Víctor Batista

Víctor Arístides Batista Lemos (born October 2, 1979, in Tamayo) is a male volleyball player from the Dominican Republic, who won the bronze medal with the men's national team at the 2008 Pan American Cup in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He play as wing spiker.

Victor Batista
Personal information
Full nameVictor Arístides Batista Lemos
Nationality Dominican Republic
Born (1979-10-01) October 1, 1979
Tamayo
HometownSanto Domingo
Height1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight88 kg (194 lb)
Spike358 cm (141 in)
Block345 cm (136 in)
Volleyball information
PositionWing Spiker
Current clubUnited States Retired
Number15
National team
1998 -Dominican Republic Dominican Republic
Honours
Men's Volleyball
Representing the  Dominican Republic
Pan American Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Winnipeg Team
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Chiapas Team
Last updated: May 2011

Career

Playing with Bameso, he won two times the 2004 and 2005 USA Open Volleyball Championship, being awarded MVP and All-Tournament both times.[1][2]

Víctor studied in Brigham Young University, majoring in Leisure Services Management. With the BYU Cougar's he won the 2004 NCAA National Collegiate Championship playing as a middle blocker,[3] and winning the 2003-2004 VCA All-America Second Team, 2004-2005 All-MPSF Second Team and Asics/Volleyball Magazine and All-American Second Team, and finally 2005-2006 All-MPSF Honorable Mention; finishing with a .378 career hitting percentage, fourth in BYU history.[4]

Played with Puerto Rican team Patriotas de Lares for the 2007 season.[5] Next year joined the Turkish team Tokat Plevne Belediye.[6][7] Later same season, joined the A2 Italian team Samgas Crema to play the 2008/2009 season.[8]

Returned to Puerto Rican LVSM with Indios de Mayagüez for the 2008 season,[9][10] and Los Caribes de San Sebastian for the 2009/2010 season.[11]

Joined for the 2009/2010 the Spanish team CAI Voleibol Teruel,[12] the 2010 Spanish Superliga.[13] The next year, Batista played with his friend and countrymate José Miguel Cáceres.[14] Víctor win MVP awards for his performances during the regular season and the playoffs.[15] And won the 2011 King's Cup[16] and the Superliga.[17]

Clubs
  • Dominican Republic Bameso (1998–2005)
  • Puerto Rico Patriotas de Lares (2007)
  • Turkey Tokat Plevne Belediye (2008–2009)
  • Puerto Rico Indios de Mayagüez (2008)
  • Italy Samgas Crema (2008–2009)
  • Puerto Rico Caribes de San Sebastián (2009)
  • Spain CAI Voleibol Teruel (2009–2011)
  • France GFCO Ajaccio (2011-2012)
  • Germany VfB Friedrichshafen (2012-2013)
  • Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv (2013-2014)

Awards

Individuals
  • 2004 USA Open Volleyball Championship "Most Valuable Player"
  • 2005 USA Open Volleyball Championship "Most Valuable Player"
  • 2011 Spanish Superliga Final Series "Most Valuable Player"

College
  • 2004 AVCA All-America Second Team
  • 2005 All-MPSF Second Team
  • 2005 Asics/Volleyball Magazine All-American Second Team
  • 2006 All-MPSF Honorable Mention

Clubs
  • 2004 USA Open Volleyball Championship - Champion, with Bameso
  • 2005 USA Open Volleyball Championship - Champion, with Bameso
  • 2010 Spanish Superliga - Champion, with CAI Voleibol Teruel
  • 2011 Spanish King's Cup - Champion, with CAI Voleibol Teruel
  • 2011 Spanish Superliga - Champion, with CAI Voleibol Teruel

References
  1. Columbia Star. "Bameso wins Men's and Women's USA Open Volleyball Gold". Retrieved 2010-06-14.
  2. SI.com. "Faces in the Crowd". CNN. Retrieved 2010-06-14.
  3. University of Hawai'i Athletics Department. "2004 NCAA Men's National Collegiate Volleyball Championship". Retrieved 2010-06-14.
  4. BYUCougars. "Men's Volleyball Athlete Profile - Víctor Batista". Retrieved 2010-06-14.
  5. Fpvoleibol. "Patriotas de Lares 2007" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2010-06-16.
  6. Zaman Online. "Soguk, Porto Ricolu voleybolculari etkiledi" (in Turkish). Retrieved 2010-06-16.
  7. Ihlas Haber Ajansi. "Plevnespor'un yeni transferi alismaya çalisiyor" (in Turkish). Retrieved 2010-06-16.
  8. Lega Pallavolo Serie A. "Víctor Batista è della Reima" (in Italian). Retrieved 2010-06-14.
  9. Fpvoleibol.com. "Los mas ofensivos de la LVSM" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2010-06-14.
  10. Noticias Online. "Víctor Batista mantiene liderato de anotaciones" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2010-06-14.
  11. Los Caribes del Pepino. "Los Caribes Noticias" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2010-06-14.
  12. Real Federación Española de Voleibol. "El CAI Voleibol Teruel ficha al dominicano Víctor Batista" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2010-06-14.
  13. HispaVista - Globedia (2010-05-01). "CAI Teruel, campeón de la Superliga tras vencer al Unicaja Almería" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2010-06-14.
  14. Heraldo de Aragon (2010-04-22). "El dúo más dinámico" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2011-09-29. Retrieved 2010-06-06.
  15. RFEVB (2010-05-09). "Víctor Batista (CAI Voleibol Teruel), MVP de la jornada" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2010-06-06.
  16. Eco de Teruel (2010-03-26). "El CAI, campeón de la Copa del Rey de Voleibol" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2011-08-15. Retrieved 2010-06-06.
  17. RFEVB (2010-05-08). "El CAI Voleibol Teruel, Campeón de la Superliga masculina" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2010-06-06.
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