Tonya Slacanin | |||
---|---|---|---|
Personal information | |||
Full name | Tonya Denise Williams (-Slacanin) | ||
Nickname | Teee | ||
Nationality | American | ||
Born | Tonya Denise Williams March 28, 1968 (age 56) Los Angeles, California, U.S. | ||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
Spike | 129 in (328 cm) | ||
Block | 120 in (304 cm) | ||
College / University | University of Hawaii | ||
Volleyball information | |||
Position | Outside Hitter | ||
Number | 1 | ||
National team | |||
| |||
Medal record |
Tonya Slacanin, [1] (born March 28, 1968, in Los Angeles, California), 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, Spain. [2] She also competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics, finishing in seventh place. [2]
Among her achievements, Slacanin helped the national team win a silver medal at the 1995 Pan American Games. [2]
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 1998, Slacanin was inducted into the University of Hawaii Sports Circle of Honor. [6]
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. [7] She won the European "CEV-Cup" in 1994 with the German team USC Münster. [7] She also won as the national Championship and Cup title in Germany in 2004 with USC Münster. [7]
Slacanin won a German beach volleyball tournament in 2003, partnering with Ines Pianka. [2]
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]