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Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Logan Maile Lei Tom (born May 25, 1981) is an American indoor volleyball and beach volleyball player.
In 2000, she became the youngest woman to ever be selected for the USA Olympic volleyball team at 19. Over the summer of 2003 she was selected as one of eight finalists for the Women's Sports Foundation Sportswoman of the Year Award in the team category.
At age 19, Tom made her Olympic debut at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. She also competed at the 2004 Athens Olympics and 2008 Beijing Olympics. In Beijing, Tom helped Team USA win a silver medal and was named Best Scorer.
In 2004, Tom posed in a bikini for an FHM magazine article on female Olympic athletes. She was ranked #91 on the FHM 100 Sexiest Women of 2005.
Olympic and international career
- Tom appeared in the 2000 Sydney Olympics (4th place), 2004 Athens Olympics (5th place), and the 2008 Beijing Olympics (Silver Medal). Tom was named the "Best Scorer" of the 2008 Olympic games.
- In 2004, Logan was named the Most Valuable Player of the World Grand Prix after leading all players in scoring with 224 points in 13 matches (179 kills, 24 blocks and 21 service aces) where she also garnered “Best Server” accolades.
- In 2007, she was named one of three World Cup most valuable player nominees as she averaged 4.10 points per set at FIVB World Cup in her first international tournament with Team USA in nearly three years. She averaged 3.35 kills, 0.65 blocks, 1.95 digs and 0.10 aces per set at the World Cup while starting 40 of 41 sets.
- On September 15, 2008, Hisamitsu Springs, a women's volleyball team based in Kobe city, Hyogo and Tosu city, Saga, Japan, announced her joining.
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