Tayyiba Mumtaz Haneef-Park is a retired American indoor volleyball player.
Background
Haneef-Park was born in Upland, California, to Mobarik and Patricia Haneef. She grew up in Laguna Hills, California, and attended Laguna Hills High School from 1993–1997 where she led the Hawks to the 1997 DII title and was named the California Athlete of the Year and was the Pacific Coast Most Valuable Player.
Education
She played at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, where the team finished in 5th place.
Career
After her pregnancy in 2010, she returned to Team United States of America to repeat their silver medal performance at the 2012 London Olympics. Both times United States of America lost to Brazil. She also participated in track and field, winning the CIF California State Meet in the high jump in 1997.
Her name, Tayyiba, is Arabic.
Haneef-Park, who married United States. Air Force pilot Anthony Park in May 2007, announced her pregnancy on August 21, 2009, through Facebook. The baby was due in March 2010.
She expects to resume training with the United States. national team in the summer of 2010. In 2009, Haneef-Park joined Jennifer Joines Tamas appearing on Doctor Philosophy discussing their exceptional height.
Haneef-Park is the third tallest Olympic volleyball player, marginally behind two Russian players.
At Long Beach State she was named to the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) All-America first team in 2001 after leading LBSU in kills per game (503) as a senior. She guided the 49"ers to a 33–1 record and a runner-up finish at the 2001 National Collegiate Athletic Association Championships. She was a three-time All-Big West first-team selection.
As a senior in 2001, she posted a hitting percentage of 0.406 and also averaged 2.31 digs and 0.73 blocks per game as a senior.
She was also a three-time All-American high jumper at LBSU, and she competed at the 2000 United States. Olympic Track and Field Trials, finishing 10th with a jump of 5–10 ¾. Haneef-Park was inducted into the 49er Athletic Hall of Fame at Long Beach State on November 19, 2008.
2012 Olympic Games (silver medal) 2011 FIVB World Cup (silver medal) 2008 Olympic Games (silver medal) FIVB World Grand Prix (fourth place) 2007 Pan American Games (bronze medal) FIVB World Grand Prix (eighth place) NORCECA Championship (silver medal) FIVB World Cup (bronze medal) 2006 Pan American Cup (fourth place) FIVB World Grand Prix (seventh place) World Championships (ninth place) 2007 Pan-American Games "Best Server".