Travis Passier

Travis Passier is an Australian volleyball player. He is competing for Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Travis Passier was born in Brisbane, Australia on 26 April 1989. Passier is a 6’9" middle blocker for the Australia men's national volleyball team. His nicknames are T-rannosaurus Pas, Trang pak, and Pasinator, and he speaks Italian and English. He got his primary education at Fairview Heights State School in Queensland, and then attended Toowoomba State High School and Lake Ginninderra College for his secondary education. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Canberra. In addition to volleyball, Passier played basketball and was a talented swimmer; "making numerous trips to the Queensland swimming titles." Passier began playing volleyball “when he was 12 in Toowoomba through his brother and his brother’s high school team needing an extra player, and he was there to watch so asked him to play." He played his very first game of volleyball “as a Grade 6 Fairview Heights Primary School boy, playing for the Year 8 Mt Lofty side against Harristown High."