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April Ross Biography

Birth Name:
April Elizabeth Ross
Birth Place:
Costa Mesa, California, United States
Profession
Volleyball player

Fast Facts

  • Won the Association of Volleyball Professionals (AVP) and International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Rookie of the Year Awards in consecutive seasons (2006, 2007)
  • Named All-America all four seasons at USC
  • Was a member of the U
  • S
  • National Junior Volleyball team
  • From 2008 to 2010, she and her volleyball partner, Jen Kessy, played for a medal in 17 of their 20 FIVB events Along with Kessy, won the 2011 FIVB Grand Slam Stavanger; they took the same event gold medal in 2007
  • Along with partner Kessy, won the silver medal at the 2012 Olympics in London, losing to her future partner, Kerri Walsh Jennings, and Misty May-Treanor
  • Named the 2015 USA Women's Beach Volleyball Player of the Year, for the third-straight year
  • Won bronze, partnered with Walsh Jennings, at the 2016 Olympics in Rio

Relationships

  • Glenn Ross -- Father
  • Brad Keenan -- Husband
  • Margie Ross -- Mother
  • Amy Ross -- Sister
  • Lynda -- Stepmother