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Top 10 Sexiest and Hottest Women Athletes in the World
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Logan Tom- Volleyball: Logan Maile Lei Tom was born on May 25, 1981.She is an American indoor
volleyball and beach volleyball player. She is a four-time Olympian at the
outside hitter position. At age 19, Logan became the youngest woman ever to be
selected for an American Olympic volleyball team when she made the 2000 Games in
Sydney. She is a skilled all-around player who brings stability to the American
serve receive and defense, while also providing the team with a solid attack and
block at the net. She has been a huge part of the national team for many years.
In Beijing, Tom helped Team USA win a silver medal and was named Best Scorer.
Logan Tom was born in Napa, California, to Kristine and Melvyn Tom. Her father
was a defensive end for nine years in the NFL with the Philadelphia Eagles and
the Chicago Bears. Though she grew up with her mother and older brother Landon in
Salt Lake City, Utah, she spent her summers with her father and his relatives in
Hawaii learning how to surf. She is of Chinese Hawaiian descent.
Tom attended Highland High School, where she set the Utah state records for
career kills (later broken when Utah moved to five game matches, still second
all-time). Tom also competed in basketball and track and was an All-state
selection in basketball. She placed third in the state in the javelin as a
senior and graduated with a 4.00 GPA and ranked first in her class. Tom also
earned the Gatorade Player of the Year awards for volleyball in 1999. 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. In
2004, Tom posed in a bikini for an FHM magazine article on female Olympic
athletes, and one year later was ranked 91st of the magazine's 100 sexiest women
list.
Tom attended Stanford University from 1999 to 2002 but did not graduate with her
class. She left Stanford 50 units shy of completing her major in International
Relations in December 2002, her last term of collegiate athletic eligibility.
Tom's very first professional appearance was with the Brazilian team, MRV/Minas
of the Brazil Superliga, on January 18, 2003, exactly two weeks after signing
with them, on January 4, 2003.
Tom appeared in the 2000 Sydney Olympics (4th place), 2004 Athens Olympics (5th
place), 2008 Beijing Olympics (silver medal), and the 2012 London Olympics
(silver medal). Tom was named the "Best Scorer" of the 2008 Olympic games.
In 2004, Tom 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.
From 2004-2007, she took a break from indoor volleyball and chose to play beach
volleyball instead (partnering with Holly McPeak, among others) after claiming
to be "burnt out" after a disappointing 5th place finish at the Athens Olympics.
She was the 2006 AVP Rookie of the Year and recorded 14 top-10 finishes in 2007.
In 2007, she was named one of three FIVB World Cup most valuable player nominees
as she averaged 4.10 points per set at the 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.
She was named Best Receiver at the 2010 World Championship.
Logan earned the Best Server award and the gold medal at the 2011 NORCECA
Championship, held in Caguas, Puerto Rico.
Recently, Tom began working with the instructional volleyball website Volleyball
1on1 where she appears as an online instructor showcasing her coaching abilities
through interactive videos.
Awards
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2003 Pan-American Cup "Best Receiver"
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2003 Montreux Volley Masters "Best Receiver"
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2003 Yeltsin Cup Tournament "Best Server"
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2004 FIVB World Grand Prix "Most Valuable Player"
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2004 FIVB World Grand Prix "Best Scorer"
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2004 FIVB World Grand Prix "Best Server"
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2008 Summer Olympics "Best Scorer"
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2010 World Championship "Best Receiver"
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2011 NORCECA Championship "Best Server"
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Dated 10 December 2012
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