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Wong-Orantes joined the United States national team in 2017, [8] during which year she won gold at the Pan-American Volleyball Cup and bronze at the Volleyball World Grand Prix. [9] In May 2021, she was named to the 18-player roster for the FIVB Volleyball Nations League tournament that was played in Rimini, Italy. [10]
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 expanded gradually, moving to 28 teams in 1982, 32 in 1986, 48 in 1993, 56 in 1997, and finally to its current size of 64 in 1998. There is also an NCAA Men's National Collegiate Volleyball Championship , which until 2012 was open to members of all three NCAA divisions,, as there are far fewer men's programs than women's.
At UCLA, the 6'7" Wong was a three-time All-American. He helped the team win NCAA championships in 1993 and 1995. After college, he switched to professional beach volleyball. In 2000, he paired with Rob Heidger to finish 5th at the Sydney Olympics. In 2007, Wong partnered on the AVP Tour with no other than Karch Kiraly. [6]
League One Volleyball (LOVB) was founded in 2020 by Katlyn Gao, Peter Hirschmann, and Olympian Kevin Wong as a network of youth volleyball clubs across the United States with the intent of eventually creating and sustaining a professional league. [1]
A standout junior beach volleyball player, Hughes won numerous tournaments on the Amateur Athletic Union and California Beach Volleyball Association circuits. [10] From 2004 to 2012, she was mostly partnered with Justine Wong-Orantes , [ 11 ] [ 12 ] playing as a blocker. [ 10 ]
Maria Deanna Izabella Alvizo Wong (born July 18, 1998) is a Filipino professional volleyball athlete. Wong was a member of the Ateneo de Manila University Lady Blue Eagles, the school's women's varsity volleyball team from 2016 to 2020. During Season 80 of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) in 2018, she won the Best ...
Toggle Men's tournament subsection. 3.1 ... The 2023 Asian Beach Volleyball Championship was a beach ... W.L. Lam–K.Y. Wong: 3 0 3 3 0 6 0.000 60 126 0.476 ...