Víctor Batista
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| Full name | Victor Arístides Batista Lemos | |||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Tamayo | |||||||||||||||||
| Hometown | Santo Domingo | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 88 kg (194 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
| Spike | 358 cm (141 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Block | 345 cm (136 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Volleyball information | ||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Wing Spiker | |||||||||||||||||
| Current club |  Retired | |||||||||||||||||
| Number | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Last updated: May 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||
Víctor Arístides Batista Lemos (born October 2, 1979, in
Winnipeg, Manitoba
. He play as wing spiker.
Career
Playing with Bameso, he won two times the 2004 and 2005 USA Open Volleyball Championship, being awarded MVP and All-Tournament both times.[1][2]
Víctor studied in
NCAA National Collegiate Championship playing as a middle blocker,[3] and winning the 2003-2004 VCA All-America Second Team, 2004-2005 All-MPSF Second Team and Asics/Volleyball Magazine and All-American Second Team, and finally 2005-2006 All-MPSF Honorable Mention; finishing with a .378 career hitting percentage, fourth in BYU history.[4]
Played with Puerto Rican team Patriotas de Lares for the 2007 season.[5] Next year joined the Turkish team Tokat Plevne Belediye.[6][7] Later same season, joined the A2 Italian team Samgas Crema to play the 2008/2009 season.[8]
Returned to
LVSM with Indios de Mayagüez for the 2008 season,[9][10] and Los Caribes de San Sebastian for the 2009/2010 season.[11]
Joined for the 2009/2010 the Spanish team
CAI Voleibol Teruel,[12] the 2010 Spanish Superliga.[13] The next year, Batista played with his friend and countrymate José Miguel Cáceres.[14] Víctor win MVP awards for his performances during the regular season and the playoffs.[15] And won the 2011 King's Cup[16] and the Superliga.[17]
Clubs
Bameso (1998–2005)
Patriotas de Lares (2007)
Tokat Plevne Belediye (2008–2009)- Indios de Mayagüez (2008)
Samgas Crema (2008–2009)- Caribes de San Sebastián (2009)
- CAI Voleibol Teruel(2009–2011)
GFCO Ajaccio (2011-2012)
VfB Friedrichshafen (2012-2013)
Maccabi Tel Aviv (2013-2014)
Awards
Individuals
- 2004 USA Open Volleyball Championship "Most Valuable Player"
- 2005 USA Open Volleyball Championship "Most Valuable Player"
- 2011 Spanish Superliga Final Series "Most Valuable Player"
College
- 2004 AVCA All-America Second Team
- 2005 All-MPSF Second Team
- 2005 Asics/Volleyball Magazine All-American Second Team
- 2006 All-MPSF Honorable Mention
Clubs
- 2004 USA Open Volleyball Championship -
Champion, with Bameso - 2005 USA Open Volleyball Championship - Champion, with Bameso
- 2010 Spanish Superliga - Champion, with CAI Voleibol Teruel
- 2011 Spanish King's Cup -
Champion, with CAI Voleibol Teruel - 2011 Spanish Superliga - Champion, with CAI Voleibol Teruel
References
- ^ Columbia Star. "Bameso wins Men's and Women's USA Open Volleyball Gold". Retrieved 2010-06-14.
- ^ SI.com. "Faces in the Crowd". CNN. Retrieved 2010-06-14.
- ^ University of Hawai'i Athletics Department. "2004 NCAA Men's National Collegiate Volleyball Championship". Retrieved 2010-06-14.
- ^ BYUCougars. "Men's Volleyball Athlete Profile - Víctor Batista". Retrieved 2010-06-14.
- ^ Fpvoleibol. "Patriotas de Lares 2007" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2010-06-16.
- ^ Zaman Online. "Soguk, Porto Ricolu voleybolculari etkiledi" (in Turkish). Retrieved 2010-06-16.
- ^ Ihlas Haber Ajansi. "Plevnespor'un yeni transferi alismaya çalisiyor" (in Turkish). Retrieved 2010-06-16.
- ^ Lega Pallavolo Serie A. "Víctor Batista è della Reima" (in Italian). Retrieved 2010-06-14.
- ^ Fpvoleibol.com. "Los mas ofensivos de la LVSM" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2010-06-14.
- ^ Noticias Online. "Víctor Batista mantiene liderato de anotaciones" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2010-06-14.
- ^ Los Caribes del Pepino. "Los Caribes Noticias" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2010-06-14.
- ^ Real Federación Española de Voleibol. "El CAI Voleibol Teruel ficha al dominicano Víctor Batista" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2010-06-14.
- ^ HispaVista - Globedia (2010-05-01). "CAI Teruel, campeón de la Superliga tras vencer al Unicaja Almería" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2010-06-14.
- ^ Heraldo de Aragon (2010-04-22). "El dúo más dinámico" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2011-09-29. Retrieved 2010-06-06.
- ^ RFEVB (2010-05-09). "Víctor Batista (CAI Voleibol Teruel), MVP de la jornada" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2010-06-06.
- ^ Eco de Teruel (2010-03-26). "El CAI, campeón de la Copa del Rey de Voleibol" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2011-08-15. Retrieved 2010-06-06.
- ^ RFEVB (2010-05-08). "El CAI Voleibol Teruel, Campeón de la Superliga masculina" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2010-06-06.