Living the Dream!
I just can't complain!
2009 was my 5th season on the AVP Tour. It also marked the start of my career in Brazil when I went play the last few tournaments they had left in their tour at the end of the year. Since I started playing volleyball at the age of 15 I have fallen in love with the sport and even better, I had fallen in love with a sport that requires me to be on the beach which is also one of my biggest passions!
So after taking a year off from playing and graduating from college, a friend took me to an AVP Qualifier in SanDiego. We played it but did not make into the main tournament. Man that little itchy feeling was awesome! I HAD TO TRY AGAIN! And we did! We went to NJ and made into the main tournament!!! It was awesome!!! That was it! The little bug had bitten me and I had to play volleyball again!!!! Since that tourney I have never stopped playing!
At the AVP I met so many legends of the sport, and I learned so much from watching or talking to them, but most importantly; I became friends with the most amazing people ever! I made so many friends, and they all have brought so much into my life! I have no words to express my gratitude for them!
So I am living my dream! Playing volleyball around the country, seeing different beaches (or parking lots, when we play in towns that do not have beaches) all over the USA and now Brazil too!!! Hopefully this year I start going internationally...
What can I say? I just can't complain!!!
Results:
2010
Balneario Camboriu - 17th Place
Sao Jose dos Campos - 5th Place
Uberaba - 9th Place
Goiania - 9th Place
Campo Grande - will not participate
Fort Lauderdale - 3rd Place
Santa Barbara- 7th Place
The Preakness Pro East Volleyball Invitational- 1st Place
Huntington Beach-
2009
Riverside- 17th Place
San Diego- 7th Place
Houston- 7th Place
International Tournament Puerto Vallarta- 1st Place
Huntington Beach- 5th Place
Atlanta- 5th PLace
Ocean City- 7th Place
Coney Island- 3rd Place
Manhattan Beach- 3rd Place
Hermosa Beach- 5th Place
San Francisco- 9th Place
Muskegon- 2nd Place
Chicago- 3rd Place
Cincinnati- 3rd Place
Las Vegas- 13th Place
Glendale- did not participate
Joao Pessoa (PA, Brazil)- 3rd Place
Recife (PE, Brazil)- 9th Place
Maceio (AL, Brazil)- 5th Place
Salvador (BA, Brazil)- 5th Place
2008
Miami- 17th Place
Dallas- 9th Place
Huntington Beach- 17th Place
Charleston- 9th Place
Louisville- 7th Place
Atlanta- 7th Place
Hermosa Beach- 17th Place
Belmar- 7th Place
Boulder- 17th Place
Chicago- 13th Place
Brooklyn- 9th Place
Long Beach- 5th Place
San Diego- 9th Place
Cincinnati- 13th Place
Santa Barbara- 13th Place
Manhattan Beach- 13th Place
2007
Miami- 9th Place
Dallas- 5th Place
Huntington Beach- 9th Place
Glendale- 17th Place
Hermosa Beach- 9th Place
Louisville- 9th Place
Tampa- 7th Place
Atlanta- 13th Place
Charleston- 9th Place
Seaside Heights- 7th Place
Long Beach- 5th Place
Chicago- 13th Place
Manhattan Beach- 13th Place
Boston- 7th Place
Brooklyn- 13th PLace
Cincinnati- 9th Place
2006
Fort Lauderdale- 9th Place
Tempe- 17th Place
Santa Barbara- 17th Place
Huntington Beach- 17th Place
Hermosa Beach- 13th Place
Sacramento- 17th Place
Seaside Heights- 9th Place
Atlanta- 17th Place
Birmingham- 13th Place
Chicago- 9th Place
Manhatta Beach- 17th Place
Brooklyn- 13th Place
Boulder- 13th Place
Cincinnati- 9th Place
2005
Fort Lauderdale- 17th Place
Austin- 13th Place
Santa Barbara- 17th Place
San Diego- 17th Place
Cincinnati- 17th Place
Belmar- 17th Place
Hermosa Beach- 13th Place
Huntington Beach- 9th Place
Manhattan Beach- 17th Place
Boulder- 13th PLace
Chicago- 13th PLace
2004
San Diego Qualifier- did not pass
Belmar- 17th Place
Hermosa- 17th Place
Chicago- 17th Place