She participated in the 2014 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix, the 2011 and 2015 Pan American Games and the 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 PanAmerican Cups.[1] On the club level she played for five years in Poland, Switzerland, Azerbaijan, France and China, ending with Sichuan Women's Volleyball in 2015.[2]
College career
Lichtman graduated from Stanford in 2011 with a BA in political science and an MA in history. She received both degrees in only four years while also playing for the Stanford Women's Volleyball Team. She played multiple positions including outside hitter and setter. Her teams won four Pac10 Championships and Lichtman was named a first team AVCA All-American in both her junior and senior seasons. She was also named to the first team Academic All-American.[3]
After retiring from the US National Team in 2016, Lichtman returned to Stanford as an assistant coach during the 2016 season when Stanford Volleyball won the National Championship.[4]
Later career
After retiring from the National Team, Lichtman worked for former US Chief Technology Officer, Megan Smith, at shift7.[5]
In 2019, she was elected to the Board of Directors of USA Volleyball [6] As of 2020, she runs the nonprofit P/ATH, which works within the sports world to better develop skills around empathy and empowerment.[7]
Early life
At age nine, Lichtman was told she would likely never walk again due to a chronic pain disorder in her leg. She began to walk on her own and dealt with this pain throughout her entire athletic career.[8] She was inspired to pursue a career in volleyball at the age of 9 when she saw the Francis Parker School varsity volleyball team win the state championship. When the team won the championship she stated, “Yeah, I want to do that.”[9]
