U.S. Olympic Women’s Volleyball Team

Eight of the 12 women on the U.S. volleyball team have played in at least one Olympic Games. Five players have competed in two Olympics. Team USA is ranked fourth in the world, according to the volleyball portion of the Team USA Web site.

Danielle Scott-Arruda, 35, will play in her fourth Olympics. She has been on the U.S. national team since 1994. Playing in their third Olympic Games are Robyn Ah Mow-Santos, Logan Tom, Heather Bown and Stacy Sykora. The team’s coach is herself a bit of a celebrity in the volleyball world. “Jenny” Lang Ping will lead the U.S. team in her hometown of Beijing and in her third Olympic Games. She starred for the Chinese Olympic team that won the gold medal in 1984.

The women of the U.S. Olympic volleyball team playing in Beijing are:

Ogonna Nnamani (Bloomington, Ill.) – Height: 6′1″; Position: outside hitter; Age: 25

Danielle Scott-Arruda (Baton Rouge, La.) – Height: 6′2″; Position: middle blocker; Age: 35

Tayyiba Haneef-Park (Laguna Hills, Calif.) – Height: 6′7″; Position: opposite/outside hitter; Age: 29

Lindsey Berg (Honolulu, Hawaii) – Height: 5′8″; Position: setter; Age: 28

Stacy Sykora (Burleson, Texas) – Height: 5′10″; Position: libero; Age: 31

Nicole Davis (Stockton, Calif.) – Height: 5′4″; Position: libero; Age: 26

Heather Bown (Yorba Linda, Calif.) – Height: 6′3″; Position: middle blocker; Age: 28

Jennifer Joines (Milpitas, Calif.) – Height: 6′3″; Position: middle blocker; Age: 25

Kim Glass (Lancaster, Pa.) – Height: 6′3″; Position: outside hitter; Age: 23

Robyn Ah Mow-Santos (Honolulu, Hawaii) – Height: 5′9″; Position: setter; Age: 32

Kim Willoughby (Napoleanville, La.) – Height: 6′; Position: outside hitter; Age: 27

Logan Tom (Salt Lake City, Utah) – Height: 6′1″; Position: outside hitter; Age: 27

To learn more about women’s indoor volleyball in the Olympics, visit the U.S. Volleyball website. If you want to see all U.S. Olympic qualifiers in every sport for the Beijing games, search on this official U.S. Olympics page. The official Olympics Web site has information about the history of volleyball, as does the official Beijing games site.