Dariam Acevedo
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| Full name | Dariam Acevedo Santiago | |||||||||||||||
| Nationality |
 Puerto Rico | |||||||||||||||
| Born |
December 15, 1984 Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico | |||||||||||||||
| Hometown | Trujillo Alto | |||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) | |||||||||||||||
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Dariam Acevedo Santiago[1] (born December 15, 1984 in Trujillo Alto)[2] is a female beach volleyball player from Puerto Rico who won the gold medal at the NORCECA Circuit 2009 at Montelimar, Nicaragua playing with Yarleen Santiago.[3][4]
She majored in kinesiology at University of Texas at Austin and played as outside hitter.[5] There she earned two times All Conference All Academic First team between 2004 and 2005[6] and All Conference All Academic Second Team in 2006.[7] She also won All Conference Honorable Mention in 2004, same year she won Conference newcomer of the Year. In 2005 she won CoSIDA Academic All-District All Academic.[8]
Indoor
Dariam also plays indoor volleyball with the national team[9] and currently professionally with Mets de Guaynabo from Liga de Voleibol Superior Femenino.[10][11]
Clubs
- Chicas de San Juan (1996–1999)
- Criollas de Caguas (2007–2008)
- Mets de Guaynabo (2009)
- Criollas de Caguas (2015
)
Awards
College
- 2004 All Conference Honorable Mention
- 2004 Conference Newcomer of the Year
- 2004-2005 All Conference "All Academic First Team"
- 2005 CoSIDA Academic All-District
- 2006 All Conference "All Academic Second Team"
National Team
- NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit Nicaragua 2009
Gold Medal - NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit Jamaica 2009
Silver Medal
References
- ↑ "Poder, respesto y un toque de belleza exótica" (in Spanish). Primera Hora. Retrieved 2009-11-07.
- ↑ "Dariam Acevedo profile". Volleyball Magazine. Retrieved 2013-09-25.
- ↑ nacion.com. "Ticas de plata en la final del Norceca" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2009-10-07.
- ↑ ArkansasRazorbacks.com. "Former Razorback wins NORCECA title". Retrieved 2009-11-07.
- ↑ Texas Longhorns. "2006 Volleyball Roster". Retrieved 2009-11-07.
- ↑ Texas Longhorns. "The A team: Dariam Acevedo". Retrieved 2009-11-07.
- ↑ Texas Longhorns. "Volleyball places three players on Academic All-Big 12 team". Retrieved 2009-11-07.
- ↑ Texas Longhorns. "Texas Volleyball History: Honor Roll". Retrieved 2009-11-07.
- ↑ Terra Mexico. "P.Rico llevará misma escuadra de Copa Panamericana a Juegos Panamericanos" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2009-11-07.
- ↑ Gigantes de Carolina. "Rita Liliom guió a Las Gigantes" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2009-11-07.
- ↑ Wapa TV. "Leonas ganan primer partido de voleibol" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2009-11-07.