By KTimes
Lee Da-yeong, who was expelled from South Korea’s skilled volleyball league due to a college violence scandal, will play for the San Diego Mojo within the U.S. Professional Volleyball Federation (PVF) beginning subsequent yr. Earlier than heading to San Diego, she is going to briefly be a part of the Greek volleyball staff Panionios.
Payeongos introduced on Oct. 9, “Korean nationwide staff star Lee Da-yeong has arrived in Greece and can play with us till the tip of this yr, earlier than heading to San Diego Mojo.”
Lee made her skilled debut with Hyundai Engineering & Development throughout the 2014-15 season and have become a key setter for the South Korean nationwide staff.
Nevertheless, in February 2021, she was accused of faculty violence, resulting in an indefinite suspension from Heungkuk Life Insurance coverage’s staff, and her elimination from the nationwide staff, successfully ending her profession within the home league.
Since then, she has continued her profession overseas, taking part in in Greece’s A1 League with PAOK throughout the 2021-22 season, Romania’s Speedy Bucure?ti within the 2022-23 season and France’s Volero Le Cannet within the 2023-24 season.
Lee signed with San Diego in September. The PVF launched her as a three-time Finest Setter award winner in South Korea’s V-League and highlighted her nationwide staff expertise.
San Diego coach Tayyiba Haneef-Park expressed pleasure, saying, “Lee Da-yeong is thought for her fast assaults and artistic units that outwit blockers.”
San Diego Mojo, a robust staff within the newly launched U.S. ladies’s professional volleyball league, completed third this season.
In the meantime, her twin sister, Lee Jae-yeong, who was additionally implicated within the faculty violence scandal, introduced her retirement earlier this yr.
This text from the Hankook Ilbo, a sister publication of The Korea Occasions, is translated by a generative AI and edited by The Korea Occasions.