Teee Sanders
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Tonya Slacanin[1] (born March 28, 1968), formerly known as "Teee" Williams or "Teee" Sanders, is a retired female volleyball player from the United States. She won a bronze medal with the USA National Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.[2] She also competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, finishing in seventh place.[2]
Among her achievements, Slacanin helped the national team win a silver medal at the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata.[2]
College
Slacanin played college women's volleyball with the Hawaii Rainbow Wahine volleyball team.[2] She helped Hawaii to the national title in 1987.[3] She was a three-time AVCA first-team All-American, and the 1987 and 1989 National Player of the Year.[4] She also set the record for most attacks in a match with 99 against Cal Poly on December 8, 1989.[5] In the same season, Slacanin set a school record with 44 kills in a match against UC Santa Barbara.[6]
In 1998, Slacanin was inducted into the University of Hawaii Sports Circle of Honor.[7]
International
Slacanin played for Orion Sesto San Giovanni Milano in the Italian championship in 1992–93, and then for PVF Parmalat Matera from 1996 to 1998.[8] She won the European "CEV-Cup" in 1994 with the German team USC Münster.[8] She also won as the national Championship and Cup title in Germany in 2004 with USC Münster.[8]
Beach volleyball
Slacanin won a German beach volleyball tournament in 2003, partnering with Ines Pianka.[2]
Personal life
While playing collegiately at the University of Hawaii, Slacanin married an Army soldier by the last name Sanders, and her name became Teee Williams-Sanders.[3] The marriage ended in divorce with Slacanin taking back her maiden name of Williams.[3] She has since remarried, and is currently Tonya Slacanin.[1]
International competitions
- 1990 – Goodwill Games
- 1990 – World Championships (bronze)
- 1991 – World Cup
- 1992 – Summer Olympics (bronze)
- 1992 – FIVB Super Four (bronze)
- 1993 – FIVB Grand Champions Cup
- 1994 – World Grand Prix
- 1994 – World Championship[9]
- 1995 – Pan American Games (silver)
- 1995 – Canada Cup (gold)
- 1995 – World Grand Prix (gold)
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External links
- Template:Olympics.com profile
- Olympedia profile: Teee Sanders-Williams
- Teee Williams at The Washington Post
- Southern California Indoor Volleyball Hall of Fame
- University of Hawaii Sports Circle of Honor
- Template:Beach Volleyball Database'
- Volleybox.net profile
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- Living people
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- Volleyball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in volleyball
- Volleyball players from Los Angeles
- Hawaii Rainbow Wahine volleyball players
- Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Outside hitters
- African-American volleyball players
- Competitors at the 1990 Goodwill Games
- 21st-century African-American sportswomen
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- Volleyball players at the 1995 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in volleyball