two-time olympian, finished fourth in 2000, fifth in 2004
2002 world championships silver medalist
2001 ncaa champion
four-time ncaa all-american and two-time avca national college player of the year
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made her professional debut in january, 2003 for brazilian pro league team mrv/minas of the brazil superliga, after teams in four countries (brazil, italy, puerto rico and spain) made offers to sign the world-class player
selected as a nominee for the 2003 sportswoman of the year award by the women’s sports foundation (won by swimmer natalie coughlin)
leading scorer for the u.s. national women's volleyball team, which won a silver medal at the 2002 world championships in germany
widely considered one of america’s top women’s volleyball players who possesses amazing power and grace
awarded 2001-02 avca national player of the year honors, finishing her stanford career as the all-time leader with 1, 939 career kills
played a near-perfect match to give the stanford cardinal its fifth championship ncaa championship in ‘01
continues to study towards her international relations degree at stanford
only high school player to compete for u.s. national team, then at age 19, she started in the olympics, helping the u.s. to fourth place.
was the youngest member of the 1996 u.s. junior national team (16 years old) but still led the team in blocks and kills
featured as a 1997 old spice athlete of the month in sports illustrated
has been featured on espn's "scholastic sports america"
her father, melvyn, was an all-star athlete in hawaii who went on to play football at san jose state and the philadelphia eagles