Scott Touzinsky
Position: Outside Hitter
Height: 6-6 (193cm)
Weight: 190 lbs (86kg)
Hometown: St. Louis, Mo.
College: Long Beach State
Birth Date: April 1982
Joined Team: May 2007
Web Site: www.scotttouzinsky.com
PERSONAL: Born Scott Joseph Touzinsky on April 22, 1982 in St. Louis, Mo. ... Parents are Charles and Anne Touzinsky... Scott has two older brothers, Chip and Keith... Scott married wife Angelique Vogel, a promotional spokesmodel, in 2006... He says getting married has been his happiest moment in life... Scott attended St. John Vianney High School in St. Louis from 1997-2000... Scott's Vianney jersey number was retired in a ceremony after he returned home from winning the Olympic gold medal in Beijing... He attended Long Beach State University 2001-05 and graduated with a degree in communication studies... Scott's favorite food is sushi... His favorite movie is Gone in 60 Seconds... Scott's favorite TV show is Entourage... His favorite sports team is the St. Louis Cardinals, but his favorite athlete is Michael Jordan... Scott admires his mother for all she has done for him without complaining... On Dec. 18, 2004, Scott tore his ACL while competing in a match in Greece, where he was playing for a club team. He had surgery on March 1, but was told he might never play volleyball at the professional level again. After six months of intense rehab, he was back playing professional volleyball in Belgium.
MAJOR INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION: 2008 - America's Cup... Olympic Games (Gold medal)... FIVB World League (Gold medal)... Four Nations Tournament (Gold medal)... NORCECA Continental Olympic Qualifying Championship (Gold Medal). 2007 - NORCECA Continental Championship (Gold medal). 2003 - World University Games (Bronze medal).
INTERNATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS: 2008 - Scott helped the U.S. Men win the gold medal at the 2008 Olympic Games, serving primarily as a serving specialist. Scott helped the U.S. Men win their first FIVB World League title... Scott was the leading scorer in the United States' exhibition match with Germany on May 15 in Chemnitz, Germany. 2007 - Scott made the 12-man roster for the NORCECA Continental Championship and scored nine points on seven kills and two aces in the match against Barbados on Sept. 17. 2003 - Played on the 2003 World University Games team that won a bronze medal in Daegu, Korea. His Long Beach State teammates David Lee and Tyler Hildebrand were also on the team, which was coached by Arnie Ball, father of U.S. National Team setter Lloy Ball, and head men's volleyball coach at IPFW.
COLLEGE HIGHLIGHTS: Finished his career at Long Beach State as the career and single-season ace leader. 2004 - First-team All-American... Scott became the all-time ace leader at Long Beach State with two against Stanford on Jan. 23. With the 133rd ace of his career, Scott passed Brent Hilliard's mark of 132 set in 1993... ranks fifth all-time at the school with 1,625 kills, falling 16 kills shy of fourth-place David McKienzie. Scott became just the third player in NCAA Division I-II to score 40 or more kills in an all rally-scoring match when he posted 40 versus BYU on Jan. 30... Long Beach State played BYU in the NCAA men's volleyball championship match in Honolulu, Hawai'i. BYU won 15-30, 30-18, 20-30, 32-30, 19-17. 2003 - Second-team All-American. 2001 - MPSF Freshman of the Year.
