Rachael Adams

Rachael Alexis Adams (born June 3, 1990) is an American former professional volleyball player who played as a middle blocker for the United States women's national volleyball team. Adams won gold with the national team at the 2014 World Championship and bronze at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.

Not to be confused with Rachel Adams or Rachel McAdams.
Rachael Adams
Personal information
Full nameRachael Alexis Adams
NationalityAmerican
Born (1990-06-03) June 3, 1990
Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight179 lb (81 kg)
Spike125 in (318 cm)
Block121 in (307 cm)
College / UniversityUniversity of Texas at Austin
Volleyball information
PositionMiddle blocker
Current clubUnited States
Number5
Career
YearsTeams
2013 - 2014Poland Dąbrowa Górnicza
2014 - 2015Italy Imoco Volley Conegliano
2015 - 2018Turkey Eczacıbaşı VitrA[1]
2018 - 2020Italy US Victoria Monza[2]
2020 - 2021Turkey Aydın Büyükşehir Belediyespor[3]
2021Brazil Osasco Voleibol Clube
National team
United States United States
Medal record
Volleyball
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam
World Championship
Gold medal – first place2014 ItalyTeam
World Grand Champions Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Japan Team
FIVB World Grand Prix
Silver medal – second place2016 BangkokTeam
FIVB Nations League
Gold medal – first place2018 NanjingTeam
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place2015 TorontoTeam
Pan-American Cup
Gold medal – first place 2019 Trujillo/Chiclayo

Career

She attended Mount Notre Dame High School in Cincinnati, Ohio where she played volleyball.[4] She then played college volleyball at University of Texas at Austin.[5] In 2012, while at Texas, Adams was named as one of the four finalists for the Honda Sports Award in volleyball.[6]

Adams was part of the USA national team that won the 2014 World Championship gold medal when the team defeated China 3-1 in the final match.[7][8]

Adams was awarded among the Best Middle Blockers along with the Brazilian Thaísa Menezes during the 2016 World Grand Prix.[9]

With her team Eczacıbaşı VitrA, she won the gold medal at the 2016 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship.[10]

Adams won the 2016–17 CEV Champions League bronze medal with Eczacıbaşı VitrA when her team defeated the Russian Dinamo Moscow 3-0[11] and she was also awarded Best Middle Blocker.[12] At the end of season 2017-2018 she signed for Italian club Monza and will play in Italian A1 league.

Awards

Individual

Clubs

National team

References
  1. FIVB
  2. worldofvolley.com
  3. "TUR W: Adams finds club after one-year break". 24 May 2020.
  4. "Local volleyball star punches Olympic ticket". 12 July 2016.
  5. FIVB World Grand Prix 2016
  6. "Volleyball". CWSA. Retrieved 2020-04-07.
  7. Benedetti, Valeria (2014-10-12). "Volley, Mondiale: Usa batte Cina 3-1". La Gazzetta dello sport (in Italian). Milan, Italy. Retrieved 2014-10-12.
  8. "USA win first World Championship title, China and Brazil complete the podium". Milan, Italy: FIVB. 2014-05-11. Retrieved 2014-05-11.
  9. "Brazil win record 11th title in World Grand Prix". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  10. "Kosheleva blasts Eczacibasi to second worlds club title". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  11. "Eczacibasi VitrA ISTANBUL take Bronze in Treviso 3-1 against Dinamo MOSCOW". Treviso, Italy: CEV. 2017-04-23. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
  12. "Champions League: Le migliori della Final Four. Zhu MVP" (in Italian). Volleyball.it. 2017-04-23. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
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