- Kerri Walsh
Kerri Lee Walsh (born August 15, 1978) is an American beach volleyball player. Walsh was born in the U.S. state of California to Tim and Margie Walsh, and grew up in Saratoga, California. As a high school student, she played on the varsity team at Archbishop Mitty High School in San Jose. Walsh continued on to Stanford University, where she won national titles in 1996 and 1997 and was a four-year first-team All-American, …
- Misty May-Treanor
Misty May-Treanor is a professional beach volleyball player in the United States. She was born on July 30, 1977 in Costa Mesa, CA. She currently resides in Coral Springs, FL. May graduated from California State University, Long Beach, where she won a national championship, received the Athlete of the Year Award in 1998, and was on the All American First Team for three years.
- Elaine Youngs
Elaine Youngs (born February 14, 1970 in El Toro, California) is an American beach volleyball player. As of 2005, Youngs has won 33 professional beach volleyball tournaments in her career. In addition, she won a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics with teammate Holly McPeak. In 2002, she was named MVP of the AVP. Youngs is a 1993 graduate of UCLA, where she majored in history. She currently teams up with Rachel Wacholder, but in August 2006, …
- Holly McPeak
Holly McPeak (born May 15, 1969 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California) is an American beach volleyball player. As of 2005, McPeak has 72 career beach volleyball titles and $1.3 million USD in career earnings, both of which are the most of any woman in the history of professional beach volleyball. She also won a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics with partner Elaine Youngs. McPeak, at 5 feet 7 inches, is considered very short for beach volleyball, …
- Karch Kiraly
Kiraly has earned more than three million dollars playing beach volleyball and is the 'winningest' player in the history of beach volleyball . He has finished lower than ninth place only four times and has been in the semifinals over 80% of the time. Karch Kiraly was taught how to play volleyball at six years old from his father, Laazio, a former Hungarian Junior National Team player. Kiraly graduated from high school third in his class with a 3.96 grade-point average.
- Gabrielle Reece
Gabrielle Reece (born January 6, 1970) is an American professional volleyball player, sports presenter and former fashion model. Reece stands at 6 ft 3 inch (190.5 cm). Her measurments are 36-24-35, according to "Celebrity Sleuth" magazine and according to her book "Big Girl in the Middle" wears a size 11 shoes. Her stature is genetic - her mother is 6 ft 2 inches. In 1989 she was named by Elle magazine as one of the five most beautiful Women in the world.
- Todd Rogers
Todd Rogers (born September 30, 1973 in Santa Barbara, California) is a top professional beach volleyball player on the AVP Professional Beach Volleyball Tour. After a successful one year career as the Laguna Blanca High School Junior Varsity volleyball coach in 1999, together with partner Phil Dalhausser, he won eight team events on the 2006 AVP Tour. This was the most wins by any men's team on the tour. Todd was named MVP and Best Defensive Player on the tour.
- Kerri Pottharst
Kerri Ann Pottharst OAM (born June 25, 1965) is an Australian professional beach volleyball player and Olympic gold medallist. Pottharst was born in Adelaide, South Australia and currently resides in Sydney. In addition to her volleyball commitments, Pottharst is the face of "beach2xl", a corporate team building program, and does motivational speaking.
- Jenny Johnson Jordan
Jenny Johnson Jordan (born June 8, 1973) is an American beach volleyball player, who won the silver medal at the 1999 Beach Volleyball World Championships in Marseille, alongside Annett Davis.
- Rachel Wacholder
Rachel Wacholder (born June 15, 1975 in Laguna Beach, California) is a model and beach volleyball player. In 2006, she was the No. 2 seed on the AVP tour along with her partner, beach volleyball veteran Elaine Youngs. During the 2005 AVP tour, Wacholder and Youngs dealt top-seeded Kerri Walsh and Misty May a surprise defeat at the Huntington Beach Open, and were defeated by only narrow margins in several other tournaments that year.
- Sinjin Smith
Christopher St. John ("Sinjin") Smith (born May 7, 1957 in Santa Monica, California) is a professional beach volleyball player. He won one U.S. championship and two World championships with Randy Stoklos. The oldest elite player in the world, Smith has competed in more beach volleyball events than any other player. He and Carl Henkel tied for fifth at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.
- Sandra Pires
Sandra Pires Tavares (born June 16, 1973 in Rio de Janeiro) is a beach volleyball player from Brazil, who won the gold medal in the inaugural women's beach volleyball tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics, partnering Jackie Silva. She also represented her native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, where she claimed the bronze medal, teaming up with Adriana Samuel.
