Matt West (volleyball player)

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Matt West
portrait
Date of birth October 1, 1993
place of birth Seattle , United States
size 1.97 m
position passing
societies
2006–2011
2012–2015
2015–2016 		Space Needle Volleyball Foundation
Pepperdine University
SWD Powervolleys Düren
National team
U19 national team
Junior national team
successes
2010, 2012 NORCECA Champion Juniors

As of August 23, 2016

Matthew "Matt" Alvaro West (born October 1, 1993 in Seattle ) is an American volleyball player .

Career

West was initially interested in football. From 2006 to 2011 he played with the Space Needle Volleyball Foundation and discovered his sport. There he was named the best player of the year several times. As captain of the United States U19 national team, he reached the final of the 2010 NORCECA Championship in Guadalajara . The following year the team finished third in the U19 Pan American Cup in Mexicali . With the U21 national team, in which he was also the captain, the setter won the 2010 NORCECA championship in this age group. In 2011 he finished his education at Shorewood High School. In 2012 the juniors repeated their success at the NORCECA tournament in Colorado Springs . That same year, West began studying sports administration at Pepperdine University . There he played in the university team Pepperdine Waves. Every year the player was awarded by the MPSF-Liga and AVCA. In 2015 West was signed by the German Bundesliga club SWD Powervolleys Düren . Anton Brams , the club's new coach, already knew West from the national team. With the Düren, he reached the playoff quarter-finals ; In the CEV Cup , the SWD Powervolleys also made it to the quarter-finals. After the season West left the club.

family

Matt West comes from an athletic family. His mother Raquel West began with the Peruvian national team at the Olympic volleyball tournament in 1980 in Moscow in part. His father Mark played volleyball in college. Both parents work as volleyball coaches. Matt West also has a grandfather and several cousins ​​who played professional soccer in Peru.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Profile at volleymag.com ( Memento of the original from June 13, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.volleyballmag.com
  2. ^ A Day in the Life of an Athlete: Matt West. Pepperdine University Graphic, September 13, 2014, accessed June 11, 2015 .
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j Profile at Pepperdine University (English)
  4. ↑ a b Powervolleys: Matt West becomes the new director. Aachener Nachrichten , June 11, 2015, accessed on June 11, 2015 .
  5. ↑ Shibo Yu and Matt West leave Düren. Aachener Nachrichten, June 2, 2016, accessed on August 23, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME West, Matt
ALTERNATIVE NAMES West, Matthew Alvaro (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American volleyball player
DATE OF BIRTH October 1, 1993
PLACE OF BIRTH Seattle , United States