Karolyn Kirby
Chronology
1961 | Born in Brookline, Massachusetts |
1975 | Begins playing volleyball as a freshman in high school |
1977 | Plays on the junior Olympic team |
1979 | Attends Utah State University on a volleyball scholarship |
1983 | Transfers to University of Kentucky; named to the Olympic volleyball training team |
1984 | Named as an Olympic alternate |
1987 | Joins the Women's Professional Volleyball Association (WPVA) to play beach volleyball professionally |
1993-95 | Dominates the WPVA tour with partner Liz Masakayan |
1996 | Fails to make first official Olympic beach volleyball team after Masakayan sustains a knee injury |
2000 | Last season on tour |
2001 | Begins coaching |
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