About the Author
Emily Adams Knight
Volleyball Promotions and Assistant Business Unit Manager for Volleyball Apparel
Residence | Phoenix, AZ
Emily Adams Knight played volleyball at the University of Southern California from 2001-2004 and was a member of two DI Women's National Championship teams (2002, 2003). Emily is a three time AVCA 1st Team All American (2002, 2003, 2004) and a three time Academic All American (2002, 2003, 2004). Following her success at USC, she played professionally in Puerto Rico in 2005. Emily's passion for sports runs deep. Her brother, Justin, played volleyball at the collegiate level for the University of California Santa Barbara. Her farther, Alvan, played professional basketball for the Phoenix Suns for 13 years and her husband, Matt, played baseball at Davidson College. A native of Phoenix Arizona, Emily now resides in Atlanta, Georgia.
Recent articles
Jordan Larson Shares Her Stories from the Road Pt. 2
by Emily Adams Knight on September 13, 2011
Many things have happened since the last time I blogged. When I last wrote we had just finished our first week of Grand Prix in China and had three left to go. We traveled to Japan and Hong Kong and won our pools at each location which qualified us for the finals in Macau, China. We were put into pools of 4 and played a round robin tournament for the first three days. We finished 2nd in our pool, after losing to Brazil in four sets, which placed us against Serbia in the Semifinal. We beat Serbia in three which moved us into the FINALS and a rematch agains...
Blog Post from USAV Athlete Ryan Millar
by Emily Adams Knight on August 18, 2011
Back together and back to work.After the grueling schedule of the World League and World League Finals, we were lucky to have some time off. A few of the guys got to spend that time playing in the Olympic Test Event, while some of the others including myself got to stay states side and work on getting stronger and more dynamic. After a few weeks of getting after it in the weight room all of the team got a well deserved week off. I am sure that everyone had a great time with family and friends. I got to be at home for a while before heading out to Casper, WY. t...
Jordan Larson Shares Her Stories from the Road
by Emily Adams Knight on August 10, 2011
Jordan Larson writes us to share her stories from the road to Japan for the Grand Prix Tournament!
~ EmilyHello from Nagoya Japan,
Myself and the rest of the girls with the U.S. National team have just arrived at our second destination of the Grand Prix Tournament. Grand Prix is a month long tournament spent in a different country every week. Each week we play a round robin type tournament with three other teams. It is a difficult tournament to win because there is a lot of travel involved which translates to often playing in different time zones ...
USA Volleyball counts down to the USAV Girls' Jr. Nationals in Atlanta
by Emily Adams Knight on June 17, 2011
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (June 16, 2011) – The 32nd annual USA Volleyball Girls’ Junior National Championships (GJNC) will take place from June 25-July 4 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta.Read the full article here.
Record Attendance Projected for Open Tryouts
by Emily Adams Knight on February 10, 2011
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Feb. 10, 2011) – USA Volleyball projects a record 215 athletes will participate in open tryouts for the U.S. Women’s National Team, U.S. Women’s National A2 Program and U.S. Women’s Junior National Team. The tryouts are set for Feb. 25-27, 2011, at the U.S. Olympic Training Center (USOTC) in Colorado Springs, Colo.
The tryouts are open to current college-age athletes and older. The U.S. Women’s National Team program is open to athletes who have concluded their college eligibility and who wish to train full-time. ...
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