Rachael Adams
Rachael Adams | |||||||
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Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. | |||||||
Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||
Weight | 179 lb (81 kg) | ||||||
Spike | 125 in (318 cm) | ||||||
Block | 121 in (307 cm) | ||||||
College / University | University of Texas at Austin | ||||||
Volleyball information | |||||||
Position | Middle blocker | ||||||
Current club | |||||||
Number | 5 | ||||||
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Rachael Alexis Adams (born June 3, 1990) is an American former professional volleyball player who played as a middle blocker for the United States women's national volleyball team. Adams won gold with the national team at the 2014 World Championship and bronze at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.
Career
She attended Mount Notre Dame High School in Cincinnati, Ohio where she played volleyball.[4] She then played college volleyball at University of Texas at Austin.[5] In 2012, while at Texas, Adams was named as one of the four finalists for the Honda Sports Award in volleyball.[6]
Adams was part of the USA national team that won the 2014 World Championship gold medal when the team defeated China 3-1 in the final match.[7][8]
Adams was awarded among the Best Middle Blockers along with the Brazilian Thaísa Menezes during the 2016 World Grand Prix.[9]
With her team
Adams won the
Awards
Individual
- 2013 Nominee Honda Sports Award for volleyball[6]
- 2016 World Grand Prix "Best Middle Blocker"
- 2016-17 CEV Champions League "Best Middle Blocker"
Clubs
- Eczacıbaşı VitrA
National team
- 2013 Pan-American Volleyball Cup
- 2013 NORCECA Championship
- 2013 FIVB World Grand Champions Cup
- 2014 FIVB World Championship
- 2015 FIVB World Grand Prix
- 2016 FIVB World Grand Prix
- 2016 Summer Olympics
References
- ^ FIVB
- ^ worldofvolley.com
- ^ "TUR W: Adams finds club after one-year break". 24 May 2020.
- ^ "Local volleyball star punches Olympic ticket". 12 July 2016.
- ^ FIVB World Grand Prix 2016
- ^ a b "Volleyball". CWSA. Retrieved 2020-04-07.
- ^ Benedetti, Valeria (2014-10-12). "Volley, Mondiale: Usa batte Cina 3-1". La Gazzetta dello sport (in Italian). Milan, Italy. Retrieved 2014-10-12.
- ^ "USA win first World Championship title, China and Brazil complete the podium". Milan, Italy: FIVB. 2014-05-11. Retrieved 2014-05-11.
- ^ "Brazil win record 11th title in World Grand Prix". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
- ^ "Kosheleva blasts Eczacibasi to second worlds club title". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
- ^ "Eczacibasi VitrA ISTANBUL take Bronze in Treviso 3-1 against Dinamo MOSCOW". Treviso, Italy: CEV. 2017-04-23. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
- ^ "Champions League: Le migliori della Final Four. Zhu MVP" (in Italian). Volleyball.it. 2017-04-23. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
External links
- Rachael Adams at the European Volleyball Confederation
- Rachael Adams at Team USA (archive February 2, 2022)
- Rachael Adams at Olympedia
- Rachael Adams at Olympics.com
- Rachael Adams at Texas Longhorns