SOURCE: USA Volleyball

Elaine Youngs

Major International Competition:
1995 World Cup
1995 World Grand Prix (gold)
1995 Canada Cup (gold)
1995 Pan American Games (silver)
1994 World Championship
1994 World Grand Prix
1994 Goodwill Games (silver)
1993 FIVB Grand Champions Cup
1993 NORCECA Championships (silver)
1991 Pan American Games
Highlights With USA National Team:
Elevated to starting lineup for 1994 World Championship, following impressive showings in `94 World Grand Prix and Goodwill Games
named full-time team member in May, 1993 after an extended tryout
earned numerous starting assignments during '93 campaign
Other Volleyball Achievements:
Guided Americans to silver-medal performance at the 1993 World University Games in Buffalo, N.Y.
member of bronze medal-winning squad at the 1991 World University Games in Sheffield, England
also trained with USA national team in 1989
College/High School:
Garnered All-America honors four times at UCLA (1988-89, 1991-92)
four-time All-PAC-10 Conference selection and ranked 10th nationally in hitting percentage as senior (.389)
finished on Bruins' top-10 list in career kills (1,664), digs (1,113) and service aces (165)
member of bronze-medal squad at U.S. Olympic Festival-'89, and also competed at USOF-'90
coached at UCLA by Andy Banachowski
a 1988 graduate of El Toro (Calif.) High School, where she earned first-team All-America acclaim
named All-America at U.S. Junior Olympic Volleyball Championships three times (1985-87)
coached at ETHS by Kim Poppa and Michael Jagd
Personal:
Born in Orange, California
earned bachelor's degree in history in 1993 from UCLA