Laurel Kessel (born February 7, 1954) is an American former

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player. She played volleyball for San Diego's Crawford High School, and then

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, before joining the

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. She appeared in the

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. She was a setter.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kessel, Laurel 1954 births Living people Olympic volleyball players for the United States Volleyball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics American women's volleyball players 20th-century American sportswomen San Diego State Aztecs women's volleyball players Volleyball players at the 1987 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1987 Pan American Games Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States in volleyball