Clayton Iona "Clay" Stanley was born on January 20,1978 and is an American former volleyball player, who was a member of United States men's national volleyball team, a participant of the Olympic Games, Olympic Champion 2008, NORCECA Champion 2005, and multimedalist of the World League.
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Clayton Stanley has three brothers, and two sisters.
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Clayton Stanley's father played on 1968 Olympic Games and is a member of the Volleyball Hall of Fame.
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Clayton Stanley is a graduate of Kaiser High School in Honolulu and did not play volleyball in high school, as the school did not have a boys' team at the time.
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Clayton Stanley was a freshman in 1997, but redshirted his sophomore year.
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Clayton Stanley decided to forgo his 2000 senior redshirt year to play professionally.
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Clayton Stanley led the MPSF in aces and tied team record with 54.
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Clayton Stanley finished his career 10th on all-time kill list at Hawaii.
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In 2008, Clayton Stanley was inducted into the University of Hawaii Sports Circle of Honor.
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At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, Clayton Stanley helped Team USA to its first gold medal in 20 years.
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Clayton Stanley was one of the older members of the 2012 Olympic team that lost in the quarterfinals.
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Clayton Stanley picked up a knee injury in London and never again played in a major tournament for the US In August 2016 he retired from professional career.