N O T E B O O K Ask the Olympians
Holly McPeak 1996, 2000 and 2004 Olympian
“Through discipline,
hard work and mindful training, goals and dreams can be achieved!!”
Q
“What is the biggest life lesson you have learned through playing volleyball?”
Stacy Sykora 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympian
“Gosh, just one? Volleyball
changed my life and I have a trillion life lessons to choose from. We are all individual human beings. We would like to be accepted, but we have to accept others. Do upon others as you would like them to do upon you and the sky is the limit. If you do this on a team, you can go to the top of the top, as in life.”
Paul Lotman 2012 Olympian
“You can always learn
something and always improve, no matter how old you get. Just by watching other people I have learned so much. The further along you get in your career, your improvements won’t be that large. But even little ones mean a lot.”
PHOTOS CLOCKWISE FROM UPPER LEFT: PETER BROUILLET, FIVB, FIVB
volleyball, has been elected to the USA Volleyball Board of Directors as its women’s beach volleyball player representative. Her term runs through June 30, 2017. “Since the sport has afforded
Ross elected to USA Volleyball board as player rep A
pril Ross, a 2012 Olympic Games silver medalist in beach
Lori Okimura, chair of the USA
Volleyball Board of Directors, was happy to have an active player with credentials like Ross join the board. “April Ross is a valuable addi-
me many opportunities, I feel very compelled to give back to the vol- leyball community and USAV,” Ross said. “I want to help shape the sport going into the future, looking out for the interests of the players, and being an integral part of developing the emergence of the beach volleyball pipeline.”
tion and brings yet another expe- rienced athlete perspective to the USAV Board of Directors,” said Okimura. “She provides a strong and fair voice to represent the beach athletes, and like her predecessors, April’s desire for open communica- tion and collaboration will contribute well to the era of transparency being sought by the current Board.” Ross was a decorated indoor
volleyball player who has developed 16 | VOLLEYBALLUSA • Digital Issue at
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into one of the best beach volleyball players of this generation. She is currently partnered with three-time Olympic gold medalist Kerri Walsh Jennings, winning six FIVB titles since the tandem formed late in 2013. Ross and Walsh Jennings also owned a 31-match winning streak on the AVP Tour in 2014, claiming the fi rst six tournament wins of 2014. Following a four-year career at
University of Southern California that included three AVCA All- American honors and two NCAA titles, she played professional indoor volleyball in Puerto Rico before switching to beach volleyball.
Olympic silver medalist April Ross was elected to the USA Volleyball Board of Directors.
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