Torey DeFalco
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Personal information | |||||
Nickname | T.J. | ||||
Nationality | American | ||||
Born | Huntington Beach, California, United States |
April 10, 1997 ||||
Height | 6 feet 6 inches (1.98 m) | ||||
Weight | 209 pounds (95 kg) | ||||
Spike | 130 inches (340 cm) | ||||
Block | 129 inches (328 cm) | ||||
College(s) | California State University, Long Beach | ||||
Volleyball information | |||||
Position | Outside hitter | ||||
Current club | Resovia | ||||
Number | 59 | ||||
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Torey James DeFalco (born April 10, 1997) is an American professional volleyball player who plays as an outside hitter for Resovia and the U.S. national team.[1] He took part in the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.
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Career
College
DeFalco played four years of college volleyball at California State University, Long Beach. While at LBSU, he reached the NCAA Final Four all four years (2016–2019) and won the NCAA Championship twice (2018, 2019). He was a two–time AVCA Player of the Year (2017, 2019), the AVCA Newcomer of the Year (2016), and a four–time AVCA First Team All American (2016–2019). He was named Most Outstanding Player of the 2019 NCAA Championships, as well as being named to the NCAA All–Tournament Team three times (2016, 2018, 2019). DeFalco majored in Consumer Affairs.
Club
In June 2019, DeFalco signed his first professional volleyball contract with the Italian team, Volley Callipo.[2] For the 2021–22 season, he joined AZS Olsztyn.[3] For the 2022–23 PlusLiga season, he signed a contract with Resovia.[4]
Honors
College
- Domestic
- 2018
NCAA National Championship, with Long Beach State Beach[5]
- 2019
NCAA National Championship, with Long Beach State Beach[6]
- 2018
Youth national team
Individual awards
- 2014: NORCECA U19 Championship – Most valuable player
- 2014: NORCECA U19 Championship – Best outside hitter
- 2016: NCAA National Championship – All-tournament team
- 2017: AVCA National Player of the Year
- 2018: NCAA National Championship – All-tournament team
- 2019: AVCA National Player of the Year
- 2019: NCAA National Championship – All-tournament team (Most outstanding player)
- 2019: NORCECA Championship – Best outside spiker
- 2022: Polish Championship – Best scorer (536)
References
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- Living people
- Sportspeople from Huntington Beach, California
- California State University, Long Beach alumni
- American men's volleyball players
- Olympic volleyball players for the United States
- Volleyball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Beach volleyball players at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics
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