Lauren Fendrick

Last updated
Lauren Fendrick
Lauren Fendrick (USA).jpg
Fendrick in 2016
Personal information
Nationality American
Born (1982-03-20) March 20, 1982 (age 41)
San Diego, California, U.S.
Hometown Carlsbad, California, U.S.
Height6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight165 lb (75 kg)
College / UniversityUCLA
Beach volleyball information
Current teammate
YearsTeammate
2017 April Ross
Previous teammates
YearsTeammate
2014-2016
2013
2010-12
2008-10		 Brooke Sweat
Brittany Hochevar
Brooke Niles
Ashley Ivy
Medal record
Women's beach volleyball
Representing the Flag of the United States.svg  United States
FIVB World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 Vienna Beach

Lauren Fendrick (born March 20, 1982) is an American beach volleyball player. She competed in beach volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics with teammate Brooke Sweat. In 2017, Fendrick and new teammate April Ross placed second at the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships.

Contents

Early life and education

Fendrick was born March 20, 1982 in San Diego, California. [1] She grew up in Carlsbad, California. [2] From a young age she showed an interest in sports, competing in basketball, tennis, volleyball, and softball. [3]

Fendrick attended UCLA and graduated with magna cum laude with a degree in communication studies. [1] She then went on to study law at University of Southern California graduating in 2010. Fendrick passed the bar, [1] but as of 2016 does not practice law. [3]

Volleyball career

Fendrick played indoor volleyball at UCLA from 1999-2002 where she led the team in kills her last two seasons. During her time playing for UCLA, Fendrick was honored as a 2002 U.S. Volleyball Association (USVBA) All-American. [4]

Following her time at UCLA, Fendrick joined the AVP tour as a beach volleyball player. [4] In 2014, she teamed with Brooke Sweat. The pair qualified with the U.S. Olympic Beach Volleyball Team to compete in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio. Sweat and Fendrick qualified as the second team for the United States, ranked below Kerri Walsh-Jennings and her partner April Ross, by ranking as one of the top seventeen teams in the world. [2] At the Olympics, Fendrick and Sweat finished in last place for Pool A, eliminating them from the tournament. [5]

In spring 2017, Fendrick partnered with Ross for the upcoming volleyball season. The pair finished second at the 2017 world beach volleyball championships in Vienna, Austria. The finish made Ross and Fendrick the first U.S. team, female or male, to medal at the event since 2011. [6]

Fendrick temporarily teamed with Nicole Branagh in 2018 while Branagh's partner, Walsh-Jennings, recovered from injury. [7] In May 2018, Fendrick entered the Association of Volleyball Professionals in Austin, Texas with Loyola Marymount collegiate athlete Sarah Sponcil. [8] After taking a break from volleyball in 2019 for the birth of her first child, Fendrick returned to competition with partner Sara Hughes with the aim of earning a spot in the 2020 Summer Olympics. [9]

Personal life

She married volleyball coach Andrew Fuller in February 2013. [1] [3] In June 2019, Fendrick gave birth to her first child, a daughter. [10]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kerri Walsh Jennings</span> American professional beach volleyball player

Kerri Lee Walsh Jennings is an American professional beach volleyball player, three-time Olympic gold medalist, and a one-time Olympic bronze medalist. She is the beach volleyball leader in career victories as of 2016 having won 135 international and domestic tournaments.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Misty May-Treanor</span> American beach volleyball player (born 1977)

Misty Elizabeth May-Treanor is a retired American professional beach volleyball player. She is a three-time Olympic gold medalist, and as of August 2012, was the most successful female beach volleyball player having won 112 tournaments in domestic and international competition.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Karch Kiraly</span> American volleyball player and coach

Charles Frederick " Karch" Kiraly is an American volleyball player, coach, and broadcast announcer. In the 1980s he was a central part of the U.S National Team that won gold medals at the 1984 and 1988 Olympic Games. He went on to win the gold medal again at the 1996 Olympic Games, the first Olympic competition to feature beach volleyball. He is the only player to have won Olympic medals of any color in both the indoor and beach volleyball categories. He played college volleyball for the UCLA Bruins, where his teams won three national championships under head coach Al Scates.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Holly McPeak</span> American beach volleyball player

Holly McPeak is a retired American indoor and beach volleyball player. McPeak was three-times an Olympian in beach volleyball. In the professional circuit, she garnered 72 career beach volleyball titles, with career earnings of $1.4 million USD. She is ranked third in titles won and second in career earnings for female professional beach volleyball players. She won a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics with partner Elaine Youngs. Though McPeak was considered short for a beach volleyball player at 5 feet 7 inches in height, she was one of the toughest players to beat on the tour.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Elaine Youngs</span> American beach volleyball player

Elaine Youngs is an American former professional volleyball player who competed both indoors and on the beach.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nicole Branagh</span> American volleyball player

Nicole Christine Branagh is an American volleyball player. She has represented the United States in international competition as a member of both the indoor and beach national teams. With partner Elaine Youngs, Branagh competed in the beach volleyball tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics, finishing fifth. She currently plays beach volleyball professionally as a right-side defender.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">April Ross</span> American beach volleyball player

April Elizabeth Ross is an American beach volleyball player and three-time Olympic medalist. She won a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics with Jennifer Kessy, a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics with Kerri Walsh Jennings, and a gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics with Alix Klineman. Ross and Kessy were also the 2009 Beach Volleyball World Champions.

