24 Facts About Kerri Walsh

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Kerri Walsh's is the beach volleyball leader in career victories as of 2016 having won 135 international and domestic tournaments.

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Kerri Walsh was born in Santa Clara, California, the daughter of Margery Lee and Timothy Joseph Kerri Walsh.

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3.

Kerri Walsh's attended grade school there until the end of her middle school years.

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4.

Kerri Walsh attended Archbishop Mitty High School, competing on the volleyball and basketball teams.

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5.

Kerri Walsh's led her school's basketball team to a state championship in 1995.

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6.

Kerri Walsh's was named Gatorade National High School Volleyball Player of the Year in 1996, the first time the award was given.

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7.

Kerri Walsh's was selected as the MVP of the Final Four in 1996, and was co-National Player of the Year in 1999.

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8.

Kerri Walsh is considered to be one of the best all-around players in collegiate volleyball history.

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9.

Kerri Walsh's graduated from Stanford in 2001 with a B A in American studies.

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10.

May and Kerri Walsh formed a partnership on the beach circuit in 2001, finishing the season with the number five ranking in the world.

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11.

In 2008 May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh extended a winning streak to 112 matches before losing to Olympic teammates Elaine Youngs and Nicole Branagh in the AVP Crocs Cup Shootout in Ohio.

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12.

Kerri Walsh's went on to break the career record for most wins by a female professional volleyball player when she won the FIVB Grand Slam in Xiamen, China.

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13.

In 2017, Kerri Walsh-Jennings announced she was not signing a new contract with AVP because of disagreements with the organization.

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14.

Kerri Walsh's missed several of her first games due to a false positive on a drug test, which indicated a suspicious epitestosterone to testosterone ratio.

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15.

Kerri Walsh-Jennings partnered with April Ross for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

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16.

In February 2006, Kerri Walsh Jennings had a guest-starring role in an episode of CSI: Miami along with several other AVP Volleyball players.

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17.

Kerri Walsh Jennings appeared in the Game Show Network television show Extreme Dodgeball.

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18.

Kerri Walsh's was a member of the Detroit Spoilers, who lost all ten games they played.

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19.

Kerri Walsh Jennings appeared alongside her volleyball partner Misty May-Treanor on the show Shaq Vs in August 2009.

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20.

Kerri Walsh appeared in the ESPN The Magazine "Body Issue", with images taken both before and after giving birth to her third child.

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21.

Kerri Walsh appeared in the twelfth season of Hell's Kitchen where she gave the team challenge winner a private volleyball lesson.

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22.

Kerri Walsh's swapped places with Tami Roman from the television show Basketball Wives.

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23.

In 2005, Kerri Walsh married fellow American pro beach-volleyball player Casey Jennings.

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24.

Kerri Walsh was five weeks pregnant during the 2012 London Summer Olympics.

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