SANDER Taylor

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Men	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA

World Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Men	2018
7	Men	2014	Poland

Nations League - Final Round

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

World League

Rank	Event	Year	Location
4	Men	2017

Norceca Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Men	2017	United States of America

Grand Champions Cup

Rank	Event	Year	Location
4	Men	2017	Japan

The Sandman, Prince Taytay (byucougars.com, 01 May 2014; volleywood.net, 29 May 2015)

Athlete

International Studies - Brigham Young University [BYU], Provo, UT, USA

Wife Rachel, son [2018]

English, Italian

John Speraw [national], USA

Wing spiker (teamusa.org, 01 Oct 2015)

His wife Rachel was a track and field athlete at Brigham Young University in United States of America. His younger brother Brenden has also represented United States of America in volleyball, and competed at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru. (teamusa.org, 27 Aug 2014; teamusa.org, 21 Jan 2016; SportsDeskOnline, 27 Feb 2020)

He underwent shoulder surgery in mid-2019 and was expected to miss the entire 2019/20 season. (worldofvolley.com, 05 Sep 2019; volleytimes.com, 05 Sep 2019)

He injured his ankle during game one of the 2016 Serie A quarterfinals against Perugia after landing on his teammate's foot. (worldofvolley.com, 11 Mar 2019)

He sustained a stress fracture in his lower shin in 2015. (informationcradle.com, 01 Jan 2020)

He took up volleyball in 1999 with the Mavericks Volleyball Club in California, United States. (teamusa.org, 01 May 2014)

He comes from a family of volleyball players and watched his older sister's volleyball tournaments as a child. "I chose volleyball as my sport because it is such a technical and creative sport. I love the team aspect and how physical the game is. The energy and love I have for the game is so strong." (byucougars.com, 01 May 2014; volleywood.net, 10 Jul 2015)

US basketball players Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan. (teamusa.org, 01 May 2014; byucougars.com, 01 May 2014)

US volleyball player Karch Kiraly. (nbcolympics.com, 06 Jul 2016)

"Pre-competition I usually like to listen to music and stay relaxed. Most of the time I try to not think about the match and just keep the body away from stressful thinking. Usually I like to say a prayer either alone or with some teammates." (nbcolympics.com, 06 Jul 2016)

He was named 2014 Men's Indoor Rookie of the Year by USA Volleyball. (teamusa.org, 01 Jan 2019)

He received the Most Valuable Player [MVP] and Best Outside Hitter awards at the 2014 World League Final, and MVP at the 2012 Pan American Cup in the Dominican Republic. (fivb.org, 24 Jul 2014)

He was named American Volleyball Coaches Association [AVCA] Player of the Year in 2014 and made the AVCA All-American first team in 2014 and 2013. (byucougars.com, 01 May 2014; deseretnews.com, 05 Jun 2014)

He was named 2013 and 2014 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation [MPSF] Player of the Year and MPSF Tournament MVP for Brigham Young University [BYU]. (teamusa.org, 01 Jan 2019)

He was named Most Valuable Player [MVP] at the 2012 Pan American Cup in the Dominican Republic. (teamusa.org, 01 Jan 2019)