United States at the 2011 Summer Universiade

The United States competed at the 2011 Summer Universiade in Shenzhen, China.

Archery
The United States was represented by men's and women's athletes in the archery competition.

Men

 * Compound

Women

 * Compound

Basketball
The United States has qualified both a men's and a women's team. The official rosters were announced on August 8.

Men
The men's team participated in Group D, showing much promise after running through the round-robin with an undefeated record. However, they dropped a close game to Lithuania in the quarterfinals, sending them to the 5th-8th classification bracket. They defeated Germany to secure 5th place.

Team roster
The men's team roster is as follows:


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 * Head coach
 * 🇺🇸 Matt Painter (Purdue University)
 * Assistant coach(es)
 * 🇺🇸 Cuonzo Martin (University of Tennessee)
 * 🇺🇸 Brad Stevens (Butler University)
 * Team Physician
 * 🇺🇸 Brock Schnebel (University of Oklahoma)
 * Athletic Trainer
 * 🇺🇸 Ed Thompson (Southern Illinois University)


 * Legend:
 * (C) Team captain
 * nat field describes country of university
 * Age field is age on August 13, 2011
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Women
The women's team participated in Group B and won with 40+ point leads in the round robin. They finished in first place after defeating Chinese Taipei in the final, winning the gold medal.

Team roster
The women's team roster is as follows:


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 * Head coach
 * 🇺🇸 Bill Fennelly (Iowa State University)
 * Assistant coach(es)
 * 🇺🇸 Suzie McConnel-Serio (Duquesne University)
 * 🇺🇸 Terri Williams-Flournoy (Georgetown University)
 * Team Physician
 * 🇺🇸 Brock Schnebel (University of Oklahoma)
 * Athletic Trainer
 * 🇺🇸 Shannon Becker (University of Georgia)


 * Legend:
 * (C) Team captain
 * nat field describes country of university
 * Age field is age on August 13, 2011
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Beach volleyball
The United States will be represented by two men's teams and one women's team.

Men

 * Consolation Round

Women

 * Consolation Round

Swimming
The United States sent a men's and women's swimming team of 48 swimmers.

Men
Tullius was tied for the eighth spot in the final. He lost a swim-off against Jan Philip Glania of Germany, reaching a time of 26.02, 0.22 seconds short of Glania's time. Head coach: Rich DeSelm Assistant coaches: Brette Hawke, Harvey Humphries, Anthony Nesty
 * Coaching staff

Women
Connolly set a Universiade record in the heats, but broke her own record in the final a few hours later. Head coach: Eric Hansen Assistant coaches: Carol Capitani, Rick DeMont, John Hargis
 * Coaching staff

Table tennis
The United States will be represented by a men's and women's team.

Men

 * Singles


 * Doubles


 * Team

Women

 * Singles


 * Doubles


 * Team

Tennis
The United States will be represented by five tennis players, three male and two female.

Men

 * Consolation Draw

Women

 * Consolation Draw

Volleyball
The United States qualified a men's team.

Men
The men's team competed in Group D. They finished in third place after a close loss to the Czech Republic and a loss to Thailand put them right outside of qualifying to the playoffs. After a close loss to Japan, the United States lost the chance to compete for ninth place and settled for thirteenth place.

Team
The men's indoor volleyball team is as follows:


 * Outside hitters
 * Thomas Amberg
 * Tri Bourne
 * Brad Lawson
 * Jeff Menzel
 * Cory Yoder
 * Taylor Hughes (alternate)
 * Opposite hitters
 * Carson Clark
 * Murphy Troy
 * Jim Baughman (alternate)
 * Kyle Caldwell (alternate)
 * Rob Stowell (alternate)


 * Middle blockers
 * Weston Dunlap
 * Ryan Meehan
 * Matt Pollock (alternate)
 * Matt Rawson (alternate)
 * Setters
 * Kawika Shoji
 * Riley McKibbin
 * Libero
 * Erik Shoji

Coaches
 * Gordon Mayforth – Head Coach
 * Pete Hanson – Assistant Coach/Team Leader
 * JT Wenger – Assistant Coach
 * Larnie Boquiren – Trainer

Water polo
The United States qualified both a men's and a women's team.

Men
The men's team participated in Group C. The United States qualified for the quarterfinals with only one loss to Serbia, the eventual gold medallists, in pool play. The men's team was well on its way to the final, but was edged by Russia in the semifinal and was relegated to the bronze medal match, where Macedonia defeated the United States. The men's team finished fourth overall.

Women
The women's team participated in Group B. The team went through the preliminary round undefeated, and fought their way to the final with close wins in the quarterfinals and semifinals. In the final, the United States was stunned by China in a ten-point loss, and earned a silver medal.