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United StatesOlympic Games Silver 1984 Los Angeles Team competition Pan American Games Silver 1983 Caracas Team competition Debbie Green-Vargas (born June 25, 1958) is a retired American volleyball player. Standing only 5'4" (163cm), she is regarded as the greatest American women's volleyball setter of all time.[1][2][3] A former member of the U.S. National Team, Green-Vargas won the silver medal at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.
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Personal life
Debbie Green was born in South Korea in 1958. Green grew up in California and attended Westminster High School, Green-Vargas was a part of the Adidas Junior Team, which swept the USVBA Nationals, while being named All-American at the age of 16, the youngest player ever to be so honored.
Green-Vargas is an assistant coach for the Long Beach State women's volleyball team, currently in her 23rd year.[4]
In 1986, she was selected to the United States Volleyball Association Hall of Fame, and in the spring of 1986 received the All-Time Great Volleyball Player award. On April 30, 1998, Green became the first woman to enter the Orange County Sports Hall of Fame.
Green married Joe Vargas and has two children, Nicole, who is a setter at Long Beach State, and Dana who is a setter at UCSB. Green-Vargas graduated from Long Beach State in 1992 with a BA in communications.
Collegiate career
Green was a two time All-American setter and helped lead the USC Volleyball team to two AIAW National Championships in 1977 and 1978. In 1977, Green led the Trojans to a 38-0 record, the first college volleyball team to ever register a perfect season.
Olympic career
Green was on the 1980 Olympic roster, but did not play because of the 1980 Olympic boycott. In 1984, Green helped team USA to a silver medal, the best finish in U.S. women's volleyball history.
Professional
Green played for the Los Angeles Starlites of Major League Volleyball(MLV), a women’s professional indoor league, and helped the squad earn the league’s first two championships in 1987 and 1988
References
- ^ Wagner, Dick. "Here Are Two Olympic Stars Who Never Stopped Shining." Los Angeles Times 14 June 1987: C3.
- ^ Debbie Green: The best setter USA has ever had
- ^ 2003 inductees for USC Athletic Hall of Fame
- ^ Debbie Green at the Official Website of Long Beach State athletics
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Categories:- 1958 births
- Living people
- American volleyball players
- American volleyball coaches
- AVCA Hall of Fame
- California State University, Long Beach alumni
- Olympic volleyball players of the United States
- Olympic silver medalists for the United States
- People from Westminster, California
- USC Trojans women's volleyball players
- Volleyball players at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Women's volleyball players
- Olympic medalists in volleyball
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