Uvaldo Acosta (May 16, 1965 – February 12, 1998) was an American male

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player. He was part of the

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at the

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in Brazil. Acosta played for George Mason University, where he was later a coach. He drowned in Hawaii on February 12, 1998. He was 32 years old at the time of his death. and was posthumously inducted into the

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's Hall of Fame in 2012. The

(EIVA) Player of the Year award was renamed the Uvaldo Acosta Memorial award in his honor, and George Mason hosted the inaugural Uvaldo Acosta Invitational in 2018.

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1965 births 1998 deaths American men's volleyball players George Mason Patriots men's volleyball players George Mason Patriots men's volleyball coaches Sportspeople from El Paso, Texas Deaths by drowning in the United States Accidental deaths in Hawaii {{US-volleyball-bio-stub