Víctor Batista Explained

Victor Batista
Fullname:Victor Arístides Batista Lemos
Birth Date:October 1, 1979
Birth Place:Tamayo
Hometown:Santo Domingo
Weight:88kg (194lb)
Spike:358cm (141inches)
Block:345cm (136inches)
Position:Wing Spiker
Currentnumber:15
Currentclub: Retired
Nationalyears:1998 -
Nationalteam: Dominican Republic
Updated:May 2011

Víctor Arístides Batista Lemos (born October 2, 1979, in Tamayo) is a male volleyball player from the Dominican Republic, who won the bronze medal with the men's national team at the 2008 Pan American Cup in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He play as wing spiker.

Career

Playing with Bameso, he won two times the 2004 and 2005 USA Open Volleyball Championship, being awarded MVP and All-Tournament both times.[1] [2]

Víctor studied in Brigham Young University, majoring in Leisure Services Management. With the BYU Cougar's he won the 2004 NCAA National Collegiate Championship playing as a middle blocker,[3] and winning the 2003-2004 VCA All-America Second Team, 2004-2005 All-MPSF Second Team and Asics/Volleyball Magazine and All-American Second Team, and finally 2005-2006 All-MPSF Honorable Mention; finishing with a .378 career hitting percentage, fourth in BYU history.[4]

Played with Puerto Rican team Patriotas de Lares for the 2007 season.[5] Next year joined the Turkish team Tokat Plevne Belediye.[6] [7] Later same season, joined the A2 Italian team Samgas Crema to play the 2008/2009 season.[8]

Returned to Puerto Rican LVSM with Indios de Mayagüez for the 2008 season,[9] [10] and Los Caribes de San Sebastian for the 2009/2010 season.[11]

Joined for the 2009/2010 the Spanish team CAI Voleibol Teruel,[12] the 2010 Spanish Superliga.[13] The next year, Batista played with his friend and countrymate José Miguel Cáceres.[14] Víctor win MVP awards for his performances during the regular season and the playoffs.[15] And won the 2011 King's Cup[16] and the Superliga.[17]

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Awards

Individuals

College

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bameso wins Men’s and Women’s USA Open Volleyball Gold. Columbia Star. 2010-06-14.
  2. News: Faces in the Crowd. SI.com. 2010-06-14. CNN.
  3. Web site: 2004 NCAA Men's National Collegiate Volleyball Championship. University of Hawai'i Athletics Department. 2010-06-14.
  4. Web site: Men's Volleyball Athlete Profile - Víctor Batista. BYUCougars. 2010-06-14.
  5. Web site: Patriotas de Lares 2007. Fpvoleibol. es. 2010-06-16.
  6. Web site: Soguk, Porto Ricolu voleybolculari etkiledi. Zaman Online. tr. 2010-06-16.
  7. Web site: Plevnespor'un yeni transferi alismaya çalisiyor. Ihlas Haber Ajansi. tr. 2010-06-16.
  8. Web site: Víctor Batista è della Reima. Lega Pallavolo Serie A. it. 2010-06-14.
  9. Web site: Los mas ofensivos de la LVSM. Fpvoleibol.com. es. 2010-06-14.
  10. Web site: Víctor Batista mantiene liderato de anotaciones. Noticias Online. es. 2010-06-14.
  11. Web site: Los Caribes Noticias. Los Caribes del Pepino. es. 2010-06-14.
  12. Web site: El CAI Voleibol Teruel ficha al dominicano Víctor Batista. Real Federación Española de Voleibol. es. 2010-06-14.
  13. Web site: CAI Teruel, campeón de la Superliga tras vencer al Unicaja Almería. HispaVista - Globedia. es. 2010-05-01. 2010-06-14.
  14. Web site: El dúo más dinámico. Heraldo de Aragon. es. 2010-04-22. 2010-06-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20110929005111/http://www.heraldo.es/noticias/detalle/el_duo_mas_dinamico.html. 2011-09-29. dead.
  15. Web site: Víctor Batista (CAI Voleibol Teruel), MVP de la jornada . RFEVB. es. 2010-05-09. 2010-06-06.
  16. Web site: El CAI, campeón de la Copa del Rey de Voleibol. Eco de Teruel. es. 2010-03-26. 2010-06-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20110815111729/http://ecodeteruel.es/?p=17544. 2011-08-15. dead.
  17. Web site: El CAI Voleibol Teruel, Campeón de la Superliga masculina. RFEVB. es. 2010-05-08. 2010-06-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20110928102819/http://www.rfevb.com/home/prensa/rfevb_noticia.asp?id=10344. 2011-09-28. dead.

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