Farm. Dunning’s five national titles overall (1985 and 1986 at Pacific) ranks as the second-most in NCAA Division I history. He was inducted into the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Hall of Fame in 2011. In 32 seasons as a head coach,
Dunning’s teams never missed the postseason. He led 12 teams to the national semifinals, including eight of his 16 Stanford squads. Dunning joins current Penn State head coach Russ Rose as the only coaches in the history of the sport to guide 10 teams to the national championship match. Dunning finishes his career with an 888- 185 overall record (.828). Terry Liskevych, who pre-
ceded Dunning as the head coach at Pacific, said his successor’s best qualities go beyond the numbers. “As a long-time friend of John’s, I’ve always admired his abilities as a coach, but more important to me is that he makes time for everybody, and cares about his players as human beings, not just athletes,” Liskevych said. Dunning is a four-time national coach of the year, three- time regional coach of the year and seven-time conference coach of the year. He holds a 91-27 mark in NCAA Tournament play, winning 77.1 percent of his postseason matches. Throughout his illustrious career, Dunning has coached 38 All-Americans to 77
total honors, and produced seven national players of the year. Dunning holds a 451-83 mark
at Stanford, the most wins in program history. Prior to coming to Stanford,
Dunning spent 16 seasons as the head coach at Pacific and guided the Tigers to the national title in his first season. He led the Tigers to two NCAA titles, an NCAA runner-up finish, five Big West Conference titles and 16 consecu- tive NCAA Tournament bids. In 2007, Dunning was inducted into the University of the Pacific Hall of Fame. Dunning’s pair of titles with
the volleyball program remain the only two national championships in any sport in Pacific’s history. After capturing an NCAA title with Stanford in his first season (2001), Dunning remains the only coach in the history of the sport to win a national champion- ship in his first year at two differ- ent schools.
Two Long Beach State
alums head Hall class United States volleyball
legends Misty May-Treanor and Danielle Scott-Arruda, who between them competed in nine Olympic volleyball competitions, were enshrined into the Interna- tional Volleyball Hall of Fame in October in Holyoke, Massachu- setts, the sport’s birthplace. Both players played collegiately at Long Beach State.
The two Americans were joined in the 2016 Hall of Fame class by Nikola Grbic of Serbia, Man-Bok Park of South Korea and Emanuel Rego of Brazil The five individuals, elected
via a vote of current Hall of Fame inductees, enter as the 31st induc- tion class that now represents 130 total inductees from 22 differ- ent countries. Park is the first inductee from South Korea to be enshrined into the International Volleyball Hall of Fame. Grbic and his brother Vladimir, a 2011 inductee, become the first pair of brothers to be inducted into the Hall.
May-Treanor, a four-time
John Dunning won NCAA titles at two different schools. (Photo: Peter Brouillet)
beach Olympian, partnered with Kerri Walsh Jennings to become the first players to win three
Misty May-Treanor and Danielle Scott-Arruda were never teammates at Long Beach State or the U.S. Women’s National Team, but they did enter the Volleyball Hall of Fame together. (Photo: Bill Kauffman)
Olympic Games beach volleyball gold medals in 2004, 2008 and 2012. She won three straight FIVB
World Championships titles in 2003, 2005 and 2007, in addi- tion to the silver medal in 2011. May-Treanor won the FIVB Offensive Player of the Year three times and FIVB Defensive Player of Year twice. She won 112 titles in her domestic and international career that netted $2.1 million in earnings. May-Treanor was named FIVB Sportsperson of the Year in in 2007 and 2008. “I am truly honored,” May-
Treanor said. “It is flattering to be named amongst the best of our sport, especially humbling being inducted with such a fine group of athletes and coaches. I love the game of volleyball and enjoy watching the sport develop. It has brought new friendships, it has opened my eyes to the world and taught me so much about myself. I always wanted to play with pas- sion and I wanted to let my love for the game shine through this
“I love the game of volleyball and enjoy watching the sport develop. It has brought new friendships, it has opened my eyes to the world and taught me so
much about myself.” — Misty May-Treanor
talent I had. I wanted to inspire and I wanted to change the way the game was played. And most of all wanted to make an impact.” Scott-Arruda is the only
five-time U.S. Olympic Women’s Volleyball team player, earning back-to-back silver medals in the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games. She played in her first Olympic Games at age 23 at the 1996 Atlanta Games.
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