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2014 AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tour
The 2014 AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tour was a domestic professional beach volleyball circuit organized in the United States by the Association of Volleyball Professionals (AVP) for the 2014 beach volleyball season. Schedule This is the complete schedule of events on the 2014 calendar, with team progression documented from the semifinals stage. All tournaments consisted of single-elimination qualifying rounds followed by a double-elimination main draw. Men Women Milestones and events ;St. Petersburg Open *Kerri Walsh Jennings won her 67th AVP tournament, breaking the record for most AVP tournament wins. ;Manhattan Beach Open *Kerri Walsh Jennings won her seventh Manhattan Beach Open, breaking the record for the most Manhattan Beach Open titles by a female player. Points distribution Awards The 2014 AVP year-end award winners were announced on November 19. The season's top performers were chosen based on statistics, player votes and AVP national ranking points earned during ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association Of Volleyball Professionals
Association may refer to: *Club (organization), an association of two or more people united by a common interest or goal *Trade association, an organization founded and funded by businesses that operate in a specific industry *Voluntary association, a body formed by individuals to accomplish a purpose, usually as volunteers * Non profit association, a body formed by individuals to accomplish a purpose without any profit interest * Collaboration, the act of working together Association in various fields of study *Association (archaeology), the close relationship between objects or contexts. * Association (astronomy), combined or co-added group of astronomical exposures * Association (chemistry) * Association (ecology), a type of ecological community * Genetic association, when one or more genotypes within a population co-occur * Association (object-oriented programming), defines a relationship between classes of objects * Association (psychology), a connection between two or more ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Todd Rogers
Todd Jonathan Rogers (born September 30, 1973) is an American professional beach volleyball player who is an Olympic and FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championship gold medalist. He and his former partner, Phil Dalhausser, were the 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011 AVP Tour champions. In October 2021, he was inducted into the International Volleyball Hall of Fame, along with Logan Tom and Clay Stanley. Early life and education Rogers was born in Santa Barbara, California to David and Heidi Rogers and brother Dean Rogers. Rogers attended San Marcos High School from 1987 to 1991, where he played indoor volleyball for Jon Lee. Together with teammate Dax Holdren, Rogers won a league championship in 1990. The following year, Rogers led his team to the CIF Southern Section Boys' Volleyball Championship. In addition to volleyball, Rogers played soccer at San Marcos High School. After high school, Rogers enrolled at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He played for the m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Summer Ross
Summer Ross (born December 20, 1992) is an American beach volleyball player. She was the FIVB 2010 Youth Under-19 and Junior Under-21 world champion, the only player to win both titles in the same year and was named 2010 USA Volleyball Beach Female Athlete of the Year. As of 2018, her partner is Sara Hughes. Early life and junior career Ross was born in Carlsbad, California to Tony and Kathy. Her older brother, Chase, was a member of the men's volleyball team at Pepperdine University. Ross began working with coaches from the USA Volleyball (USAV) Beach Program in 2008. Competing with Jane Croson, Ross placed ninth at the 2008 U21 World Championships and fifth at the 2009 U19 World Championships. She had another fifth-place finish with teammate Jazmin Machado at the 2009 U21 World Championships. Her breakthrough came in 2010, when Ross and Croson won the U19 World Championships in August. The following month, Ross partnered with Tara Roenicke to win the U21 World Champion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emily Day
Emily Capers ( Day born August 9, 1987, in Torrance, California) is a retired female beach volleyball player from the United States who won the gold medal at the NORCECA Circuit 2009 in Jamaica playing with Claire Robertson. She studied at Loyola Marymount University where she got a degree in applied mathematics with a minor in Business Administration, receiving as a student athlete the awards of All Tournament and MVP at the ''2008 Four Points Sheraton Classic'', All Tournament at the "MCM Elegante Lobo Classic", "Academic All-District team", 2008 All Conference First Team and All Academic. She partnered with Jennifer Kessy to start the 2015 AVP season. Awards College * 2008 MCM Elegante Lobo Classic All Tournament * 2008 Four Points Sheraton Classic All Tournament/MVP * 2008 Collegiate Volleyball Update's Stellar Spikers Honorable Mention * 2008 West Coast Conference All Academic Team * 2008 All West Coast Conference First Team * 2008 CoSIDA Academic All-District Third Te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brooke Sweat
Brooke Sweat (born Brooke Youngquist; March 27, 1986) is an American professional beach volleyball player, specializing as a defender. She started her career in 2007 with the AVP tours. Sweat had her best ever international ( FIVB) finish with her then-partner Jennifer Fopma, when they placed third at the 2013 Berlin Grand Slam. Early life Sweat played volleyball for Florida Gulf Coast University. She set the all-time school record with over 1,000 kills. Career Rio de Janeiro 2016 Sweat qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Rio de Janeiro, or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of Rio de Janeiro. It is the second-most-populous city in Brazil (after São Paulo) and the sixth-most-populous city in the Americas. Founded in 1565 by the Portuguese, the city wa ... with partner Lauren Fendrick. The pair played in Pool-A against Poland's Brzostek/Kolosinska (1–2), Brazil's Larissa/Talita (0–2), and Russia's Birlova/Ukolova (1–2), fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lauren Fendrick
