| Tonya Slacanin | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Tonya Denise Williams (-Slacanin) | ||
| Nickname | Teee | ||
| Born | Tonya Denise Williams March 28, 1968 (1968-03-28) (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 | |||
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| Medal record | |||
Tonya Slacanin (born March 28, 1968), 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. She also competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, finishing in seventh place.
Among her achievements, Slacanin helped the national team win a silver medal at the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata.
College
Slacanin played college women's volleyball with the Hawaii Rainbow Wahine volleyball team. She helped Hawaii to the national title in 1987. She was a three-time AVCA first-team All-American, and the 1987 and 1989 National Player of the Year. She also set the record for most attacks in a match with 99 against Cal Poly on December 8, 1989. In the same season, Slacanin set a school record with 44 kills in a match against UC Santa Barbara.
In 1998, Slacanin was inducted into the University of Hawaii Sports Circle of Honor.
International
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. She won the European "CEV-Cup" in 1994 with the German team USC Münster. She also won as the national Championship and Cup title in Germany in 2004 with USC Münster.
Beach volleyball
Slacanin won a German beach volleyball tournament in 2003, partnering with Ines Pianka.
Personal life
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. The marriage ended in divorce with Slacanin taking back her maiden name of Williams. She has since remarried, and is currently Tonya Slacanin.
International competitions
- 1990 – Goodwill Games
- 1990 – World Championships (bronze)
- 1991 – World Cup
- 1992 – Summer Olympics (bronze)
- 1992 – FIVB Super Four (bronze)
- 1993 – FIVB Grand Champions Cup
- 1994 – World Grand Prix
- 1994 – World Championship
- 1995 – Pan American Games (silver)
- 1995 – Canada Cup (gold)
- 1995 – World Grand Prix (gold)
References
- ^ Miller, Ann (July 29, 2009). "'Teee' time remarkable one for UH volleyball". The Honolulu Advertiser. Archived from the original on May 2, 2014. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
- ^ "Teee Sanders-Williams". Olympedia. Archived from the original on January 30, 2023. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
- ^ Luis, Cindy (July 12, 1996). "Williams is sky high for Games". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Archived from the original on September 4, 2023. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
- "Women's Volleyball All-America Teams and Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 5, 2022. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
- @NCAAVolleyball (December 8, 2022). "On this day in 1989, Teee Williams-Sanders tallied the most total attacks in a match in tournament history with 99 against Cal Poly" (Tweet). Archived from the original on September 4, 2023. Retrieved September 4, 2023 – via Twitter.
- "Faces in the Crowd". Sports Illustrated. New York City: Time. January 15, 1990. Retrieved September 29, 2024.
- "Teee Williams". University of Hawai'i at Manoa Athletics. Archived from the original on February 22, 2022. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
- ^ "Tonya Slacanin-Sanders (Teee)". Volleybox.net. Archived from the original on September 4, 2023. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
- Krastev, Todor. "Women Volleyball XIII World Championship 1994 - Teams Composition. - United States". Todor66.com. Archived from the original on June 27, 2015. Retrieved November 29, 2015.
External links
- Tonya Williams at Olympics.com
- Olympedia profile: Teee Sanders-Williams
- Teee Williams at The Washington Post
- Southern California Indoor Volleyball Hall of Fame
- University of Hawaii Sports Circle of Honor
- Tonya Williams at the Beach Volleyball Database'
- Volleybox.net profile
- Tonya Denise "Teee" Sanders-Williams at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Teee Sanders at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
- US Olympic Team at the Wayback Machine (archived October 6, 2007)
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- 1968 births
- Living people
- American women's volleyball players
- Volleyball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Volleyball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in volleyball
- Volleyball players from Los Angeles
- Hawaii Rainbow Wahine volleyball players
- Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Outside hitters
- African-American volleyball players
- Competitors at the 1990 Goodwill Games
- 21st-century African-American sportswomen
- 21st-century American sportswomen
- 20th-century African-American sportswomen
- 20th-century American sportswomen
- Volleyball players at the 1995 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in volleyball