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NEW YORK, Dec. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Foot Locker Foundation and DoSomething.org announced today the celebrity judging panel for the Foot Locker Scholar Athletes Program who will help narrow the playing field from thousands of scholarship applicants to 20. Now in its second year, the program honors 20 exceptional student athletes with $20,000 each in college scholarships (totaling $400,000) for demonstrating academic excellence and exemplifying strong leadership skills both in...

WEST AURORA, Ill., Dec. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In its 28(th) year of honoring the nation's best high school athletes, The Gatorade Company, in collaboration with USA TODAY High School Sports today announced Lauren Carlini of West Aurora High School (West Aurora, Ill.) as its 2012-13 Gatorade National Volleyball Player of the Year. Carlini was surprised with the news at West Aurora High School by Silver Medalist April Ross, who earned Gatorade National Volleyball Player of the...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Sept. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Southern California sports fans were treated to a dramatic follow-up to the 2012 London Olympic beach volleyball gold medal finals today when 3-time Olympic gold medalist Kerri Walsh and new partner Nicole Branagh (2 seed) faced off with silver medalists Jen Kessy and April Ross (1 seed) in the finals of the 2012 AVP Championships in Santa Barbara, CA. Kessy and Ross prevailed over Walsh and Branagh, 21-19, 21-16, going...

COSTA MESA, Calif., Sept. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- WHO: America's top beach volleyball stars including London Olympic Gold Medalist Kerri Walsh and new partner Nicole Branagh; Silver Medalists April Ross and Jen Kessy; 2008 Gold Medalists Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser; London Olympians Sean Rosenthal and Jake Gibb; 2012 AVP Cincinnati Open Champions John Hyden and Sean Scott. WHAT: The new AVP Championships,...

TAMPA, Fla., Jan. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In its 27th year of honoring the nation's best high school athletes, The Gatorade Company, in collaboration with ESPNHS today announced Jordan Burgess of Berkeley Preparatory School (Tampa, Fla) as its 2011-12 Gatorade National Volleyball Player of the Year. Burgess was surprised with the news at Berkeley Preparatory School by USA Volleyball's 2011 Beach Female Athlete of the Year, April Ross, who earned Gatorade National...

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- A beach prodigy who didn't focus on the indoor game until college, Alex Jupiter of the University of Southern California has been named the Honda Sports Award winner for volleyball. Her selection by the Collegiate Women Sports Award Program recognizes Jupiter as the country's top female player in her sport. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20111209/LA20211LOGO) Jupiter, an outside hitter who also excelled in defense, was...

TORRANCE, Calif., June 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Smack Sportswear (Smack), the leading brand of custom-designed volleyball apparel for both indoor and beach volleyball players alike, today announced that April Ross and Jen Kessy have agreed to wear Smack's new 2011 Active Beachwear lineup and will show off their new Smack suits as they guard the number-one spot on the FIVB Swatch World Tour 2011 rankings. Kessy and Ross will also appear on the cover of Spike Volleyball's newly revamped...

REDLANDS, Calif., Dec. 15, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- In its 26th year of honoring the nation's best high school athletes, The Gatorade Company, in collaboration with ESPN RISE, today announced Krista Vansant of Redlands East Valley High School (Redlands, Calif.) as its 2010-11 Gatorade National Volleyball Player of the Year. Vansant was surprised with the news at Redlands East Valley High School by World Champion and Pro Beach Volleyball player April Ross, who earned Gatorade National...

MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- In its 25th year of honoring the nation's best high school athletes, The Gatorade Company, in collaboration with ESPN RISE, today announced Ashley Wittman of Shakopee High School (Shakopee, Minn.) as its 2009-10 Gatorade® National Volleyball Player of the Year. Wittman was surprised with the news during her sixth period class at Shakopee High School by AVP champion and two-time gold medalist Misty May-Treanor. "It felt great to surprise Ashley with...

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- After a year's absence, Misty May-Treanor will return to professional beach volleyball and the AVP Crocs Tour to join long-time partner Kerri Walsh for the AVP Crocs Tour World Challenge: USA vs. Brazil presented by Sanderson Ford, Sept. 25-27 in Glendale, Ariz. The duo, which claimed back-to-back Olympic gold medals in Athens and Beijing, is the winningest team in beach volleyball history and will join the United States delegation as they face off...