“It is something that I get to share with daughter and my son.”, “It was a dream come true,” said Rogers, who earned more than $2 million with partner Phil Dalhausser, winning 42 tournaments and a gold medal in Beijing.. “Everyone wants to be a pro athlete and I got to be a pro athlete on the beach.”, “Being inducted tonight is a nice complement to what I accomplished,” said Rogers, who coached Cal Poly San Luis Obispo’s womens team to a national championship this year. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer), Jennifer Kessy is joined on stage by her daughter Aila, 5, during her induction into the California Beach Volleyball Association’s Hall of Fame at the Hermosa Beach Community Theater on Saturday, November 16, 2019. Todd Rogers is the 2019 inductee of the California Beach Volleyball Association’s Hall of Fame at the Hermosa Beach Community Theater on Saturday, November 16, … — an introduction from Chris “Geeter” McGee. “Volleyball has been my whole life I started playing it as a little kid,” he said. Rosenthal, Amanda Dowdy and Miles Evans after receiving their awards at the California Beach Volleyball Association’s Hall of Fame induction ceremony at the Hermosa Beach Community Theater on Saturday, November 16, 2019. COACHINGRogers was the assistant men's volleyball coach at UC Santa Barbara from 2000 and 2005. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer), Mark Paaluhi, right, hangs out with Gene Popko and Gary Hooper, left, before the 9th annual induction ceremony of the California Beach Volleyball Association’s Hall of Fame at the Hermosa Beach Community Theater on Saturday, November 16, 2019. 7 hours ago, - Rogers and his partner Dalhausser won the 2008 Beijing Olympics Gold Medal in Men's Beach Volleyball, topping off a year that saw them win nearly every tournament they entered. Post was not sent - check your email addresses!
Jennifer Kessy is joined on stage by her daughter Aila, 5, during her induction into the California Beach Volleyball Association’s Hall of Fame at the Hermosa Beach Community Theater on Saturday, November 16, 2019. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. “It’s awesome to come back tonight and see some of the guys that are older me,” said Smith with a wry smile, “but now I’m one of the old guys.”, Smith said the evening helped create a bridge between the sport’s fledgling days and its current success, calling it “a great opportunity for the young guys to see some of the players that came before them and appreciate what they did for the sport of beach volleyball.”. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer), Todd Rogers is the 2019 inductee of the California Beach Volleyball Association’s Hall of Fame at the Hermosa Beach Community Theater on Saturday, November 16, 2019. Philip “Phil” Peter Dalhausser is an American professional Texas looked ready for the postseason. It took him all of four seasons to lead the Mustangs to previously uncharted ground. HERMOSA BEACH, Calif. – Before Todd Rogers and Jen Kessy would be inducted into the California Beach Volleyball Association’s hall of fame on Saturday night, and before 1970s beach standout Tom Chamales and the legendary photographer Bob Van Wagner would be honored as well, there was — and how could there not be? Be the first to know about our upcoming events. Get one or all of these great volleyball items: You have entered an incorrect email address! Attend one of the upcoming Beach Nation events. The CBVA also honored Tom Chamales, inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2008, and 92-year old Bob Van Wagner, famed for his photography of the fledgling beach volleyball scene as far back as the early 1970s. Nice article Travis. It’s an Rx for fitness, AVP: Trevor Crabb, Reid Priddy team up for first time, emerge as Manhattan Beach Open champs, AVP: Canadian team of Sarah Pavan and Melissa Humana-Paredes win Manhattan Beach Open. “Gosh,” Kessy said when accepting her award. “I was so healthy and happy. You love volleyball and you know how important our free coverage of our sport is to you. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer), Kelly Olin and her son Jack, 4, present Jennifer Kessy for her induction into the California Beach Volleyball Association’s Hall of Fame at the Hermosa Beach Community Theater on Saturday, November 16, 2019. “I thought to myself about it and it made me smile and feel very proud.”, Injuries cut Chamales’ career short, but he still has fond memories. One does not simply win eight Defensive Player of the Year awards, 2006 AVP MVP, 78 titles and two Olympic berths on accident. But now he is, quite literally, a professor of the game, the head coach of the beach program at Cal Poly. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer), Junior awardees pose on stage at the California Beach Volleyball Association’s Hall of Fame induction ceremony at the Hermosa Beach Community Theater on Saturday, November 16, 2019.