Dariam Acevedo

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Dariam Acevedo
Personal information
Full nameDariam Acevedo Santiago
NationalityPuerto Rican
Born (1984-12-15) December 15, 1984 (age 39)
Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico
HometownTrujillo Alto
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Beach volleyball information
Current teammate
YearsTeammate
2009 Yarleen Santiago
Honours
Women's beach volleyball
Representing Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2009 Montelimar Beach
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2009 Jamaica Beach

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]

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Acevedo 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

Acevedo also plays indoor volleyball with the national team [9] and currently professionally with Mets de Guaynabo from Liga de Voleibol Superior Femenino. [10] [11] She participated at the 2002 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship in Germany. [12]

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Awards

College

National Team

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References

  1. ↑ "Poder, respesto y un toque de belleza exótica" (in Spanish). Primera Hora. Retrieved 2009-11-07.
  2. ↑ "Dariam Acevedo profile". Volleyball Magazine. Archived from the original on 2013-09-28. Retrieved 2013-09-25.
  3. ↑ nacion.com. "Ticas de plata en la final del Norceca" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2009-11-07. Retrieved 2009-10-07.
  4. ↑ ArkansasRazorbacks.com. "Former Razorback wins NORCECA title". Archived from the original on 2012-10-02. Retrieved 2009-11-07.
  5. ↑ Texas Longhorns. "2006 Volleyball Roster". Archived from the original on 2010-01-14. Retrieved 2009-11-07.
  6. ↑ Texas Longhorns. "The A team: Dariam Acevedo". Archived from the original on 2011-06-11. Retrieved 2009-11-07.
  7. ↑ Texas Longhorns. "Volleyball places three players on Academic All-Big 12 team". Archived from the original on 2011-06-11. Retrieved 2009-11-07.
  8. ↑ Texas Longhorns. "Texas Volleyball History: Honor Roll". Archived from the original on 2011-06-11. Retrieved 2009-11-07.
  9. ↑ Terra Mexico. "P.Rico llevará misma escuadra de Copa Panamericana a Juegos Panamericanos" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2012-02-23. Retrieved 2009-11-07.
  10. ↑ Gigantes de Carolina. "Rita Liliom guió a Las Gigantes" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on March 1, 2012. Retrieved 2009-11-07.
  11. ↑ Wapa TV. "Leonas ganan primer partido de voleibol" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2009-11-07.
  12. ↑ "Team Rosters". www.fivb.ch. Archived from the original on 2016-03-20. Retrieved 2017-08-12.
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