Hugh McCutcheon has coached the U.S. Women’s Volleyball Team to a No. 1 world ranking. The team has never won an Olympic gold medal. (Toshifumi Kitamura / AFP / Getty Images)
This team is looking to bring home gold at the 2012 London Olympics.
Foluke Akinradewo, left, in action against Brazil’s Thaisa Menezes, right, and Jaqueline (“Jaque”) Maria Pereira de Carvalho during a match of the Grand Prix of Volleyball at Adid Moyses Dib stadium in Sao Bernardo do Campo, Brazil. (Sebastiao Moreira / EPA)
U.S. players Christa Harmotto, left, and Jordan Larson play defense against Dominican player Gina Mambru, right, during the Volleyball Grand Prix, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. (Orlando Barría / EPA)
Megan Hodge of the United States, center in red, in action before Wan Chen, right, and Tzu Wen from Taiwan during the Volleyball Grand Prix, in the Dominican Republic. (Orlando Barría / EPA)
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USA’s Logan Tom, center, plays against Brazil’s Thaisa Menezes, left, and Sheila Tavared de Castro during the Grand Prix of Volleyball at in Sao Bernardo do Campo, Brazeil. (Sebastiao Moreira / EPA)
U.S. player Danielle Scott-Arruda spikes the ball against Venezuela’s Aleoscar Blanco during a women’s volleyball preliminary match at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. Scott-Arruda never thought she excelled at volleyball but others saw her talent. (Andy Wong / Associated Press)
