Michael Allen Lambert (born April 14, 1974) is an American former volleyball player who is a two-time Olympian with the United States national volleyball team. His team finished ninth place at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and eleventh at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.
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Early life
Lambert went to Punahou School in Honolulu, Hawaii along with Stein Metzger. His subsequent partnership with Metzger in the AVP resulted in nine titles.
College
Lambert played volleyball at Stanford University. He and fellow AVP player Matt Fuerbringer were members of the 1997 NCAA Championship team for volleyball. He was the Most Outstanding Player of the 1997 NCAA Championship tournament. He was also a three-time All-American. Lambert graduated from Stanford in 1997 with a degree in political science.
Beach volleyball
In 2004, Lambert was selected as the AVP Most Valuable Player, the AVP Best Offensive Player, and part of the AVP Team of the Year with partner Karch Kiraly. In his career, Lambert won 16 tournaments and $520,000 in prizes playing beach volleyball.
In 2018, Lambert was inducted to the California Beach Volleyball Hall of Fame.
Personal life
Lambert lives in Costa Mesa, California with his wife, Deborah, and their two children Jack and Sveva.
Awards
Three-time All-American
NCAA Champion — 1997
NCAA Championship Most Outstanding Player — 1997
AVP Most Valuable Player — 2004
AVP Best Offensive Player — 2004
AVP Team of the Year — 2004
California Beach Volleyball Hall of Fame — 2018