Overview
Rachael Adams

Rachael Adams

Club
Aydin Buyuksehir Bld.
Nationality
United States
Birth Date
03/06/1990
Birth Place
Ohio, USA
Height
188 cm
Weight
79 kg

Position: Middle Blocker

Height: 6-2
Hometown: Cincinnati, Ohio
College: University of Texas, Advertising
Olympic Experience
    2016 Olympic Games (Bronze Medal)
World Championship Experience
    2014 FIVB World Championship (Gold)
Personal: Parents are Robin Mealy-Adams and Richard Adams...Father was drafted in the fourth round of the 1978 NBA draft by the San Antonio Spurs after a four-year career at University of Illinois (1974-78)....Majored in Advertising at The University of Texas at Austin
MOST NOTABLE
    Bronze medalist at 2016 Olympic Games, scoring 84 points and ranking 11th in scoring and tied for third in Best Blocker with 0.56 blocks per setSelected 2016 USA Volleyball Female Indoor Most Improved Player of the YearNamed Best Middle Blocker of 2016 FIVB World Grand PrixStarted four of 13 matches at FIVB World Championship where Team USA won gold, compiling averages of 1.75 points, 1.40 kills and 0.30 blocks in 20 sets played while converting 52.8 percent of her attacksAveraged 2.55 points per set, including a 1.00 block average, as Team USA won gold at the Pan American Games and was awarded Second Best Blocker
MAJOR INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION: 
2016 - NORCECA Olympic Qualification Tournament (Gold)...FIVB World Grand Prix (Silver)...Olympic Games (Bronze).
2015 - Pan American Games (Gold)...NORCECA Championship (Gold).
2014 - Montreux Volley Masters (Silver - Best Server)...USA Volleyball Cup vs. Brazil...FIVB World Grand Prix (5th Preliminary Round)...FIVB World Championship (Gold)
2013 – Pan American Cup (Gold)...USA Volleyball Cup vs. Japan...FIVB World Grand Prix (6th)DID YOU KNOW
    Named Best Server of Montreux Volley Masters after registering a 0.73 ace average (11 aces in 15 sets)Helped Hoosier Exterminators win the first-ever Premier Volleyball League (PVL) Championship in 2012 Led USA A2 Blue Team to the gold medal at the USA Volleyball Open National Championship in 2010Was a member of U.S. Girls’ Youth National Volleyball Team that won the 2006 NORCECA Girls’ Youth Continental ChampionshipMajored in Advertising at The University of Texas at AustinWas named AVCA All-America First Team (2010 & 2011) after holding a .388 hitting efficiency to rank 13th in the NCAA Division I (2011) and ranking No. 1 in NCAA for hitting efficiency (.443) in 2010.Appeared in Sports Illustrated's "Faces in the Crowd" feature in the magazine's Nov. 26, 2007 issue.Father was drafted in the fourth round of the 1978 NBA draft by the San Antonio Spurs after a four-year career at University of Illinois (1974-78)

Career

  • Position Middle blocker
  • Selection Olympic (8) - W.C. (25) - Other (107)
  • Current Club Aydin Buyuksehir Bld.
  • Spike 318
  • Block 307