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Megan Eileen Courtney-Lush (born October 27, 1993) is an American indoor professional volleyball player for the Columbus Fury of the
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and the
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. Courtney played outside hitter for the Penn State women's volleyball team, and won back to back national championships in
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and
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. With the USA national team, she played at the 2017 FIVB World Grand Prix. She was named the best libero at the
2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League The 2019 FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League was the second edition of the FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League, an annual international women's volleyball tournament contested by 16 national teams. The competition was held between May and Ju ...
. Courtney was also selected as an alternate to the 2020 USA Olympic Team but did not travel to Tokyo.


Career


High School and College

Courtney's volleyball career began in 2008, playing for four years with Archbishop Alter High School in
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. She played college women's volleyball at
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, where in her freshman season she was the
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as well as the
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Mideast Region Freshman of the Year. In her next two seasons, she helped Penn State to back-to-back NCAA Titles. In the 2014 NCAA Tournament, she earned Most Outstanding Player honors after she recorded career-high 23 kills and 16 digs in the national semifinals win over Stanford. She had 11 kills and 14 digs in the NCAA Championship win over BYU.


International

In 2016, she signed her first professional contract at
Leonas de Ponce Previously named ''Leonas de Ponce'', Ponce Leonas is the professional female volleyball team of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Their home stadium is Cancha Salvador Dijols in Playa (Ponce), Playa de Ponce, Ponce, Puerto Rico, Ponce, Puerto Rico.
in the
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. In the summer of 2016, she made her debut in the US women's national team. In 2017, she won the
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gold medal. In the 2016-17 season she arrived in Poland, where he plays the ORLEN Liga with the Impla of Breslavia. In the following season she played for Çanakkale, a Turkish Sultanlar league club. In May 2021, she was named to team USA's 18-player roster for the FIVB Volleyball Nations League tournament. that was played May 25-June 24 in Rimini, Italy. Team USA would eventually win the gold medal after defeating Brazil in the finals. She was a selected as an Olympic alternate for the
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. After three seasons in teams of the Italian League, she was picked by Imoco Volley Conegliano as outside hitter. In her debut match with her new club she won her first professional title, the 2021 Italian Super Cup, and received the Most Valuable Player award.


Clubs

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Leonas de Ponce Previously named ''Leonas de Ponce'', Ponce Leonas is the professional female volleyball team of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Their home stadium is Cancha Salvador Dijols in Playa (Ponce), Playa de Ponce, Ponce, Puerto Rico, Ponce, Puerto Rico.
(2015-2016) * Impel Wrocław (2016-2017) *
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(2018-2019) * Igor Gorgonzola Novara (2019-2020) * Savino Del Bene Scandicci (2020-2021) * Prosecco Doc Imoco Volley Conegliano (2021-2022) * Columbus Fury (2024-)


Awards


Clubs

* 2021 Italian Supercup - Champions, with
Imoco Volley Conegliano Imoco Volley is an Italian professional women's volleyball club based in Conegliano in Northern Italy and currently playing in the Italian Women's Volleyball League, Serie A1. On the global stage, the team is a world champion (current) winning th ...
* 2021-22 Italian Cup (Coppa Italia) - Champion, with
Imoco Volley Conegliano Imoco Volley is an Italian professional women's volleyball club based in Conegliano in Northern Italy and currently playing in the Italian Women's Volleyball League, Serie A1. On the global stage, the team is a world champion (current) winning th ...


Individuals

* '' 2019 FIVB Nations League – "Best libero"'' * ''2021 Italian A1 League Super Cup – Most valuable player ''


See also

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List of Pennsylvania State University Olympians The list of Pennsylvania State University Olympians is a list of former or current Pennsylvania State University, Penn State University students (129) and coaches and faculty members (12) who have appeared as athletes at the Olympic Games, plus on ...


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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Courtney, Megan 1993 births Living people American women's volleyball players Outside hitters Liberos Penn State Nittany Lions women's volleyball players Columbus Fury players American expatriate volleyball players in Poland American expatriate volleyball players in Turkey Serie A1 (women's volleyball) players American expatriate volleyball players in Italy 21st-century American sportswomen