ANDERSON Matthew

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Men	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
5	Men	2012	London, GBR

World Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Men	2018
6	Men	2010	Italy
7	Men	2014	Poland

Nations League - Final Round

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Men	2019	United States of America
3	Men	2018	France

World Cup

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Men	2019	Japan

Norceca Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Men	2017	United States of America

Grand Champions Cup

Rank	Event	Year	Location
4	Men	2017	Japan

Pup [given to him when he first joined the national squad due to his age]. (kansas.com, 06 Jun 2013)

Sports, cars, fashion. (teamusa.org, 01 Dec 2019)

Athlete

Human Movement Studies - Pennsylvania State University, United States of America

Wife Jackie, son Jamie [2020]

English

Sir Safety Conad Perugia [Italy] since 2021/22

Nikola Grbic [club], SRB; John Speraw [national], USA

Opposite spiker (teamusa.org, 01 Dec 2019)

Right (buffalonews.com, 13 Jul 2014)

His sisters Joelle and Amy have both played volleyball at university level in the United States of America. (usavolleyball.org, 25 May 2012)

2008 for United States of America (teamusa.org, 08 Jan 2015)

He contracted pneumonia in 2009 and ended up in hospital for 14 days. (usavolleyball.org, 25 May 2012)

SuperLega [ITA] (ivolleymagazine.it, 29 May 2021)

He took up volleyball at age 14 at high school in West Seneca, NY, United States of America. (Facebook page, 21 Oct 2015)

He initially played baseball as a pitcher, but started to overuse his arm, so he concentrated on football. However, when he began attending high school he developed a passion for volleyball. "There was just something about it. I started to love volleyball from the first time I played it." (teamusa.org, 07 Aug 2012)

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (collegian.psu.edu, 04 Apr 2019)

Winning a bronze medal at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (collegian.psu.edu, 04 Apr 2019)

"I try to lead by example with my work ethic and attention to our team's system." (teamusa.org, 14 Dec 2015)

He was named Most Valuable Player [MVP] at the 2019 Nations League. (teamusa.org, 01 Dec 2019)

He was named Male Indoor Player of the Year by USA Volleyball in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018 and 2019. (teamusa.org, 01 Dec 2019)

In 2018 he was named Best Opposite Hitter at both the world championships and the Nations League. (fivb.com, 11 Jan 2019)

He was named MVP at the 2015 World Cup in Japan, the 2013/14 edition of the Russian Super League, and the 2013 North, Central America and Caribbean Volleyball Confederation [NORCECA] Continental Championship. (norceca.net, 28 Sep 2013; mattanderson1.com, 10 Apr 2015; volleyverse.com, 23 Sep 2015)

He received the Best Spiker award at the NORCECA qualification tournament for the 2012 Olympic Games. (usavolleyball.org, 25 May 2012)

In 2008 he was named as the American Volleyball Coaches Association [AVCA] co-Player of the Year, and the Most Outstanding Player at the NCAA tournament. (teamusa.org, 01 Jan 2014; Facebook page, 21 Oct 2015)