Most Notable

• Selected most valuable player and best outside spiker at 2015 Pan American Cup, her first international tournament
• Led Team USA to gold at 2015 Pan Am Cup with a tournament-leading 50.4 kill percent to go with 81 total points
• Started two matches during 2015 FIVB World Grand Prix preliminary round, including a team-best 20 points vs. Belgium on July 5
• Led Team USA in scoring in five of six 2015 Pan American Games matches as the Americans won the title. Averaged 4.14 points per set in the Pan Am Games
• Two-time Honda Award Winner for best collegiate volleyball player (2013-14, 2014-15)
• AVCA Division I National Player of the Year for 2013

Major Competitions
2015: Pan American Cup (Gold)... FIVB World Grand Prix Preliminary Round... Pan American Games (Gold)...NORCECA Championship (Gold)

Did You Know

• Pac 12 Player of the Year and Scholar-Athlete of the Year in 2014
• Capital One Academic All-American of the Year in 2014
• ESPNW National Player of the Year in 2014
• Selected Gatorade National High School Player of the Year in 2010
• Selected to U.S. Girls' Youth National Training Team in 2008
• Consensus number-one high school recruit in the nation among the class of 2011
• Honored at 2011 ESPY Awards
• Graced cover of Volleyball Magazine's April 2011 issue
• Elected Homecoming Queen her senior year in high school where she led Redlands East Valley High School to three CIF championship titles
• Enjoys going to the beach and spending time with friends
• Hobbies are watching Netflix, going to the beach, shopping, hanging out with friends
• Mother, Tricia, played basketball at Loyola Marymount University from 1987-1991
• Graduated from University of Washington in 2015 with a bachelor's in sociology
• Started playing indoor volleyball in 2001 with Rancho Valley 12-1 in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.

Related Links

• ESPN.com: ESPNW Volleyball Player of the Year - Krista Vansant (Dec. 10, 2014)
• Press Enterprise: Krista Vansant's Interesting Summer (Aug. 20, 2014)
• Collegiate Women Sports Awards: Vansant Named Honda Volleyball Sport Award Winner (Jan. 7, 2014)
• University of Washington Player Bio for Krista Vansant

Last Updated: Aug. 6, 2015