Matt Anderson

Matt Anderson is one of those athletes who makes you realize how dominant American indoor volleyball can quietly be — this guy has been at the heart of Team USA's best runs for over a decade and rarely gets the mainstream spotlight he deserves. Standing 208 cm with the kind of all-around game that lets him play both outside and opposite, he's been a cornerstone of squads that took gold at the 2014 World League and the 2015 World Cup, then came back to earn bronze at Rio 2016 and again at Paris 2024. That second Olympic medal, nearly eight years after the first, says everything about his longevity and commitment to the program. For a guy who grew up in Buffalo and somehow ended up as one of the best volleyballers in the world, the career arc is genuinely impressive.

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Name (English)

Matt Anderson

Name (Japanese)

マット・アンダーソン

Reading

まっと・あんだーそん

Born

April 18, 1987 (age 39)

Origin

Buffalo, New York, United States

Height

208 cm

Occupation

volleyball player / beach volleyball player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Rabbit

High school

West Seneca West Senior High School

• Official sitehttps://www.mattanderson1.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/mja5041/
• Xhttps://x.com/MattAnderson_1
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt%20Anderson%20(volleyball)
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%80%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q692345

Tags

• New York
• volleyball player
• beach volleyball player

Last updated

October 18, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.