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Rita Louise Crockett (born November 2, 1957, in San Antonio, Texas) is an American former volleyball player who played for the United States women's national volleyball team. Crockett was a silver medalist at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. She also won a bronze medal at the 1982 FIVB World Championship and a silver medal at the 1983 Pan American Games.Though Crockett is only 5'9" (1.75 m), she was able to dunk a basketball on a 10' rim. This exceptional vertical jump gave her a competitive advantage against taller players on the volleyball court, and it was why she was given the nickname "The Rocket".In 2011, Crockett was inducted into the International Volleyball Hall of Fame.