Christine Garner
{{Short description|American volleyball, basketball, and softball player (born 1973)}}
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{{Infobox volleyball biography
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| birth_place = Newport Beach, California, U.S.
| hometown = Tustin, California, U.S.
| height = 5'11"
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| college = Arizona State University
| position = Outside hitter
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| teamnumber = 2 (ASU)
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| nationalyears = 1994–1997
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| medaltemplates-title = Medal record
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{{MedalSport | Women's volleyball }}
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{{MedalCompetition|Goodwill Games}}
{{Medal|Silver|1994 Saint Petersburg|Team}}
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Christine Garner is an American former volleyball player who was a three-sport athlete at Arizona State University (ASU). She played for the United States women's national volleyball team from 1994 to 1997.
College
As a collegiate volleyball player, Garner still holds the ASU record of 1,871 career kills, and led ASU to its two finest seasons in history. As one of the most illustrious players to ever take to the court for the Sun Devil volleyball program, Garner also ranks in the top 10 in career digs and service aces. She was a six-time Pac-10 Player of the Week and was also a recipient of a National Player of the Week honor. In addition to her numerous accolades at ASU, Garner was an AVCA second-team All-American in 1995.{{Cite web |url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/w_volleyball_RB/2015/2015awards.pdf |website=NCAA |title=Women's Volleyball All-America Teams and Award Winners |access-date=September 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705195523/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/w_volleyball_RB/2015/2015awards.pdf |archive-date=July 5, 2022 |url-status=live }}
Garner was also a star performer on the ASU softball team, and captain to both the ASU women's volleyball and basketball team. Garner went on after college to be part of the United States women's national volleyball team.{{Cite web |url=https://thesundevils.com/news/2013/4/17/208249432.aspx |website=Thesundevils.com |title=Player Bio: Christine Garner |date=April 17, 2013 |access-date=September 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129170825/https://thesundevils.com/news/2013/4/17/208249432.aspx |archive-date=November 29, 2021 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://www.thesundevils.com/sports/2000/6/21/207847306.aspx |title=Former All-American Christine Garner Joins ASU Volleyball Staff |date=June 21, 2000 |website=Arizona State University Athletics |access-date=November 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221109031225/https://thesundevils.com/sports/2000/6/21/207847306.aspx |archive-date=November 9, 2022 |url-status=live }}
Garner was inducted into the Arizona State University Hall of Fame in 2009.{{Cite news |url=https://www.ocregister.com/2009/09/30/tustin-native-in-hall-of-fame/ |newspaper=Orange County Register |last=Garcia |first=Mark |title=Tustin native in Hall of Fame |date=September 30, 2009 |access-date=September 28, 2023 }} {{subscription required}}
National team
Garner won the silver medal with the national volleyball team at the 1994 Goodwill Games in Saint Petersburg.{{cite web |title=Women Volleyball Goodwill Games 1994 Sankt Petersburg (RUS) - 07-.08 Winner Soviet Union |url=http://todor66.com/volleyball/Other/Women_Goodwill_1994.html |last=Krastev |first=Todor |website=Todor66.com |access-date=April 11, 2017 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150109004103/http://todor66.com/volleyball/Other/Women_Goodwill_1994.html |archive-date=January 9, 2015 }} Other world-class tournaments that she participated in included the 1997 World Grand Prix and the 1997 NORCECA tournament. She left the national team in 1997 and played two seasons with the European Professional Volleyball League in Turkey and Italy.
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Category:American women's volleyball players
Category:Sportspeople from Newport Beach, California
Category:Competitors at the 1994 Goodwill Games
Category:21st-century American women
Category:Volleyball players from California
Category:Arizona State Sun Devils women's volleyball players
Category:Arizona State Sun Devils softball players
Category:Arizona State Sun Devils women's volleyball coaches
Category:Arizona State Sun Devils women's basketball players