Christian Eric "Chip" McCaw (born March 24, 1973) is an American former
Olympic volleyball player. He represented the United States at the
2000 Summer Olympics
The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...
. He was a setter.
College
McCaw played volleyball at
Pepperdine University. He helped the Waves win the NCAA National Championship in 1992, and was selected to the All-Tournament Team.
He was teammates at Pepperdine with future Olympian
Tom Sorensen.
Beach volleyball
From 2001 to 2007, McCaw played in 55
beach volleyball
Beach volleyball is a team sport played by two teams of two or more players on a sand court divided by a net. Similar to indoor volleyball, the objective of the game is to send the ball over the net and to ground it on the opponent's side of the ...
tournaments and won $31,000 in prizes.
He played 14 tournaments with
John Hyden
John Hyden (born October 7, 1972, in Tustin, California) is an American volleyball and beach volleyball player. Raised in San Diego, California, where he attended Mt. Carmel High School, Hyden was a member of the United States men's national vol ...
as his partner.
Personal life
McCaw was married to model
Amber Valletta, and together they have a son who was born in 2000.
References
External links
Christian McCaw at Olympics.comOlympedia Profile: Chip McCaw*
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Living people
1973 births
American men's volleyball players
Pepperdine University alumni
Volleyball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Olympic volleyball players for the United States
Pepperdine Waves men's volleyball players