- Kevin Hansen
Kevin Christopher Hansen (born
March 19 ,1982 ) is an American indoorvolleyball player. He made his Olympic debut at the2008 Summer Olympics with the U.S. National Team.Personal life
Hansen was born and raised in
Newport Beach, California . He attended high school at Corona del Mar and was named theCalifornia Interscholastic Federation (CIF) Most Valuable Player in 2000 and led the volleyball team to the CIF Division I Championship the same season.Hansen is a Type I diabetic, first diagnosed when he was 10 years old, and must shoot up with needles at least four times a day. [Mattson, Jim. " [http://www.hoinews.com/sports/sports_story.aspx?id=160373 USA Olympic star battles diabetes] " HOI News. (Retrieved on
August 23 ,2008 ).]College
Hansen continued on to
Stanford University from 2000-2005 (as he redshirted his freshman year), and majored ineconomics .He finished his career third on Stanford’s list of career leaders with 5,036 assists, thus becoming just the third player in Stanford men's volleyball history to eclipse 5,000 career assists. He was an
American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) First-Team All-American as a fifth year senior in 2005.U.S. National Team
Hansen joined the U.S. National Team in June 2005, primarily as the backup setter to veteran
Lloy Ball .International competition
In 2008, he played at the FIVB World League, where Team USA won the gold medal. In 2007, he participated in Americas' Cup, earning a gold medal, the Pan American Games, earning a silver medal, and the FIVB World League, earning a bronze medal. His first major international competition was in 2005 at the World University Games.
Olympics
Hansen made his Olympic debut at the
2008 Summer Olympics .References
External links
* [http://www.usavolleyball.org/National/profiles/men/player.asp?number=14 U.S. National Team bio]
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