David Lee (volleyball)

David Lee
Personal information
Full name David Cameron Lee
Nationality American
Born (1982-03-08) March 8, 1982
Alpine, California, United States
Height 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)
Weight 105 kg (231 lb)
Spike 350 cm (140 in)
Block 325 cm (128 in)
College(s) Long Beach State
Volleyball information
Position Middle blocker
Current club Ziraat Bankası Ankara
Number 11
Career
YearsTeams
2005–2006
2006–2008
2008–2009
2009–2010
2010–2011
2011–2012
2012–2013
2013–2014
2014–2015
2016
2016–		Rennes Volley 35
Halkbank Ankara
Trenkwalder Modena
Lokomotiv Novosibirsk
VC Kuzbass Kemerovo
VC Dynamo Moscow
VC Zenit Kazan
Fudan University Shanghai
Lokomotiv Novosibirsk
PAOK Thessaloniki VC
Ziraat Bankası Ankara
National team
2003–United States
Honours
Olympic Games
2008 Beijing Team
2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
World Cup
2015 Japan
World League
2008 Rio de Janeiro
2014 Florence
2007 Katowice
2015 Rio de Janeiro
NORCECA Championship
2007 Anaheim
2013 Langley
2009 Bayamón
2011 Mayaguez
Pan American Games
2007 Rio de Janeiro Team
Last updated: 21 August 2016

David Cameron Lee (born March 8, 1982) is an American volleyball player, currently playing for Turkish team Ziraat Bankası Ankara. Also a member of the United States men's national volleyball team, Olympic Champion 2008, NORCECA Champion (2007, 2013), gold medalist of the World League (2008, 2014) and 2015 World Cup. Lee winner Gold medalist in Olympic Games 2008 and bronze medal in 2016.

Early life

Lee was born in Alpine, California. He attended Granite Hills High School in El Cajon, California, where he graduated in 2000.[1]

College

As a junior at Long Beach State in 2003, he was named to the All-Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) second team and led the conference with a .483 hitting percentage. As a senior in 2004, he was named an American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) First Team All-American. He helped Long Beach State to the 2004 NCAA championship match, where they lost to BYU in the longest championship match in NCAA men's volleyball history. Long Beach State held two championship points, but did not convert and lost 3-2, 19-17 in the fifth game.[2]

International

Professional

Lee has played professionally in Greece, Russia, Italy, France, Puerto Rico, Portugal and Indonesia.[1] He has won national championships in Indonesia and Greece.

For the 2015-16 season, he was playing for P.A.O.K. V.C. in Thessaloniki Greece.

U.S. national team

Lee joined the U.S. national team in 2005. He became a part-time starter in 2007, splitting time with Tom Hoff and finishing the season second on the team in blocks. Lee was the team's second-leading blocker and third overall at the 2007 World Cup, where the U.S. finished fourth.

Olympics

Lee made his Olympic debut with the U.S. national team in 2008, helping Team USA to a gold medal.

Awards

Clubs

National team

Senior team

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 Evans, B. J. David Lee making a name for himself. USA Volleyball (June 8, 2008). Retrieved on August 18, 2008.
  2. ↑ Reynolds, Jeff; Kauffman, Bill. BYU wins National Championship BYU Athletic Department (May 8, 2004). Retrieved on August 18, 2008.
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Awards
Preceded by
Russia Nikolay Apalikov		 Best Blocker of
CEV Champions League
2012/2013 		Succeeded by
Russia Dmitriy Muserskiy
Preceded by
Russia Dmitriy Muserskiy
Italy Emanuele Birarelli		 Best Middle Blocker of
FIVB World League
2014
ex aequo Brazil Lucas Saatkamp 		Succeeded by
United States Maxwell Holt
Serbia Srećko Lisinac
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