Brooke Niles is a professional beach volleyball player from the United States. She plays on the FIVB World Tour and Top US Pro Tour. Niles played volleyball at the University of California-Santa Barbara. She is Team Captain of 2012 ksm beach.

Liz Masakayan is a championship athlete in both indoor and beach volleyball.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Summer Ross</span> American beach volleyball player (born 1992)

Summer Ross is an American beach volleyball player. She was the FIVB 2010 Youth Under-19 and Junior Under-21 world champion, the only player to win both titles in the same year and was named 2010 USA Volleyball Beach Female Athlete of the Year. As of 2018, her partner is Sara Hughes.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Alix Klineman</span> American volleyball player

Alexandra Rose "Alix" Klineman is an American beach volleyball, 2020 Summer Olympics gold medalist, and former indoor volleyball player.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kira Walkenhorst</span> German beach volleyball player

Kira Katharina Walkenhorst is a retired German beach volleyball player who played as a blocker. She has an older brother Alexander Walkenhorst who is a professional beach volleyball player and a younger sister Pia Walkenhorst who also plays beach volleyball.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sarah Pavan</span> Canadian volleyball and beach volleyball player

Sarah Lindsey Pavan is a Canadian beach volleyball and former indoor volleyball player. She was part of the Canada women's national volleyball team at the 2010 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship in Japan. With Melissa Humana-Paredes she won the women's gold medal at the 2019 Beach Volleyball World Championships.

Brittany Hochevar is an American female volleyball and beach volleyball player.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jennifer Fopma</span> American beach volleyball player

Jennifer Fopma is an international level beach volleyball player of the United States.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Brooke Sweat</span> American beach volleyball player

Brooke Sweat is an American professional beach volleyball player, specializing as a defender. She started her career in 2007 with the AVP tours. Sweat had her best ever international (FIVB) finish with her then-partner Jennifer Fopma, when they placed third at the 2013 Berlin Grand Slam.

Megan Norma McNamara is a Canadian beach volleyball player. Along with her twin sister, Nicole McNamara, Megan has competed in many beach volleyball events around the world. From the fall of 2015 until the spring of 2019, Megan competed collegiately for the UCLA Bruins, leading the team to its first Pac-12 and NCAA titles in the sport during the 2018 season, and a second NCAA championship in the 2019 season.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nicole McNamara</span> Canadian beach volleyball player (born 1997)

Nicole Carol McNamara is a Canadian beach volleyball player. Along with her twin sister, Megan McNamara, Nicole has competed in many beach volleyball events around the world. From the fall of 2015 until the spring of 2019, Megan competed collegiately for the UCLA Bruins, leading the team to its first Pac-12 and NCAA titles in the sport during the 2018 season, and a second NCAA championship in the 2019 season.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sara Hughes</span> American beach volleyball player

Sara Elizabeth Hughes is an American beach volleyball player. With teammate Summer Ross, she achieved a career-high world ranking of No. 9 in August 2018. Hughes has won three tournaments on the AVP Pro Tour, two gold and three bronze medals on the FIVB World Tour, and one gold medal on the FIVB Pro Beach Tour.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sarah Sponcil</span> American beach volleyball player

Sarah Marie Sponcil is an American beach volleyball player. Sarah competed for the USA Volleyball Beach National Team in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Sarah and partner Kelly Claes tied for 9th in their debut Olympics. At 24 and 25, Sponcil and Claes, respectively, were the youngest beach volleyball team to represent the USA since its inception as an Olympic sport in 1996.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Lauren Fendrick Volleyball". Team USA. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
  2. 1 2 Soffian, Seth (10 June 2016). "Pride for Southwest Florida Olympian Brooke Sweat". news-press.com. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 Waltemeyer, Carrie. "Who is... Lauren Fendrick". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
  4. 1 2 "Alum Fendrick to Compete in Olympics". UCLA Bruins. 12 June 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
  5. ↑ Scott, Nate (2016-08-11). "U.S. women's beach volleyball team eliminated from Rio tournament". USA Today. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
  6. ↑ OlympicTalk (August 5, 2017). "April Ross, Lauren Fendrick take surprise silver at beach volleyball worlds". OlympicTalk. Retrieved August 12, 2017.
  7. ↑ "News - Fendrick and Branagh out to make memories in Fort Lauderdale". fivb.com. February 23, 2018. Retrieved August 17, 2018.
  8. ↑ Hong, Joy (June 10, 2018). "Alum Lauren Fendrick mentors current Bruin, talks pro career in beach volleyball". dailybruin.com. Retrieved August 17, 2018.
  9. ↑ Luke, Steven (January 23, 2020). "Carlsbad's Lauren Fendrick Embarks On Postpartum Olympic Comeback". NBC 7 San Diego. Retrieved February 12, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ↑ Lawrence, Blythe (June 8, 2019). "Beach Volleyball Star Lauren Fendrick Welcomes First Child, Won't Defend World Silver Medal". teamusa.org/. Retrieved February 12, 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.