Demetria Sance | |||||||||||||||
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Personal information | |||||||||||||||
Full name | Demetria Jean Sance | ||||||||||||||
Born | August 19, 1977 San Antonio, Texas, U.S. | (age 47)||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||||||||
Volleyball information | |||||||||||||||
Position | Outside hitter | ||||||||||||||
Number | 1 (national team) | ||||||||||||||
Honours
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Demetria Jean Sance (born August 30, 1977) is a former indoor volleyball player. She played for the University of Texas at Austin and the United States women's national team.
Career
Sance played volleyball at Texas from 1995 to 1998. In her first season, she was named the National Freshman of the Year. She went on to earn All-Conference and NCAA Regional All-Tournament honors during all four years at Texas. She set 21 school records, including most career kills, attacks, and digs.[1]
After college, Sance joined the U.S. national team and played in the 2000 Summer Olympics. She later served as head coach of the Wagner High School volleyball team.[1]
In 2003, Sance was admitted to the San Antonio Sports Hall of Fame.[2]
Personal
Sance was born on August 19, 1977, in San Antonio. She is 5 feet, 11 inches tall.[3]
References
- ^ a b "Longhorn legends: Volleyball Hall of Honor inductee Demetria Sance" Archived 2010-12-03 at the Wayback Machine. texassports.com. Retrieved August 17, 2012.
- ^ "Nominations open for 2015 San Antonio Sports Hall of Fame". www.mysanantonio.com Retrieved December 28, 2014.
- ^ "Demetria Sance Biography and Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved August 17, 2012.
External links
- Demetria Sance at Lega Pallavolo Serie A Femminile (in Italian)
- Demetria Sance at Olympedia
- Volleybox.net Profile
- 1977 births
- Living people
- Olympic volleyball players for the United States
- Volleyball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Texas Longhorns women's volleyball players
- Sportspeople from San Antonio
- American women's volleyball players
- African-American volleyball players
- 21st-century African-American sportswomen
- 21st-century American sportswomen
- 20th-century African-American sportswomen
- 20th-century American sportswomen
- Volleyball players at the 1999 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States in volleyball