Logan Eggleston Explained

Logan Eggleston
Birth Date:13 November 2000
Height:6 ft 2 in
College:Texas
Position:Outside hitter
Currentclub:LOVB Austin
Currentnumber:33
Years1:2018–2023
Team1:Texas Longhorns
Years2:2023–2024
Team2:Galatasaray
Years3:2024–
Team3:LOVB Austin
Nationalyears1:2023–

Logan Eggleston (born November 13, 2000) is an American professional volleyball player who plays for Galatasaray in the Turkish Women's Volleyball League. She played five seasons of college volleyball for the Texas Longhorns. In 2022, she won an NCAA championship with the Longhorns and was named the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Player of the Year.

Early life

Eggleston was born on November 13, 2000, in Brentwood, Tennessee, to a white mother and black father.[1] She played basketball in her youth but took up volleyball at age 13.[1] She was selected to the United States junior national team at 16 and was named the team's Most Valuable Player and Best Server in 2018.[1] She won three straight state championships at Brentwood High School before graduating a year early to attend the University of Texas at Austin.[2] [3]

College career

Eggleton played at the University of Texas from 2018 to 2022. She was named Big 12 Conference Freshman of the Year in 2018.[1] She became captain of the Longhorns as a sophomore.[1] She became the president of the school's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee in 2020, taking part in campus activism to rename landmarks and build statues of former black students, and sitting on a committee to review the minstrelsy-related school song "The Eyes of Texas", during the George Floyd protests that summer.[1] [4] She took Texas to the 2020 NCAA tournament finals and was named Big 12 Player of the Year for the first of three times (2020, 2021, 2022).[1] [5]

In her fifth year of eligibility, Eggleston led Texas to win the 2022 NCAA championship alongside fellow first-team All-Americans Asjia O'Neal and Zoe Fleck.[6] Eggleston was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player and the national AVCA Player of the Year.[7] She won five straight Big 12 championships at Texas and set the Big 12 career ace record with 208 aces.[7] [8]

Professional career

Eggleston signed a 1-year contract with the Turkish volleyball club Galatasaray S.K., based in Istanbul, during the 2022–23 season.[9]

Notes and References

  1. News: Inside Logan Eggleston's quest for an NCAA volleyball title for Texas, an even loftier title for herself: POTUS. Kumar. Aishwarya. December 7, 2022. ESPN.com. November 13, 2023.
  2. Web site: Logan Eggleston – Volleyball. University of Texas Athletics. November 13, 2023.
  3. News: Brentwood junior Logan Eggleston will be playing for Texas volleyball this fall. Kreager. Tom. The Tennessean. May 17, 2018. November 13, 2023.
  4. News: 'I've never felt prouder to be at this university': How a Longhorns volleyball star views the changes being made at UT. Rossow. Adam. November 17, 2021. Spectrum News. Austin, Texas. November 13, 2023.
  5. News: Logan's run: Texas' Eggleston set for one final shot at the NCAA volleyball championship. Taylor. Myah. August 26, 2021. Austin American-Statesman. November 13, 2023.
  6. News: 2022 Women's DI All-Americans. December 14, 2022. American Volleyball Coaches Association. November 19, 2023.
  7. News: Texas volleyball star Logan Eggleston nominated by Big 12 for 2023 NCAA Woman of the Year. Jones. Thomas. August 2, 2023. Austin American-Statesman. November 13, 2023.
  8. News: Logan Eggleston nominated for two prestigious awards after departure from Texas. Borchetta. Katie. August 7, 2023. The Daily Texan. November 13, 2023.
  9. News: Logan Eggleston's triumphant Texas career comes to close. Garcia. Tori. January 9, 2023. The Daily Texan. November 13, 2023.