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{{short description|American volleyball player}}
{{BLP sources|date=January 2019}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Use American English|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox volleyball biography
| name             = Reid Priddy
| nationality      = American
| image            = AVP Professional Beach Volleyball in Austin, Texas (2017-05-20) (35329993932).jpg
| caption          = Priddy at the 2017 AVP Austin Open
| fullname         = William Reid Priddy
| birth_date       = {{Birth date and age|1977|10|1}}
| birth_place      = [[Richmond, Virginia]], U.S.
| height           = {{convert|194|cm|ftin|abbr=on|order=flip}}
| weight           = {{convert|89|kg|lb|0|abbr=on|order=flip}}
| college          = Loyola Marymount University
| spike            = {{convert|353|cm|abbr=on|order=flip}}
| block            = {{convert|330|cm|abbr=on|order=flip}}
| position         = Outside hitter
| currentclub      = [[Volley Lube]]
| currentnumber    = 8
| years            = 
| clubs            = {{plainlist|
* [[Olympiacos S.C.|Olympiacos]]
* [[Halkbank Ankara]]
* [[Daejeon Samsung Bluefangs]]
* [[VC Zenit-Kazan|Zenit-Kazan]]
* [[Volley Lube]]
}}
| nationalyears    = 1999–2016
| nationalteam     = {{vb|USA}}
| medaltemplates-title = Medal record
| medaltemplates   = 
{{MedalSport | Men's [[beach volleyball]] }}
{{MedalCountry | the {{USA}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Volleyball at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] }}
[[File:Olympic rings.svg|center|80px]]
{{MedalGold | [[Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2008 Beijing]] | [[Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|Team]] }}
{{MedalBronze | [[2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Rio de Janeiro]] | [[Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|Team]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[FIVB World League|World League]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[2008 FIVB Volleyball World League|2008 Rio de Janeiro]] | }}
{{MedalSilver | [[2012 FIVB Volleyball World League|2012 Sofia]] | }}
{{MedalBronze | [[2007 FIVB Volleyball World League|2007 Katowice]] | }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour|World Tour]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2019 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour|2019 Kuala Lumpur]]|Beach}}
}}

'''William Reid Priddy''' (born October 1, 1977), known as '''Reid Priddy''', is an American [[volleyball]] player on the [[United States men's national volleyball team]] and Italian club [[Volley Lube|Cucine Lube Civitanova]]. He has also played on the [[Association of Volleyball Professionals|AVP]] tour from 2000 to 2006.

As of 2009, Priddy has resumed playing on the [[Association of Volleyball Professionals|AVP Tour]].

==High school and personal life==
Priddy was born in [[Richmond, Virginia]] to Ken and Sharon Priddy. He started playing volleyball after his family moved from Richmond to [[Florida]], where he tried it in a summer-school [[Physical Education|P.E.]] class.

Priddy graduated in 1996 from [[Mountain Pointe High School]] in Phoenix, Arizona. His first year of varsity volleyball was in Arizona in 1994. Priddy played the setter position for the Pride and helped lead the team as a junior to the school's first state championship in 1995.

Priddy has been married to Lindsay Pierce since March 10, 2007.

==College==
Priddy graduated from [[Loyola Marymount University]] with a degree in communication studies in 2000. He was also recruited by [[Cal State Northridge Matadors|Cal State Northridge]], [[USC Trojans men's volleyball|USC]] and [[UC Santa Barbara Gauchos|UC Santa Barbara]].<ref>[http://www.usavolleyball.org/National/profiles/men/player.asp?number=8 USA Volleyball – Player profile: Reid Priddy<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> He appeared in 18 matches (42 games). Posted 150 kills, 70 digs and 12 service aces as a freshman. He led the Lions with 391 kills and in matches with 10-or-more kills (17) and was second on the team in kills per game (4.83), digs (178) and digs per game (2.20) in 1998. In 1999, he led the team in kills (435), kills per game (5.80) and service aces (35) as a senior

==Career==
Priddy played with the national team at the [[Pan American Games]] in 1999. In 2000, he also debuted playing in Italy, for [[Volley Forlì]]. In 2001, Priddy led the team in kills (258) and digs (184), and was second on the team in blocks (41) and tied for third in service aces (14), participating in the Japan Tour, [[Volleyball World League]], World Championship Qualifier, [[NORCECA Men's Volleyball Championship|NORCECA Zone Championships]], and the Jeep America's Cup. That year he also played for the [[Vienna Hotvolleys]] club in [[Austria]].

Priddy rejoined the US team in late July 2002. He led the team in total points (70), kills (60) and blocks (eight) in six matches at the [[FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship]], and finished the season first on the team in points per game (2.98) and sixth in total points (173), had 92 kills, 66 digs, 21 blocks and 10 service aces.  He also participated for the national team in the Bulgaria Tour, Greece Tour, and Florida Tour.

