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Bryan Ivie

Bryan Ivie

American volleyball player

Bryan Eric Ivie (born May 5, 1969, in Torrance, California) is an American former volleyball player and two-time Olympian. Ivie was a member of the United States national volleyball team that won the bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.[1][2] He also competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.[3] He was a middle blocker.[4]

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Ivie became the team captain of the national team in 1993.[4] He was named Male Volleyball Athlete of the Year in 1992 and 1993 by the United States Olympic Committee.[4]

High school

Ivie graduated from Mira Costa High School in Manhattan Beach, California in 1987.[4] He started playing volleyball as a junior in high school.[4]

College

Ivie played volleyball at the University of Southern California, where he led the Trojans to NCAA Championship titles in 1988 and 1990.[4] In 1990, he was selected as the Most Outstanding Player of the NCAA Championship tournament.[5] He had a total of 2,380 kills with the Trojans.[4] He was twice selected as an All-American and National Player of the Year.[4]

Beach volleyball

From 1993 to 2000, Ivie played professional beach volleyball and won $74,000 in prizes.[6]

Awards

  • Two-time All-American
  • Two-time NCAA National Player of the Year
  • Two-time NCAA Champion 1988, 1990
  • NCAA Championship Most Outstanding Player 1990
  • FIVB World Cup bronze medal 1991
  • Olympic bronze medal 1992
  • Two-time USOC Male Volleyball Athlete of the Year 1992, 1993
  • FIVB World Championship bronze medal 1994
  • Pan American Games silver medal 1995

References

  1. [1]
    Tafur, Vittorio (July 9, 1992). "They're Bound for Barcelona in Search of the Gold : Olympics: Ivie, Samuelson and Greenbaum got their start on area high school teams. Now they have a chance to rule the volleyball world". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 29, 2023. (subscription required)
  2. [2]
    Preston, Mike (August 10, 1992). "U.S. Defeats Cuba; Brazil Wins Gold : Men's volleyball: Americans come back after losing first game. In championship match, the Dutch yield 14 consecutive points in third game". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 31, 2023. (subscription required)
  3. [3]
    "Bryan Ivie". Olympedia. Archived from the original on March 29, 2023. Retrieved August 29, 2023.
  4. [4]
    "Bryan Ivie". Washington Post. Archived from the original on September 1, 2016. Retrieved July 29, 2023.
  5. [5]
    "Volleyball" (PDF). NCAA. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 20, 2020. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
  6. [6]
    "Bryan Ivie". Beach Volleyball Database. Archived from the original on July 29, 2023. Retrieved August 1, 2023.
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