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Clayton Stanley Personal information Full name Clayton Iona Stanley Nickname Clay Nationality 
United StatesBorn January 30, 1978
Honolulu, HawaiiHometown Honolulu, Hawaii Height 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Weight 104 kg (230 lb) Spike 357 cm (141 in) Block 332 cm (131 in) Volleyball information Position Opposite Current club 
VC Ural UfaNumber 3 Career Years Clubs 2001–2004
2004–2006
2006–2010
2010–2011Panathinaikos Athens
Iraklis Thessaloniki
Zenit Kazan
Ural UfaNational team 2004– United StatesHonoursMen's volleyball Competitor for the United StatesOlympic Games Gold 2008 Beijing Team FIVB World League Gold 2008 Rio de Janeiro Team Bronze 2007 Katowice Team NORCECA Championship Gold 2005 Winnipeg Team Silver 2001 Bridgetown Team America's Cup Gold 2007 Manau Team Last updated: May 2011 Clayton “Clay” Iona Stanley (born January 20, 1978, in Honolulu, Hawaii) is an American volleyball player. Stanley has been on the U.S. men's national team since 2000 and has made two Olympic appearances, in 2004 and 2008. He was the Most Valuable Player of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, after guiding his team to the gold medal.[1]
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Personal life
Stanley was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, to Jon Stanley and Sandra Haine. He has three brothers (Reese Haine, Wil Stanley and Jon Stanley), and two sisters (Taeya Stanley and Natasha Haine).
Stanley is a graduate of Kaiser High School in Honolulu and did not play volleyball in high school, as the school did not have a boys' team when he was there.
Stanley's father played on 1968 men's Olympic volleyball team and is a member of the Volleyball Hall of Fame. Stanley's step-grandfather, Tom Haine, was also on the 1968 men's Olympic volleyball team. His mother, Sandra Haine, played professionally for the Denver Comets as well as for Canada's national team. With Stanley's first Olympic appearance in Athens, Greece, he and his father became the first father-son Olympians in USA volleyball history.
College
Stanley attended the University of Hawaiʻi, where he majored in Spanish. Stanley was a freshman in 1997, but redshirted his sophomore year. He decided to forego his 2000 senior redshirt year to play professionally.[2]
In 1999, Stanley broke Hawaiʻi's single-match kill record with 50 kills against UCLA. In 2000, he was Third-Team All-Mountain Pacific Sports Federation and ranked in the Top 15 of the nation with a 5.53 kill average. He led the MPSF in aces and tied team record with 54. He finished his career 10th on all-time kill list at Hawaii.
International
Playing at the 2004 Summer Olympics, Stanley led the team and finished fifth overall in scoring with 110 points on 83 kills, 17 aces and 10 blocks. His 17 aces ranked second among all players in the tournament. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, helping Team USA to its first gold medal in 20 years. For his performances during the tournament, he was selected as the MVP, Best Scorer, and Best Server of the Olympics.[1]
With the professional club Iraklis Thessaloniki, he won the silver medal at the 2004–05 CEV Champions League and was awarded "Best Scorer" and "Best Server".[3] The next season he also won the silver medal and was awarded "Best Scorer".[4]
Playing with Dynamo-Tattransgaz he won the 2007–08 Indesit Champions League and also was individually awarded "Most Valuable Player".[5]
Clubs
Panathinaikos Athens (2001–2004)- Iraklis Thessaloniki (2004–2006)
- Zenit Kazan (2006–2010)
- Ural Ufa (2010–2011)
Awards
Individuals
- 2010 FIVB World Championship "Best Server"
- 2008 Summer Olympics "Most Valuable Player"
- 2008 Summer Olympics "Best Scorer"
- 2008 Summer Olympics "Best Server"
- 2007–08 CEV Indesit Champions League Final Four "Most Valuable Player"
- 2005–06 CEV Champions League "Best Scorer"
- 2004–05 CEV Champions League "Best Scorer"
- 2004–05 CEV Champions League "Best Server"
National team
Senior team
- 2009 FIVB World Grand Champions Cup,
Bronze medal - 2008 Summer Olympics,
Gold medal - 2008 FIVB World League, Gold medal
- 2007 NORCECA Championship, Gold medal
- 2007 America's Cup, Gold medal
- 2007 FIVB World League, Bronze medal
- 2005 NORCECA Championship, Gold medal
- 2005 FIVB World Grand Champions Cup,
Silver medal
Clubs
- 2007–08 CEV Indesit Champions League -
Champion, Dynamo-Tattransgaz - 2005–06 CEV Champions League -
Runner-up, with Iraklis Thessaloniki - 2004–05 CEV Champions League - Runner-up, with Iraklis Thessaloniki
References
- ^ a b FIVB. "MVP Clay Stanley explains greatness after Olympic triumph" (retrieved on August 25, 2008).
- ^ NBC. "NBC Olympic Profile: Riding on a Rainbow"
- ^ CEV. "Tours stronger than host team". http://www.cev.lu/mmp/online/website/news/news_archive/news_archive_2005/news_archive_2005_03/4288_EN.html. Retrieved 2010-06-05.
- ^ CEV. "Sisley Treviso wins Champions' League!". http://www.cev.lu/mmp/online/website/news/news_archive/news_archive_2006/news_archive_2006_03/6086_EN.html. Retrieved 2010-06-05.
- ^ CEV. "KAZAN takes Indesit European Champions’ League title to Russia". http://www.cev.lu/mmp/online/website/news/news_archive/news_archive_2008/news_archive_2008_03/11444_EN.html. Retrieved 2010-06-10.
External links
- FIVB Profile
- Clay Stanley at Zenit-Kazan.com - English
- Клэйтон Стэнли на Зенит-Казань - Russian
- Interview-biography (Russian)
- Клэйтон Стэнли на Урал Уфа - Russian
United States – 2008 Olympic champions in men's indoor volleyball Lloy Ball | Sean Rooney | David Lee | Richard Lambourne | William Priddy | Ryan Millar | Riley Salmon | Tom Hoff | Clay Stanley | Kevin Hansen | Gabe Gardner | Scott Touzinsky |
Categories:- 1978 births
- Living people
- American volleyball players
- People from Honolulu, Hawaii
- University of Hawaii alumni
- Olympic volleyball players of the United States
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States
- Volleyball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Ural Ufa volleyball players
- Olympic medalists in volleyball
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