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SOURCE: USA Volleyball![]() Go to 1996 Roster
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Scott FortunePosition: Outside HitterOlympic #: 8 Height: 6' 6" Weight: 195 lbs. DOB: January 23, 1966 Hometown: Laguna Beach, CA College: Stanford Team USA Since: 1986
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Highlights with USA National Team: with Bob Ctvrtlik, gives USA one of the world's top serve receive tandems international experience, poise and intelligence are enormous assets for Team USA his three stuffs vs. Korea (10-6-94) in World Championship quarterfinal victory qualified for team co-leadership (w/Ivie) despite his team-leading eight stuff blocks, USA lost in WC semifinal (vs. Netherlands, 10-7-94) had 25 kills in WC upset of Brazil (10-1-94) that gave Team USA the Group B title and an automatic quarterfinal berth served as captain of 1992 bronze-medalist Olympic team, while posting 117 kills and nine blocks named best digger at '92 Olympic Games backbone of USA national team from 1989-92 earned FIVB awards as best passer (15.53) and digger (3.05) during '91 World League tallied 347 kills and 54 total blocks in '91 World League finished eighth in World League '91 with average of 5.76 kills per game recipient of the '91 USOC Male Volleyball Athlete of the Year and team MVP awards saw action in 12 of 25 games at 1988 Olympics was second-youngest member of '88 gold medal squad registered 14 kills and nine blocks in reserve capacity came off bench to spur an American comeback against Argentina in pool play, notching seven kills and three blocks most memorable Olympic moment was spiking final point in gold-medal match on Soviet Union overpass of Eric Sato's serve won team's 1988 Coaches' Award for his work ethic in matches and on the practice court originally joined Team USA in summer-'86
Other Volleyball Achievements: played for Olympiakos in Greece during 1993-94 European club season competed for Brescia in Italian Club League in 1992-93 and was a teammate of Bob Ctvrtlik there earned spot on '87 World University Games team, but sidelined with fractured finger, which also forced him to miss '87 Pan Am Games in 1984, member of USA team which finished third at Pacific Rim Tournament in Taiwan lone American representative on all-tournament squad at Pacific Rim following year, served as captain of USA junior national team that toured Europe
College/High School: first-team All-America in 1987 and 1989 and third-team honors in 1986 vital part of Stanford's 1989 NCAA Final Four appearance collected first-team All-WIVA acclaim in 1987 and 1989, and third-team recognition in 1986 coached at Stanford by Fred Sturm a 1984 graduate of Laguna Beach (Calif.) High School earned first-team All-CIF accolades and was South Coast League's most valuable player as senior guided Laguna Beach High to 1983 CIF title attended same high school as 1984 Olympic gold medalist Dusty Dvorak played basketball and earned all-league honors three times as point guard named team MVP as senior, while averaging 18 points, 12 rebounds and eight assists per contest offered numerous basketball scholarship offers coached at LBHS by Bill Ashen.
Personal: earned bachelor's degree in economics from Stanford in 1989 member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity previously employed by First Interstate Bank, through Olympic Job Opportunities Program brother, Todd, played volleyball at University of California.
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