Dariam Acevedo Santiago (born December 15, 1984 in

Trujillo Alto Trujillo Alto (, ) is a town and municipality of Puerto Rico located in the Northern Coastal Plain, on the boundary between the karst zone and Sierra de Luquillo, north of Caguas, and Gurabo; southeast of San Juan, and west of Carolina. Trujil ...

) is a female

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 ...

player from

Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (; abbreviated PR; tnq, Boriken, ''Borinquen''), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ( es, link=yes, Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, lit=Free Associated State of Puerto Rico), is a Caribbean island and Unincorporated ...

who won the gold medal at the NORCECA Circuit 2009 at Montelimar, Nicaragua playing with

Yarleen Santiago Yarleen Santiago Pagán (born January 18, 1978, in Arecibo, Puerto Rico) is a female beach volleyball player who won the gold medal at the NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit 2009, NORCECA Circuit 2009 at 2009 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit (Monte ...

. She majored in

kinesiology Kinesiology () is the scientific study of human body movement. Kinesiology addresses physiological, anatomical, biomechanical, pathological, neuropsychological principles and mechanisms of movement. Applications of kinesiology to human health ...

University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public research university in Austin, Texas. It was founded in 1883 and is the oldest institution in the University of Texas System. With 40,916 undergraduate students, 11,075 ...

and played as outside hitter. There she earned two times ''All Conference All Academic First team'' between 2004 and 2005 and ''All Conference All Academic Second Team'' in 2006. She also won All Conference Honorable Mention in 2004, same year she won ''Conference newcomer of the Year''. In 2005, she won ''CoSIDA Academic All-District All Academic''.

Indoor

Dariam also plays indoor volleyball with the

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and currently professionally with Mets de Guaynabo from

Liga de Voleibol Superior Femenino The Liga de Voleibol Superior Femenino (LVSF) is a professional volleyball league in Puerto Rico. The competitions are organized by the Puerto Rican Volleyball Federation (Federación Puertorriqueña de Voleibol, FPV). Current teams League c ...

. She participated at the

2002 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship The 2002 FIVB Women's World Championship was the fourteenth edition of the tournament, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB. It was held from 30 August to 15 September 2002 in Berlin, Bremen, Dresden, Münster, Schwerin, Riesa, Leipz ...

in Germany.

Clubs

* Chicas de San Juan (1996–1999) *

Criollas de Caguas Criollas de Caguas is a Puerto Rican women's professional volleyball team founded in 1981. The team is based in Caguas, Puerto Rico. History The team was founded in 1980. Team 2022 Previous * Honours Liga de Voleibol Superior Femenino ...

(2007–2008) * Mets de Guaynabo (2009) *

(2015)

Awards

College

* ''2004 All Conference Honorable Mention'' * ''2004 Conference Newcomer of the Year'' * ''2004-2005 All Conference "All Academic First Team"'' * ''2005 CoSIDA Academic All-District'' * ''2006 All Conference "All Academic Second Team"''

National Team

* NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit Nicaragua 2009 Gold Medal * NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit Jamaica 2009 Silver Medal

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Acevedo, Dariam Living people 1984 births People from Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico Puerto Rican women's beach volleyball players Puerto Rican women's volleyball players University of Texas at Austin College of Education alumni Volleyball players at the 2007 Pan American Games Wing spikers Pan American Games competitors for Puerto Rico Texas Longhorns women's volleyball players