Tamari Miyashiro

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Education

Miyashiro played volleyball for four years at Kalani High School. She was a first team All-State selection as a junior and senior and led her team to three league titles. She was the 2004 Hawaii Gatorade Player of the Year.

2007 Asics/Volleyball Magazine National Defensive Player of the Year

2008 UnderArmour/Volleyball Magazine National Defensive Player of the Year

Two-time AVCA All-American second team (2008, 2009)

AVCA All-American third team (2007)

All-Pacific Region first team (2007)

Two-time All-Pac-10 first team (2007, 2008)

Pac-10 All-Freshman team (2006).

Career

High school College International Miyashiro joined the United States. national team in January 2010. That year, she averaged 4.00 digs per set during the Tour of China, which led the team She also played for SVS Post Schwechat.

She started at libero in all five matches at the Pan American games, where the United States. finished in third place.

Miyashiro was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, and resides in Kaneohe, Hawaii. She graduated from the University of Washington in 2009.

Her mother played volleyball for the University of Hawaii.

Achievements

As a libero, she was a two-time National Defensive Player of the Year at the University of Washington and has played on the United States women"s national volleyball team since 2010. She was the 2004 Hawaii Gatorade Player of the Year. 2007 Asics/Volleyball Magazine National Defensive Player of the Year In 2011, Miyashiro helped the Americans win the gold medal in the FIVB World Grand Prix. At the 2012 FIVB World Grand Prix, Miyashiro was the team"s starting libero in two matches and helped the United States. win the gold medal. She then won the silver medal with the United States. in the Olympics.

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