Priddy served as the team captain at the [[2003 Pan American Games]] where the team placed fourth. Although battling an abdominal injury for much of the season, he still finished third on the team in kills (224) and fourth on the squad in service aces (17).  He also participated in the Colorado/Nebraska Tour, Canada Tour, [[NORCECA Men's Volleyball Championship|NORCECA Zone Championships]] (gold medal), and the [[FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup|World Cup]] (fourth place).

Team USA qualified for the [[2004 Summer Olympic Games|2004 Olympic Games]] in Athens, Greece, by winning the [[NORCECA Men's Volleyball Championship|NORCECA Olympic Qualifying Tournament]] in [[Caguas, Puerto Rico]]. The team finished fourth overall at the Olympics. He also participated in the Japan Tour, Houston Series, USA Global Challenge (gold medal), and the [[Serbia and Montenegro]] Tour (silver medal). That year, he moved to [[Callipo Sport|Callipo Vibo Valentia]] club of southern Italy.

In 2005, he made his indoor season debut in Japan at the World Grand Champions Cup as the Team USA claimed the silver medal with a record of 4-1. He played in each of the final four matches (eight out of 13 sets) and scored 27 points on 23 kills, two blocks and two service aces. In 2005–2006 he played at club level in South Korea for Daejeon Samsung Bluefangs. The following year, Priddy led his team in scoring in seven out of 12 World League matches, including 21 points against [[Serbia & Montenegro]], and was one of the World League leaders in scoring and hitting. The U.S. team went undefeated (4-0) at the Inaugural Pan American Cup in June. Priddy obtained the high score in the first (18), third (23) and fifth (16) matches in Argentina. At club level, in 2006–2007 he was hired by [[Olympiacos S.C.|Olympiacos Piraeus]] in [[Greece]], after which he moved to Russia club [[VC Lokomotiv Novosibirsk]], where he remained until 2010.

In 2008, Priddy was part of the team which won the gold medal in the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] defeating Brazil in final. After leaving Lokomotiv, in 2010–2012 Priddy played for Russian club  [[VC Zenit-Kazan]] and then for [[Halkbank Ankara]] in Turkey (2012–2013). He returned to play for European clubs only in January 2016, when he was called to replace injured [[Simone Parodi]] by Lube Cucine Civitanova.

At the 2016 Olympics, during the bronze medal game, he came off the bench and helped rally the team to a 3-2 victory.

==AVP Beach Volleyball Tour==
* 2001: Finished 13th twice, 17th three times, 25th twice, and 33rd once in 8 [[Association of Volleyball Professionals|AVP]] tournaments.
* 2002:Finished 25th and 57th in 2 [[Association of Volleyball Professionals|AVP]] tournaments.
* 2005: Finished ninth three times in 10 [[Association of Volleyball Professionals|AVP]] tournaments.
* 2006: Finished ninth three times in 3 [[Association of Volleyball Professionals|AVP]] tournaments.
* 2017: Finished third in Manhattan Beach Open [AVP.com]
* 2019: Won Manhattan Beach Open [AVP.com]

==Sporting achievements==

===Clubs===

====CEV Champions League====
* [[File:Bronze medal with cup.svg|16px]] [[2015–16 CEV Champions League|2014/2015]] – with [[Volley Lube|Cucine Lube Civitanova]]

===Awards===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! valign="top" |Year
! valign="top" align="center" | Award / Honor
|-
| valign="top" |1998
| valign="top" |Earned AVCA second-team All-America honors<br />Earned all-[[Mountain Pacific Sports Federation|MPSF]] honorable mention accolades.
|-
| valign="top" |1999
| valign="top" |Earned AVCA second-team All-America honors<br />Garnered second-team all-[[Mountain Pacific Sports Federation]] (MPSF)honors.
|-
| valign="top" |2000
| valign="top" |Earned American Volleyball Coaches Association first-team All-America honors as a senior
|-
| valign="top" |2013
| valign="top" |Most Valuable Player of the [[Men's CEV Cup 2012–13]] with [[Halkbank Ankara]]
|}

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons}}
* {{AVP player|reid-priddy}}
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* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091103110417/http://www.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=1081/bio/index.html |date=November 3, 2009 |title=Reid Priddy at NBC Olympics website}}
* {{Official website|http://www.reidpriddy.com/|Reid Priddy (official website)}}

{{United States men's volleyball squad 2004 Summer Olympics}}
{{United States men's volleyball squad 2008 Summer Olympics}}
{{United States men's volleyball squad 2012 Summer Olympics}}
{{Footer USA Volleyball 2008 Summer Olympics}}
{{Footer USA Volleyball 2012 Summer Olympics}}
{{United States men's volleyball squad 2016 Summer Olympics}}
{{Footer USA Volleyball 2016 Summer Olympics}}

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