Saralyn Smith

Saralyn Smith
Personal information
Full name	Saralyn Smith
Nationality	United States
Born	March 23, 1978 ( 1978 -03-23) (age 33) Key West, Florida, United States
Hometown	Huntington Beach, California, United States
Height	186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Beach volleyball information
Current teammate
Years Teammate 2009 Beth Van Fleet
Honours Women’s Beach Volleyball Competitor for the  United States NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit Silver Guatemala 2009 Beach Bronze Manzanillo 2009 Beach

Saralyn Smith (born March 23, 1978 in Key West, Florida) is a female beach volleyball player from the United States who won the silver medal at the NORCECA Circuit 2009 at Guatemala playing with Beth Van Fleet.^[1][2]

She also participated in the Association of Volleyball Professionals tournaments since 2002. There she ended up in the 9th position many times.

College

Smith played basketball and volleyball at the University of Hartford, CT. For her volleyball team she set the record for most blocks in a single game as well as career blocks per game average. She also ranks among the school career leaders in hitting percentage. In 1999 she led the America East Conference in blocks per game.^[3]

Graduated from Hartford and received the Ribicoff Scholarship, an honor given to the top senior (in a class of roughly 2,000) for academic excellence, leadership, and community service. In 2001 she received a masters degree in Organizational Behavior, and has worked part time or full time in that field ever since.^[4]

Awards

National Team

• NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit Guatemala 2009 Silver Medal
• NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit Manzanillo 2009 Bronze Medal

External links

• Saralyn Smith's home page
• FIVB Profile
• BV Database Profile
• AVP Profile

References

1. ^ Cayman Net News. "Volleyball team moves to sixth place". http://www.caymannetnews.com/article.php?news_id=14919. Retrieved 2009-10-07. ^{[dead link]}
2. ^ USA Volleyball. "U.S. Beach Teams Capture NORCECA Gold, Silver". http://usavolleyball.org/news/article/11469. Retrieved 2009-10-07. 
3. ^ AVP. "AVP - The Playes - Saralyn Smith". http://www.avp.com/The-Players/Females/S/Saralyn-Smith.aspx. Retrieved 2010-01-21. ^{[dead link]}
4. ^ AVP. "AVP - The Playes - Saralyn Smith". http://www.avp.com/The-Players/Females/S/Saralyn-Smith.aspx. Retrieved 2010-01-21. ^{[dead link]}

Persondata
Name	Smith, Saralyn
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Date of birth	March 23, 1978
Place of birth	Key West, Florida, United States
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