Krista Vansant
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United StatesWhittier, California, U.S.
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 Krista Vansant Hendrickson at an Illinois volleyball practice in October 2022 | |||||
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| Nationality | United States | ||||
| Born | March 31, 1993 Whittier, California, U.S. | ||||
| Hometown | Redlands, California, U.S. | ||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||||
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb)[1] | ||||
| Spike | 310 cm (122 in)[1] | ||||
| Block | 300 cm (118 in)[1] | ||||
| College / University | University of Washington | ||||
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| Position | Outside hitter | ||||
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Krista Vansant (born March 31, 1993) is a volleyball player and coach who played collegiately for Washington. In 2022, she was the assistant coach for the University of Illinois volleyball team after spending 3 seasons as an assistant coach at Indiana.[2][3]
Vansant was born in Whittier, California, east of Los Angeles, to Tricia and Robert Vansant and grew up in Redlands, California.[4] She played volleyball all four years at Redlands East Valley High School where she helped lead her team to three CIF championship titles.[5] She recorded 1913 kills during her four years on the high school team.[6] Her high school accomplishments resulted in being awarded the Gatorade Player of the Year award in volleyball. She was the consensus top pick in the nation as a senior, and chose to go to the University of Washington.[4]
College career
In her junior year at Washington, Vasant was named the National Player of the Year by the American Volleyball Coaches Association, as well as Pac-12 Player of the Year.[7] She helped lead her team to the semifinals of the 2013 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament.[7] In 2014 and 2015, she was the winner of the Honda Sports Award, given to the nation's top female collegiate volleyball player.[8]
Club career
Vansant had played professional club level volleyball for only 2015/16 season with the Swiss side Voléro Zürich.[9] She won the Swiss Championship as well as the Swiss Cup with her team and contributed to club's eleventh double in twelve years.[10] At the Champions League; Voléro topped their respective group with six wins from six matches,[11] and eliminated Lokomotiv Baku in the first knock-out round to reach the playoff 6 stage of the competition,[12] in which they were defeated by the eventual finalist VakıfBank S.K.[13]
