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The CBVA Beach Volleyball Hall of Fame is a collaboration between CBVA and the Hermosa Beach Historical Society. To be eligible for the Hall of Fame, individuals must either be a top ranked volleyball player who has maintained a high degree of excellence and superior play over a significant period of time and demonstrated significant CBVA participation or someone who has devoted a major part ...
In 1985, she was selected as the AVCA Player of the Year [3] and won the Honda-Broderick Award (now the Honda Sports Award) as the nation's best female collegiate volleyball player. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Oden graduated from Stanford in 1986 with a degree in public policy, and then went on to play with the United States national team (1986–92, '94).
Steffes is the co-author of the book Kings of Summer: The Rise of Beach Volleyball. [9] Together with his co-author Travis Mewhirter, it chronicles the rise of beach volleyball from a 1970s rebel culture to inclusion in the 1996 Summer Olympics, and offers an in-depth look at the dramatic quarterfinal match between Steffes and his partner Karch Kiraly against Sinjin Smith and Carl Henkel.
Elaine Youngs (born February 14, 1970, in Orange, California) is an American former professional volleyball player who competed both indoors and on the beach. [1]Youngs attended UCLA, where as a freshman she started on a team that went undefeated through the regular season.
[4] [10] For her playing career, Gregory was named into the Volleyball Hall of Fame in 1989. [11] From USA Volleyball , Gregory was selected as an All-Time Great Women's Player in 1984. [ 12 ] For beach volleyball, Gregory was selected by USA Volleyball as a Women's Beach All-Era Player in 2004 and an All-Time Great Female Beach Volleyball ...
The International Volleyball Hall of Fame (IVHF) was founded to honor extraordinary players, coaches, officials, and leaders who have made significant contributions to the game of volleyball. The Hall of Fame is located in Holyoke, Massachusetts, where volleyball was invented in 1895 by William G. Morgan at the local YMCA. [1]
For his achievements and pioneering role in the sport, Stoklos was inducted into the California Beach Volleyball Association (CBVA) Beach Volleyball Hall of Fame in 1999. [5] In 2008, he was inducted into the International Volleyball Hall of Fame. [7] In 2015, he was inducted into the National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame. [1]
Hebert was a native of Long Beach, California, and attended college at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he also played on the indoor volleyball squad.. In the mid 1970s, after being in the Peace Corps in Nigeria, he returned to the United States and received his PhD in Philosophy of Education at Indiana University Bloomington.