Erik Shoji
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Full name | Erik Thomas Shoji | ||||
Nationality | American | ||||
Born | Honolulu, United States | August 24, 1989||||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||
Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | ||||
Spike | 317 cm (125 in) | ||||
Block | 305 cm (120 in) | ||||
College / University | Stanford University | ||||
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Position | Libero | ||||
Current club | ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle | ||||
Number | 22 | ||||
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Erik Thomas Shoji (born August 24, 1989) is an American professional volleyball player. He is a member of the US national team, a bronze medalist at the Olympic Games Rio 2016 and the 2018 World Championship, 2014 World League and 2015 World Cup winner, and the 2022 Champions League winner.[1] At the professional club level, he plays for ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle.[2]
Personal life
Shoji's parents are Dave and Mary Shoji. His older brother Kawika Shoji is also a player (setter), the former member of the US national team.
Career
Shoji was a member of the Men’s Junior National Team in 2008 and 2009. He joined the senior national team in 2013 and helped the team win the gold medal at the NORCECA Championship.
Honours
Clubs
- National championships
- 2013/2014
Austrian Cup, with Hypo Tirol Innsbruck
- 2013/2014
Austrian Championship, with Hypo Tirol Innsbruck
- 2015/2016
German Cup, with Berlin Recycling Volleys
- 2015/2016
German Championship, with Berlin Recycling Volleys
- 2021/2022
Polish Cup, with ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
- 2021/2022
Polish Championship, with ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle[4]
- 2013/2014
Youth national team
Individual awards
- 2007: FIVB U19 World Championship – Best Digger
- 2008: NORCECA U21 Championship – Best Receiver
- 2008: NORCECA U21 Championship – Best Defender
- 2008: NORCECA U21 Championship – Best Libero
- 2015: FIVB World Cup – Best Libero
- 2019: FIVB Nations League – Best Libero
References
- ^ "U.S. Men's Volleyball Team Makes History With Bronze Medal Victory At World Championship". teamusa.org. September 30, 2018. Retrieved August 15, 2021.
- ^ "Erik Shoji dołącza do ZAKSY". zaksa.pl (in Polish). July 4, 2021. Retrieved August 15, 2021.
- ^ "They did it again. Zaksa is a Double CEV Champions League Volley Winner". CEV. May 22, 2022. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
- ^ "ZAKSA mistrzem Polski! Dziewiąte złoto siatkarzy z Kędzierzyna-Koźla". polsatsport.pl (in Polish). May 14, 2022. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Erik Shoji.
- Player profile at TeamUSA.org
- Player profile at the European Volleyball Confederation
- Player profile at Olympics.com
- Player profile at Olympedia
- Player profile at LegaVolley.it (in Italian)
- Player profile at PlusLiga.pl (in Polish)
- Player profile at Volleybox.net
Categories:
- 1989 births
- Living people
- American sportspeople of Japanese descent
- Volleyball players from Honolulu
- American men's volleyball players
- Olympic volleyball players of the United States
- Volleyball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Volleyball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in volleyball
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- American expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Expatriate volleyball players in Germany
- American expatriate sportspeople in Austria
- Expatriate volleyball players in Austria
- American expatriate sportspeople in Russia
- Expatriate volleyball players in Russia
- American expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Expatriate volleyball players in Italy
- American expatriate sportspeople in Poland
- Expatriate volleyball players in Poland
- Stanford Cardinal men's volleyball players
- ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle players
- Liberos