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Stacy Denise Sykora （born June 24, 1977） is a retired American volleyball player.
She was a two-time All-American at Texas A&M University and she competed in both the 2000 and the 2004 Olympics as part of the U.S. women's national team.
She made her third Olympic appearance at the 2008 Olympics, helping Team USA to a silver medal.
She won the gold medal with her team at the 2001 and 2010 FIVB World Grand Prix.
Stacy Sykora was born in Fort Worth, Texas, to Ed Sykora and Sherian Richards.
She was raised in Burleson （a Fort Worth suburb） with her two older sisters, Kim and Keri.
As a student at Burleson High School, Sykora dreamed of becoming an Olympic athlete, but was unwilling to choose between volleyball, basketball, and track and field.
After graduating from high school, she accepted a scholarship to play volleyball at Texas A&M University under coach Laurie Flachmeier Corbelli, a member of the USA Volleyball team which won the silver medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
While attending Texas A&M University, Sykora competed in volleyball, basketball and track, winning a Big 12 Conference title in the heptathlon.
As a true freshman Sykora played in all but one of the volleyball team's 30 matches, leading the team in kills in four matches and in digs three times.
As a sophomore, Sykora set a school record with 24 digs in a three-game loss to Michigan State in the NCAA Tournament.
Against nationally ranked Loyola Marymount, she posted a career-high 30 kills, leading the Aggies to victory.
After leading the Big 12 i...