Career Highlights and Notes
Career Highlights and Notes
McPeak is 15th in earnings ($89,169.39). She played on the 1990 national championship team at UCLA where she was all-league and all-tournament. McPeak was the WPVA's 1991 Rookie-of-the-Year winner. She was the tour's most valuable player and top defensive player in 1995.
1996 Atlanta Olympic Games
McPeak and partner Nancy Reno have qualified for the beach volleyball competition (July 23-28 at Clayton County's Atlanta Beach) after compiling 400 team points together on the 1995-96 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championship-Series circuit.
Reno is 11th all-time in earnings with $116,300.63. She spent 1989 attending Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey. Reno was the tour's most improved player in 1992, best blocker in both 1992 and 1995, and top hitter in 1995. Her hobbies are woodworking, painting, scuba diving and guitar playing. Reno was a member of the 1989 U.S. National Team.
1996 Atlanta Olympic Games
Reno and partner Holly McPeak have qualified for the beach volleyball competition (July 23-28 at Clayton County's Atlanta Beach) after compiling 400 team points together on the 1995-96 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championship-Series circuit.
Masakayan is second in earnings ($247,395.25). She won the 1994 FIVB World Series as well as the gold medal at the 1994 Goodwill Games in St. Petersburg, Russia. Masakayan was a starter on the 1988 Olympic indoor team and the 1984 NCAA Division I National Championship team at UCLA and was a member of the U.S. National team for five years (1986-1990). She enjoys tennis, skiing, soccer and eating.
Liz was the WPVA's 1992 most valuable player, co-MVP in 1993, top defensive player in 1991 and 1992, and best hitter in 1993 and 1994.
Rock is sixth in earnings ($176,581.50). She was a member of the 1988 U.S. Olympic, 1987 Pan American and 1986 World Championship teams. Rock was inducted into the San Diego State University Hall of Fame in 1991. She has been a firefighter in San Diego and enjoys surfing, golf and reading.
Rock was a member of the U.S. National Team from 1985 through 1989. Rock had seven aces in the first tournament of the year in Fairfax, Virginia.
Fontana Harris is 10th in earnings ($123,533.77). She was on the winning team at the 1985 U.S. Olympic Sports Festival. She was named to the 1985 USVBA Rookie team. Fontana Harris earned her law degree from Santa Clara University in 1991 and passed the 1992 California bar exam.
Fontana Harris served two years as the WPVA's president succeeding Linda Chisholm in 1993. Barbra was the top defensive player of the WPVA tour in both 1993 and 1994.
Hanley ranks 19th in earnings ($61,475.00). She was a three-time All-American at UCLA and most valuable player in the National Invitational Tournament. She is married to John Hanley, who is a professional volleyball player. They have two sons (Matthew and Turner). Her hobbies are tennis and hiking.
Kirby is first in career earnings ($358,849.13). She was a three-time All-American. Kirby has played professionally in Europe and competed on the Major League Volleyball circuit. In 1992 she was honored by SHAPE MAGAZINE as one of the nation's top 10 fittest people.
VOLLEYBALL MAGAZINE called her the "greatest player of the century" and ranked her as one of the most significant people in the history of organized volleyball. She enjoys photography, painting, music and dancing.
Schaefer is 31st in earnings with $29,515. Schaefer was an All-American volleyball player at the University of Minnesota and was on the winning team at the 1991 Olympic Festival. Schaefer earned her degree in Journalism and speaks Portuguese. Her hobbies include camping horseback riding and water skiing.