Beth Van Fleet

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Beth Van Fleet
Personal information
Full nameBeth Van Fleet
NationalityFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Born (1977-06-27) June 27, 1977 (age 47)
Tampa, Florida, U.S.
Hometown San Diego, California, U.S.
Height185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Beach volleyball information
Current teammate
YearsTeammate
2009 Saralyn Smith
Medal record
Women's beach volleyball
Representing the Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2009 Guatemala Beach
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2009 Manzanillo Beach

Beth Van Fleet (born June 27, 1977 in Tampa, Florida) is a female beach volleyball player from the United States who won the silver medal at the NORCECA Circuit 2009 at Guatemala playing with Saralyn Smith. [1] [2]

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She also participated in the Association of Volleyball Professionals tournaments since 2003. There she ended up in the 9th position many times.

She played indoor volleyball in college with Georgia State where she received a marketing degree. With the Panthers she was two times "All Conference" Second Team and four times All Academic. [3]

Van Fleet has served as the head coach for the Georgia State Panthers beach volleyball team since 2013. [4] During her tenure at Georgia State she has lead the Sandy Panthers to 4 conference championships and 6 National Championship Tournament appearances. In the 2022 NCAA Tournament, Beth helped lead Georgia State to the largest upset in NCAA collegiate beach volleyball history when the #10 seeded Panthers defeated the #2 seeded TCU Horned Frogs in the second round. The victory pushed the Sandy Panthers all the way to the round of 6 and is the highest ranked win in Georgia State athletics history.

Awards

College

National Team

AVP

References

  1. Cayman Net News. "Volleyball team moves to sixth place" . Retrieved 2009-10-07.[ permanent dead link ]
  2. USA Volleyball. "U.S. Beach Teams Capture NORCECA Gold, Silver". Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-10-07.
  3. GSU Magazine. "Where are they now?" . Retrieved 2009-10-22.
  4. "Beach Volleyball Coaching Staff: Beth Van Fleet". georgiastatesports.com. Archived from the original on March 14, 2018. Retrieved March 13, 2018.

Head Coaching Record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Georgia State Panthers (Independent)(2013–2016)
2014Georgia State 14–5
2015Georgia State 18–3AVCA First Round
Georgia State Panthers (CCSA)(2016–2022)
2016Georgia State 25–76–43rdNCAA First Round
2017Georgia State 21–146–57th
2018Georgia State 24–129–96th
2019Georgia State 24–128–93rd
2020Georgia State 10–33–2
2021Georgia State 23–138–9
Georgia State Panthers (C-USA)(2022–2023)
2022Georgia State 28–135–33rd NCAA Final 6
Georgia State Panthers (Sun Belt)(2023–Present)
2023Georgia State 20–174–01st NCAA First Round
2024Georgia State 26–139–01st NCAA First Round
2025Georgia State 22–167–12nd NCAA First Round
Total:

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion