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{{short description|American volleyball player}}
{{use mdy dates|date=September 2013}}
{{Infobox volleyball biography
| name =Nicole Davis
| image = Nicole Davis 1.jpg
| caption = 
| fullname = Nicole Marie Davis
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1982|4|24|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Stockton, California]], U.S.
| residence = 
| teamnumber = 6
| position   = Libero
| height = {{height|ft=5|in=6}}
| nationalyears = 2005–2015
| nationalteam = {{vbw|USA}}
| medaltemplates-title = Medal record
| medaltemplates = 
{{MedalSport | Women's [[volleyball]]}}
{{MedalCountry|the {{USA}}}}
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{{MedalOlympics}}
{{MedalSilver|[[Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|2008 Beijing]]|[[Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's team rosters#.C2.A0United States|Team]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|2012 London]]|[[Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's team rosters#.C2.A0United States|Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship|World Championship]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2014 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship|2014 Italy]]|[[2014 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship squads#.C2.A0United States|Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup|World Cup]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2011 FIVB Women's World Cup|2011 Japan]]|[[2011 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup squads#.C2.A0United States|Team]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2007 FIVB Women's World Cup|2007 Japan]]|[[2007 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup squads#.C2.A0United States|Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIVB World Grand Prix]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2010 FIVB World Grand Prix|2010 Ningbo]]|[[2010 FIVB World Grand Prix squads#.C2.A0United States|Team]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2011 FIVB World Grand Prix|2011 Macau]]|[[2011 FIVB World Grand Prix squads#.C2.A0United States|Team]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2012 FIVB World Grand Prix|2012 Ningbo]]|[[2012 FIVB World Grand Prix squads#.C2.A0United States|Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[NORCECA Women's Volleyball Championship|NORCECA Championship]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2005 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship|2005 Port of Spain]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2011 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship|2011 Caguas]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2007 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship|2007 Winnipeg]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup|Pan-American Cup]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2011 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup|2011 Ciudad Juárez]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Final Four Women's Volleyball Cup|Final Four Cup]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2009 Final Four Women's Volleyball Cup|2009 Lima]]}}
}}

'''Nicole Marie Davis''' (born April 24, 1982)<ref>{{cite web |url= http://volleyballmag.com/players/51 |title= Nicole Davis profile |publisher= Volleyball Magazine |access-date= September 26, 2013 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130928055547/http://volleyballmag.com/players/51 |archive-date= September 28, 2013 |df= mdy-all }}</ref> is a retired American indoor [[volleyball]] player and mindset coach at Compete To Create, founded by [[Seattle Seahawks]] head coach [[Pete Carroll]] and high performance psychologist, Michael Gervais. Nicole last played professionally for [[Le Cannet]] Rocheville in [[France]] and retired in 2015. She is {{convert|5|ft|4|in|cm|adj=on}} and played the [[Volleyball#Libero|libero]] position. She played for [[Fenerbahçe Women's Volleyball]] team for the 2007 season and wore the number 1 jersey. She was the first foreign-born libero to play in the Turkish league and led her team to a second-place finish. Davis represented the United States at the [[2008 Olympics]] and [[2012 Olympics]], helping Team USA to a silver medal both times. She was also part of the US team that won the [[2014 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship|2014 World Championships]].

==High school and personal life==
Davis was born in [[Stockton, California]], to Randy and Barbara Davis. Her favorite sports team is the [[New York Yankees]], her favorite movie is ''[[Dirty Dancing]]'', her favorite TV show is ''Grey's Anatomy''.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.usavolleyball.org/athlete/athlete/1004 |title= Nicole Davis profile |publisher= [[USA Volleyball]] | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090703101403/http://www.usavolleyball.org/athlete/athlete/1004 | archive-date = July 3, 2009}}</ref>

She graduated from [[Lincoln High School (Stockton, California)|Lincoln High School]] in Stockton in 2000. In her four years there, she was a three-year letter winner and played as an outside hitter and libero. As a senior, she earned All-San Joaquin League and All-Area honors. In her senior season, she had season totals of 357 kills, 569 digs, 35 aces and 40 blocks. Her high school total is 705 kills, 1,254 digs, 103 aces and 82 blocks. She helped her team to the NorCal championships in 1999 and 2000.

She played club volleyball for Nike Pacific and Delta Valley Volleyball Club, where she was named to the junior Olympic team in 1999 and 2000.

==USC==
Davis was a political science major at the [[University of Southern California]].

In her senior season in 2003, she dominated the libero position as she led USC to their second consecutive NCAA national championship. She started all 35 matches and averaged 4.25 digs per game - the second-best single season performance in program history. She finished her USC career with 1,093 total digs and a 3.09 digs per game average to rank sixth in both USC career record categories. She surpassed her own career high and set a new USC record for digs in a three-game match with 31 against [[Stanford]]. On December 13 against [[UCLA]] in the NCAA Regional Final, Davis tied her career mark and USC record by posting another 31-dig performance against the Bruins. She trained with the USA A2 Women's National Team in [[Lake Placid, New York]], during the summer of 2003.

Her happiest moment in sports was winning back-to-back NCAA Division I volleyball championships with USC in 2002 and 2003.

==International==
Davis was also named "Best Libero" at the Montreux Volley Masters in 2011. She also took part as the starting libero for the U.S. National team at the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games. Where the team won the silver medal in both games. In addition to winning the silver medal in 2012, she was also ranked 2nd best libero in terms of statistics.

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Team USA|new_id=nicole-davis-907915|old_id=DA/Nicole-Davis|archive=20230426090300}}
* {{Olympics.com|nicole-davis}}
* {{Olympedia}}
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407070336/http://www.usctrojans.com/sports/w-volley/mtt/davis_nicole00.html |date=April 7, 2014 |title=Nicole Davis at USC Trojans}}
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091103110635/http://www.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=1397/bio/index.html |date=November 3, 2009 |title=Nicole Davis at NBC Olympics}}
* {{Instagram}}

{{USA squad 2007 FIVB Women's World Cup}}
{{United States women's volleyball squad 2008 Summer Olympics}}
{{USA squad 2011 FIVB Women's World Cup}}
{{United States women's volleyball squad 2012 Summer Olympics}}
{{USA world championship Squad 2014}}
{{Footer USA Volleyball 2008 Summer Olympics}}
{{Footer USA Volleyball 2012 Summer Olympics}}

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