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| Full name | Summer Noel Ross | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | United States | ||||||||||||||||||
| Born | December 20, 1992 San Diego, CA, USA |
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| Hometown | San Diego, CA, USA | ||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Summer Noel Ross (born December 20, 1992) is an American volleyball player and FIVB 2010 Youth Under-19 and Junior Under-21 world champion, the only player to win both titles in the same year.[1] She was named 2010 USA Volleyball Beach Female Athlete of the Year.[2]
Summer is the daughter of Tony Ross, an airline pilot, and Kathy Ross. Her older brother Chase is a member of the men's volleyball team at Pepperdine University.[3]
Sports Illustrated featured Ross in its Faces in the Crowd section on the October 4, 2010 issue.[4]
Ross played on the University of Washington volleyball team during her freshman year in college.[5] On December 28, 2011, she announced she was transferring from Washington in order to pursue beach volleyball.[6]
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Despite her young age and amateur status, Ross qualified for the main draw at four of the five AVP tournaments she entered during the 2010 season, placing as high as 13th before the league folded.
Ross and teammate Natalie Hagglund, ages 16 and 17 at the time respectively, became the youngest team to ever qualify for an AVP main draw at the Manhattan Beach Open on July 17, 2009.[7]