United States national beach volleyball team

The United States national beach volleyball team participates in international beach volleyball competitions and is governed by USA Volleyball.

Tournament record

Summer Olympics

Summer Olympics record[1]
Year U.S. Women's Beach Finishes U.S. Men's Beach Finishes
1996 did not medal

1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold (Karch Kiraly and Kent Steffes)
 Silver (Mike Dodd and Mike Whitmarsh)

2000 did not medal 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold (Dain Blanton and Eric Fonoimoana)
2004 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold (Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh) did not medal
2008 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold (Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh) 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold (Phil Dalhausser and Todd Rogers)
2012

1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold (Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh)
 Silver (April Ross and Jennifer Kessy)

did not medal
2016

3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze (April Ross and Kerri Walsh-Jennings)

did not medal
2020

1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold (April Ross and Alix Klineman)

did not medal

World Championship

World Championship record
Year U.S. Women's Beach Finishes U.S. Men's Beach Finishes
1997 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver (Lisa Arce and Holly McPeak)[2]

2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver (Canyon Ceman and Mike Whitmarsh)[3]
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze (Dain Blanton and Kent Steffes)

1999

2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver (Annett Davis and Jenny Johnson Jordan)[4]
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze (Liz Masakayan and Elaine Youngs)

did not medal[5]
2001 did not medal[6] did not medal[7]
2003 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold (Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh)[8] 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver (Dax Holdren and Stein Metzger)[9]
2005

1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold (Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh)[10]

did not medal[11]
2007

1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold (Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh)[12]

1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold (Phil Dalhausser and Todd Rogers)[13]
2009

1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold (Jennifer Kessy and April Ross)[14]

3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze (Phil Dalhausser and Todd Rogers)[15]
2011

2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver (Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh)[16]

did not medal[17]
2013 did not medal[18] did not medal[19]
2015 did not medal[20] did not medal[21]
2017 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver (Lauren Fendrick and April Ross)[22] did not medal[23]
2019 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver (Alix Klineman and April Ross)[24] did not medal[25]

Pan American Games

Year U.S. Women's Beach Finishes U.S. Men's Beach Finishes
1999 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver (Jenny Pavley and Marsha Miller) did not medal
2003 did not medal did not medal
2007 did not medal 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver (Ty Loomis / Hans Stolfus)
2011 did not medal did not medal
2015 did not medal did not medal
2019 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold (Karissa Cook and Jace Pardon) did not medal
2023 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze (Corinne Quiggle and Sarah Murphy) did not medal

Current women's roster

Beach National Team as of June 26, 2022:[26]

Name Birth date and age Height Hometown College
Terese Cannon (1995-10-01) October 1, 1995 (age 29) 6 ft 3 in (1.90 m) Pittsford, New York USC
Kelly Cheng (1995-09-18) September 18, 1995 (age 29)[27] 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Placentia, California USC
Emily Day (1987-08-09) August 9, 1987 (age 37) 6 ft 1 in (1.86 m) Torrance, California Loyola Marymount
Lauren Fendrick (1982-03-20) March 20, 1982 (age 42) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Carlsbad, California UCLA
Betsi Flint (1992-08-13) August 13, 1992 (age 32) 5 ft 10 in (1.79 m) Phoenix, Arizona Loyola Marymount
Sara Hughes (1995-02-14) February 14, 1995 (age 29) 5 ft 10 in (1.79 m) Costa Mesa, California USC
Alix Klineman (1989-12-30) December 30, 1989 (age 35) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Manhattan Beach, California Stanford
Taryn Kloth (1997-04-10) April 10, 1997 (age 27) 6 ft 4 in (1.92 m) Sioux Falls, South Dakota Creighton/LSU
Kelley Larsen Kolinske (1992-05-03) May 3, 1992 (age 32) 6 ft 2 in (1.87 m) San Diego, California Pepperdine
Zana Muno (1996-05-13) May 13, 1996 (age 28) 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Hermosa Beach, California UCLA
Kristen Nuss (1997-12-16) December 16, 1997 (age 27) 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) New Orleans, Louisiana LSU
Corinne Quiggle (1992-12-20) December 20, 1992 (age 32) 5 ft 10 in (1.79 m) Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida Pepperdine
April Ross (1982-06-20) June 20, 1982 (age 42) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Costa Mesa, California USC
Sarah Schermerhorn (1988-11-23) November 23, 1988 (age 36) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Colfax, North Carolina Elon
Savvy Simo (1998-09-08) September 8, 1998 (age 26) 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Rancho Santa Fe, California UCLA
Sarah Sponcil (1996-08-16) August 16, 1996 (age 28) 5 ft 10 in (1.79 m) Phoenix, Arizona Loyola Marymount/UCLA
Emily Stockman (1988-06-06) June 6, 1988 (age 36) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Colorado Springs, Colorado Winthrop/Wichita State
Torrey Van Winden (1998-05-29) May 29, 1998 (age 26) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Napa, California UCLA/Cal Poly/Florida State
Kerri Walsh Jennings (1978-08-15) August 15, 1978 (age 46) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Saratoga, California Stanford

Current men's roster

Beach National Team as of December 16, 2023:[26]

Name Birth date and age Height Hometown College Ref.
Andy Benesh (1995-03-14) March 14, 1995 (age 29) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Rancho Palos Verdes, California USC
Tri Bourne (1989-06-20) June 20, 1989 (age 35) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Honolulu, Hawaii USC
Theo Brunner (1985-03-17) March 17, 1985 (age 39) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Ridgefield, Connecticut UC Santa Barbara
Chase Budinger (1988-05-22) May 22, 1988 (age 36) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Encinitas, California Arizona
Evan Cory (1997-11-14) November 14, 1997 (age 27) 6 ft 4 in (1.92 m) Metairie, Louisiana Lincoln Memorial [28]
Taylor Crabb (1992-01-26) January 26, 1992 (age 32) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Honolulu, Hawaii Long Beach State [29]
Trevor Crabb (1989-09-05) September 5, 1989 (age 35) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Honolulu, Hawaii Puget Sound/Long Beach State [30]
Miles Evans (1989-11-12) November 12, 1989 (age 35) 6 ft 4 in (1.92 m) Santa Barbara, California UC Santa Barbara [31]
Troy Field (1993-12-21) December 21, 1993 (age 31) 6 ft 4 in (1.92 m) Laguna Beach, California Saddleback [32]
Miles Partain (2001-12-18) December 18, 2001 (age 23) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Pacific Palisades, California UCLA [33]
Taylor Sander (1992-03-17) March 17, 1992 (age 32) 6 ft 4 in (1.92 m) Huntington Beach, California BYU
Chaim Schalk (1986-04-23) April 23, 1986 (age 38) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Red Deer, Canada Red Deer/Trinity Western
James Shaw (1994-03-05) March 5, 1994 (age 30) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Woodside, California Stanford
Logan Webber (1995-10-29) October 29, 1995 (age 29) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Grand Rapids, Michigan Cincinnati Christian [34]
Dave Wieczorek 1996 (age 28–29) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Chicago, Illinois Pepperdine

See also

References

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