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Countries represented by the 2012 Vol- leyball Hall of Fame induction class in Holyoke, Mass., in October. The class included 1988 Olympic gold medalists Jeff Stork and 1996 beach volleyball Olympic silver medalist Mike Dodd from the United States. The other players in the class were Peter Blange (Netherlands), Maurico Lima (Bra- zil), Georgy Mondzolevsly (Russia) and Lyud- mila Buldakova (Russia).
for the 2013 season. There will now be three pools of six teams battling for the eight spots into the World League fi nals. The U.S. Men’s National Team will be in pool with Brazil, Poland, Bulgaria, Argentina and France. The preliminary round will run from May 31 to July 13. team
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Number of days open tryouts for the U.S. Women’s National Volleyball Team will be conducted at the U.S. Olympic Training Center (OTC) in Colorado Springs from Feb. 22-24. This tryout is open to United States citizens who are current college-age athletes and older, and high school athletes born in 1993 or earlier. Throughout the tryout process, USA Volleyball will be identifying prospective athletes for the follow- ing two different programs: U.S. Women’s National Volleyball Team Program; U.S. Women’s National Volleyball Senior A2 Team.
Number of combined career open tourna- ment victories for Scott Ayakatubby (19) and Janice Opalinski (25), the two players inducted into the Beach Hall of Fame in Hermosa Beach, Calif., on November 16. Hermosa Beach, which also serves as the headquarters for USA Beach Volleyball operations, is now the home of the Beach Volleyball Hall of Fame.
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PHOTOS CLOCK- WISE FROM LEFT: FIVB, PETER BROUILLET, PETER BROUILLET, DON LIEBIG
Years Mizuno USA signed on to remain a major sponsor of USA Volleyball. Mizuno’s support of USA Volleyball’s national teams extends to all levels. The agreement continues the successful relationship with the USA Men’s and Women’s National Volleyball Teams, the USA Men’s and Women’s Junior National Volleyball Teams, USA Boys’ and Girls’ National Volleyball Teams and USA Men’s and Women’s World University Teams. In addition, the agreement expands to include all areas of the USA Beach Volleyball discipline and programs for the fi rst time.
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Number of teams in the FIVB World League after the world governing body approved the addition of Japan and Egypt
Number of judges at the Miss Universe pageant held in Las Vegas Dec. 19, including three- time Olympic beach volleyball gold medalist
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