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Summer Ross:
 
Summer Ross
United States  
 
Vital Statistics
 

Photo: Ed Chan
Birth Date December 20, 1992 (31 years old)
Home Town San Diego, CA
Resides Fort Worth, TX
Height 6'1"
College Washington/Pepperdine
  Best Finish Winnings
United States 1st (6 times) $167,038
   AVP 1st (5 times) $165,138
   NVL 1st $1,000
   Pro Beach 9th $900
   USAV IDQ 3rd (2 times) $0
International 1st (3 times) $252,600
   FIVB 1st $252,600
   FIVB AGWC 1st (2 times) $0
NORCECA 1st (2 times) $5,475
   NORCECA 1st (2 times) $5,475
Other 5th $625
   Other 5th $625
Overall 1st (11 times) $425,738
 
Bio Bits

Beach Bits:
• In 2010 Ross became the first player to win both the FIVB Junior (U19) and Youth (U21) World Championships in a single season.
• Ross and Natalie Hagglund, ages 16 and 17 respectively, became the youngest team to ever qualify for an AVP main draw when they did so at the 2009 Manhattan Beach Open (since eclipsed).
• In 2008 Ross and Jane Croson became the youngest team ever to compete at the FIVB Youth Championships.
• In 2011 at the age of 19 Ross played in her first FIVB World Tour event, losing in the country quota. Since then she has qualified in all six of the times she has had to play in the qualifier.
• In September 2012 Ross partnered with Emily Day for the first time in the World University Games in Brazil and went undefeated in winning the title. In November 2012, the pair played together in a NORCECA event for the first time and the duo won. And in September 2013 they competed in their first AVP event as partners and went undefeated.

2019: Ross played two AVP events with Summer Ross, finishing third both times. Ross did not meet the minimum qualifying standards for the stats leaders, but finished with an average of 1.50 blocks per set, 8.23 kills per set, and a .430 hitting percentage. The duo also competed in nine FIVB tournaments, highlighted with a bronze medal and fourth-place finish in four-star events in China.
2018: Ross and Sara Hughes played four AVP tournaments together, reaching the finals each time and winning twice. The pair won its first 14 matches to begin its domestic partnership. Ross led the Tour in blocks (1.27 per set) and kills (9.34 per set) while being second in hitting percentage (.510). On the FIVB Tour Ross played three times with Brooke Sweat, winning a bronze in a three-star and a Major event. Ross played 10 international events with Hughes, winning a gold and a bronze in four-star events.
2017: Ross and Brooke Sweat teamed up and played four AVP events together, winning once and finishing second twice. Ross finished the year ranked second in kills (7.74 per set), fourth in hitting percentage (.468), fifth in aces (0.93 per set) and sixth in blocks (1.00 per set). Ross and Sweat played eight FIVB tournaments together, winning one silver and placing fourth in another event.
2016: Ross and Lane Carico played six AVP events together, winning once, finishing second twice, and placing third three times. Ross was third on the Tour in blocks (1.01 per set). Internationally the duo played 13 times on the FIVB Tour, with a best of fifth.
2015: Ross formed a partnership with Lane Carico and in their first AVP tournament together they placed second. The duo was third in their other two domestic events together. Ross was third on the Tour in kills (6.90 per set) and hitting percentage (.459), and fourth in blocks (1.08 per set). Internationally, Ross played six times with Jennifer Fopma, with a best of fifth. Ross and Carico also played six FIVB events together, with a best of fifth twice.
2014: Ross and Day advanced to the semifinals in four of the seven AVP tournaments, with a best of second. Ross was eighth in hitting percentage (.422) and ninth in kills per game (6.58). The duo played 10 FIVB events, with a best of fifth and finished the season as the second highest ranked team from the U.S.
2013: Ross teamed with Emily Day for the first time on the AVP and the duo became the first ever team to go through the qualifier and win the event. They reached the championship match in each of their first three AVP events, with three different outcomes. They won, then placed second, then tied for second as the finals in St. Petersburg never occurred due to weather. They ended the season with two third-place finishes. On the FIVB Tour, Ross played once with both Brittany Hochevar and Kelly Schumacher. She partnered with Day in seven FIVB tournaments, placing 17th in the World Championships in Stare Jablonki and concluding the season with a silver medal in Phuket.
2012: Ross played in three FIVB opens with three different partners, playing in the main draw each time. Ross had two best finishes of 17th, with Nicole Branagh in the Berlin Grand Slam and with Hughes in the season finale in Thailand after advancing from the qualifier. Ross won two Norceca events, one with Emily Day and one with Tealle Hunkus. Domestically, Ross played four events with four different partners, with a best of ninth.
2011: Ross and Roenicke lost in the country quota of her first FIVB open tournament.
2010: Ross played in five AVP events with three different partners, advancing from the main draw in four of those with a best of 13th with Croson. In each of the main draws Ross lost to top-seeded Nicole Branagh and Misty May-Treanor. Ross won two FIVB youth events, the Youth World Championships with Croson and the Junior World Championships with Roenicke. In those two events Ross and her two partners won all 14 matches, dropping only five sets.
2009: Ross and Natalie Hagglund advanced from the qualifier in the Manhattan Beach Open. Ross also played in one other AVP qualifier with Croson. Ross finished fifth in the U21 World Championships with Jazmin Machado. Ross and Tara Roenicke won the gold medal at the Australian Youth Olympic Festival in Sydney.
2008: Ross played an AVP qualifier with Caitlyn Murphy at the age of 15. Ross and Jane Croson finished ninth in the FIVB Junior (U21) World Championships in Great Britain.

