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Tonya Slacanin
Personal information
Full name Tonya Denise Williams (-Slacanin)
Nickname Teee
Nationality American
Born Tonya Denise Williams
March 28, 1968 (1968-03-28) (age 56)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Spike 129 in (328 cm)
Block 120 in (304 cm)
College(s) University of Hawaii
Volleyball information
Position Outside Hitter
Number 1
National team
1990–1996  USA
Medal record
Women's volleyball
Representing the  United States
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Olympic Games
Bronze 1992 Barcelona Indoor
World Championship
Bronze 1990 China Indoor
FIVB World Grand Prix
Gold 1995 Shanghai
Pan American Games
Silver 1995 Mar del Plata Indoor

Tonya Slacanin, (born March 28, 1968, in Los Angeles, California), formerly known as "Teee" Williams or "Teee" Sanders, is a retired female volleyball player from the United States. She won a bronze medal with the USA National Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. She also competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics, finishing in seventh place.

Among her achievements, Slacanin helped the national team win a silver medal at the 1995 Pan American Games.

College

Slacanin played college women's volleyball with the Hawaii Rainbow Wahine volleyball team. She helped Hawaii to the national title in 1987. She was a three-time AVCA first-team All-American, and the 1987 and 1989 National Player of the Year. She also set the record for most attacks in a match with 99 against Cal Poly on December 8, 1989.

In 1998, Slacanin was inducted into the University of Hawaii Sports Circle of Honor.

International

Slacanin played for Orion Sesto San Giovanni Milano in the Italian championship in 1992–93, and then for PVF Parmalat Matera from 1996 to 1998. She won the European "CEV-Cup" in 1994 with the German team USC Münster. She also won as the national Championship and Cup title in Germany in 2004 with USC Münster.

Beach volleyball

Slacanin won a German beach volleyball tournament in 2003, partnering with Ines Pianka.

Personal life

While playing collegiately at the University of Hawaii, Slacanin married an Army soldier by the last name Sanders, and her name became Teee Williams-Sanders. The marriage ended in divorce with Slacanin taking back her maiden name of Williams. She has since remarried, and is currently Tonya Slacanin.

International competitions

  • 1990 – Goodwill Games
  • 1990 – World Championships (bronze)
  • 1991 – World Cup
  • 1992 – Summer Olympics (bronze)
  • 1992 – FIVB Super Four (bronze)
  • 1993 – FIVB Grand Champions Cup
  • 1994 – World Grand Prix
  • 1994 – World Championship
  • 1995 – Pan American Games (silver)
  • 1995 – Canada Cup (gold)
  • 1995 – World Grand Prix (gold)
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