- Phil Dalhausser
Phil Dalhausser (born January 26 1980) is an American beach volleyball player. At 6'9", Dalhausser led the 2005 AVP tour in blocks and was sixth in kill percentage. As of 2006, Dalhausser teams up with Todd Rogers. Dalhausser has previously teamed up with Nick Lucena. As of 2006, Dalhausser resides in Santa Barbara, California. Dalhausser was born in Switzerland from a German father and Swiss mother. He lived in Switzerland for one year.
- Jake Gibb
Jake Gibb (born February 6, 1976 in Bountiful, Utah) is a top beach volleyball player from the United States, playing in the AVP.
- Stein Metzger
Stein Metzger (born November 17, 1972 in Honolulu, Hawaii) is a top beach volleyball player from the United States, playing in the AVP. In 2006 he played with his high school teammate, Mike Lambert, and they advanced to the Final Four in fourteen of the fifteen team events, winning five times. They formed the only team to not have a losing record against any other team that season. Metzger made his Olympic beach volleyball debut at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, …
- Eric Fonoimoana
Eric Fonoimoana (born June 7, 1969) is an American volleyball player who currently resides in Hermosa Beach, California. He was born in Manhattan Beach, California, and attended UCSB. He is most notable for winning the gold medal in the 2000 Olympic Games. He has earned approximately 1 million dollars playing volleyball. He has played professionally for more than 18 years, and has entered over 200 tournaments. Fonoimoana's partner is Dain Blanton.
- Emanuel Rego
Emanuel Fernando Sheffer Rego (born April 15, 1973 in Curitiba) is a beach volleyball player from Brazil, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996. He won the gold medal in the men's beach team competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, partnering [[Ricardo Montalban Victor Emanuel Hidalgo Dos Santos
- Natalie Cook
Natalie Louise Cook OAM (born January 19, 1975) is an Australian professional beach volleyball player and Olympic gold medallist. Cook was born in Townsville, Queensland. She was the dux of her high school, and subsequently studied medicine. At the same time, she took up volleyball, captaining the Australian Indoor Junior Team in 1992. In 1993, she began playing beach volleyball, before giving up her academic career and going professional the following year.
- Jeff Nygaard
Jeff Wayne Nygaard (born August 3, 1972 in Madison, Wisconsin) is an American beach volleyball player who participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics with partner Dain Blanton in Athens, Greece. In 1996 and 2000 he was a member of the Men's Olympic National Indoor Team. Nygaard returned for senior year at UCLA after helping Team USA claim the bronze medal at the '94 World Championship in Athens, Greece.
- Randy Stoklos
Randy Stoklos (born December 13, 1960) is the first player to earn $1,000,000 in beach volleyball. He won one U.S. championship and two World championships with Sinjin Smith. He is a four-time winner of the Manhattan Beach Open.
- Annett Davis
Annett Davis (born September 22, 1973) is an American beach volleyball player, who won the silver medal at the 1999 Beach Volleyball World Championships, alongside Jenny Johnson Jordan.
- Dain Blanton
Dain Blanton (born November 28, 1971 in Santa Monica, California) is an American beach volleyball player, who attended Pepperdine where he helped The Waves win a National Volleyball Championship in 1992 as a sophomore. He won the gold medal in the 2000 Olympic Games, alongside partner Eric Fonoimoana. He returned to the 2004 Olympic Games with partner Jeff Nygaard as the first two-time U.S. male Beach Volleyball Olympian.
- Jackie Silva
Jacqueline ("Jackie") Louise Cruz Silva (born February 13, 1962 in Rio de Janeiro) is a retired beach volleyball player from Brazil, who won the gold medal in the inaugural women's beach volleyball tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics, partnering Sandra Pires.
- Ricardo Santos
Ricardo Montalban Victor Emanuel Hidalgo Rodrigo Dos Santos is a beach volleyball player from Brazil, who won the silver medal in the men's beach team competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, partnering Zé Marco de Melo. Santos also represented his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. There he claimed the gold medal, teaming up with Emanuel Rego, with whom he won the world title in October 2003.
- Shelda Bede
Shelda Kelly Bruno Bede (born January 1, 1973 in Fortaleza) is a beach volleyball player from Brazil, who competed for her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.
