Patrick Powers (volleyball) explained

Pat Powers
Nickname:"PP"
Birth Name:Patrick Robert Powers
Birth Place:Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Height:6'5"
College:University of Southern California
Position:Outside hitter
Teamnumber:13
Nationalyears:1979–1986
Medaltemplates-Title:Medal record

Patrick Robert Powers (born February 13, 1958) is an American former volleyball player. He was a member of the United States men's national volleyball team that won the gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.[1] He also won gold medals at the 1985 FIVB World Cup in Japan and the 1986 FIVB World Championship in France, and a silver medal at the 1986 Goodwill Games in Moscow.[2]

College

Powers, who prepped at Santa Monica High School, transferred to the University of Southern California after helping Santa Monica College win the 1977 state J.C. title.[3] He lettered three years at USC (1978–80), as the Trojans won the 1980 NCAA title and were runners-up in 1979. He was a two-time All-American first teamer and NCAA All-Tournament team member (1979–80).[4] [5] [6]

Beach volleyball

Powers played beach volleyball from 1979 to 1996, and won 12 tournaments and $548,000 in prizes.[7]

Awards

See also

References

  1. https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/po/pat-powers-1.html . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418045100/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/po/pat-powers-1.html . dead . 2020-04-18 . Pat Powers .
  2. Web site: Men Volleyball V World Cup 1985 Japan - 22-01.12 Winner United States (1st) . Todor66.com . Krastev . Todor . March 22, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230905131343/http://todor66.com/volleyball/World_Cup/Men_1985.html . September 5, 2023 . live .
  3. Web site: Pat Powers . Olympedia . November 9, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230826074106/https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/53311 . August 26, 2023 . live .
  4. Web site: Volleyball . . November 9, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200920204731/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_volleyball_champs_records/2005/2005.pdf . September 20, 2020 . live .
  5. Web site: Pat Powers, 2018 . Southern California Indoor Volleyball Hall of Fame . November 9, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230603215021/https://socalindoorvolleyballhof.com/pat-powers-2018/ . June 3, 2023 . live .
  6. Web site: USC Has Two Former Greats Make SCIVBHOF 2018 Class: Pat Powers, Ron Lang . USC Athletics . January 3, 2018 . November 9, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210223165312/https://usctrojans.com/news/2018/1/3/mens-volleyball-usc-has-two-former-greats-make-scivbhof-2018-class-pat-powers-ron-lang . February 23, 2021 . live .
  7. Web site: Pat Powers . . November 9, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230803195054/http://www.bvbinfo.com/player.asp?ID=104 . August 3, 2023 . live .

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