Dariam Acevedo

Dariam Acevedo
Personal information
Full name	Dariam Acevedo Santiago
Nationality	Puerto Rico
Born	December 15, 1984 (1984-12-15) (age 26) Trujillo Alto
Hometown	Trujillo Alto
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb)
Beach volleyball information
Current teammate
Years Teammate 2009 Yarleen Santiago
Honours Women's Beach Volleyball Competitor for  Puerto Rico NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit Gold 2009 Montelimar Beach Silver 2009 Jamaica Beach

Dariam Acevedo Santiago^[1] (born December 15, 1984 in Trujillo Alto) is a female beach volleyball player from Puerto Rico who won the gold medal at the NORCECA Circuit 2009 at Montelimar, Nicaragua playing with Yarleen Santiago.^[2][3]

She majored in kinesiology at University of Texas at Austin and played as outside hitter.^[4] There she earned two times All Conference All Academic First team between 2004 and 2005^[5] and All Conference All Academic Second Team in 2006.^[6] She also won All Conference Honorable Mention in 2004, same year she won Conference newcomer of the Year. In 2005 she won CoSIDA Academic All-District All Academic.^[7]

Indoor

Dariam also plays indoor volleyball with the national team^[8] and currently professionally with Mets de Guaynabo from Liga de Voleibol Superior Femenino.^[9][10]

Clubs

• Chicas de San Juan (1996–1999)
• Criollas de Caguas (2007–2008)
• Mets de Guaynabo (2009)

Awards

College

• 2004 All Conference Honorable Mention
• 2004 Conference Newcomer of the Year
• 2004-2005 All Conference "All Academic First Team"
• 2005 CoSIDA Academic All-District
• 2006 All Conference "All Academic Second Team"

National Team

• NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit Nicaragua 2009 Gold Medal
• NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit Jamaica 2009 Silver Medal

References

1. ^ Primera Hora. "Poder, respesto y un toque de belleza exótica" (in Spanish). http://www.primerahora.com/noticia/voleibol/accion_deportiva/poder,_respesto_y_un_toque_de_belleza_exotica/172899. Retrieved 2009-11-07. ^{[dead link]}
2. ^ nacion.com. "Ticas de plata en la final del Norceca" (in Spanish). http://www.nacion.com/ln_ee/2009/noviembre/03/deportes2145974.html. Retrieved 2009-10-07. 
3. ^ ArkansasRazorbacks.com. "Former Razorback wins NORCECA title". http://www.arkansasrazorbacks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=11402&SPID=675&ATCLID=204825829&DB_OEM_ID=6100. Retrieved 2009-11-07. 
4. ^ Texas Longhorns. "2006 Volleyball Roster". http://www.texassports.com/sports/w-volley/archive/tex-w-volley-roster-2006.html. Retrieved 2009-11-07. 
5. ^ Texas Longhorns. "The A team: Dariam Acevedo". http://www.texassports.com/sports/w-volley/spec-rel/101006aaa.html. Retrieved 2009-11-07. 
6. ^ Texas Longhorns. "Volleyball places three players on Academic All-Big 12 team". http://www.texassports.com/sports/w-volley/spec-rel/111406aab.html. Retrieved 2009-11-07. 
7. ^ Texas Longhorns. "Texas Volleyball History: Honor Roll". http://www.texassports.com/sports/w-volley/archive/honor-roll.html. Retrieved 2009-11-07. 
8. ^ Terra Mexico. "P.Rico llevará misma escuadra de Copa Panamericana a Juegos Panamericanos" (in Spanish). http://www.terra.com.mx/articulo.aspx?ref=0&articuloid=338085. Retrieved 2009-11-07. 
9. ^ Gigantes de Carolina. "Rita Liliom guió a Las Gigantes" (in Spanish). http://www.tusgigantes.com/noticias2009/03-03-2009.htm. Retrieved 2009-11-07. ^{[dead link]}
10. ^ Wapa TV. "Leonas ganan primer partido de voleibol" (in Spanish). http://www.wapa.tv/noticias.php?nid=20090221111800. Retrieved 2009-11-07. 

External links

• FIVB Beach Profile
• Profile at Beach Volleyball Database

Persondata
Name	Acevedo, Dariam
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Date of birth	December 15, 1984
Place of birth	Trujillo Alto
Date of death
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