Courtney Schwan is listed as No. 4 on the Orlando Valkyries roster and brings seven years of professional volleyball experience to Major League Volleyball. The 6-foot-2 player has been with the Orlando Valkyries from 2024 to the present. Schwan is from Auburn, Washington.
Her professional career includes clubs in Italy, Greece and France. She played for Aeroitalia SMI Roma Valley in Italy in 2023-24, Volley Severato in Italy in 2022-23 and Aris Thessaloniki in Greece in 2021-22. Her other professional clubs were Terville-Florange OC in France from 2019-21, Sigel Marsala in Italy in 2018-19 and Lardini Filottrano in Italy in 2018-19.
Courtney Schwan’s University of Washington career
Schwan played collegiately at the University of Washington from 2014-17. She earned 2016 AVCA All-America First-Team honors and was a two-time All-Pac-12 Team selection in 2016 and 2017. She also received 2017 AVCA All-America honorable mention honors.
Schwan was named Pac-12 Player of the Year in 2017. Those honors are part of her documented college career before she continued into professional volleyball in Europe. Her University of Washington background remains a central part of her profile with the Orlando Valkyries.
Early honors with Bellarmine Prep and the U.S. Youth National Team
Schwan earned recognition before her college career at Bellarmine Prep. She was a two-time Gatorade State Player of the Year for Washington while leading Bellarmine Prep to consecutive state titles. She also was named a 2013 MaxPreps First Team All-American.
Schwan played for the U.S. Youth National Team, which won the 2012 NORCECA U18 Championship. That achievement preceded her college career at the University of Washington and her later professional experience overseas. Together, her prep and youth national team honors establish an early part of her volleyball background.
Academic background
Schwan graduated with a degree in Comparative History of Ideas. Her profile combines that academic background with professional experience in three European countries and college honors at the University of Washington. She now appears on the Orlando Valkyries roster as No. 4.
FSB Take
Courtney Schwan’s Orlando Valkyries profile includes seven years of professional experience, multiple University of Washington honors and a record of achievement at Bellarmine Prep. Her documented career also includes the U.S. Youth National Team’s 2012 NORCECA U18 Championship and professional clubs across Italy, Greece and France. That combination gives Orlando fans a clear view of the background behind the Major League Volleyball roster’s No. 4 player.
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