Rachael Adams
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| Full name | Rachael Alexis Adams | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||
| Born | June 3, 1990 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 | ||||||||||||||
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| 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 Eczacıbaşı VitrA, she won the gold medal at the 2016 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship.[10]
Adams won the 2016–17 CEV Champions League bronze medal with Eczacıbaşı VitrA when her team defeated the Russian Dinamo Moscow 3-0[11] and she was also awarded Best Middle Blocker.[12] At the end of season 2017-2018 she signed for Italian club Monza and will play in Italian A1 league.
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
- 2016–17 CEV Champions League - Bronze Medal, with 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". May 24, 2020.
- ^ "Local volleyball star punches Olympic ticket". July 12, 2016.
- ^ FIVB World Grand Prix 2016
- ^ a b "Volleyball". CWSA. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
- ^ Benedetti, Valeria (October 12, 2014). "Volley, Mondiale: Usa batte Cina 3-1". La Gazzetta dello sport (in Italian). Milan, Italy. Retrieved October 12, 2014.
- ^ "USA win first World Championship title, China and Brazil complete the podium". Milan, Italy: FIVB. May 11, 2014. Retrieved May 11, 2014.
- ^ "Brazil win record 11th title in World Grand Prix". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Retrieved July 11, 2016.
- ^ "Kosheleva blasts Eczacibasi to second worlds club title". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Retrieved October 23, 2016.
- ^ "Eczacibasi VitrA ISTANBUL take Bronze in Treviso 3-1 against Dinamo MOSCOW". Treviso, Italy: CEV. April 23, 2017. Retrieved April 23, 2017.
- ^ "Champions League: Le migliori della Final Four. Zhu MVP" (in Italian). Volleyball.it. April 23, 2017. Retrieved April 23, 2017.