Heather Erickson - USA Volleyball

CareerTimeline

Most Notable

MVP at 2024 World ParaVolley Super 6
MVP and Best Attacker at 2024 Paralympic Games; also led in digs
MVP and Best Receiver at the 2016 Paralympic Games
Best Attacker at the 2019 ParaVolley World Super 6
MVP and Best Spiker at 2019 Parapan American Games
USA Volleyball Female Sitting Player of the Year in 2013, 2016, 2018
MVP and Best Spiker of the 2017 World ParaVolley World Super 6 Tournament
2016 and '17 finalist for the Women's Sports Foundation's Sportswoman of the Year award
Nominated for a 2016 ESPY for "Best Female Athlete with a Disability"
MVP and Best Spiker of the 2016 World ParaVolley Intercontinental Cup
Best server at the 2011 Parapan American Zonal Championships
Best Blocker at the 2008 Intercontinental Cup

2024 Paralympic Games - Gold; MVP and Best Attacker
2024 Dutch Tournament - Bronze
2024 World ParaVolley Super 6 - Gold
2023 ParaVolley Pan American Zonal Championship - Gold
2022 ParaVolley World Championships - Bronze
2021 Golden Nations League - Gold
2020 Paralympic Games - Gold
2019 ParaVolleyball World Super 6 - Gold
2019 Parapan American Games - Gold
2018 ParaVolley World Championships - Silver
2018 Dutch Tournament - Gold
2017: World ParaVolley World Super 6 - Silver
2016 Paralympic Games - Gold; MVP and Best Receiver
2016 ParaVolley Intercontinental Cup - Gold
2016 Dutch Tournament - First
2015 Parapan American Games - Gold
2014 ParaVolley World Championships - Silver
2012 Paralympic Games - Silver
2012 Volleyball Masters - Gold
2011 Parapan American Zonal Championships - Gold
2011 ECVD Continental Cup - Gold
2010 WOVD Sitting Volleyball World Championships - Silver
2010 Parapan American Championship - Gold
2010 World Organization for Volleyball Disabled (WOVD) World Cup - Gold
2009 Parapan American Zonal Championship - Gold
2009 Eurocup - Gold
2008 Paralympic Games - Silver
2008 World Organization Volleyball for Disabled (WOVD) Intercontinental Cup - Bronze
2007 Sitting Volleyball Invitational - Silver

She is a below-the-knee amputee, right leg. She was born with a bone that prevented her leg from being fully developed. After 18 failed surgeries, her parents opted for amputation when she was 9.
Joined the U.S. Women's Sitting Team in 2007 when she was 14 and "didn't speak for the first three years"
Parents are Kevin and Brenda Erickson, Sister is named Stephanie
Has a graduate degree in technical management from DeVry University
Inducted into the North Carolina Volleyball Hall of Fame in 2024

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On playing on the national team and coaching 11s“I love that I can go compete on the sitting team and be that gold medal team, and fight, fight, fight, And then I get to watch where everything begins. I see that progression, and it makes me enjoy the sport a lot more.”