Kerri Lee Walsh (born August 15, 1978) is an American beach volleyball player. With her volleyball partner Misty May-Treanor, she is the 2004 Olympic Beach Volleyball Champion.
Biography
Personal life
Walsh was born in California to Tim and Margie Walsh. She grew up in Saratoga, California. Walsh currently resides in Redondo Beach, California. She is married to men's beach volleyball player Casey Jennings, who has won four AVP titles. Jennings and Walsh met in 2000 on the day Misty May "auditioned" Walsh as her new partner. Walsh and Jennings dated for four years. Casey proposed to her on the island of Molokai in 2004. They were married on December 4, 2005, at the La Quinta Resort in Palm Springs, California.Walsh hosts a weekly, one-hour radio show on Sirius Satellite Radio's Faction 28 station. It airs every Sunday morning at 9 AM Eastern time. Walsh is one of many athletes to have a show on Faction 28. Other athletes with shows include Lance Armstrong, Tony Hawk and Bode Miller.
Career
As a high school student, Walsh 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, Freshman of the Year and Final Four MVP in 1996 and co-National Player of the Year in 1999. She graduated from Stanford in 1999 with a degree in American Studies.Walsh played indoor volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics where the United States team finished in fourth place. A half-hour before her first game, she was barred from playing because of a suspicious drug test result. But she was able to take the court a few games later after a retest.
At the 2004 Summer Olympics, Walsh and Misty May won the gold medal in women's beach volleyball for the American team. Winning an unprecedented ninety-one matches and 16 tournaments in a row, Walsh and May captured the gold without ever losing a game.
She has played both indoor and beach volleyball. On July 23, 2006 Walsh topped $1 million in career earnings with a win (with her partner Misty May) at AVP McDonald's Chicago Open presented by Nautica. As of 2008, Walsh is ranked as the best female volleyball player in the world.
Walsh has appeared in several television commercials, and has been a guest on a number of popular talk shows as a result. In February 2006, Walsh had a guest-starring role in an episode of CSI: Miami along with several other AVP Volleyball players.
2004 Olympic Games Record
| Against | Match Score | Set 1 | Set 2/Set 3 (if applicable) |
|---|---|---|---|
| TOKUNO/KUSUHARA (JPN) | 2-0 | 21:9 | 21:16 |
| LEENSTRA/KADIJK (NDL) | 2-0 | 21:11 | 21:13 |
| CELBOVA/NOVĂKOVA (CZ) | 2-0 | 21:17 | 21:17 |
| TIAN JIA/WANG FEI (PRC) | 2-0 | 21:11 | 21:18 |
| DUMONT/MARTIN (CAN) | 2-0 | 21:19 | 21:14 |
| McPEAK/YOUNGS (U.S.) | 2-0 | 21:18 | 21:15 |
| BEHAR/BEDE (BRA) | 2-0 | 21:17 | 21:11 |
| A Pool | Round 16 | Quarters | Semifinals |
| Finals |
References
External links
- Official website of Kerri Walsh
- Kerri Walsh's U.S. Olympic Team bio
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- Web page for Walsh's Sirius radio show. - MistyAndKerri.com Fan website
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