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Biography
Megan Courtney (Kettering, 27 October 1993) is an American volleyball player. She played for the United States women's volleyball team at the 2017 FIVB World Grand Prix. She was named the best libero at the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League.
Clubs
- Leonas de Ponce (2015-2016)
- Impel Wrocław (2016-2017)
- Çanakkale Belediyespor (2017-2018)
- Volley Bergamo (2018-2019)
- Igor Gorgonzola Novara (2019-2020)
- Pallavolo Scandicci (2020-)
Career
Courtney's volleyball career began in 2008, playing for four years with Archbishop Alter High School in Kettering, Ohio. She played college women's volleyball at Pennsylvania State University, where in her freshman season she was the Big Ten Freshman of the Year as well as the AVCA Mideast Region Freshman of the Year. In her next two seasons, she helped Penn State to back-to-back NCAA Titles. In 2014, she earned NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player honors after she recorded career-high 23 kills and 16 digs in the national semifinals win over Stanford. She had 11 kills and 14 digs in the NCAA Championship win over BYU.
International
In 2016, she signed her first professional contract at Leonas de Ponce in the Liga de Voleibol Superior Femenino. In the summer of 2016 also made her debut in the US national team. In 2017, she won the 2017 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup gold medal. In the 2016-17 season she arrived in Poland, where he plays the ORLEN Liga with the Impla of Breslavia. In the following season she played for Çanakkale, a Turkish Sultanlar league club.
Awards
Individuals
- 2019 FIVB Nations League – "Best Libero"