TeTori Dixon
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Full name | TeTori Elsie Dixon | ||||
Nationality | American | ||||
Born | Arizona, U.S. | August 4, 1992||||
Hometown | Burnsville, Minnesota, U.S. | ||||
Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.90 m) | ||||
Spike | 121 in (307 cm) | ||||
Block | 116 in (295 cm) | ||||
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Position | Middle Blocker | ||||
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TeTori "Tori" Elsie Dixon (born August 4, 1992) is an American indoor volleyball player, and was part of the United States national team that won the 2014 World Championship gold medal.
Career
College
She played college volleyball for the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers women's volleyball team.[1] Dixon was Selected AVCA All-America First-Team a unanimous All-Big Ten.[2] She finished her career ranked fifth all time in total blocks (507), the best ever career hitting percentage (.369) and ninth all-time in career kills (1,479).
International
Dixon 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.[3][4] Dixon was named Best Middle Blocker at the 2014 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup.
Dixon played for Rabita Baku for the 2014/15 season, taking part of the Women's CEV Champions League and Azerbaijan Women's Volleyball Super League. She then played for the Japanese club Toray Arrows for the 2015/16 season. In 2019 she played for Beijing BAIC Motor China Volleyball League.
In May 2021, she was named to the 18-player roster for the FIVB Volleyball Nations League tournament.[5] that will be played May 25 – June 24 in Rimini, Italy. It is the only major international competition before the Tokyo Olympics in July.
Awards
Individual
- 2015 FIVB World Cup "Best Middle Blockers"
- 2018 Nations League "Best Middle Blockers"
- 2018–19 Chinese Volleyball League "Most Valuable Player"
Personal
Dixon is the daughter of former National Football League player David Dixon. She is of Maori descent.[6]
References
- ^ "Tori Dixon Bio - University of Minnesota Official Athletic Site". www.gophersports.com. Archived from the original on November 13, 2013.
- ^ [1] [bare URL]
- ^ Benedetti, Valeria (October 12, 2014). "Volley, Mondiale: Usa batte Cina 3-1". La Gazzetta dello sport (in Italian). Milan, Italy. Retrieved October 12, 2014.
- ^ "USA win first World Championship title, China and Brazil complete the podium". Milan, Italy: FIVB. May 11, 2014. Retrieved May 11, 2014.
- ^ "Kiraly announces 18 USA Volleyball women on FIVB VNL Roster |". May 13, 2021.
- ^ Askeland, Kevin (October 4, 2009). "Minnesota: Blocking skills for Burnsville volleyball's Tori Dixon are in the genes". MaxPreps.com. Retrieved January 19, 2015.
- Articles with bare URLs for citations from May 2022
- 1992 births
- Living people
- American women's volleyball players
- Minnesota Golden Gophers women's volleyball players
- American expatriate sportspeople in Japan
- Middle blockers
- Expatriate volleyball players in Azerbaijan
- American expatriate sportspeople in Azerbaijan
- Expatriate volleyball players in Japan
- Sportspeople from Arizona
- American people of Māori descent
- Expatriate volleyball players in Italy
- American expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- American expatriate sportspeople in China