Kevin Hansen (volleyball)
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Born | Kevin Christopher Hansen March 19, 1982 (age 42) Newport Beach, California, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kevin Christopher Hansen (born March 19, 1982) is an American volleyball player. He made his Olympic debut at the 2008 Summer Olympics with the U.S. national team.
Personal life
Hansen was born and raised in Newport Beach, California. He attended high school at Corona del Mar and was named the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) Most Valuable Player in 2000 and led the volleyball team to the CIF Division I Championship the same season.
Hansen is a type I diabetic, first diagnosed when he was 10 years old, and must inject himself with insulin at least four times a day.[1]
College
Hansen continued on to Stanford University from 2000-2005 (as he redshirted his freshman year), and majored in economics.
He finished his career third on Stanford's list of career leaders with 5,036 assists, thus becoming just the third player in Stanford men's volleyball history to eclipse 5,000 career assists. He was an American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) First-Team All-American as a fifth year senior in 2005.
U.S. national team
Hansen joined the U.S. national team in June 2005, primarily as the backup setter to veteran Lloy Ball.
International competition
In 2008, he played at the FIVB World League, where Team USA won the gold medal. In 2007, he participated in Americas' Cup, earning a gold medal, the Pan American Games, earning a silver medal, and the FIVB World League, earning a bronze medal. His first major international competition was in 2005 at the World University Games.
Olympics
Hansen made his Olympic debut at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
References
- ^ Mattson, Jim. "USA Olympic star battles diabetes Archived 2008-08-04 at the Wayback Machine" HOI News (retrieved on August 23, 2008).
External links
- Kevin Hansen at Team USA (archived)
- 1982 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Newport Beach, California
- American men's volleyball players
- Olympic volleyball players of the United States
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in volleyball
- Volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Stanford University alumni
- Stanford Cardinal men's volleyball players
- Volleyball players at the 2007 Pan American Games
- PAOK V.C. players
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States
- Pan American Games medalists in volleyball
- People with type 1 diabetes
- Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games