Sarah Pavan

Personal information

Nickname

SP, Pav ^[1]

Nationality

Canada

Born

August 16, 1986
Kitchener, Ontario

Height

1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)

Weight

73 kg (161 lb)

Spike

314 cm (124 in)

Block

302 cm (119 in)

College(s)

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Beach volleyball information

Current teammate

Years	Teammate
2016-	Melissa Humana-Paredes

Best results

Years	Location	Result
2016 2016 2016	Porec Moscow Rio Olympics	rank 2 Rank 3 5th

Indoor volleyball information

Position

Wing Spiker

Number

Career

Years	Teams
2004–2007 2008–2010 2010–2011 2011–2012 2012–2014 2014–2015 2015–	Nebraska Cornhuskers Spes Volley Conegliano Korea Expressway MC Carnaghi Unilever Rio de Janeiro GS Caltex Seoul Shanghai Guohua Life

National team

2010

Canada

Sarah Lindsey Pavan (born August 16, 1986) is a Canadian beach volleyball and former indoor volleyball player. She was part of the Canada women's national volleyball team at the 2010 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship in Japan.^[2] She played with Korea Expressway.

Pavan played college volleyball at The University of Nebraska—Lincoln where she led her team to win the 2006 NCAA Women's Volleyball Tournament, and was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. Her collegiate accolades are numerous, and include winning the Honda-Broderick Cup (2007), the AVCA National Player of the Year (2006), and thrice the Big 12 Player of the Year (2005–07). She also won several academic awards, including twice winning ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American of the Year (2007–08) and earning a degree in biochemistry with a perfect 4.0 GPA.

Beach Volleyball

After contacting Heather to find out if she knew anyone looking for a partner, she paired up with Heather Bansley in 2013 when she changed over to Beach Volleyball.^[3] After Qualifying for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio, the pair competed in Pool-E and won all 3 matches with a 2-0 set score. For the Round of 16 match they were paired with the other Canadian team of Broder and Valjas, which they won in straight sets of (21–16, 21–11). The pair made it to the quarter finals at the Summer Olympics in Rio. They lost to Germany's Laura Ludwig and Kira Walkenhorst in straight sets of (14/21 14/21)

As of September 2016 Sarah partnered with Melissa Humana-Paredes.^[4]

Clubs

Korea Expressway (2010)

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sarah Pavan.
Sarah Pavan at the FIVB
Sarah Pavan Bio at Canadian Olympic Team Official Website

Awards
Preceded by Kerri Walsh Jennings (USA)	Women's FIVB World Tour "Best Blocker" 2015	Succeeded by Incumbent

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