22 Facts About Summer Ross

Summer Ross was born on December 20,1992 and is an American beach volleyball player.

Summer Ross was the FIVB 2010 Youth Under-19 and Junior Under-21 world champion, the only player to win both titles in the same year and was named 2010 USA Volleyball Beach Female Athlete of the Year.

Summer Ross's older brother, Chase, was a member of the men's volleyball team at Pepperdine University.

Summer Ross began working with coaches from the USA Volleyball Beach Program in 2008.

Summer Ross had another fifth-place finish with teammate Jazmin Machado at the 2009 U21 World Championships.

Summer Ross's breakthrough came in 2010, when Ross and Croson won the U19 World Championships in August.

Summer Ross placed fourth at the U21 World Championships with Sara Hughes two years later.

Summer Ross was an active club indoor volleyball player and played for Carlsbad High School in her freshman and sophomore years.

Summer Ross graduated as valedictorian from Carlsbad Seaside Academy in 2011.

Summer Ross started in all of the team's 32 matches and led the Huskies in service aces.

Summer Ross transferred to Pepperdine University in 2012 in order to pursue NCAA beach volleyball as Washington did not have a team at the time.

Summer Ross was named a Division I Collegiate Beach All-American at the end of season.

Summer Ross made her Association of Volleyball Professionals debut at the $105K Long Beach Open in 2008, losing in the first round of the qualifiers.

In July 2012, Summer Ross competed with former Olympian, Nicole Branagh, at the Berlin Grand Slam, making her first main draw in an elite international tournament.

At the start of the 2013 World Tour, Summer Ross teamed up with Brittany Hochevar to finish 17th at the $146.4K Fuzhou Open.

Summer Ross switched partners to Emily Day in the middle of the year.

Later that month, Summer Ross left her previous partner Sweat to team up with Sara Hughes, who she previously played with in the 2012 U21 World Championships.

Hughes and Summer Ross won their first tournament as a team at the AVP New York Open in June 2018, as part of the 2018 AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tour.

Hughes and Summer Ross later won the 2018 AVP Hermosa Beach Open and the 2018 Moscow Open, the latter being their first FIVB gold medal.

Summer Ross is a blocker and specializes in playing on the left side of the court.

Summer Ross has been noted for her hand setting, a skill that is uncommon in the women's game.

Summer Ross possesses good ball control and a strong offensive game.