David McKienzie

David McKienzie
portrait
Date of birth	5th July 1979
place of birth	Denver, United States
size	1.93 m
position	Acceptance / outside
societies
1997–2001 2001–2003 2003–2004 2004–2005 2005–2006 2006–2007 2007 2007–2008 2008 2008–2009 2009 - current	California State University, Long Beach Aon hotVolleys Vienna Orestiada Isernia Volley AZS Częstochowa Fenerbahçe SK Corozal Plataneros Kuwait Club Corozal Plataneros VK Dynamo Krasnodar Al-Jazira Club Kuwait Sporting Club
National team
since 2001	A national team
successes
2001 2005	Winner Universiade NORCECA Champion
Status: July 12, 2012

David McKienzie (born July 5, 1979 in Denver ) is an American volleyball player .

Career

David McKienzie comes from a volleyball family. His father William, who died of cancer in 1997 , was also a US national. His sister Joy, who is now married to beach volleyball player Matthew Fuerbringer , finally persuaded him to play volleyball. He began his career at Huntington Beach High School. In 1997 he went with Joy to California State University, Long Beach , in whose team he played until 2001. In 2001 McKienzie won the Universiade volleyball tournament with the USA and switched to the Austrian first division club Aon hotVolleys Vienna . In the same year he made his debut in the senior national team , but was initially unsuccessful. After playing one season each in Orestiada, Greece, and Isernia Volley, Italy , he achieved his first success in 2005 with the national team, which prevailed in the NORCECA championship . The following season, the middle blocker played in the Polish league at AZS Częstochowa . With the US team he took part in the 2006 World Cup. He then went to Turkey for Fenerbahçe SK for one season . In 2007 he left the national team after some personnel changes. The next year he played in Puerto Rico with Corozal Plataneros and in between with the Kuwait Club. He also completed a number of beach volleyball tournaments. In 2008 he was signed by the Russian club VK Dynamo Krasnodar before moving on to the Al-Jazira Club in the United Arab Emirates a year later . Most recently he was active at the Kuwait Sporting Club. In 2011 he still missed a return to the national team, but was called up again in 2012 and was part of the roster for the London Olympics .

Web links

• Profile at FIVB (English)
• Portrait at NBC Olympics (English)
• Profile at USA Volleyball (English)
• Interview and portrait on Volley Country (English)