Dariam Acevedo

Dariam Acevedo
Personal information
Full nameDariam Acevedo Santiago
NationalityPuerto Rican
Born (1984-12-15) December 15, 1984 (age 40)
Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico
HometownTrujillo Alto
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Beach volleyball information
Current teammate
Years Teammate
2009 Yarleen Santiago
Honours
Women's beach volleyball
Representing  Puerto Rico
NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit
Gold medal – first place 2009 Montelimar Beach
Silver medal – second place 2009 Jamaica Beach

Dariam Acevedo Santiago[1] (born December 15, 1984, in Trujillo Alto)[2] is a female beach volleyball player from Puerto Rico who won the gold medal at the NORCECA Circuit 2009 at Montelimar, Nicaragua playing with Yarleen Santiago.[3][4]

Acevedo majored in kinesiology at University of Texas at Austin and played as outside hitter.[5] There she earned two times All Conference All Academic First team between 2004 and 2005[6] and All Conference All Academic Second Team in 2006.[7] She also won All Conference Honorable Mention in 2004, same year she won Conference newcomer of the Year. In 2005, she won CoSIDA Academic All-District All Academic.[8]

Indoor

Acevedo also plays indoor volleyball with the national team[9] and currently professionally with Mets de Guaynabo from Liga de Voleibol Superior Femenino.[10][11] She participated at the 2002 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship in Germany.[12]

Clubs

Awards

College

  • 2004 All Conference Honorable Mention
  • 2004 Conference Newcomer of the Year
  • 2004-2005 All Conference "All Academic First Team"
  • 2005 CoSIDA Academic All-District
  • 2006 All Conference "All Academic Second Team"

National Team

References

  1. ^ "Poder, respesto y un toque de belleza exótica" (in Spanish). Primera Hora. Retrieved 2009-11-07.
  2. ^ "Dariam Acevedo profile". Volleyball Magazine. Archived from the original on 2013-09-28. Retrieved 2013-09-25.
  3. ^ nacion.com. "Ticas de plata en la final del Norceca" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2009-11-07. Retrieved 2009-10-07.
  4. ^ ArkansasRazorbacks.com. "Former Razorback wins NORCECA title". Archived from the original on 2012-10-02. Retrieved 2009-11-07.
  5. ^ Texas Longhorns. "2006 Volleyball Roster". Archived from the original on 2010-01-14. Retrieved 2009-11-07.
  6. ^ Texas Longhorns. "The A team: Dariam Acevedo". Archived from the original on 2011-06-11. Retrieved 2009-11-07.
  7. ^ Texas Longhorns. "Volleyball places three players on Academic All-Big 12 team". Archived from the original on 2011-06-11. Retrieved 2009-11-07.
  8. ^ Texas Longhorns. "Texas Volleyball History: Honor Roll". Archived from the original on 2011-06-11. Retrieved 2009-11-07.
  9. ^ Terra Mexico. "P.Rico llevará misma escuadra de Copa Panamericana a Juegos Panamericanos" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2012-02-23. Retrieved 2009-11-07.
  10. ^ Gigantes de Carolina. "Rita Liliom guió a Las Gigantes" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on March 1, 2012. Retrieved 2009-11-07.
  11. ^ Wapa TV. "Leonas ganan primer partido de voleibol" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2009-11-07.
  12. ^ "Team Rosters". www.fivb.ch. Archived from the original on 2016-03-20. Retrieved 2017-08-12.