Krista Vansant Explained
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. 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
- Gatorade National Volleyball Player of the Year (2011)[21]
- AVCA National Player of the Year (2013)
- Honda Sports Award for volleyball (2014, 2015)[22]
- ESPNW National Volleyball Player of the Year (2014)[23]
- Pac-12 Player of the Year (2014)
- Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year (2014)[24]
- AVCA All-America First Team (2013, 2014)[25]
- AVCA All-America Second Team (2012)[25]
- All-Pac-12 Team (2012, 2013, 2014)[4]
- Pac-12 Freshman of the Year (2011)[4]
Individuals
- 2015 Pan American Cup "Most Valuable Player"
- 2015 Pan American Cup "Best Outside Hitter"
- 2015 Pan American Games "Best Outside Hitter"
Clubs
National team
Notes and References
- Web site: USA 2016 World Grand Prix Team Roster . fivb.com . . 2020-04-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160712172145/http://worldgrandprix.2016.fivb.com/en/group1/competition/teams/usa-usa/team_roster . 2016-07-12.
- Web site: Krista Vansant Named Newest Volleyball Assistant Coach. 2022-01-10. The Hoosier Network. en-US. 2021-01-10.
- Web site: Krista Vansant Brings Fire Power to Indiana Volleyball Coaching Staff. 2018-02-06. The Hoosier Network. en-US. 2020-04-01.
- Web site: Krista Vansant. gohuskies.com. Washington Huskies. en. 2020-04-01.
- Web site: Krista Vansant. https://web.archive.org/web/20150523042924/http://www.teamusa.org/usa-volleyball/athletes/Krista-Vansant. dead. May 23, 2015. teamusa.org . . 2020-04-05.
- Web site: Krista Vansant's High School Volleyball Stats. MaxPreps.com. en. 2020-04-02.
- Web site: Washington's Krista Vansant named AVCA Player of the Year. https://web.archive.org/web/20140401185109/http://pac-12.com/article/2013/12/20/washington%E2%80%99s-krista-vansant-named-avca-player-year. dead. April 1, 2014. ConferenceUnpublished. Pac-12. Pac-12. en. 2020-04-02.
- Web site: Washington's Krista Vansant wins volleyball's Honda Award for a second time. staff. Seattle Times. 2015-01-08. The Seattle Times. en-US. 2020-04-02.
- Web site: Krista Vansant . iuhoosiers.com . . 2020-04-05.
- Web site: Volero Zürich Awarded Wild Card for Women's Club World Championship . fivb.com . . 2020-04-05.
- Web site: Volero drop one set, yet finish pool stage with perfect record of six straight wins . cev.eu . . 2020-04-05.
- Web site: Volero bounce back to claim last spot in CL Playoffs 6 and take on VakifBank . cev.eu . . 2020-04-05.
- Web site: VakifBank overcome Volero to face arch-rivals Fenerbahce in CL semis . cev.eu . . 2020-04-05.
- Web site: Krista Vansant named MVP of the Pan Am Cup . norceca.net . . 2020-04-05.
- Web site: Carli Lloyd of USA is the MVP at Pan Am Games . norceca.net . . 2020-04-05.
- Web site: USA women are the Pan Am Games Champions . norceca.net . . 2020-04-05.
- Web site: USA 2015 World Grand Prix Team Roster . fivb.com . . 2020-04-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150705224608/http://worldgrandprix.2015.fivb.com/en/preliminary-round-group1/competition/teams/usa-usa/team_roster . 2015-07-05.
- Web site: USA Wonder Women Stay Golden . fivb.com . . 2020-04-05.
- Web site: Brazil win record 11th title in World Grand Prix . fivb.com . . 2020-04-05.
- Web site: USA Volleyball Names U.S. Olympic Women's Team . https://web.archive.org/web/20160713162813/http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Volleyball/Features/2016/July/12/Kiraly-Names-US-Olympic-Womens-Team . dead . July 13, 2016 . teamusa.org . . 2020-04-05.
- Web site: Krista Vansant: 2010-2011 Gatorade National Volleyball Player of the Year . gatorade.com . . 2020-04-05.
- Web site: Washington's Vansant Repeats As Honda Volleyball Sport Award Winner. 2015-01-08. CWSA. en. 2020-04-02.
- Web site: espnW Volleyball Player Of The Year: Washington's Krista Vansant . espn.com . . 2020-04-05.
- Web site: Pac-12 Scholar-Athletes of the Year . https://web.archive.org/web/20140222195611/http://pac-12.com/content/pac-12-scholar-athletes-year . dead . February 22, 2014 . pac-12.com . . 2020-04-05.
- Web site: All-Americans by Washington Huskies . huskiesnewera.com . . 2020-04-05.