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Logan Tom
Stanford University
Salt Lake City, Utah
6' 1" - Outside Hitter
Joined Team: January 2000 |
MAJOR INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION: 2003 - Montreux Volley Masters…Russia
Tournament…Pan American Cup (Gold Medal)…World Grand Prix (Bronze Medal)…
NORCECA Zone Championships (Gold Medal)…Texas Tour…World Cup (Bronze Medal).
2002 - Montreux Volley Masters…Russia Tour…Utah Tour vs. Italy…World Grand
Prix (sixth place)…World Championships (Silver Medal). 2001 - Montreux
Volley Masters…World Championships Qualifying (first place)…World Grand
Prix (first place). 2000 - BCV Volley Masters...Brazil Trip...Grand Prix...
Japan Tour...Olympic Games...Russia Trip. 1999 - Junior World Championships.
1998 - Dominican Republic Trip…Junior NORCECA World Championship
Qualifier…NORCECA World Championship Qualifier. 1997 - Junior Brazil
Trip…Junior Canada Tour.
INTERNATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS: 2003 - Helped the United States earn a bronze
medal at the 2003 World Cup and a berth in the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in
Athens, Greece…Finished second on the team and 14th overall with 138 total
points in 11 matches (109 kills, 17 blocks, 12 aces) as the United States
went 8-3…On the year she led Team USA in points (571), points per set (3.71),
kills (432), and service aces (67)…Tom also ranked second in blocks (73) and
digs (281)…Named "Best Receiver" at the Montreux Volley Masters and the Pan
American Cup…Captured "Best Server" honors at the Yeltsin Cup Tournament in
Russia…Played professionally for MRV/Minas in the Brazilian Superliga from
January-April and is currently a member of Monte Schiavo Jesi in Italy.
2002 - Won a silver medal at the 2002 Women's Volleyball World
Championships…Started all 11 matches at the World Championships and averaged
a team-leading 14 points per match…Finished sixth among all players in the
world with 154 total points. 2001 - Played a big key as the women won the
World Grand Prix for the first time since 1995…Posted 14 kills and two
blocks in the championship match as the U.S. beat China, 3-1 (26-28, 25-20,
25-21, 25-11)…Had a team-high nine blocks as the women beat Russia, 3-2
(25-22, 28-26, 21-25, 25-27, 15-9), to advance to the championship match…Led
the U.S. with 17 kills as it defeated Brazil in four games to advance to
the semifinal round…Led the United States in scoring in each of its three
wins as it qualified for the 2002 World Championships by sweeping the
qualification tournament with wins over Mexico, Costa Rica and Puerto Rico.
2000 - Finished her first full year on the national team leading the team
in aces (30) and finishing second in kills (396) and blocks (58)...Played
like a veteran at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, posting 96 kills, 64 digs, 17
blocks and eight aces...Put down three of the last five points in the USA's
five-set victory over Korea in the quarterfinals...Second on the squad with
105 kills and 70 digs at the World Grand Prix...Posted a team-leading 35 kills
on the Australia Tour...Added 24 digs, five aces and four blocks...Led the team
with 66 kills, 47 digs, eight blocks and five aces on the Russia Trip...In 16
sets on the Japan Tour had 47 kills, 33 digs, 13 blocks and four aces...Second
on the squad with 38 kills on the Brazil Trip. 1999 - Led the team and ranked
second in the tournament in scoring at the Women's Junior World Championships.
1998 - Played with the national team at the NORCECA World Championship Qualifier
and the Dominican Republic Tour…Also led the junior team to the NORCECA World
Championship Qualifier title. 1997 - Played in her first international
competition with the junior national team on the Brazil Trip.
COLLEGE HIGHLIGHTS: 2002 - Named American Volleyball Coaches Association
National Player of the Year for the second straight year and earned
first-team AVCA All-America honors for the fourth straight year en
route to guiding Stanford University to the NCAA Division I national
championship match, where the Cardinal lost to USC, 3-1…Captured
Pac-10 Player of the Year honors for the second straight year and
first-team All-Pac-10 honors for the fourth straight season…Won the
Honda Award as the top female collegiate athlete in volleyball this
past season. 2001 - Named American Volleyball Coaches Association
National Player of the Year and earned first-team AVCA All-America
honors for the third straight year en route to guiding Stanford
University to the NCAA Division I national championship with a 3-0 sweep
of previously top-ranked Long Beach State…Also named Asics/Volleyball
Magazine National Player of the Year as Stanford finished with a
team-record tying 33 wins. Led the Cardinal in kills (621, a school
record), kills per game (5.09), digs (426) and service aces (66) and
finished third in total blocks (112)…Captured the Honda Award as the
top female collegiate athlete in volleyball this season. 2000 - Returned
to Stanford on Oct. 10 after competing for the United States as a
member of the Women's National Volleyball Team at the Sydney Olympic
Games…Despite playing in only 16 out of 31 matches, still led the team
in kills (328), kills per game (5.86), digs per game (3.20 and service
aces (23)…Earned AVCA first-team All-America honors for the second
straight year. 1999 - Only the fourth freshman to earn AVCA First-Team
All-America honors...Asics/Volleyball Second-Team All-American…Asics/
Volleyball Freshman of the Year…First-Team All-Pac-10…Pac-10 Freshman
of the Year…AVCA All-District 8…AVCA District 8 Freshman of the
Year…Helped the Cardinal reach the NCAA championship match with 438
kills, 254 digs, 86 blocks, 43 aces and a .324 attack percentage.
PERSONAL: Born Logan Maile Lei Tom on May 25, 1981 in Napa,
Calif…Parents are Melvyn and Kristine Tom…Also has a brother named
Landon…Majoring in international relations at Stanford…Logan's father
Melvyn played in the National Football League as a defensive end with
the Philadelphia Eagles and the Chicago Bears…Over the summer of 2003
she was selected as one of eight finalists for the Women's Sports
Foundation Sportswoman of the Year Award in the team category.