Haleigh Washington
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Denver, Colorado | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 82 kg (181 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spike | 307 cm (121 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Block | 295 cm (116 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College / University | Pennsylvania State University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Middle Blocker | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current club |  Savino Del Bene Scandicci | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 22 (national team) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Haleigh Meridian Washington (born September 22, 1995) is an American volleyball player of the United States women's national volleyball team. Washington was an All-American middle blocker for the Penn State women's volleyball team, where she helped lead the team to the 2014 NCAA national championship. Washington won gold with the national team at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics.[1]
Personal life
Washington was born in
She earned consecutive Colorado Volleyball Player of the Year honors in 2012 and 2013 and led her team to a state championship title in 2012, and was the 2013 Volleyball Magazine National Player of the Year. She was considered to be the nation's top high school recruit in her class, and ultimately decided to play collegiate volleyball at Penn State.[3]
Washington has one brother, Kayden, and one sister, Leilani. In 2020, Washington came out as
Penn State
Washington was a three-time first-team All-American and helped lead the team to the
Washington credited Penn State's head coach Russ Rose for acclimating her to the grueling demands and expectations of competing on the international stage.[9]
Professional clubs
Washington has played in multiple
United States national team
With Team USA, she started all three matches of the 2019 Tokyo Qualification Tournament in which Team USA earned its bid into the 2020 Olympic Games.
She was named to the 18-player roster of the
On June 7, 2021, US National Team head coach Karch Kiraly announced she would be part of the 12-player Olympic roster for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[13] Washington helped lead her team to the USA's first ever gold medal and was named Best Middle Blocker of the tournament.[14]
Awards and honors
International
- 2019 FIVB Nations League – "Best Middle Blocker"
- 2020 Summer Olympics – "Best Middle Blocker"
Professional clubs
- 2022–23 Women's CEV Cup -
Champion, with Savino del Bene Scandicci - 2021–22 Italian Serie A1 League –
Bronze medal, with Novara - 2021–22 Italian Cup (Coppa Italia) –
Silver medal, with Novara - 2021–22 Italian Super Cup – Silver medal, with Novara
- 2020–21 CEV Women's Champions League – Bronze medal, with Novara
- 2020–21 Italian Cup (Coppa Italia) – Silver medal, with Novara
- 2020–21 Italian Serie A1 League – Silver medal, with Novara
- 2020–21 Italian Super Cup – Bronze medal, with Novara
- 2019–20 Italian Cup (Coppa Italia) – Silver medal, with Busto
College
- 2014
NCAA Division I National Champions - 2014 Big Ten Freshman of the Year
- 2014 Unanimous All-Big Ten Freshman Team
- 2014 NCAA Louisville Regional All-Tournament
- 2014 All-Big Ten
- AVCA First Team All-American (2015, 2016, 2017)
- Unanimous All-Big Ten selection (2015, 2016, 2017)
- 2015 B1G/Pac-12 Challenge Most Valuable Player
- 2016 CoSIDAThird-Team Academic All-America
- 2017 Senior CLASS Award winner in NCAA Division I volleyball
- 2017 Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year
See also
References
- ^ "Volleyball WASHINGTON Haleigh". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Archived from the original on July 25, 2021. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
- ^ "AVCA Diversity Awards" (PDF).
- ^ "Tawa's great memories: Re-visiting the USA Olympians when they played in club and HS". 3 August 2021.
- ^ "Bi Pride Day salute to Olympic volleyball champ Haleigh Washington". 23 September 2021.
- ^ Smith, Lindsey (2017-11-28). "Former Doherty standout Haleigh Washington named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year". Colorado Springs Gazette. Retrieved 2023-06-20.
- ^ "Haleigh Washington - Women's Volleyball". Penn State Athletics. Retrieved 2023-06-20.
- ^ "Women's volleyball lands six on AVCA All-America teams | Penn State University". Archived from the original on 2021-06-02. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
- ^ "Lee, Washington named 2018 Honda Sport Award Nominees for Volleyball". Penn State Athletics. 2017-12-20. Retrieved 2023-06-20.
- ^ "Penn State paved way to international volleyball success". 17 July 2019.
- ^ "Haleigh Washington » clubs".
- ^ "Volleyball – Yvon Belien and Haleigh Washington are the new power plants of Savino Del Bene Scandicci". news.italy-24.com. June 15, 2022. Retrieved June 21, 2021.
- ^ "Recaps and highlights as USA women start VNL with wins over DR, Canada, Brazil". 28 May 2021.
- ^ "USAV Announces U.S. Olympic Women's Volleyball Team". USA Volleyball. June 7, 2021. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
- ^ "Haleigh Washington". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-06-20.
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