Christa Harmo o Middle Blocker * 6-2 Hopewell, Pennsylvania College: Penn State Birth Date: Oct. 12, 1986 Joined Team: April 2009 MAJOR INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION: 2011 – Montreux Volley Masters (Fourth). 2010 – Montreux Volley Masters (Silver)…Pan American Cup (Bronze). 2009 – Tour of Egypt…Pan American Cup (Fourth); FIVB World Championship Qualifica on Tournament – NORCECA Pool G (Gold)… FIVB World Grand Prix (9th)…Final Four Intercon nental Cup (Silver)… NORCECA Con nental Championship (Fourth). INTERNATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS: 2011 – Played in 11 sets with three match starts at the Montreux Volley Masters…Tallied 12 points versus Germany on June 9, including eight kills and three blocks. Averaged 0.64 blocks as part of 2.09 points per set at Montreux. 2010 – Averaged 2.61 points per set while star ng all five matches of the Montreux Volley Masters in which the U.S. earned the silver medal…Converted 56.3 percent of a acks into kills with a .479 hi ng efficiency (40-6-71) for the tournament… Tallied 15 points in the gold-medal match against China, including 13 kills on 21 swings o go with two blocks…Averaged 2.14 points per set at Pan American Cup with one match start and seven sets played…Converted six of seven a acks into kills versus Trinidad & Tobago on June 20. 2009 – Charted a 2.26 scoring average with a .389 hi ng efficiency in first interna onal season with the U.S. Women’s Na onal Team, playing in every single tournament with 18 starts and 69 sets played…Tallied matchhigh 18 points versus Egypt on April 10, producing 16 kills on 25 a empts with just two errors for a 64 percent on kill a empts…Started six of seven matches at the Pan American Cup, producing a 2.29 scoring average over 21 sets…Held a .381 hi ng efficiency and 0.67 blocks per set average at the Pan American Cup…Started all three matches of the FIVB World Championship Qualifica on Tournament – NORCECA Pool G event and contributed 1.11 points per set while conver ng eight of 16 a acks into kills…Started first two matches of the FIVB World Grand Prix and played in a total of six sets during the opening weekend of the event…Contributed five points with three kills on five a acks and two blocks versus Germany on July 31…Named Best Blocker during Final Four Intercon nental Cup a er averaging 0.95 blocks per set as part of a 2.40 scoring average… Converted 54 percent of her a acks into points during Final Four Cup, including a .396 hi ng efficiency with two matches against top-ranked Brazil…Provided 16 points in Final Four Cup opener against Brazil in which she tallied 10 kills with a .600 hi ng efficiency, five blocks and an ace…Tallied 10 points in a rematch with Brazil in the gold-medal match of the Final Four Cup on Sept. 13…Contributed seven blocks as part of 9-point match against Dominican Republic on Sept. 12 during Final Four Cup semifinals…Tallied 25 points in nine sets played during NORCECA Con nental Championship…Scored five kills on six errorless a acks to go with five blocks against Costa Rica on Sept. 24…Recorded six kills on eight a acks with an ace in start versus Mexico on Sept. 22.
Led Penn State to the NCAA Division I Tournament championship tle… Named ESPN The Magazine Third-Team Academic All-America…Started all 366 matches and played in 121 of 122 sets…Ranked second in the na on in a ack efficiency with a .492 mark…Ranked sixth na onally with a 1.65 block average, providing a team-high 200 total blocks for seventhbest all- me at the school…Hit .548 during the NCAA Tournament with 3.00 kills per set in postseason ac on…Hit .917 (11-0-12) versus Michigan State on Sept. 21. 2006 – Selected AVCA All-America Second-Team as she ranked first on the team in blocks with 1.58 per game (14th in na on), second in hi ng efficiency with a .405 percentage (10th in na on) and was third on the team in kills with 2.85 per game… 2005 – Selected AVCA All-America honorable men on as a freshman…One of only four freshmen to ever be named All-Big Ten First-Team…Selected to AVCA/ NACWAA Showcase All-Tournament team in first collegiate matches… Started the first 29 matches of the year before knee injury forced her to miss last Big Ten weekend and NCAA Tournament…Set Penn State single match record for blocks with 13 against Southern California on Aug. 31… Led team in blocking with 1.50 per set…Recorded 25 matches with three or more blocks, including 14 matches with five or more blocks…Ranked third in the Big Ten Conference with a .356 a ack percentage…Ranked second on team with 2.96 kills per set. OTHER USA VOLLEYBALL EXPERIENCE: Member of the 2004 U.S. Women’s Junior Na onal Team that won the NORCECA Women’s Junior Con nental Championship in Winnipeg, Canada ... Selected to the 2005 U.S. Women’s Junior Na onal Team that competed in Ankara, Turkey, at the FIVB Under-20 World Championships. PERSONAL: Born Christa Deanne Harmo o on Oct. 12, 1986, in Sewickley, Pa…Parents are Robert and Constance Harmo o…Father played basketball at Juniata College…Has younger brothers Nathan and Nolan …Majored in elementary educa on at Penn State…Nicknames are Mo and Chri…Hobbies include snowboarding, art and scrapbooking… Favorite musical group is Sugarland…Favorite subject in school is math… Favorite pro sports team is Pi sburgh Steelers…Favorite athlete is Hines Ward of Pi sburgh Steelers…Favorite food is gnocchi’s…Favorite book is “Mind Gym” by Gary Mack with David Casstevens…Favorite TV show is Desperate Housewives…Favorite actor is Jack Nicholson…Favorite actress is Sandra Bullock…Favorite place to visit is Hilton Head, S.C.
COLLEGE HIGHLIGHTS: 2008 – Led Penn State to second consecu ve NCAA Division I tle with an undefeated season…Named American Volleyball Coaches Associa on All-America First-Team a er leading the na on with a .486 hi ng efficiency…One of four finalists for the Honda Award for volleyball…Earned fourth consecu ve All-Big Ten Conference award…Averaged 1.47 blocks per set for third-best in the na on… Added 2.43 kills per set…Assisted Penn State to sixth consecu ve Big Ten Conference tle…Selected as the ESPN The Magazine Academic AllAmerican of the Year as selected by College Sports Informa on Directors of America (CoSIDA)…Spending spring semester student-teaching elementary-aged students in England. 2007 – Selected AVCA All-America First-Team and one of four finalists for the Honda Award for volleyball…
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