U.S. Olympic Volleyball U.S. Olympic Team XXV Olympiad • Barcelona, Spain • Bronze Medal Ruth Lawanson 1992 U.S. National Team Ruth Lawanson 1985 1989-92 Suzie Regul 1993-94 U.S. Olympic Festival National Sports Festival Ruth Lawanson, West Team 1983 Professional Volleyball Major League Volleyball Ruth Lawanson, OH 1987 Dallas 1988-89 Minnesota *1988 MLV Player of the Year Ruth Lawanson’s No. 15 Retired * Former Fresno State Coach Traci Sliester, S 1989 Portland Ruth Lawanson not only rewrote the Bulldog volleyball Lindy Vivas, OH 1987 New York record book in 1984, but also made school history in *Former Fresno State Coach women’s athletics by becoming the first female athlete, first Laurie Wetzel-Hayward, OH 1989 New York athlete in a sport other than football, fourth athlete overall * Former Fresno State Coach and first volleyball player to have her jersey number (15) Joey Vrazel, S/OH 1987-88 New York retired. * Former Fresno State Coach Lawanson, the 1984-85 Fresno State Athlete of the Year, guided the Bulldog volleyball squad to the finest season in National Volleyball League school history as Fresno State jumped into the NCAA Top 20 Suzie Regul, MB 1995-96 San Jose Storm rankings for the first time and ended up tying for fifth in the Lynette Wilke-Lopez, MB 1994 Sacramento Stars nation at the NCAA Tournament. Fresno State finished with a final 26-13 overall record and 11-1 (second place) NorPac International Volleyball slate, both school-record win totals. Ruth Lawanson, OH 1992-94 Italy: Preca Moda Cislago The 5-8 setter-hitter, a three-time Fresno State 1994-95 volleyball Most Valuable Player born in Ibadan, Nigeria, set France: Racine Club de France season (488) and career (962) records for kills and a season Stacy Mitchell, OH 1996-1998 record for service aces (55) in 1984 to garner All- America France: Franches Montagnes honors on the CVCA/Russell Athletic 12-member first-team, 1995-96 Switzerland: Lucern becoming the first and only volleyball All-American. She Suzie Regul, MB 1995 Brazil: also captured a spot on the ASICS/Tiger All-America second Banco Bandeirantes Minas team as well as NorPac Co-Player of the Year, All-NorPac first Tricia Tuley, OH 1998-99 Switzerland: team, All-NorPac Tournament and All-Northwest Region Volleyball Frances Montagnes honors. Laurie Wetzel-Hayward, OH 1994-95 Switzerland: Bellinzona After a brief stint with the U.S. National Team in 1985, Joey Vrazel, S/OH 1989-91 USA National Team Lawanson played with Dallas (1987) and Minnesota (1988- 89) of Major League Volleyball. In 1988, Lawanson was 1990 Goodwill Games named the Player of the Year of MLV after setting league 1991 World Top 4: Hong Kong records in kills (497) and hitting efficiency (.309). She Holly Franks 2014 Sweden: returned to the U.S. National Team in 1989 and in 1992 won Svedala Volley Team a bronze medal at the XXV Olympiad in Barcelona. Korrin Wild 2014 France: Vannes Volleyball Club

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