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TONYA "TEEE" WILLIAMS
Maiden Name: Williams (not Sanders). Sanders is her ex-husband's name, which she carried through out her playing days.

Known simply as just "Teee" Williams to countless Wahine Volleyball fans. She is one of the greatest American female volleyball players in the history of the sport.

Collegiate career: University of Hawai'i (1987, '88, '89) -(named to the NCAA 1980's Volleyball All-Decade Team -(2-time) National Player of the Year in 1987 and 1989 -(3-time) first-team All-American

Hawai'i was 99-8 in her three seasons ... still ranks in top 5 at UH in kills (1,873), attempts (3,863), kills per game (5.35), digs (1,143), digs per game (3.27) and block solos (82) ... once held NCAA records for kill attempts in a match (103), season kills per game (6.19 in 1989), career kills per game (5.35), and career kill attempts per game (11.04) ... one of just three Rainbow Wahine to amass 1,000 career kills and digs ... member of 1987 NCAA Championship team and 1988 NCAA finals team ... inducted into UH Sports Circle of Honor in 1998 as an individual and with the 1987 team in 2005.

Professional career: Joined national team in 1990 ... Started on 1992 and '96 Olympic teams ... Won a bronze medal at '92 Games in Barcelona and gold at the 1995 Grand Prix ... played professionally indoors and on the beach in Germany and Italy ... 2003 German beach champion.

What she's doing now: Teee and Drazen Slacanin married in 1998 in Las Vegas. They have lived in Hemmerede-Unna, Germany, the past 10 years and have three children — sons Fabijan, 9, and Tyreese, 4, and daughter Leilani, 9 months. Teee is a full-time mother, still plays senior championships and has coached volleyball in Germany the past three years. This season she will coach in Haltern, Germany. Drazen works as an architect. Tidbits: She met her husband, who is Croatian, when both were playing professional volleyball in Germany in 1994. On her final trip with the national team — back here for the 1996 Bank of Hawai'i Cup — she and Drazen got matching tattoos of the Japanese symbol for love on their backs. His sister also got a tattoo. "Drazen's going first and his sister's second," Williams said then. "I'm going third."