April Ross

April Ross has won more than one medal at the Olympics. She is one of the few women beach volleyball athletes to have achieved this feat. Alix-Klineman will compete with April Ross in Tokyo for her third gold medal over the coming days. Ross is hoping to secure the Olympic debut gold, but she is also aiming to win even more. In fact, at 39, it could be her last opportunity to do so. She remains optimistic that she'll be successful in achieving top honours. Ross was reported in NBC Boston as saying that if you play your highest, and even perform well, you will win the gold. In addition, I'll try the opportunity to try my luck. Ross was a Californian born in the city of Costa Mesa in 1982. Her family lived in the area along with her parents and younger sister. She went on to compete in a myriad of sports in Newport Harbor High School. She was a basketball player and also ran the track as well as her indoor volleyball achievements as a prep athlete. She was clearly the best at the sport of indoor volleyball. Based on her bio, she was a middle blocker and an outside volleyball player throughout her time in high school. To honor her achievements, she received the Gatorade Award for National Player in 1999. Also, she won the 1999 Orange County Athlete of the year award for volleyball. Ross has been playing alongside Klineman since the year 2017. However, Ross's beach game had been established long before this. She has won major events twice, with various partners. One of them has become an iconic player in the volleyball world. Jennifer Kessy coached her from 2007 through 2013. Together with Kessy Ross, she was a major force in the world circuit, winning a world title in 2009. They were awarded a silver medal during the 2012 Olympic Games held in London. Misty Maytreanor (Jennings) as well as Misty Maytreanor won gold, ahead of them. Ross Jennings was the replacement for May-Treanor as she announced her retirement. The team won bronze in beach volleyball during the Rio Olympics 2016. In high school and the many years before hitting the beach as a professional Ross was a ball to the Trojans at USC while an NCAA. Her time at USC was impressive. When she was a freshman in 2000 the Trojans' performance earned her the Pac-10 and NCAA Freshman-of-the-Year honors. Her Trojans made it to the Final Four. The Trojans suffered a heartbreaking personal loss in her sophomore season however she was able to return as an All-American. In her last two seasons as a member of the Trojans team they won victories by winning the national title in consecutive years. In 2003-2004, Ross was named the top collegiate female volleyball player in America according to The Honda Sports Award. Ross studied the field of international relations in USC. Margie Ross did not see her daughter achieve the heights of beach volleyball. As of 2001, when Ross was a sophomore studying at USC her mother passed away from breast cancer. Ross is still awed by her parents who passed away. Margie is a beach lover as well as in everyday life, continues to inspire her.