DONALD SUXHO HIGHLIGHTS

MAJOR INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION: 2006 – FIVB World Championships… FIVB World League… Pan American Cup (Gold Medal)… Argentina Tour. 2005 – Pacific Northwest Tour vs. Netherlands… USOC International Sports Invitational (Silver Medal)…Argentina Tour… Americas’ Cup (Gold Medal)… FIVB World Championship Qualifying Tournament (Go! ld Medal)… NORCECA Continental Championships (Gold Medal)… World Grand Champions Cup (Silver Medal). 2004 – NORCECA Olympic Qualifying Tournament (Gold Medal)… Japan Tour… Houston Series… USA Global Challenge (First Place)… Serbia and Montenegro Tour (Second Place)… Olympic Games (Fourth Place). 2003 – Colorado/Nebraska Tour… Canada Tour… Pan American Games (Fourth Place)… NORCECA Zone Championships (Gold Medal)… World Cup (Fourth Place). 2001 – World League… NORCECA Zone Championships.

INTERNATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS: 2006 – Started every match at the World Championships…Was the starting U.S. setter in every match of the FIVB World League… Started as setter for the inaugural Pan American Cup, but did not play the entire tournament due to a sprained ankle… Helped the team finish 4-1 in the Argentina series… Finished the season with 42 kills and 15 aces. 2005 – Nominated by USA Volleyball for the 2005 United States Olympic Committee (USOC) SportsMan of the Year honor… In his first year as the full-time starter, Donald quarterbacked Team USA to one of its most successful seasons in years…The Americans posted a record of 27-6 and earned five podium placements during the year, including a silver medal at the USOC International Sports Invitational (San Diego, Calif.); a gold medal at the America's Cup ! (Brazil); a gold medal at the FIVB World Championship Qualifying Tournament (Puerto Rico); a gold medal at the NORCECA Championships (Canada); and a silver medal at the FIVB World Grand Champions Cup (Japan)… Suxho led the team in service aces with 25 and helped the Americans post a stellar hitting percentage of .376 on the season… He also finished third on the team in blocks with 48… He capped his first season as a starter for the USA squad that captured the silver medal at the FIVB World Grand Champions Cup in November in Japan… The Americans, who lost to defending Olympic gold medalist Brazil in the first match of the tournament, lost just one set the rest of the way as they defeated Japan (3-1), 2004 Olympic silver medalist Italy (3-0), Egypt (3-0) and China (3-0) en route to their fifth medal in five events this season… Started at setter as the USA Men stunned the world’s best team when it defeated 2004 Olympic gold medalist Brazil in five sets to win the America’s Cup ! tournament in Brazil on Aug. 7… Earned “Best Server” honors as Team USA won its second-straight NORCECA Continental Championship with a four-set victory over Cuba on Sept. 15… The USA Men qualified for the FIVB World Grand Champions Cup with the gold-medal win… Also earned a gold medal in August at the FIVB World Championship Qualifying Tournament as the USA Men qualified for the 2006 World Championships. 2004 – Donald made his first-ever Olympic appearance in Athens, Greece as the USA Men finished fourth overall… Team USA qualified for the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece, by winning the NORCECA Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Caguas, Puerto Rico on Jan. 10… The men posted a perfect record of 6-0 en route to the gold medal, which included a come-from-behind, 3-2 win over Cuba in the championship match… Served as the back-up setter to starter Lloy Ball. 2003 – Started at setter until the NORCECA Zone Championships in Mexico as Team USA captured the gold medal and a berth in the 2003 World Cup, the first Olympic qualifier… Served as the back-up setter to starter Lloy Ball at the NORCECA championships and World Cup.