Clayton Stanley

Clayton Iona "Clay" Stanley (born January 20, 1978) is an American former volleyball player, who was a member of United States men's national volleyball team, a participant of the Olympic Games (Athens 2004, Beijing 2008, London 2012), Olympic Champion 2008, NORCECA Champion 2005, and multimedalist of the World League.

In October 2021, he was inducted into the International Volleyball Hall of Fame, along with Logan Tom and Todd Rogers.

Personal life Stanley was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, to Jon Stanley and Sandra Haine. In March 2014, they announced that they were expecting their first child.

College Stanley is a graduate of Kaiser High School in Honolulu and did not play volleyball in high school, as the school did not have a boys' team at the time.

International Playing at the 2004 Summer Olympics, Stanley led the team and finished fifth overall in scoring with 110 points on 83 kills, 17 aces and 10 blocks. His 17 aces ranked second among all players in the tournament. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, Stanley helped Team USA to its first gold medal in 20 years. For his performances during the tournament, he was selected as the MVP, Best Scorer, and Best Server of the Olympics.

With the professional club Iraklis Thessaloniki, he won the silver medal at the 2004–05 CEV Champions League and was awarded "Best Scorer" and "Best Server". The next season he also won the silver medal and was awarded "Best Scorer".

Playing with Dynamo-Tattransgaz he won the 2007–08 Indesit Champions League and also was individually awarded "Most Valuable Player".

Stanley was one of the older members of the 2012 Olympic team that lost in the quarterfinals. Stanley picked up a knee injury in London and never again played in a major tournament for the U.S. In August 2016 he retired from professional career.

Awards

Individuals 2012 FIVB Volleyball World League "Best Server" 2010 FIVB World Championship "Best Server" 2009-10 CEV Champions League League Round "Best Server" 2008 Summer Olympics "Most Valuable Player" 2008 Summer Olympics "Best Scorer" 2008 Summer Olympics "Best Server" 2007 NORCECA Volleyball Championship "Best Server" 2007–08 CEV Champions League Final Four "Most Valuable Player" 2005 Liga de Voleibol Superior "Dream Team" 2005–06 CEV Champions League "Best Scorer" 2004–05 CEV Champions League "Best Scorer" 2004–05 CEV Champions League "Best Server" 2003 NORCECA Volleyball Championship "Most Valuable Player"

National team

Senior team 2009 FIVB World Grand Champions Cup, Image:Med 3.png Bronze medal 2008 Summer Olympics, Image:Med 1.png Gold medal 2008 FIVB World League, Image:Med 1.png Gold medal 2007 NORCECA Championship, Image:Med 1.png Gold medal 2007 America's Cup, Image:Med 1.png Gold medal 2007 FIVB World League, Image:Med 3.png Bronze medal 2005 NORCECA Championship, Image:Med 1.png Gold medal 2005 FIVB World Grand Champions Cup, Image:Med 2.png Silver medal

Clubs