Tia Edwards

{{short description|American sitting volleyball player (born 1995)}}

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| full_name = Tia Mackenzie Edwards

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| birth_place = Claremore, Oklahoma, U.S

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| height = 5 ft 6 in

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Tia Mackenzie Edwards (born April 8, 1995) is an American sitting volleyball player.

Career

Edwaards competed at the World Para Volleyball Championship and won a silver medal in 2018.{{cite web |url=https://www.paralympic.org/news/netherlands-2018-new-women-s-winner-guaranteed |title=Netherlands 2018: New women’s winner guaranteed |website=paralympic.org |date=July 21, 2018 |access-date=August 28, 2024}} She again competed at the World Championship in 2022 and won a bronze medal.{{cite web |url=https://www.teamusa.com/news/2022/november/12/us-women-defeat-slovenia-to-take-bronze-at-sitting-volleyball-world-championships |title=U.S. Women Defeat Slovenia To Take Bronze At Sitting Volleyball World Championships |website=teamusa.com |first=Chris |last=McDougall |date=November 12, 2022 |access-date=August 28, 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.teamusa.com/profiles/tia-edwards-906725 |title=Tia Edwards |website=teamusa.com |access-date=August 28, 2024}}

She represented the United States at the 2015 Parapan American Games and won a gold medal.{{cite web|url=http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Volleyball/Features/2015/August/14/US-Womens-Sitting-Team-Golden-at-Parapan |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151004092205/http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Volleyball/Features/2015/August/14/US-Womens-Sitting-Team-Golden-at-Parapan |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 4, 2015 |title=U.S. Women's Sitting Team Golden at Parapan |website=teamusa.org |first=Bill |last=Kauffman |date=August 14, 2015 |access-date=August 28, 2024}} She again represented the United States at the 2019 Parapan American Games and won a gold medal.{{cite web |url=https://www.paralympic.org/news/lima-2019-usa-and-brazil-crowned-sitting-volleyball-champions |title=Lima 2019: USA and Brazil crowned sitting volleyball champions |website=paralympic.org |date=August 29, 2019 |access-date=August 28, 2024}}

She represented the United States at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in sitting volleyball and won a gold medal.{{cite web |url=https://www.southernminn.com/waseca_county_news/sports/shifflett-achieves-long-awaited-goal-with-paralympics-selection/article_aacfb9b0-768a-51d5-975f-3f0f03a523df.html |title=Shifflett achieves long-awaited goal with Paralympics selection |website=southernminn.com |first=Daniel |last=Ring |date=September 22, 2016 |access-date=August 28, 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.teamusa.com/news/2021/september/05/us-womens-sitting-volleyball-defend-their-gold-medal-taking-china |title=U.S. Women’s Sitting Volleyball Defend Their Gold Medal, Taking China 3-1 |website=teamusa.com |first=Lisa |last=Costantini |date=September 4, 2021 |access-date=August 28, 2024}} On July 10, 2024, she was named to team USA's roster to compete at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.{{cite web |url=https://usavolleyball.org/story/usa-volleyball-announces-2024-u-s-paralympic-womens-sitting-volleyball-team/ |title=USA Volleyball Announces 2024 U.S. Paralympic Women's Sitting Volleyball Team |website=usavolleyball.org |first=Laura |last=Fawcett |date=July 10, 2024 |access-date=August 28, 2024}}

Personal life

Edwards was born to Dalton Edwards and Mica Pattillo, and has two sisters, Mikayla Shulanberger and Millie Pattillo, and a brother, Ryan Edwards. She was born with congenital birth defect to her left hand.