Career Highlights and Notes

Dodd | Whitmarsh | Johnson | Loiola | Ayakatubby | Lewis | Kiraly | Steffes

MIKE DODD

Won seven tournaments in 1995 with Mike Whitmarsh
Voted 1995 AVP Best Defensive Player for second straight year
Voted 1995 AVP Most Inspirational
Voted 1994 AVP Sportsman of the Year
Placed second at nine tournaments in 1994 with Whitmarsh
Won two U.S. Championships and 4 World Championships with Tim Hovland 
Named MVP of the 1984 USVBA Nationals in Seattle
Played on the U.S. National Team (1981-82, '85)



MIKE WHITMARSH

Won seven tournaments in 1995 with Mike Dodd
First career victory (New Orleans - 1992 with Brent Frohoff) 
Voted the AVP Rookie of the Year in 1990
Played briefly for the NBA Minnesota Timberwolves
Played three years of pro basketball in Germany
Played varsity basketball at University of San Diego



ADAM JOHNSON

Won last year's Evian Pro Beach Volleyball Championship with Stoklos
Won six tournaments in 1995 (2 with Stoklos, 4 with Loiola) 
Voted the 1993 AVP Defensive Player of the Year
Voted the 1991 AVP Most Improved Player
Played on the 1988-89 National Team earning the 1989 Player's Award
Led USC to three NCAA Championship berths (1985-87)
Named NCAA Player of the Year in 1986
Earned first team All-American honors three times (1985-87)



JOSE LOIOLA

Won five tournaments in 1995 (1 with Bacil, 4 with Johnson)
Voted the 1995 AVP Best Defensive Player
Named the 1993 AVP Rookie of the Year (1st international recipient)
Named the 1993 South American Beach Volleyball Champion
Named the Brazilian Junior National Champion in 1986
Native of Copacebana Beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Sponsored by The Hard Rock Cafe, Killer Loop Sunglasses and Power Bar



SCOTT AYAKATUBBY

Won eight tournaments with Karch Kiraly in 1995
Did not play indoors last season
Won the Baltimore Open in 1994 (with Eric Fonoimoana) after a 10 week layoff due to injury.
Finished 2nd twice in 1993  -- Ocean City (with Tim Hovland), and in Cape Cod, Grand Haven, and Santa Crux (with Adam Johnson)
Won the Fort Worth Open in 1990 (with Frohoff)
Earned first career victory at the 1985 Santa Cruz Open
Co-founder of Primitive Prints clothing located in El Segundo, CA



BRIAN LEWIS

Won the 1995 Nestea Open with Bill Boullianne
Won the 1995 POWERADE Serving Challenge
Won the 1992 Cuevo Gold Crown for his first career victory
Voted the 1992 AVP Most Improved Player
Joined Miller Lite/AVP Tour full-time in 1990
Best known for his powerful jump serve
Cites Steve Timmons as volleyball inspiration after attending the 1984 Olympics



KARCH KIRALY

Won twelve AVP tournaments in 1995 (8 with Ayakatubby, 4 with Steffes)
Reached the two million dollar mark in 1995
Voted the 1995 AVP Most Valuable Player for fifth time (1990, '92-'95)
Voted the 1995 Sportsman of the Year
Compiled 17 Open wins during 1994 with Kent Steffes
Won the Triple Crown Series for Cuevo two years in a row
Named 1988 Olympic MVP
Member of U.S. National Team (1982, '84-'88)
Led UCLA to three NCAA Championships, earning All-American honors four times
Named one of UCLA's top ten all-time athletes by UCLA Alumni Magazine in 1994
Inducted in UCLA Hall of Fame in 1992



KENT STEFFES

Won four tournaments in 1995 with Karch Kiraly
Compiled 17 Open wins during 1994 with Kiraly
Won the 1994 Miller Lite Cup
Won the Cuevo Triple Crown Series two years in a row (1993-94)
Named the AVP Most Valuable Player in 1992
In 1990, became first and only player to win with three different partners (Hovland, Kiraly and Vrebalovich)
Voted 1989 Rookie of the Year
Named the 1986 National High School Player of the Year
Rated the nation's top amateur player while enrolled at Stanford
Youngest player to earn No. 1 AVP ranking (24)