Tamari Miyashiro

Tamari Miyashiro (born July 8, 1987) is an American former indoor volleyball player and coach. As a libero, she was a two-time National Defensive Player of the Year at the University of Washington and played on the United States women's national volleyball team from 2010-2012. She won a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics as a player and helped lead the national team to a gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics as an assistant coach.

Career

High school Miyashiro played volleyball for four years at Kalani High School. She was a first team All-State selection as a junior and senior and led her team to three league titles. She was the 2004 Hawaii Gatorade Player of the Year.

College Miyashiro played on the University of Washington volleyball team from 2006 to 2009. In her first year, she was named to the Pac-10 All-Freshman team. Her 637 digs was the second-highest single-season total in school history. In 2007, she had 622 digs, which was the third-highest mark in school history. She was a first team All-Pac-10 selection and was named the National Defensive Player of the Year by Asics/Volleyball Magazine.

Personal Miyashiro was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, and resides in Kaneohe, Hawaii. She graduated from the University of Washington in 2009.

Her mother played volleyball for the University of Hawaii.

Awards

College 2007 Asics/Volleyball Magazine National Defensive Player of the Year 2008 UnderArmour/Volleyball Magazine National Defensive Player of the Year Two-time AVCA All-American second team (2008, 2009) AVCA All-American third team (2007) All-Pacific Region first team (2007) Two-time All-Pac-10 first team (2007, 2008) Pac-10 All-Freshman team (2006)