Erik Shoji

Club

Zaksz Kedzierzyn-Kozle

Nationality

United States

Birth Date

24/08/1989

Birth Place

Hawaii, USA

Height

184 cm

Weight

83 kg

Favorite Book

To Kill a Mockingbird

Favorite Athlete

Marat Safin and Serena Williams

Libero Erik Shoji grew up in Honolulu, Hawaii, and played for the
Outrigger Canoe Club. Erik and his older brother Kawika played together at
Stanford University and are now on the U.S. National Team together and both won
bronze medals at the 2016 Olympic Games. Erik and Kawika’s father, Dave, is
head coach of the women’s volleyball team at the University of Hawaii. Their
mother, Mary, played basketball at Hawaii. Shoji was the first four-time
first-team All-America in the history of the AVCA honor. In 2009, Erik and
Kawika were the first brothers every to earn AVCA first team honors in the same
year. Erik was a member of the U.S. Boys’ Youth Team in 2006 and ’07 and a
member of the Men’s Junior National Team in 2008 and ’09. He joined the senior
national team in 2013 and helped the team to the gold medal at the NORCECA
Championship. He went on to win another gold medal at the 2014 World League
Final Round. In 2015, he helped the U.S. win World League bronze and World Cup
gold. At the FIVB World Cup he was named Best Libero. He has played
professionally in Russia and Germany.