Timeline About Kerry Walsh By 20paigebra Aug 15, 1978 Kerri Walsh was born Apr 28, 1989 Started playing volleyball *no date Mar 28, 1996 Won NCAA titles at Stanford Jan 30, 1998 Player of the year May 5, 1999 she was named national co-player of the year Apr 28, 2000 begin playing for the U.S. indoor volleyball team at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, which finished fourth overall. Jun 4, 2000 Graduated Jul 13, 2001 Walsh teamed up on the sand with May Sep 8, 2002 ranked #5 in the world before reaching number one Oct 31, 2003 became AVP Dec 16, 2003 won 90 straight matches and all eight tournaments Mar 3, 2004 first American female to win gold medals in beach volleyball Apr 28, 2004 was MVP for the year Jun 7, 2005 won a world title Jul 29, 2006 won another world title Aug 8, 2008 competed in the Beijing Olympics and they became the first beach volleyball team to win back-to-back Olympic gold medals Aug 24, 2008 won Team of the Year with Misty May Sep 22, 2009 won the World Championship May 19, 2010 took first in NCAA Division Women’s Volleyball Championship Apr 28, 2011 Best Blocker and Most Inspirational player Nov 12, 2012 the pair won 21 consecutive Olympic matches only losing one set to Austria Jan 26, 2013 set the all-time record for tournament victories by a women’s beach player with 113 wins
