Micha Hancock

CareerTimeline

Most Notable

Member of U.S. Women's National Team since 2016
Has played professionally in Italy, Puerto Rico and Poland
Won national titles with Penn State in 2013 and 2014
AVCA National Player of the Year in 2014...three-time AVCA First-Team All-American
The first ever Olympic "official alternate" for the U.S. Women's National Team. If a player is injured or ill during the Paris Games, Micha can play for them

Born in 1992
Parents are Kelly and Michael... Kelly played basketball at Oklahoma State and Michael was a professional boxer
Sister Kelsey played volleyball at Tulsa
2009 Gatorade Oklahoma State Player of the Year
Played club ball at Oklahoma Peak Performance and was coached by former U.S. Men's Sitting National Team head coach Edgar Miraku
With Oklahoma Peak Performance, won bronze at 2009 Girls' Junior National Championships
Led Oklahoma Region to gold at 2010 High Performance Championships

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What she's learned about herself while playing“I learned, from being more isolated, that it’s important to force yourself to get out from being in isolation. You come home after practice, and if you didn’t have a good practice, that weights heavy. It’s good to be passionate, but it is a job. Sometimes you have to let those feelings go. Getting out and doing things, like seeing Italy, you gotta do something to keep your mind busy. That’s something I learned that I didn’t know my first two years. Variety is something I learned I needed.”