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  1. May 28, 2024 · The U.S. Women’s National Team is one of the strongest volleyball squads in the world. In 2014, the U.S. broke through for its first major gold medal, winning the FIVB World Championship, and they’ve medaled in every FIVB World Cup since 2003. The five-time Olympic medalists have been on the podium in each of the last four Olympic Games ...

  2. The United States women's national volleyball team participates in international volleyball competitions and friendly games, and is governed by USA Volleyball. The current head coach is three-time Olympic gold medalist and retired dominant beach volleyball professional Karch Kiraly.

    • Foluke Akinradewo Gunderson. Perhaps, the premier middle blocker in the world, Akinradewo Gunderson will be competing in her third Olympics. She won a silver medal in London in 2012, and added a bronze in Rio in 2016.
    • Michelle Bartsch-Hackley. Bartsch-Hackley nearly made her Olympic debut in 2016. She was considered Team USA’s next-best outside hitter behind the three that were named to the roster for the Rio Games.
    • Annie Drews. Drews joined Team USA in the summer of 2017, the year after the Rio Games. She was a late add to the program that season, as she had to wait for the completion of the playoffs in the Puerto Rico professional league.
    • Micha Hancock. That Hancock eventually would land a spot on Team USA’s Olympic roster has long seemed inevitable. Hancock, 28, began her trajectory as a two-time Gatorade Player of the Year as a high schooler in Oklahoma.
  3. Aug 8, 2021 · Manu Fernandez/AP. TOKYO — On the final day of the Tokyo Summer Olympics, the U.S. women's volleyball team did something it had never done before: win a gold medal. The squad defeated...

  4. Aug 8, 2021 · Akron shooting. California shark attack. US women beat Brazil to win 1st Olympic volleyball gold. 1 of 9 |. Players from the United States react after defeating Brazil to win the gold medal in women’s volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 8, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein) Read More. 2 of 9 |.

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