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}} Logan Maile Lei Tom (born May 25, 1981) is an American indoor volleyball and beach volleyball player. She is a four-time Olympian at the outside hitter position. At age 19, Logan became the youngest woman ever to be selected for an American Olympic volleyball team when she made the 2000 Games in Sydney. She is a skilled all-around player who brings stability to the American serve receive and defense, while also providing the team with a solid attack and block at the net. She has been a huge part of the national team for many years. In Beijing, Tom helped Team USA win a silver medal and was named Best Scorer. ==High school and personal life== Logan Tom was born in Napa, California, to Kristine and Melvyn Tom. Her father was a defensive end〔http://www.logantom.info/fansite/news/241-tom-us-womens-volleyball-after-gold-in-greece-.html〕 for nine years in the NFL with the Philadelphia Eagles and the Chicago Bears.〔http://photos.dailynews.com/?third_party=us-womens-volleyball-player-logan-tom-embraces-role-as-glue-of-the-team〕 Though she grew up with her mother and older brother Landon〔 in Salt Lake City, Utah, she spent her summers with her father and his relatives in Hawaii learning how to surf.〔(Bio at Logan Tom fansite )〕 She is of Chinese Hawaiian descent.〔 Tom attended Highland High School, where she set the Utah state records for career kills (later broken when Utah moved to five game matches, still second all-time).〔(Utah high school volleyball records )〕 Tom also competed in basketball and track and was an All-state selection in basketball. She placed third in the state in the javelin as a senior and graduated with a 4.00 GPA and ranked first in her class. Tom also earned the Gatorade Player of the Year awards for volleyball in 1999. In 2000, she became the youngest woman to ever be selected for the USA Olympic volleyball team at 19.〔 Over the summer of 2003 she was selected as one of eight finalists for the Women's Sports Foundation Sportswoman of the Year Award in the team category. In 2004, Tom posed in a bikini for an ''FHM'' magazine article on female Olympic athletes,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 work=FHM Magazine 100 Sexiest Women 2005 )〕 and one year later was ranked 91st of the magazine's 100 sexiest women list. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Logan Tom」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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