Stafford Slick - USA Volleyball

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Height

6-8

College

Minnesota '07

Hometown

Andover, Minn.

USAV Region

North Country

CareerTimeline

Most Notable

Currently ranked 31st in the world with partner Billy Allen
Tied for 18th with Billy Allen in provisional Olympic ranking
Stafford and Billy Allen also partnered in 2017
Former partners include: Casey Patterson (2018-19); Mark Burik (2016); Todd Rogers (2015); Sean Rosenthal (2015); Will Montgomery (2014); Derek Olson (2014); Adrian Carambula (2013-2014); Casey Jennings (2013); Evan Engle (2011-12)
International debut was in 2010 on the NORCECA tour; first FIVB event was 2013
Has partnered with two Olympic gold medalists: Todd Rogers and Dain Blanton (AVP tour)
Has two career gold medals on the NORCECA Tour
Member of the 2009 USAV U26 High Performance Team

Events

2020 FIVB Doha - T17th with Billy Allen
2019 FIVB Sydney - Bronze with Billy Allen
2019 NORCECA Aguascalientes - 8th with Billy Allen
2019 FIVB Xiamen - T17th with Billy Allen
2019 FIVB Itapema - T25th with Billy Allen
2019 FIVB Ostrava - T17th with Billy Allen
2019 FIVB World Championships - T9th with with Billy Allen
2019 FIVB Edmonton - Bronze with Billy Allen
2019 FIVB Moscow - T25th with Billy Allen
2019 FIVB Jurmala - T5th with Billy Allen
2019 FIVB Chetumal - T25th with Billy Allen
Top 2018 FIVB finish was in Tokyo, bronze with Casey Patterson

Personal Highlights

Born in 1985
Married to Julie (Motz) Slick; they have a son (Edison) two daughters (Delaney and Camille)
Currently lives in Hermosa Beach, Calif.
Played club volleyball at the University of Minnesota, and was the club president three years
Suffered a partially detached retina in his left eye in 2017, which is why he wars protective goggles while playing
Was selected to the Minnesota All-State Choir twice in high school

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???We Meet, At Last…?☝? . Not sure who had more fun last night! Trick or treating was a bust, but we battled it out every chance we got ? . #spiderman #venom
A post shared by Stafford Slick (@staffordslick) on Nov 1, 2020 at 6:37am PST

On playing with so many Olympians (as told on the Sandcast podcast)"I might have to do some fact checking. But I think I’ve played with more Olympians than anyone else. I played with Dain [Blanton], retired him, put him out to pasture. I played with Rogie (Todd Rogers) in his last event, so I retired him. I played with Rosie (Sean Rosenthal), I played with Casey (Patterson), I played with Adrian (Carambula), who wasn’t an Olympian at the time, but he is now. And then I played with Reid Priddy. That’s another thing I might have a record for: I have a lot of partners too.”

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