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2017 AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tour
The 2017 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 2017 beach volleyball season. The 2017 AVP Tour calendar comprises the "Gold Series" tournaments and "Open" tournaments. Schedule This is the complete schedule of events on the 2017 calendar, with team progression documented from the semifinals stage. All tournaments consisted of single-elimination qualifying rounds followed by a double-elimination main draw. ;Key Men Women Rule changes Prior to the 2017 season, the AVP adopted two rule changes: *A "point freeze" at match point, wherein the scoring system changes from rally scoring (either team can score a point on every serve) to side-out scoring (only serving team can score a point) when either team reaches match point. *"Let" serves, wherein the ball touches the net while crossing over into the opponent's court during service, are not al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association Of Volleyball Professionals
The Association of Volleyball Professionals (AVP) is the biggest and longest-running professional beach volleyball tour in the United States. Founded in 1983, the AVP is headquartered in Newport Beach, California. The AVP operates as a 3-tiered development system with AVPFirst, a youth program; AVPNext, a developmental circuit; and the AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tour itself. History 19831997: Origins and early history The AVP was formed in 1983 as a player's union. Following a dispute with a private promoter at the 1984 World Championships in Redondo Beach, California, the AVP began organizing its own men's tour in 1984. The 1985 AVP tour included stops in eight U.S. states with a total prize money of US$275,000. The sport experienced significant growth in the 1980s and 1990s, and by 1993, the AVP tour had a total prize money of US$3.7 million, with ten events that were broadcast on NBC Sports and attended by over 600,000 people. The AVP began organizing women's events in 1993, com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the List of United States cities by population density, most densely populated major city in the United States, and is more than twice as populous as second-place Los Angeles. New York City lies at the southern tip of New York (state), New York State, and constitutes the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban area, urban landmass. With over 20.1 million people in its metropolitan statistical area and 23.5 million in its combined statistical area as of 2020, New York is one of the world's most populous Megacity, megacities, and over 58 million people live within of the city. New York City is a global city, global Culture of New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brittany Hochevar
Brittany Hochevar (born May 26, 1981) is an American female volleyball and beach volleyball player. Career Her hometown is Fowler, Colorado. She was part of the United States women's national volleyball team, playing as an opposite hitter and setter. She participated in the 2004 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup. As a beach volleyball player, she plays as a defender. She played together with Lisa Rutledge in 2011 and with Lauren Fendrick in 2013. Hochevar and Fendrick were eliminated in the quarter-final at the 2013 Beach Volleyball World Championships The 2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Championships was a beach volleyball double-gender event, held from 1 to 7 July 2013 in Stare Jabłonki, Poland. The FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships are organized every two years, and Poland .... References External links * * * * 1981 births Living people American women's volleyball players American women's beach volleyball players Volleyball players a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emily Day
Emily Capers ( Day born August 9, 1987, in Torrance, California) is a female beach volleyball player from the United States who won the gold medal at the NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit 2009, NORCECA Circuit 2009 in 2009 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit (Jamaica), Jamaica playing with Claire Robertson. She studied at Loyola Marymount University where she got a Academic degree, degree in applied mathematics with a Academic minor, minor in Business administration, 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicago
(''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = United States , subdivision_type1 = State , subdivision_type2 = Counties , subdivision_name1 = Illinois , subdivision_name2 = Cook and DuPage , established_title = Settled , established_date = , established_title2 = Incorporated (city) , established_date2 = , founder = Jean Baptiste Point du Sable , government_type = Mayor–council , governing_body = Chicago City Council , leader_title = Mayor , leader_name = Lori Lightfoot ( D) , leader_title1 = City Clerk , leader_name1 = Anna Valencia ( D) , unit_pref = Imperial , area_footnotes = , area_tot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manhattan Beach, California
Manhattan Beach is a city in southwestern Los Angeles County, California, United States, on the Pacific Ocean, Pacific coast south of El Segundo, California, El Segundo, west of Hawthorne, California, Hawthorne and Redondo Beach, California, Redondo Beach, and north of Hermosa Beach, California, Hermosa Beach. As of the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census, the population was 35,135. Manhattan Beach is one of the three Beach Cities, along with Hermosa Beach, California, Hermosa Beach and Redondo Beach, California, Redondo Beach within the South Bay (Los Angeles County), South Bay region of Los Angeles County. The community is known for a long beach stretching approximately and roughly wide. The climate is unusually moderate because of Manhattan Beach's proximity to the Pacific Ocean, with an average year-round high temperature of and an average year-round low of . History The sandy coastal area was likely inhabited by the Tongva tribe of Native Americans. Archeological wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manhattan Beach Open