- Nila Håkedal
Nila Ann Håkedal is a Norwegian beach volleyball player. Håkedal was born and raised in the city of Kristiansand, and lived there until she was 20 years old. She started playing volleyball for Hånes VBK when she was 13, and continued in the club until she moved to Oslo during the autumn of 1999 to play for Koll volleyball club, and to study language. She started playing beach volleyball during the summer of 1995, …
- Mike Whitmarsh
Michael ("Mike") Whitmarsh (born May 18, 1962) is an American volleyball player, who won the silver medal in the men's inaugural beach volleyball tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics, partnering Mike Dodd. He was born in San Diego, California, and attended the University of San Diego. Throughout his career he has earned over $1.5 million, as well as 28 titles.
- Kent Steffes
Kent Steffes (born June 23, 1968 in Pacific Palisades, California) is an American beach volleyball player. He was a gold medalist in the 1996 Summer Olympics along with Karch Kiraly. He attended Stanford, and later transfed to UCLA. He graduated with a degree in Economics.
- Mike Dodd
Michael ("Mike") Dodd (born August 20, 1957 in Manhattan Beach, California) is a well-known retired professional beach volleyball player from the United States that attended San Diego State University. With his partner Mike Whitmarsh he won the silver medal in the men's inaugural beach volleyball tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
- Marcio Araujo
Marcio Henrique Barroso Araujo is a beach volleyball player from Brazil, who won the gold medal in the men's beach team competition at the 2005 Beach Volleyball World Championships in Berlin, Germany, partnering Fabio Luiz Magalhães. Araujo represented his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, after having claimed the bronze medal alongside Benjamin Insfran at the 2003 Beach Volleyball World Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- Juliana Felisberta
Juliana Felisberta Silva is a female beach volleyball player from Brazil, who won the silver medal in the women's beach team competition at the 2005 Beach Volleyball World Championships in Berlin, Germany, partnering Larissa França.
- Tian Jia
Tian Jia is a Chinese beach volleyball athlete.
- Jennifer Boss
Jennifer (Kessy) Boss is an American beach volleyball player. She is currently playing on the Crocs AVP Tour player page. She won the AVP Most Improved Player award in 2004. Boss competed with Olympian Barb Fontana in 2004 and Olympic Bronze Medalist Holly McPeak in 2005. Jennifer (Kessy) Boss graduated from the University of Southern California with a degree in history and was a member of the volleyball team for all four years (1995-1998). She was an All-American in 1998.
- Matt Fuerbringer
Matt Fuerbringer (aka. "Fuerby"; born January 29, 1974) is an American beach volleyball player. Throughout his AVP career, he has teamed up with Casey Jennings.
- Mark Heese
Mark Heese (born August 15, 1969 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian beach volleyball player. He began playing beach volleyball at age 19 at the Balmy Beach Club in Toronto, and is a graduate of McMaster University. Partnered with John Child, Heese is a three time Olympian - bronze medal in Atlanta (1996), 5th in Sydney (2000) and 5th in Athens (2004). Heese is helping the girls volleyball team at Country Day School and the gym classes currently.
- Ana Paula Connelly
Ana Paula Rodrigues Connelly (born February 13, 1972 in Lavras, Minas Gerais) is a beach volleyball player from Brazil, who represented her native country at three Summer Olympics: 1992, 1996, and 2004. At her second Olympic appearance she was a member of the team that won the bronze medal in the women's competition.
- Carl Henkel
Carl Henkel is a professional beach volleyball player from the United States, who tied with Sinjin Smith for fifth at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. At the 1996 Summer Olympics he was number one in sideout efficiency (87%) and second in blocks per game (4.5). He competed in 107 international international events, more than any other U.S. player. He finished as the runner up in six major events during his career.
- Julius Brink
Julius Brink is a beach volleyball player from Germany, who won the bronze medal in the men's beach team competition at the 2005 Beach Volleyball World Championships in Berlin, Germany, partnering Kjell Schneider.
- Talita Antunes
Talita Antunes is a Brazilian beach volleyball player. She was FIVB rookie of the year in 2005. Born in Aquidauana, Antunes caught the attention of Olympic Champion Jacqueline Silva at the age of 19. From the first time they played together, in Maceió in 2001, Jackie was impressed with Antunes' style and invited the young player to partner with her in 2002. The pair won the South American Championship in La Paz, Bolívia 2002.
- John Child
John Child (born May 4, 1967 in Toronto, Ontario) is a retired Canadian beach volleyball player. He began playing beach volleyball in tournaments at age 16, and is a graduate of Centennial College. He won the bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics, partnering Mark Heese. He now lives in Toronto, Ontario and retired at age 38.