Lauren Fendrick (born March 20, 1982) is an American beach volleyball player. She competed in beach volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics with teammate Brooke Sweat. In 2017, Fendrick and new teammate April Ross placed second at the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships. Early life and education Fendrick was born in San Diego, California. She grew up in Carlsbad, California. From a young age she showed an interest in sports, competing in basketball, tennis, volleyball, and softball. Fendrick attended UCLA and graduated with ''magna cum laude'' with a degree in communication studies. She then went on to study law at University of Southern California graduating in 2010. Fendrick passed the bar, but as of 2016 does not practice law. Volleyball career Fendrick played indoor volleyball at UCLA from 1999-2002 where she led the team in kills her last two seasons. During her time playing for UCLA, Fendrick was honored as a 2002 U.S. Volleyball Association (USVBA) All-American. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerri Walsh Jennings
Kerri Lee Walsh Jennings (born August 15, 1978) is an American professional beach volleyball player, three-time Olympic gold medalist, and a one-time Olympic bronze medalist. She is the beach volleyball leader in career victories as of 2016 having won 135 international and domestic tournaments. (Disputed: The source includes only American domestic titles.) Walsh Jennings and teammate Misty May-Treanor were the gold medalists in beach volleyball at the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics. They also won the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships in 2003, 2005 and 2007. The pair set various records throughout their partnership, including a win streak of 112 consecutive matches (19 consecutive tournament titles) in 20072008, breaking their own previous record of 89 consecutive match wins. They have been called "the greatest beach volleyball team of all time." Early years Walsh was born in Santa Clara, California, the daughter of Margery Lee (née Formico, Italian American) and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
April Ross
April Elizabeth Ross (born June 20, 1982) is a former American beach volleyball player and three-time Olympic medalist. She won a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics with Jennifer Kessy, a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics with Kerri Walsh Jennings, and a gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics with Alix Klineman. Ross and Kessy were also the 2009 Beach Volleyball World Champions. Early life Ross grew up in Newport Beach, California, where she attended Newport Harbor High School. There she played volleyball and basketball with fellow 2012 Olympian Esther Lofgren. At NHHS, in addition to lettering in track, she was a star indoor volleyball player, eventually becoming the nation's top recruit for her graduating class. She won the Gatorade National Player of the Year award as a senior and was the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) Player of the Year in 1998 and 1999. In her senior season, she notched 624 kills and 526 digs. She played club volleyball for Or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huntington Beach, California
Huntington Beach is a seaside city in Orange County, California, United States. The city was originally called Pacific City, but it was changed in 1903 to be named after American businessman Henry E. Huntington. The population was 198,711 as of the 2020 United States census, making it the fourth most populous city in Orange County, the most populous beach city in Orange County, and the seventh most populous city in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area. Located southeast of Downtown Los Angeles, it is bordered by Bolsa Chica Basin State Marine Conservation Area on the west, the Pacific Ocean on the southwest, by Seal Beach on the northwest, by Westminster, California, Westminster on the north, by Fountain Valley, California, Fountain Valley on the northeast, by Costa Mesa on the east, and by Newport Beach on the southeast. Huntington Beach has a long stretch of sandy beach, mild climate, conditions considered ideal for surfing, and a strong beach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrian Carambula
Adrian Ignacio Carambula Raurich (born 16 March 1988) is a Uruguay-born Italy, Italian beach volleyball player. Born in Uruguay, he played football alongside Luis Suárez as a boy, until his family moved to Florida when he was a teenager. He qualifies to represent Italy through his maternal grandmother, originally from Turin. He is known as "Mr Skyball" for his unique serving style, in which he hits the ball high. The theme from the James Bond film ''Skyfall'' plays when he serves. Ranked third in the world as a pair, Carambula partnered Alex Ranghieri at the Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament, 2016 Olympics. Since 2018, Carambula plays together with Enrico Rossi. References External links * * * * 1988 births Living people Italian beach volleyball players Italian people of Uruguayan descent Uruguayan people of Italian descent Uruguayan emigrants to the United States Beach volleyball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic beach voll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlantic City, New Jersey
Atlantic City, sometimes referred to by its initials A.C., is a Jersey Shore seaside resort city (New Jersey), city in Atlantic County, New Jersey, Atlantic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Atlantic City comprises the second half of the Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey, Hammonton metropolitan statistical area, which encompasses those cities and all of Atlantic County for statistical purposes. Both Atlantic City and Hammonton, as well as the surrounding Atlantic County, are culturally tied to Philadelphia and constitute part of the larger Philadelphia metropolitan area or Delaware Valley, the nation's Metropolitan statistical area, seventh-largest metropolitan area as of 2020. Located in South Jersey on Absecon Island and known for its taxis, casinos, nightlife, Boardwalk (entertainment district), boardwalk, and Atlantic Ocean beaches and coastline, the city is prominently known as the "Las Vegas of the East Coast" and inspired the U.S. version of the board game ''M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casey Jennings
Casey Thomas Jennings (born July 10, 1975) is an American beach volleyball player. He teams up with Kevin Wong and has teamed up with Brad Keenan or Matt Fuerbringer during most of his career. He married Kerri Walsh, a beach volleyball player with three gold and one bronze Olympic medals, in 2005. Personal life Jennings, the youngest of 5 brothers, was born in Las Vegas, Nevada. He received a degree in Sociology from Brigham Young University. Casey is a practicing Mormon. Jennings married Hilary Clark on June 5, 1999, and filed for divorce on November 17, 2000. Reasons for the divorce were not disclosed. On December 4, 2005, he married Olympic Gold Medalist Kerri Walsh in Palm Springs, California, where many AVP players were in attendance. He gave her a ring inscribed with "My Six Feet of Sunshine," a nickname Kerri was given when they first met. On December 3, 2008, Walsh announced to Access Hollywood that she and her husband were expecting their first child and that the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
