Kerri Walsh Profile
Name: Kerri Walsh
Home: Saratoga, Calif.
Birth Year: 1978
Resides: Hermosa Beach, Calif.
Height: 6-3
College: Stanford
Current Coach: Troy Tanner
Olympic History: 2000 women's indoor volleyball (fourth); 2004 women's beach volleyball (gold medal); 2008 women's beach volleyball (gold medal)
Biography:
Born Kerri Lee Walsh on Aug. 15, 1978, in Santa Clara, Calif. ... Daughter of Tim and Margie Walsh… Tim played minor league baseball with the Oakland A’s organization and also played semi-pro basketball… Margie was a volleyball MVP at Santa Clara… Has an older brother, Marte, two younger sisters, Kelli and KC… Marte played basketball at Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo, while Kelli played volleyball at Santa Clara. KC is a setter at Oregon State… Kerri married Casey Jennings, a top U.S. men’s beach volleyball player, on Dec. 4, 2005… Kerri gave birth to the couple’s first child, a boy named Joseph Michael Jennings, in May of 2009… She gave birth to the couple's second child, a boy named Sundance Thomas, in May of 2010... Kerri graduated from Stanford University in 2001 with a degree in American studies… Graduated from Archbishop Mitty High School (San Jose, Calif.) in 1996…. When she was a sophomore in high school, she asked Misty May for her autograph… Placed fourth with the U.S. women’s indoor volleyball team at the 2000 Olympic Games… Kerri won the United States’ first women’s beach volleyball gold medal with Misty May at the Olympic Games in Athens in 2004. They became the first team to win two Olympic beach volleyball gold medals in 2008 in Beijing… In 2009, Kerri and partner Misty May-Treanor competed against NBA player Shaquille O’Neal and Todd Rogers for the “reality” television program “Shaq vs.”… Kerri has also worked as a commentator for NBC… Kerri started her foundation, the Chase the Stars Foundation, in 2004 "to support the notion that every child should have the opportunity to chase their dream." The organization supports programs that "improve the well-being, health, and quality of children's lives.” In 2009, she was nominated for a Jefferson Award for Outstanding Public Service by an Athlete.
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