Clayton Stanley is an American volleyball player, a member of United States men"s national volleyball team, a participant of the Olympic Games, Olympic Champion 2008, NORCECA Champion 2005, multimedalist of the World League.
Background
Stanley was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, to Jon Stanley and Sandra Haine. His mother and grandfather represented Canada, father Jon represented United States. His mother, Sandra Haine, played professionally for the Denver Comets as well as for Canada"s national team
Education
Stanley is a graduate of Kaiser High School in Honolulu and did not play volleyball in high school, as the school did not have a boys" team at the time.
Stanley attended the University of Hawaiʻi, where he majored in Spanish. Stanley was a freshman in 1997, but redshirted his sophomore year. He decided to forgo his 2000 senior redshirt year to play professionally.
In 1999, Stanley broke Hawaiʻi"s single-match kill record with 50 kills against University of California, Los Los Angeles In 2000, he was Third-Team All-Mountain Pacific Sports Federation and ranked in the Top 15 of the nation with a 5.53 kill average.
He led the MPSF in aces and tied team record with 54.
He finished his career 10th on all-time kill list at Hawaii.
Career
Playing at the 2004 Summer Olympics, Stanley led the team and finished fifth overall in scoring with 110 points on 83 kills, 17 aces and 10 blocks. His 17 aces ranked second among all players in the tournament. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, Stanley helped Team United States of America to its first gold medal in 20 years.
Foreign his performances during the tournament, he was selected as the Most Valuable Player, Best Scorer, and Best Server of the Olympics.
Individuals National team = Senior team