voléro Zürich
National team
2015–2016United States
Honours
Women's volleyball
Representing  United States
World Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place 2015 Omaha Team
Silver medal – second place 2016 Bangkok Team
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Toronto Team
Pan American Cup
Gold medal – first place 2015 Peru Team
NORCECA Championship
Gold medal – first place 2015 Morelio Team

Krista Vansant (born March 31, 1993) is a volleyball player and coach who played collegiately for Washington. In 2022, she was the assistant coach for the University of Illinois volleyball team after spending 3 seasons as an assistant coach at Indiana.[2][3]

Early life

Vansant was born in Whittier, California, east of Los Angeles, to Tricia and Robert Vansant and grew up in Redlands, California.[4] She played volleyball all four years at Redlands East Valley High School where she helped lead her team to three CIF championship titles.[5] She recorded 1913 kills during her four years on the high school team.[6] Her high school accomplishments resulted in being awarded the Gatorade Player of the Year award in volleyball. She was the consensus top pick in the nation as a senior, and chose to go to the University of Washington.[4]

College career

In her junior year at Washington, Vasant was named the National Player of the Year by the American Volleyball Coaches Association, as well as Pac-12 Player of the Year.[7] She helped lead her team to the semifinals of the 2013 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament.[7] In 2014 and 2015, she was the winner of the Honda Sports Award, given to the nation's top female collegiate volleyball player.[8]

Club career

Vansant had played professional club level volleyball for only 2015/16 season with the Swiss side Voléro Zürich.[9] She won the Swiss Championship as well as the Swiss Cup with her team and contributed to club's eleventh double in twelve years.[10] At the Champions League; Voléro topped their respective group with six wins from six matches,[11] and eliminated Lokomotiv Baku in the first knock-out round to reach the playoff 6 stage of the competition,[12] in which they were defeated by the eventual finalist VakıfBank S.K.[13]

National team

Vansant represented United States national team on an international competition for the first time at the 2015 Pan American Cup.[5] She led the team to gold medal with a tournament-leading 50.4% kill percentage to go with 81 total points,[9] and earned "most valuable player" and "best outside hitter" honors for the tournament.[14] At the 2015 Pan American Games, she was the top scorer for the Team USA in five of their six matches and selected as the "best outside hitter",[5][15] while the Americans winning the title.[16] She also helped Team USA to capture the gold medal at the 2015 NORCECA Championship[5] and was on the preliminary round squad at the 2015 and 2016 FIVB World Grand Prix,[17][1] where Team USA won the gold and silver medal, respectively.[18][19]

Vansant was named as an alternate for the 2016 Rio Olympic Team,[20] but did not take part at the Olympic Games.[9]

Awards and honors

College

Individuals

Clubs

National team

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "USA 2016 World Grand Prix Team Roster". fivb.com. Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Archived from the original on July 12, 2016. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
  2. ^ "Krista Vansant Named Newest Volleyball Assistant Coach". The Hoosier Network. January 10, 2022. Retrieved January 10, 2021.
  3. ^ "Krista Vansant Brings Fire Power to Indiana Volleyball Coaching Staff". The Hoosier Network. February 6, 2018. Retrieved April 1, 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d "Krista Vansant". gohuskies.com. Washington Huskies. Retrieved April 1, 2020.
  5. ^ a b c d "Krista Vansant". teamusa.org. United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on May 23, 2015. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
  6. ^ "Krista Vansant's High School Volleyball Stats". MaxPreps.com. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
  7. ^ a b c d ConferenceUnpublished, Pac-12. "Washington's Krista Vansant named AVCA Player of the Year". Pac-12. Retrieved April 2, 2020.((cite web)): CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ staff, Seattle Times (January 8, 2015). "Washington's Krista Vansant wins volleyball's Honda Award for a second time". The Seattle Times. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
  9. ^ a b c "Krista Vansant". iuhoosiers.com. Indiana Hoosiers. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
  10. ^ "Volero Zürich Awarded Wild Card for Women's Club World Championship". fivb.com. Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
  11. ^ "Volero drop one set, yet finish pool stage with perfect record of six straight wins". cev.eu. European Volleyball Confederation. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
  12. ^ "Volero bounce back to claim last spot in CL Playoffs 6 and take on VakifBank". cev.eu. European Volleyball Confederation. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
  13. ^ "VakifBank overcome Volero to face arch-rivals Fenerbahce in CL semis". cev.eu. European Volleyball Confederation. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
  14. ^ "Krista Vansant named MVP of the Pan Am Cup". norceca.net. North, Central America and Caribbean Volleyball Confederation. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
  15. ^ "Carli Lloyd of USA is the MVP at Pan Am Games". norceca.net. North, Central America and Caribbean Volleyball Confederation. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
  16. ^ "USA women are the Pan Am Games Champions". norceca.net. North, Central America and Caribbean Volleyball Confederation. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
  17. ^ "USA 2015 World Grand Prix Team Roster". fivb.com. Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Archived from the original on July 5, 2015. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
  18. ^ "USA Wonder Women Stay Golden". fivb.com. Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
  19. ^ "Brazil win record 11th title in World Grand Prix". fivb.com. Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
  20. ^ "USA Volleyball Names U.S. Olympic Women's Team". teamusa.org. United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on July 13, 2016. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
  21. ^ "Krista Vansant: 2010-2011 Gatorade National Volleyball Player of the Year". gatorade.com. Gatorade. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
  22. ^ "Washington's Vansant Repeats As Honda Volleyball Sport Award Winner". CWSA. January 8, 2015. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
  23. ^ "espnW Volleyball Player Of The Year: Washington's Krista Vansant". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
  24. ^ "Pac-12 Scholar-Athletes of the Year". pac-12.com. Pac-12 Conference. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
  25. ^ a b "All-Americans by Washington Huskies". huskiesnewera.com. Washington Huskies. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
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