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Aaron Joseph Russell (born June 4, 1993) is an American professional volleyball player. He is part of the US national team, a bronze medalist at the Olympic Games Rio 2016 and the 2018 World Championship, 2015 World Cup winner. At the professional club level, he plays for JT Thunders.

Aaron Russell
Personal information
Full nameAaron Joseph Russell
NicknameRonnie
Ron
NationalityAmerican
Born (1993-06-04) June 4, 1993 (age 29)
Baltimore, United States
HometownEllicott City, United States
Height2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)
Weight98 kg (216 lb)
Spike360 cm (142 in)
Block340 cm (134 in)
College / UniversityPennsylvania State University
Volleyball information
PositionOutside hitter
Current clubJT Thunders
Number6
Career
YearsTeams
2012–2015
2015–2018
2018–2020
2020–2022
2022–
Penn State Nittany Lions
Sir Safety Perugia
Itas Trentino
Gas Sales Piacenza
JT Thunders
National team
2014– United States
Honours
Men's volleyball
Representing  United States
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro
FIVB World Championship
2018 Italy/Bulgaria
FIVB World Cup
2015 Japan
2019 Japan
FIVB Nations League
2019 Chicago
2022 Bologna
2018 Lille
FIVB World League
2015 Rio de Janeiro
NORCECA Championship
2017 United States

Personal life


Aaron Russell grew up in Ellicott City, Maryland, U.S. His parents are Stewart and Marian Russell. Aaron was born the second of five boys. The other brothers are Peter (1992), Samuel (1995), Tim (1999) and Paul (2002). Peter also plays volleyball professionally. Russell was a top soccer player for Centennial High School in Maryland. The school did not have a boys’ volleyball team so he helped the girls’ team train while playing club volleyball at MVP (Maryland Volleyball Program). In 2015, he graduated from Pennsylvania State University. On July 30, 2017, he married former Penn State women's volleyball player Kendall Pierce, his college sweetheart.


Career


In 2015, he completed his volleyball career at Penn State, where he was named an AVCA First Team All–American in 2014 and 2015. All four years he helped Penn State reach the NCAA men's championship semifinals. Russell was a member of the Boys’ Youth Team in 2010 and 2011 and a member of the Men's Junior National Team in 2013. He made his debut with the senior national team in 2014.

In 2015, he joined his first professional team, Sir Safety Perugia.[1]

In 2016, Russell took part in his first Olympic Games as a member of the United States Olympic team and won a bronze medal when the U.S. beat Russia in five sets. Russell was named one of the Best Outside Spikers of the tournament.

In June 2018, after 3 years spent playing for Perugia, Russell signed for another Italian team, Diatec Trentino. At the 2018 Club World Championship held in Poland, he was named the Most Valuable Player for his contribution to Diatec Trentino's 5th gold medal, the most by any club team in the history of the tournament.


Honours



Clubs



Individual awards



College



See also



References


  1. "Block Devils "Stars&Stripes"! Aaron Russell lands in Perugia!". legavolley.it. June 15, 2015. Retrieved June 15, 2015.


Awards
Preceded by
First award
Best Outside Spiker of
Olympic Games

2016
ex aequo Ricardo Lucarelli
Succeeded by
Preceded by Most Valuable Player of
FIVB Club World Championship

2018
Succeeded by

На других языках


- [en] Aaron Russell

[fr] Aaron Russell

Aaron Russell est un joueur américain de volley-ball né le 4 juin 1993 à Baltimore, dans le Maryland. Il a remporté avec l'équipe des États-Unis la médaille de bronze du tournoi masculin aux Jeux olympiques d'été de 2016 à Rio de Janeiro.

[it] Aaron Russell

Aaron Joseph Russell (Baltimora, 4 giugno 1993) è un pallavolista statunitense, schiacciatore della You Energy.

[ru] Расселл, Аарон

Аарон Джозеф Расселл (англ. Aaron Joseph Russell; родился 4 июня 1993) ― американский волейболист, выступающий за сборную США и команду университета штата Пенсильвания.[2][3][4] С осени 2015 года он играет за итальянский клуб Перуджа.[5] Рассел стал бронзовым призёром Олимпийских игр 2016 года.



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