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Stanley, Clay
- 2004 U.S. Olympic Team member
- 2004 NORCECA Olympic Qualifying Tournament gold medalist
- 2003 World Cup
- Clay and his father, Jon Stanley, become the first father-son Olympians in USA Volleyball history; Jon, a member of the Volleyball Hall of Fame, started on the 1968 team that finished seventh in Mexico City
- His mother, Sandra Haine, was a member of the Canadian national volleyball team, is in Canada’s Volleyball Hall of Fame and played professionally in the IVA for the Denver Comets
- Clay’s step-grandfather, Tom Haine, was captain of the 1968 U.S. Men’s Olympic Volleyball Team and teammate with Clay’s father
- Named Best Server at 2004 NORCECA Olympic Qualifying Tournament
- 2003 Most Valuable Player of the NORCECA Zone Championships after leading Team USA to the gold medal and a berth in the 2003 World Cup
- Played professionally for P.A.O.K. in Greece
- 1999 Pan American Games team member
- Set University of Hawaii’s single-match kill record with 50 against UCLA; finished college career 10th on all-time kill list at Hawaii after just three seasons
- Nickname is Bird
Despite coming from a family of very accomplished volleyball players, Clay didn’t pick up the sport until he was 17. "My dad tried to get me to play when I was younger but I wasn't having it because I didn't want it…I was skateboarding, surfing and getting into trouble," said Clay. "He tried to teach me but I never listened. I was over it." But when he did catch the bug at the Junior Olympics, he improved rapidly. By the time he was 21, he represented the U.S. in the World University Games. At 22, he left the University of Hawaii after three seasons to play professionally in a Puerto Rican league, with the goal of improving enough to make the 2004 Olympic team. Mission accomplished.
Prophetically, in 1999 Clay told the Honolulu Star-Bulletin: "Three years from now I see my future in volleyball. It's probably the one thing I can be successful in. I've just got to concentrate and not be the lazy kid that I am."
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Height: 6’9”
Born: 20-Jan-78
Hometown: Honolulu, Hawaii
Sport: Men’s Indoor Volleyball
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