The
30 Most Recognizable
Names In Volleyball
Editor's Note: Volleyball recently took a random sampling of readers,
coaches, players, media members and industry executives to find
out who they felt were the most recognizable names in the sport.
Each individual was asked to pick who they felt were the three most
recognizable names. Here are the results: |
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1
Karch Kiraly
Notable: 3-time Olympic gold medalist
Pct. of ballots appeared on: 71%
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2
Misty May-Treanor
Notable: 2004 Olympic gold medalist
Pct. of ballots appeared on: 50%
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3
Kerri Walsh
Notable: 2004 Olympic gold medalist
Pct. of ballots appeared on: 35% |
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4
Sinjin Smith
Notable: 139 career beach wins
5 Al
Scates
Notable: Legendary UCLA men’s coach
Tie 6 Doug
Beal
Notable: Current USA Volleyball CEO
Tie 6 Gabrielle
Reece
Notable: Former beach player/actress
8 Logan
Tom
Notable: Indoor great; 2-time Olympian
9 Holly
McPeak
Notable: 2004 Olympic bronze medalist
10 Andy
Banachowski
Notable: UCLA women’s coach
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Sinjin Smith |
Gabby Reece |
Andy Banachowski |
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11-30
11
Mike Lambert
(AVP men’s player)
12
Dave Shoji (Hawaii
women’s coach)
13
Flo Hyman (U.S.
women’s great)
14
Mary Wise (Florida
women’s coach)
15
Russ Rose (Penn
State women’s coach)
16
Chris Marlowe
(Olympic gold medalist, broadcaster)
17
Mike Dodd (1996
Olympic silver medalist)
18
Debbie Green-Vargas
(U.S. women’s great)
19
Ron Von Hagen
(beach great)
20
Dr. Ruben Acosta
(FIVB president)
21
Lang Ping (U.S.
women’s coach)
22
Elaine Youngs
(2004 Olympic bronze medalist)
23
Randy Stoklos
(beach great)
24
Lloy Ball (U.S.
men’s team setter)
25
Marv Dunphy
(legendary Pepperdine men’s coach)
26
Gene Selznick
(beach and indoor great)
27
Mick Haley (USC
women’s coach)
28
Terry Liskevych
(Olympic coach; Oregon St. women’s coach)
29
John Dunning
(Stanford women’s coach)
Tie 30
Ogonna Nnamani
(Stanford women’s great)
Tie 30
John Cook (Nebraska
women’s coach)
Mary Wise |
Lang Ping |
Lloy Ball |
Dr. Ruben Acosta (right) |
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Top 5's
All-Time Men’s
Players
1
Karch Kiraly
2 Sinjin Smith
3 Mike Lambert
4 Chris Marlowe
5 Mike Dodd
All-Time
Women’s Players
1
Misty May-Treanor
2 Kerri Walsh
3 Gabrielle Reece
4 Logan Tom
5 Holly McPeak
All-Time
Men’s Coaches
1
Al Scates
2 Doug Beal
3 Marv Dunphy
4 Carl McGown
5 Arnie Ball
All-Time
Women’s Coaches
1
Andy Banachowski
2 Dave Shoji
3 Mary Wise
4 Russ Rose
5 Lang Ping
Current
Men’s Players
1 Karch Kiraly
2 Mike Lambert
3 Giba (Brazil)
Note: No other current men’s player
appeared on two or more ballots
Current
Women’s Players
1
Misty May-Treanor
2 Kerri Walsh
3 Logan Tom
4 Holly McPeak
5 Ogonna Nnamani
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How Do You Spell That?
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Beach legend Karch Kiraly
was the runaway winner of the most recognizable name
voting. But voters had some interesting ways of spelling
his name. The most popular misspelling was Karch
Kiray, followed by: Karch Karily, Karcy
Kiraly, Karch Kirally, Karch Kirey, Karch Kilraly, Karch
Karaly, Karch Karai and Karck Kiraly. |
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