The Manhattan Beach Open is a beach volleyball tournament held annually during the summer in Manhattan Beach, California. Held on the south side of the Manhattan Beach Pier, the Open is the only professional volleyball tournament in which amateurs are able to "place into" the event through pre-qualifying rounds. The tournament began in 1960 starting as an amateur event and is now part of the professional volleyball players tour. Today the event is one of the largest on the AVP tour drawing an estimated 60,000 people. It is the longest-running and most prestigious beach volleyball tournament in the United States. Winners of the tournament are memorialized with bronze volleyball-shaped plaques in the "Volleyball Walk of Fame" mounted on the Manhattan Beach Pier. Open Champions The record holder for the most tournament wins by a female is Kathy Gregory, with seven total bronze plaques on the "Volleyball Walk of Fame." For the men, it is Karch Kiraly Charles Frederick "Kar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roberto Rodríguez (volleyball)
Roberto "Rafu" Rodríguez-Bertrán (born August 8, 1986) is a professional beach volleyball player from Puerto Rico who currently competes on the NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit. He competes with Orlando Irrizarry. Representing his home country at the Swatch FIVB World Tour during the 2006 season, playing with Christopher Underwood, they accumulated 30 points. He also played at the AVP AVP may stand for: Medicine * Anthrax Vaccine Precipitated, a British anthrax vaccine * Arginine vasopressin, the form of the antidiuretic hormone vasopressin found in most mammals Popular culture * ''Alien vs. Predator'', a science fiction fran ... Young Guns 2009 at Fort Lauderdale finishing in 7th place. References External links * * * 1986 births Living people People from Guaynabo, Puerto Rico Puerto Rican men's beach volleyball players Pan American Games competitors for Puerto Rico Beach volleyball players at the 2011 Pan American Games Beach volleyball players at the 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hermosa Beach, California
Hermosa Beach (''Hermosa'', Spanish for "Beautiful") is a beachfront city in Los Angeles County in the U.S. state of California, United States. Its population was 19,728 at the 2020 U.S. Census. The city is located in the South Bay region of the Greater Los Angeles area; it is one of the three Beach Cities. Hermosa Beach is bordered by the other two, Manhattan Beach to the north and Redondo Beach to the south and east. The city's beach is popular for sunbathing, beach volleyball, surfing, paddleboarding, bars, cycling and running. The city itself extends only about 15 blocks from east to west and 40 blocks from north to south, with Pacific Coast Highway running down the middle. Situated on the Pacific Ocean, Hermosa's average temperature is 70 °F (22 °C) in the summer and 55 °F (13 °C) in the winter. Westerly sea breezes lessen what can be high summertime temperatures in Los Angeles and elsewhere in the county and help keep the smog away 360 days of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reid Priddy
William Reid Priddy (born October 1, 1977), known as Reid Priddy, is an American volleyball player on the United States men's national volleyball team and Italian club Cucine Lube Civitanova. He has also played on the AVP tour from 2000 to 2006. As of 2009, Priddy has resumed playing on the AVP Tour. High school and personal life Priddy was born in Richmond, Virginia, to Ken and Sharon Priddy. He started playing volleyball after his family moved from Richmond to Florida, where he tried it in a summer-school P.E. class. Priddy graduated from Mountain Pointe High School in Phoenix, Arizona, in May 1996. He participated in the first year of Varsity Volleyball in the State of Arizona in 1994. Priddy played the Setter position for the Pride and helped lead the team as a Junior to the school's first State Championship in 1995. Priddy has been married to Lindsay Pierce since March 10, 2007. College Priddy graduated from Loyola Marymount University with a degree in communication s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ty Loomis
Ty Loomis (born May 1, 1979 in La Crosse, Wisconsin) is a male beach volleyball player from the United States. He won the silver medal in the men's beach team competition at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, partnering with Hans Stolfus Hans Stolfus (born in Solon, Iowa) is a male beach volleyball player from the United States who won the silver medal in the men's beach team competition at the 2007 Pan American Games The 2007 Pan American Games, officially known as the XV .... The pair became the first United States men's team to medal in the Pan Am Games when they placed second in 2007. References * 1979 births Living people American men's beach volleyball players Beach volleyball players at the 2007 Pan American Games Sportspeople from La Crosse, Wisconsin Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States Pan American Games medalists in volleyball Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games {{Wisconsin-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Francisco
San Francisco (; Spanish language, Spanish for "Francis of Assisi, Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the List of California cities by population, fourth most populous in California and List of United States cities by population, 17th most populous in the United States, with 815,201 residents as of 2021. It covers a land area of , at the end of the San Francisco Peninsula, making it the second most densely populated large U.S. city after New York City, and the County statistics of the United States, fifth most densely populated U.S. county, behind only four of the five New York City boroughs. Among the 91 U.S. cities proper with over 250,000 residents, San Francisco was ranked first by per capita income (at $160,749) and sixth by aggregate income as of 2021. Colloquial nicknames for San Francisco include ''SF'', ''San Fran'', ''The '', ''Frisco'', and '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
