Teee_Sanders

Teee Sanders

Teee Sanders

American volleyball player

Tonya Slacanin,[1] (born March 28, 1968, in Los Angeles, California), formerly known as "Teee" Williams or "Teee" Sanders, is a retired female volleyball player from the United States. She won a bronze medal with the USA National Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.[2] She also competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics, finishing in seventh place.[2]

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Among her achievements, Slacanin helped the national team win a silver medal at the 1995 Pan American Games.[2]

College

Slacanin played college women's volleyball with the Hawaii Rainbow Wahine volleyball team.[2] She helped Hawaii to the national title in 1987.[3] She was a three-time AVCA first-team All-American, and the 1987 and 1989 National Player of the Year.[4] She also set the record for most attacks in a match with 99 against Cal Poly on December 8, 1989.[5]

In 1998, Slacanin was inducted into the University of Hawaii Sports Circle of Honor.[6]

International

Slacanin played for Orion Sesto San Giovanni Milano in the Italian championship in 1992–93, and then for PVF Parmalat Matera from 1996 to 1998.[7] She won the European "CEV-Cup" in 1994 with the German team USC Münster.[7] She also won as the national Championship and Cup title in Germany in 2004 with USC Münster.[7]

Beach volleyball

Slacanin won a German beach volleyball tournament in 2003, partnering with Ines Pianka.[2]

Personal life

While playing collegiately at the University of Hawaii, Slacanin married an Army soldier by the last name Sanders, and her name became Teee Williams-Sanders.[3] The marriage ended in divorce with Slacanin taking back her maiden name of Williams.[3] She has since remarried, and is currently Tonya Slacanin.[1]

International competitions

  • 1990 – Goodwill Games
  • 1990 – World Championships (bronze)
  • 1991 – World Cup
  • 1992 – Summer Olympics (bronze)
  • 1992 – FIVB Super Four (bronze)
  • 1993 – FIVB Grand Champions Cup
  • 1994 – World Grand Prix
  • 1994 – World Championship[8]
  • 1995 – Pan American Games (silver)
  • 1995 – Canada Cup (gold)
  • 1995 – World Grand Prix (gold)

References

  1. [1]
    Miller, Ann (July 29, 2009). "'Teee' time remarkable one for UH volleyball". The Honolulu Advertiser. Archived from the original on May 2, 2014. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
  2. [2]
    "Teee Sanders-Williams". Olympedia. Archived from the original on January 30, 2023. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
  3. [3]
    Luis, Cindy (July 12, 1996). "Williams is sky high for Games". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Archived from the original on September 4, 2023. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
  4. [4]
    "Women's Volleyball All-America Teams and Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 5, 2022. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
  5. [5]
    @NCAAVolleyball (December 8, 2022). "On this day in 1989, Teee Williams-Sanders tallied the most total attacks in a match in tournament history with 99 against Cal Poly" (Tweet). Archived from the original on September 4, 2023. Retrieved September 4, 2023 – via Twitter.
  6. [6]
    "Teee Williams". University of Hawai'i at Manoa Athletics. Archived from the original on February 22, 2022. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
  7. [7]
    "Tonya Slacanin-Sanders (Teee)". Volleybox.net. Archived from the original on September 4, 2023. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
  8. [8]
    Krastev, Todor. "Women Volleyball XIII World Championship 1994 - Teams Composition. - United States". Todor66.com. Archived from the original on June 27, 2015. Retrieved November 29, 2015.
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