1. Stacy Denise Sykora was born on June 24,1977 and is an American retired volleyball player.
19 Facts About Stacy Sykora
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Stacy Sykora made her third Olympic appearance at the 2008 Olympics, helping Team USA to a silver medal.
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Stacy Sykora was born in Fort Worth, Texas, to Ed Stacy Sykora and Sherian Richards.
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Stacy Sykora was raised in Burleson with her two older sisters, Kim and Keri.
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Stacy Sykora led the Aggies in kills, with 4.74 per game, and earned First-Team All Big 12 honors.
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Stacy Sykora was named to the American Volleyball Coaches Association's All-District 5 team and was an AVCA Second-Team All-American.
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In January 1999, Stacy Sykora joined the USA women's volleyball team playing this new position.
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Stacy Sykora was named the Best Receiver at the BCV Volley Masters, placing third in digging.
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Stacy Sykora was named Best Libero at the Nike Americas' Volleyball Challenge, helping her team to qualify for the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
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Stacy Sykora was named the Best Digger at both the World Grand Prix and the World Grand Champions Cup, and earned the Best Receiver award at the NORCECA Championships.
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At the close of the international competitive season, Stacy Sykora joined the professional volleyball team Mirabilandia Teodora Ravenna in Italy's Serie A1.
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In 2002, Stacy Sykora helped her team to the silver medal at the Women's Volleyball World Championships.
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Stacy Sykora spent the offseason playing professionally for Starfin Ravenna in Italy's Serie A1.
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Stacy Sykora's team earned the gold medal at the Pan American Cup and the NORCECA Zone Championships and the bronze medal at the World Grand Prix and the World Cup, earning the USA a berth in the 2004 Athens Olympics.
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Stacy Sykora was named Best Digger at the Montreux Volley Masters.
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Stacy Sykora was named Best Digger and Best Libero at the 2010 World Championship.
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Stacy Sykora was taken to Hospital Sirio-Libanes where it was detected that she had head trauma and some bleeding in the left side of the brain.
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In December 2012, Stacy Sykora announced that she was retiring from professional volleyball playing, since she was not yet fully recovered from the accident she suffered while defending Volei Futuro.
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Stacy Sykora still had problems with her eyesight and she lost some of her reflexes since that accident, which made playing volleyball as a Libero very difficult.