Emily Capers (née Day born August 9, 1987, in Torrance, California) is a female beach volleyball player from the United States who won the gold medal at the NORCECA Circuit 2009 in Jamaica playing with Claire Robertson.[1][2]
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| Nationality |  United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | Emily Day August 9, 1987 Torrance, California, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hometown | Torrance, California, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 186 cm (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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She studied at Loyola Marymount University where she got a degree in applied mathematics with a minor in Business Administration, receiving as a student athlete the awards of All Tournament and MVP at the 2008 Four Points Sheraton Classic, All Tournament at the "MCM Elegante Lobo Classic", "Academic All-District team", 2008 All Conference First Team and All Academic.[3][4]
She partnered with Jennifer Kessy to start the 2015 AVP season.[5][6]
Awards
editCollege
edit- 2008 MCM Elegante Lobo Classic All Tournament
- 2008 Four Points Sheraton Classic All Tournament/MVP
- 2008 Collegiate Volleyball Update's Stellar Spikers Honorable Mention
- 2008 West Coast Conference All Academic Team
- 2008 All West Coast Conference First Team
- 2008 CoSIDA Academic All-District Third Team
- 2007 West Coast Conference All Academic Team
- 2007 All West Coast Conference First Team
- 2006 Hilton Phoenix/East Mesa Sun Devil Classic All Tournament
- 2006 West Coast Conference All Academic Team
- 2006 All West Coast Conference Honorable Mention
- 2005 Freshman All West Coast Conference First Team
AVP Pro Tour
edit- AVP Pro Tour Young Guns Manhattan Beach 2009
Gold Medal - AVP Pro Tour Young Guns Long Beach 2009
Silver Medal - AVP Pro Tour Champion Cincinnati Open 2013
- AVP Pro Tour Champion St. Petersburg Open (title split with opposing team Jenn Kessy/April Ross after cancellation due to weather)
- AVP Most Improved Player 2013
- AVP Pro Tour Manhattan Beach Open 2016, 2017 Gold Medal[7]
- AVP Pro Tour Huntington Beach Open 2017 Gold Medal[8]
- AVP Pro Tour Hermosa Beach Open 2017 Gold Medal[9]
- AVP Team of the Year 2017 (with Brittany Hochevar)
National Team
edit- NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit Jamaica 2009 Gold Medal
- FIVB Phuket Open 2013 Silver Medal
- USAV Beach Team of the Year 2011 (with Heather McGuire)[10]
References
edit- ^ NORCECA. "USA wins women's beach in Jamaica". Retrieved 2009-10-24.[permanent dead link]
- ^ USA Volleyball. "U.S. Women's Beach Team Wins in Jamaica". Archived from the original on 2012-07-21. Retrieved 2009-10-24.
- ^ West Coast Conference. "West Coast Countdown: Young Lions Eager to Return to Top of WCC". Archived from the original on 2013-01-21. Retrieved 2009-10-25.
- ^ College Sports Information Directors of America. "2008 Academic All-District Volleyball Team" (PDF). Retrieved 2009-10-25.
- ^ "Olympic Silver Medalist Jennifer Kessy Announces Return to AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tour Partnership with Rising Star Emily Day". AVP. November 18, 2014.
- ^ "New Orleans Open Results". AVP. April 24, 2014.
- ^ Blint-Welsh, Tyler (August 20, 2017). "Emily Day and Brittany Hochevar capture second straight Manhattan Beach Open title". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ "Emily Day, Brittany Hochevar win Huntington Beach Open". ESPN. May 8, 2017.
- ^ Morales, Robert (July 24, 2017). "Emily Day, Brittany Hochevar dominate to win AVP Hermosa Beach Open final". Los Angeles Daily News.
- ^ "USAV Profile: Emily Day". teamusa.org/usa-volleyball/. Archived from the original on November 27, 2014. Retrieved November 6, 2017.
External links
edit- LMU Profile at the Wayback Machine (archived December 27, 2010)
- Emily Day at the Association of Volleyball Professionals
- Emily Day at FIVB beach volleyball database
- Emily Day at Beach Volleyball Database
- Emily Day at Team USA (archived)
