Amanda Benson

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Amanda Benson
portrait
Date of birth March 9, 1995
place of birth Tucson , Arizona , United States
size 1.70 m
position Libera
societies


2013–2016
2017–2018
2018–2019
2019– 		Arizona Sky Volleyball Club
Spiral Volleyball Club
University of Oregon
Vandœuvre Nancy Volley-Ball
Dresdner SC
Neuchâtel Université Club Volleyball
National team
United States
successes
2012
2017 		1st place NORCECA Games
1st place Pan-American Volleyball Cup

Amanda Benson (born March 9, 1995 in Tucson , Arizona , United States ) is an American volleyball player who plays on the Libera position. She has been under contract with the Neuchâtel Université Club Volleyball since 2019 .

Career

society

Benson began playing volleyball with the Arizona Sky Volleyball Club in 2006 and completed her youth training with the Spiral Volleyball Club . She then went on to study psychology at the University of Oregon . During her studies, she played on the local volleyball team.

In 2017 she moved to France to join Vandœuvre Nancy Volley-Ball for her first professional season . In mid-June 2018, the German cup winner Dresdner SC announced the commitment of Amanda Benson. She signed a one-year contract in Dresden. With the Dresden team, she was eliminated from the fight for the German championship in the playoff round of 16 of the 2018/19 season . The Dresdner SC decided after the end of the season not to submit a new contract offer to Benson. She then moved to the Swiss Mister Neuchâtel Université Club Volleyball , with whom she achieved third place in the championship standings for the 2019/20 season. Her one-year contract was extended for another year in April 2020.

National team

Benson played on the United States junior national team, with which she won the 2012 NORCECA Games . She was part of the squad of the United States women's national volleyball team at the Pan-American Volleyball Cup in 2017 and the Volleyball World Grand Prix 2017 .

Awards

  • 2016: AVCA All-America Honorable Mention as a player from the University of Oregon

Sources and further literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dresdner SC signs Amanda Benson. In: dnn.de. Dresden Latest News , June 19, 2018, accessed June 20, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Dresdner SC signs new Libera. In: sachsen-fernsehen.de. Sachsen Fernsehen, June 19, 2018, accessed on June 20, 2018 .
  3. ↑ First personnel decisions at Dresdner SC. In: dresdnersportclub.de. Dresdner SC, April 12, 2019, accessed on April 12, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Amanda Benson rempile au NUC. In: rtn.ch. Radio Télévision Neuchâtel, April 4, 2020, accessed on May 11, 2020 (French).
personal data
SURNAME Benson, Amanda
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American volleyball player
DATE OF BIRTH March 9, 1995
PLACE OF BIRTH Tucson , Arizona , United States