Emily Thater

Emily Thater
portrait
Date of birth	February 1, 1995
place of birth	Springfield, United States
size	1.91 m
position	Middle block
societies
until 2013 2013–2017 2017–2019 2019–2020 since 2020	Kickapoo High School University of Missouri Schwarz-Weiss Erfurt Ladies in Black Aachen Vandœuvre Nancy Volley-Ball
As of June 8, 2020

Emily Grace Thater (born February 1, 1995 in Springfield ) is an American volleyball player . The middle blocker played in the German Bundesliga for Erfurt and Aachen. In the 2020/21 season she will play volleyball in France for Vandœuvre Nancy .

Career

Thater began her career at Kickapoo High School in Springfield. She studied at the University of Missouri from 2013 to 2017 and played on the university team Tigers. The middle blocker then moved to the German Bundesliga club Schwarz-Weiss Erfurt . In the 2017/18 Bundesliga season , the club finished next to last, but stayed in the league. The same result came the following year . In 2019, Thater moved to league competitor Ladies in Black Aachen . In the 2019/20 season she reached the quarter-finals of the DVV Cup and the European Challenge Cup with Aachen . When the Bundesliga season was canceled shortly before the playoffs, the Ladies in Black were in seventh place in the table. In the 2020/21 season, Thater will play volleyball for the French club Vandœuvre Nancy .

Web links

• Profile at the German Volleyball Bundesliga (VBL)
• Profile at Topstar Agency (English)
• Profile at the University of Missouri (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Profile at the University of Missouri (English)
2. ↑ Another new addition from the USA. Schwarz-Weiss Erfurt, accessed on December 28, 2017 . 
3. ↑ Emily Thater becomes the new middle blocker, Krista deGeest leaves. Aachener Zeitung , May 10, 2019, accessed on June 28, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Le VNVB recrute l'Américaine Emily Thater. L'Est Républicain, April 26, 2020, accessed on May 1, 2020 (French).