Anthony grew up playing volleyball in Santa Barbara under the tutelage of his High School Coach Jon Lee. He has been competing on the beach since he was 14 years old, and won his first tournament at 16. He earned all-Channel League honors his junior and senior year of high school, then began a brief stint as a starting outside hitter for Santa Barbara City College. Medel transferred to Golden West and helped lead them to a second place finish in the State in 1999-2000, ranking #1 in kills and aces, and notching a First Team All-Conference selection. Anthony was also an Orange County Athlete of the Week in 2000 for the Rustlers, compiling 57 kills in two playoff matches. After two years of Junior College volleyball, Medel decided to forgo his final two years of eligibility at a University and pursue his dream of playing on the AVP. Medel took his first career top ten finish in Austin with partner John Moran in 2004. In 2005 he began playing with partner Ty Loomis, and the two notched a ninth place finish in Huntington Beach. Midway through the 2006 season he teamed with Fred Souza, and their six tournaments resulted in his six best career finishes to that point, with two fifth place finishes in Manhattan Beach and Birmingham, two seventh place finishes in Brooklyn and Cincinnati, and two ninth place finishes in Chicago and Boulder. Medel and Souza have also bested their finishes from last season appearing in three semi-finals in 2007, most notably Manhattan beach where Medel and Souza took down Rogers and Dallhauser (#3 seed) and knocked off Lambert and Metzger (#1 seed), bouncing them out of the tournament. Medel finished in the top ten in three statistical categories, #3 in aces, #7 in kills, and #9 in digs, proving that he is one of the top players in the country, and one of the fastest rising stars on the AVP. In 2008, Medel was chosen to participate in Hot Winter Nights, the AVP’s new winter tour, where he took home two 2nd place finishes and one 4th place finish. Anthony has also been featured in Sports Illustrated, Volleyball Magazine, Dig Magazine, Fox Sports Net, among many others.
