Megan Eileen Courtney-Lush (born October 27, 1993) is an American indoor professional volleyball player for the Columbus Fury of the Pro Volleyball Federation[1] and the United States women's national volleyball team. Courtney played outside hitter for the Penn State women's volleyball team, and won back to back national championships in 2013 and 2014. With the USA national team, she played at the 2017 FIVB World Grand Prix. She was named the best libero at the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League.[2] Courtney was also selected as an alternate to the 2020 USA Olympic Team but did not travel to Tokyo.[3]
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| Full name | Megan Eileen Courtney | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | American | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | October 27, 1993 Kettering, Ohio, United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 61 kg (134 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spike | 315 cm (124 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Block | 300 cm (118 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College / University | Pennsylvania State University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Outside hitter/Libero | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current club | Columbus Fury | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career
editHigh School and College
editCourtney's volleyball career began in 2008, playing for four years with Archbishop Alter High School in Kettering, Ohio.[4] She played college women's volleyball at Penn State, where in her freshman season she was the Big Ten Freshman of the Year as well as the AVCA Mideast Region Freshman of the Year. In her next two seasons, she helped Penn State to back-to-back NCAA Titles. In the 2014 NCAA Tournament, she earned Most Outstanding Player honors after she recorded career-high 23 kills and 16 digs in the national semifinals win over Stanford. She had 11 kills and 14 digs in the NCAA Championship win over BYU.[5]
International
editIn 2016, she signed her first professional contract at Leonas de Ponce in the Liga de Voleibol Superior Femenino. In the summer of 2016, she made her debut in the US women's national team.[6] In 2017, she won the 2017 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup gold medal. In the 2016-17 season she arrived in Poland, where he plays the ORLEN Liga with the Impla of Breslavia.[7] In the following season she played for Çanakkale, a Turkish Sultanlar league club.
In May 2021, she was named to team USA's 18-player roster for the FIVB Volleyball Nations League tournament.[8] that was played May 25-June 24 in Rimini, Italy. Team USA would eventually win the gold medal after defeating Brazil in the finals. She was a selected as an Olympic alternate for the 2020 Summer Olympics.[9]
After three seasons in teams of the Italian League, she was picked by Imoco Volley Conegliano as outside hitter. In her debut match with her new club she won her first professional title, the 2021 Italian Super Cup, and received the Most Valuable Player award.[10]
Clubs
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Leonas de Ponce (2015-2016)
Impel Wrocław (2016-2017)
Çanakkale Belediyespor (2017-2018)
Volley Bergamo (2018-2019)- Igor Gorgonzola Novara (2019-2020)
- Pallavolo Scandicci (2020-2021)
- Imoco Volley (2021-2022)
Columbus Fury (2024-)
Awards
editClubs
edit- 2021 Italian Supercup -
Champions, with Imoco Volley Conegliano - 2021-22 Italian Cup (Coppa Italia) - Champion, with Imoco Volley Conegliano
Individuals
edit- 2019 FIVB Nations League – "Best libero"
- 2021 Italian A1 League Super Cup – Most valuable player
See also
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References
edit- ^ "2024 Columbus Fury Roster". ColumbusFury. Retrieved December 20, 2023.
- ^ "Player - Megan Courtney - FIVB World Grand Prix 2017". worldgrandprix.2017.fivb.com. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
- ^ "Olympic oversight". Penn Stater The Magazine of the Penn State Alumni Association. Pennsylvania State University. January–February 2022.
- ^ "Megan Courtney Bio :: Penn State :: Official Athletic Site". Archived from the original on August 8, 2018. Retrieved February 17, 2018.
- ^ "Megan Courtney Bio :: Penn State :: Official Athletic Site". Archived from the original on August 8, 2018. Retrieved February 17, 2018.
- ^ "Megan Courtney". Team USA. Archived from the original on August 23, 2017. Retrieved February 17, 2018.
- ^ "Impel Wrocław | Megan Courtney przyjmującą Impel Wrocław". impelwroclaw.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved February 17, 2018.
- ^ "Kiraly announces 18 USA Volleyball women on FIVB VNL Roster |". May 13, 2021.
- ^ "USAV Announces U.S. Olympic Women's Volleyball Team". USA Volleyball. June 7, 2021. Retrieved August 2, 2021.
- ^ "ITALIAN SUPER CUP W: Trophy goes into hands of Imoco players fourth season in row". World of Volley. October 6, 2021. Retrieved October 28, 2021.
External links
edit- profile Team USA