College: Ross started her indoor career as an outside hitter at the University of Washington. She transferred to Pepperdine and won the first ever AVCA Collegiate Sand Volleyball National Pairs Championship with Caitlin Racich in 2012.

Personal: Ross has a brother, Chase, who also competed at the FIVB Youth World Championships in 2008 and 2009.
 
 
Awards
 
  • USAV Women's Beach Player of the Year 2010, 2018
 
Career Summary
 
United States
Season Assoc Played 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 9th Money Points Rank 13th 17th 21st 25th 33rd 41st 49th 53rd 57th CQ
2008 AVP 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $0.00 6.0 200th 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
2009 AVP 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $62.50 74.0 180th 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
2009 USAV IDQ 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 $0.00     0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2010 AVP 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,450.00 376.0 56th 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
2011 USAV IDQ 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 $0.00 0.0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2012 Pro Beach 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 $900.00 230.0   0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2012 USAV IDQ 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 $0.00     0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2013 AVP 5 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 $26,750.00 1,262.5 12th 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2013 NVL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,000.00 180.0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2014 AVP 7 0 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 $23,700.00 1,805.0 5th 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Season Assoc Played 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 9th Money Points Rank 13th 17th 21st 25th 33rd 41st 49th 53rd 57th CQ
2015 AVP 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 $12,750.00 860.0 22nd 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2016 AVP 6 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 $31,250.00 1,825.0 1st 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2017 AVP 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 $24,600.00 1,631.0 15th 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2018 AVP 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 $33,875.00 1,476.0 13th 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2019 AVP 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 $10,700.00 972.0 50th 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total
(Rank)
  47
(183rd)
6
(38th)
10 14 0 4 0 0 2 $167,037.50
(46th)
10,697.5   1 3 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 0
 
International
Season Assoc Played 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 9th Money Points Rank 13th 17th 21st 25th 33rd 41st 49th 53rd 57th CQ
2008 FIVB AGWC 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 $0.00     0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 FIVB AGWC 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 $0.00     0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2010 FIVB AGWC 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $0.00 0.0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2011 FIVB 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $0.00     0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2012 FIVB AGWC 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 $0.00     0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2012 FIVB 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $5,700.00 180.0 102nd 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2013 FIVB 9 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 $34,650.00 1,765.0 38th 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2014 FIVB 10 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 $45,000.00 1,400.0 48th 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2015 FIVB 12 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 $18,262.50 1,210.0 56th 0 3 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
2016 FIVB 13 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 $24,487.50 1,400.0 46th 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
Season Assoc Played 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 9th Money Points Rank 13th 17th 21st 25th 33rd 41st 49th 53rd 57th CQ
2017 FIVB 8 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 $38,000.00 1,350.0 16th 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2018 FIVB 13 1 0 3 0 3 0 1 2 $58,000.00 3,200.0 1st 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2019 FIVB 9 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 $27,500.00 2,040.0 60th 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2020 FIVB 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 $1,000.00 150.0 96th 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total
(Rank)
  85
(124th)
3
(70th)
2 4 4 16 0 1 19 $252,600.00
(88th)
12,695.0   0 23 0 6 2 3 0 0 0 2
 
 
 
NORCECA
Season Assoc Played 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 9th Money Points Rank 13th 17th 21st 25th 33rd 41st 49th 53rd 57th CQ
2010 NORCECA 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 $150.00 50.0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2012 NORCECA 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 $2,850.00 200.0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2013 NORCECA 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 $1,425.00     0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2016 NORCECA 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,050.00 90.0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total
(Rank)
  7
(130th)
2
(36th)
3 1 0 0 1 0 0 $5,475.00
(41st)
340.0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 
Overall
Total
(Rank)
  140
(90th)
11
(56th)
15 19 4 21 1 1 21 $425,737.50
(75th)
23,732.5   1 26 1 8 2 4 1 1 1 2
 
Red denotes ranked 1st
 
Victory List
 
Victory Date Assoc Location Partner Seed Winnings
1 8/1/2010 FIVB AGWC Porto Jane Croson 3  
2 9/19/2010 FIVB AGWC Alanya Tara Roenicke 4  
3 11/18/2012 NORCECA Toco Emily Capers   $850
4 12/2/2012 NORCECA Oranjestad Tealle Hunkus 2 $1,500
5 6/23/2013 NVL Dallas Morgan Miller 1 $1,000
6 9/2/2013 AVP Cincinnati Emily Capers 14 $7,500
7 6/5/2016 AVP Seattle Lane Carico 2 $7,500
8 6/25/2017 AVP Seattle Brooke Sweat 2 $7,500
9 6/10/2018 AVP New York Sara Hughes 1 $10,000
10 7/29/2018 AVP Hermosa Beach Sara Hughes 1 $7,500
Victory Date Assoc Location Partner Seed Winnings
11 8/12/2018 FIVB Moscow Sara Hughes 9 $10,000
 

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