Emily Day

Emily 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 at Jamaica playing with Claire Robertson.[1][2]

Not to be confused with Emily S. Day.
Emily Day
Personal information
Nationality United States
Born (1987-08-09) August 9, 1987
Torrance, California, U.S.
HometownTorrance, California, U.S.
Height186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Beach volleyball information
Current teammate
Years Teammate
2015 Jennifer Kessy
Previous teammates
Years Teammate Tours (points)
2013–2014
?–?		 Summer Ross
Claire Robertson		 NVBL, AVP
Medal record
Women's beach volleyball
Representing the  United States
NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit
2009 Jamaica Beach
Universiade
2011 Shenzhen Beach

She studied at Loyola Marymount University where she got a degree in applied mathematics and 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

College
  • 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
  • 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

References
  1. NORCECA. "USA wins women's beach in Jamaica". Retrieved 2009-10-24.
  2. USA Volleyball. "U.S. Women's Beach Team Wins in Jamaica". Retrieved 2009-10-24.
  3. 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.
  4. College Sports Information Directors of America. "2008 Academic All-District Volleyball Team" (PDF). Retrieved 2009-10-25.
  5. "Olympic Silver Medalist Jennifer Kessy Announces Return to AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tour Partnership with Rising Star Emily Day". AVP. November 18, 2014.
  6. "New Orleans Open Results". AVP. April 24, 2014.
  7. Blint-Welsh, Tyler (August 20, 2017). "Emily Day and Brittany Hochevar capture second straight Manhattan Beach Open title". Los Angeles Times.
  8. "Emily Day, Brittany Hochevar win Huntington Beach Open". ESPN. May 8, 2017.
  9. Morales, Robert (July 24, 2017). "Emily Day, Brittany Hochevar dominate to win AVP Hermosa Beach Open final". Los Angeles Daily News.
  10. "USAV Profile: Emily Day". teamusa.org/usa-volleyball/. Retrieved November 6, 2017.
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