Logan Tom Female Volleyball Player Biography

Logan Tom Biography

Height: 6' 1" (186 cm)
Weight: 240 lbs

May 25, 1981 in Napa, California

Tom Logan was born the daughter of Melvyn & Kristine Tom.

Her father played for the Philadelphia Eagles & the Chicago Bears

Though she grew up with her mum & brother in Salt Lake City, Utah, she spent her summers with her dad in Hawaii learning how to surf. In 2000, she became the youngest woman ever selected for the US Olympic volleyball team. She was 19. Logan Tom was a student athlete at Stanford University, majoring in international relations & helped the Cardinals win a national title in 2001. She was named the NCAA "Player of The Year" in 2003. In 2004, she posed in a bikini for an FHM . She was ranked number 91 in the FHM 100 Sexiest Women 2005.

She is of Chinese-Hawaiian descent.

Was 1997 Old Spice Athlete of the Month, Sports Illustrated.

1st Stanford women's player to have participated in the Olympics & return to play for the Cardinal. Named 1998 Gatorade Circle of Champions National High School Volleyball Player of the Year. Only high school player to compete for U.S. National Team at World Championship Qualifier January 1999. Competed for U.S. Junior National Team, at 1999 Junior World Championships Canada. Incredible athlete with amazing power & grace. Excellent arm swing gives ability to terminate the ball. Glides through air with excellent vertical jump. Already has played volleyball at the highest levels of competition at early age. Has been iin loads of national, regional & local media interest with feature articles appearing in magazines such as ESPN. Holds Utah state records for career kills & aces,

2003 Helped the United States earn a bronze at 2003 World Cup & a berth in the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens,

Helped USA to 4th at 2000 Olympics, and Quarter Final, at 2004.

She has been compared to a Amazon, & has been seen as the poster girl of US volleyball.

International / Professional Career
Spain Superliga (2006/2007) - Spar Tenerife Marichal
AVP Pro Beach Volleyball (2006) - Brittany Hochevar; Brooke Hanson; Holly McPeak
Swiss NLA (2005/2006) - Volero Zurich
Italy Serie A1 (2004/2005) - Pallavolo Chieri
Italy Serie A1 (2003/2004) - Monte Schiavo Jesi
Brazil Superliga (Jan-Apr 2003) - MRV/Minas

College Highlights
Stanford University (1999-2002). Led Stanford to the NCAA final, took a semester off to prepare for the Olympics. returned in October 2000, after Olympics, playing half the matches but led the team in kills & service aces. In 2001 partly as she was there the entire season, Stanford won the NCAA Championship.

She led her High School to 2 state championshisp when young., & at 13 played in the boys basketball team. All-state selection in basketball for women, 3rd in the state in the javelin as senior, in school.

She was nicknamed Doogie after Dougie Howser, the young 1990s TV programme doctor. in the Summer Olympics, where she got the USA fourth.

Awards
2006 Swiss Volley Awards for MVP & Best Hitter
2006 AVP Rookie of the Year (Beach Volleyball)
2004 MVP & Best Server in World Grand Prix
4-time AVCA First-Team All-American (American Volleyball Coaches Association)
2001, 2002 AVCA National Player of the Year
2001, 2002 Honda Award Winner (Best Female College Volleyball Player)
2001, 2002 Pac-10 Player of the Year
2001 NCAA National Championship (MVP - Stanford University)
2000, 2004 US Olympian
1999 Freshman of the Year (Asics/Volleyball & Pac-10)
1998 Gatorade National High School Volleyball Player of the Year
1997, 1998 4-A MVP (Highland High School)