Cassidy Lichtman

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| name = Cassidy Lichtman

| image =Cassidy Lichtman 2012.jpg

| caption =Lichtman in 2012

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| nationality = American

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|5|25|mf=y}}

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| hometown = Poway, California
United States

| height = {{convert|185|cm|ftin|0|abbr=on|order=flip}}

| weight = {{convert|68|kg|lb|0|abbr=on|order=flip}}

| spike = {{convert|299|cm|in|0|abbr=on|order=flip}}

| block ={{convert|279|cm|in|0|abbr=on|order=flip}}

| college = Stanford

| position = Outside hitter

| currentclub = {{flagicon|USA}} Athletes Unlimited

| currentnumber = 8

| years1 = 2014

| team1 = Sichuan Women's Volleyball

| years2 = 2021–2022

| team2 = Athletes Unlimited

| nationalyears = 2014

| nationalteam = {{flagicon|United States}} United States

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Cassidy Lichtman (born May 25, 1989) is an American female volleyball player. She was part of the United States women's national volleyball team from 2011 to 2016 .

Professional career

She participated in the 2014 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix, the 2011 and 2015 Pan American Games and the 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 PanAmerican Cups.[https://web.archive.org/web/20151231023952/http://www.teamusa.org/usa-volleyball/athletes/Cassidy-Lichtman?pg=9 Athletes. Cassidy Lichtman] Team USA On the club level she played for five years in Poland, Switzerland, Azerbaijan, France and China, ending with Sichuan Women's Volleyball in 2015.{{cite web|title=Team Roster – United States|url=http://www.fivb.org/EN/volleyball/competitions/WorldGrandPrix/2014/Teams1.asp?Team=USA|work=FIVB.org|date= |accessdate=11 February 2016}}

College career

Lichtman graduated from Stanford in 2011 with a BA in political science and an MA in history. She received both degrees in only four years while also playing for the Stanford Women's Volleyball Team. She played multiple positions including outside hitter and setter. Her teams won four Pac10 Championships and Lichtman was named a first team AVCA All-American in both her junior and senior seasons. She was also named to the first team Academic All-American.{{Cite web|url=https://gostanford.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=6210|title=Cassidy Lichtman - Women's Volleyball}}

After retiring from the US National Team in 2016, Lichtman returned to Stanford as an assistant coach during the 2016 season when Stanford Volleyball won the National Championship.{{Cite web|url=https://gostanford.com/coaches.aspx?rc=902|title=Cassidy Lichtman - Women's Volleyball Coach}}

Later career

After retiring from the National Team, Lichtman worked for former US Chief Technology Officer, Megan Smith, at shift7.{{Cite web|url=https://shift7.com/team|title = Team}}

In 2019, she was elected to the Board of Directors of USA Volleyball [https://web.archive.org/web/20190822232017/https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Volleyball/Features/2019/August/22/Blanton-Bishop-Lichtman-Elected-to-USAV-Board Blanton, Bishop, Lichtman Elected to USAV Board] Team USA As of 2020, she runs the nonprofit P/ATH, which works within the sports world to better develop skills around empathy and empowerment.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pathsports.org/about-us|title = About Us}}

Early life

At age nine, Lichtman was told she would likely never walk again due to a chronic pain disorder in her leg. She began to walk on her own and dealt with this pain throughout her entire athletic career.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theplayerstribune.com/en-us/articles/cassidy-lichtman-volleyball|title = Pain and Gain | by Cassidy Lichtman| date=September 16, 2015 }} She was inspired to pursue a career in volleyball at the age of 9 when she saw the Francis Parker School varsity volleyball team win the state championship. When the team won the championship she stated, “Yeah, I want to do that.”{{Cite web |last=Athletes |date=2022-06-23 |title=Lichtman: As we celebrate Title IX, our job is to keep building |url=https://auprosports.com/read/cassidy-lichtman-as-we-celebrate-title-ix-our-job-is-to-keep-building/ |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=Athletes Unlimited |language=en-US}}

Lichtman graduated from Francis Parker School in San Diego in 2007.{{Cite web |title=Cassidy Lichtman's Francis Parker High School Bio |url=https://www.maxpreps.com/ca/san-diego/francis-parker-lancers/athletes/cassidy-lichtman/?careerid=78kvr7da65200 |access-date=2024-05-26 |website=www.maxpreps.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Cassidy Lichtman - Women's Volleyball 2010 |url=https://gostanford.com/sports/womens-volleyball/roster/season/2010/player/cassidy-lichtman |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=Stanford Cardinal - Official Athletics Website |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Russell |first=Melissa |date=2023-09-27 |title=Parker Helps Pave the Way for P/ATH |url=https://francisparkerschoolnews.com/2023/09/parker-helps-pave-the-way-for-p-ath/ |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=Francis Parker School News |language=en-US}}

References

External links

[http://www.fivb.org/EN/volleyball/competitions/WorldGrandPrix/2014/Players.asp?Tourn=WGP2014a&Team=USA&No=137657 Profile] at FIVB.org
[https://web.archive.org/web/20151231023952/http://www.teamusa.org/usa-volleyball/athletes/Cassidy-Lichtman?pg=9 Profile] at USAVolleyball.org
[https://cassidylichtman.blogspot.com/ Blog]

Category:1989 births

Category:Living people

Category:American women's volleyball players

Category:Place of birth missing (living people)

Category:Wing spikers

Category:American expatriate volleyball players in China

Category:Volleyball players at the 2011 Pan American Games

Category:Volleyball players at the 2015 Pan American Games

Category:Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games

Category:Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games

Category:Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in volleyball

Category:Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States in volleyball