Overall Pro Beach Volleyball Earnings - United States Players
(Through November 4, 2001)

Elaine Youngs (Durango, Colo.), Barbra Fontana (Manhattan Beach, Calif.) and
Kevin Wong (Pearl City, Hi.) topped $100,000 in
combined domestic and international earnings this season.

A total of 193 players from the United States have earned money ($1,891,090)
while competing in 45 pro beach volleyball events in 2001.

Player, Gender, Overall Earnings
1. Elaine Youngs, Female, $137,275
2. Barbra Fontana, Female, $124,150
3. Kevin Wong, Male, $101,050
4. Holly McPeak, Female, $ 91,900
5. Stein Metzger, Male, $ 91,050
6. Lisa Arce, Female, $ 86,213
7. Kerri Walsh, Female, $ 64,875
8. Misty May, Female, $ 62,875
9. Eric Fonoimoana, Male, $ 55,475
10. Dax Holdren, Male, $ 52,410
11. Todd Rogers, Male, $ 50,410
12. Dain Blanton, Male, $ 39,700
13. Liz Masakayan, Female, $ 46,535
14. Dianne DeNecochea, Female, $ 41,460
15. Mike Whitmarsh, Male, $ 39,380
16. Canyon Ceman, Male, $ 30,130
17. Rob Heidger, Male, $ 28,500
18. Brent Doble, Male, $ 28,150
19. Danalee Bragado, Female, $ 25,250
20. Leanne Schuster, Female, $ 21,710
21. Carl Henkel, Male, $ 21,373
22. Albert Hannemann, Male, $ 21,125
23. Sean Scott, Male, $ 21,125
24. Sinjin Smith, Male, $ 21,113
25. Lee LeGrande, Male, $ 20,500
26. Sarah Straton, Female, $ 20,475
27. Ali Wood, Female, $ 20,150
28. Wendy Stammer, Female, $ 19,505
29. Linda Hanley, Female, $ 17,225
30. Scott Ayakatubby, Male, $ 16,625
31. Colin Smith, Male, $ 16,538
32. Eduardo Bacil, Male, $ 15,725
33. Carrie Busch, Female, $ 15,523
34. Rachel Wacholder, Female, $ 15,460
35. Jennifer Meredith, Female, $ 15,018
36. Aaron Boss, Male, $ 14,650
37. Nancy Mason, Female, $ 14,460
38. Chip McCaw, Male, $ 13,815
39. Adam Jewell, Male, $ 12,400
40. Ian Clark, Male, $ 10,400

FIVB Earnings
The final FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour stop is a men's event is November
27-December 2 in Vitoria, Brazil (Gold Medals).

2001 FIVB Men's TEAM Money Leaders (15 events)
1. Mariano Baracetti/Martin Conde, Argentina (3), $201,500
2. Emanuel Rego/Tande Ramos, Brazil (4), $200,750
3. Ricardo Santos/Jose Loiola, Brazil (2), $162,000
4. Martin Laciga/Paul Laciga, Switzerland, $138,000
5. Stein Metzger/Kevin Wong, United States (1), $110,500
6. Jorre Kjemperud/Vegard Hoidalen, Norway, $ 83,000
7. Julien Prosser/Lee Zahner. Australia (1), $ 77,500
8. Sergey Ermishin/Mikhail Kouchnerev, Russia, $ 74,500
9. Dain Blanton/Eric Fonoimoana, United States, $ 60,750
10. Pará Ferreira/Zé Marco de Melo, Brazil, $ 59,250
11. Stefan Kobel/Patrick Heuscher, Switzerland, $ 56,350
12. John Child/Mark Heese, Canada, $ 54,750
13. Joshua Slack/Jarrod Novosel, Australia, $ 44,750
14. Jody Holden/Conrad Leinemann, Canada, $ 44,250
15. Bjorn Berg/Simon Dahl, Sweden, $ 43,250
16. Niklos Berger/Oliver Stamm, Austria, $ 42,500
17. Dax Holdren, Todd Rogers, United States, $ 38,000
18. Jorg Ahmann/Axel Hager, Germany, $ 34,750
19. Roberto Lopes/Franco Neto, Brazil, $ 34,500
20. Carl Henkel/Sinjin Smith, United States, $ 33,250
20. Javier Bosma/Antonio Cotrino, Spain, $ 33,250
22. Joao Brenha/Luis Maia, Portugal, $ 33,000
23. Bjorn Maaseide/Iver Horrem, Norway, $ 31,250

2001 FIVB Women's TEAM Money Leaders (14 events)
1. Adriana Behar/Shelda Bede, Brazil (7), $305,000
2. Barbra Fontana/Elaine Youngs, United States (2), $177,500
3. Sandra Pires/Tatiana Minello, Brazil (1), $174,000
4. Kerri Pottharst/Natalie Cook, Australia, (1), $127,250
5. Misty May/Kerri Walsh, United States (1), $119,000
6. Lisa Arce/Holly McPeak, United States, $ 97,750
7. Daxilia Larrea Peraza/Tamara Fernandez Grosset, Cuba,$81,750
8. Zi Xiong/Rong Chi, China (1), $ 72,500
9. Jackie Silva/Claudia Costa, Brazil, $ 59,500
10. Eva Celbova/Sona Dosoudilova, Czech Republic, $ 57,000
11. Daniela Gattelli/Lucilla Perrotta, Italy, $ 56,000
12. Vassiliki Karadassiou/Efrosyni Sfyri, Greece, $ 54,100
13. Tian Jia/Wang Fei, China, $ 49,150
14. Dianne DeNecochea/Liz Masakayan, United States, $ 47,500
15. Lina Yanchulova/Petia Yanchulova,Bulgaria, $ 45,750
16. Mayra Huerta/Teresa Galindo, Mexico, $ 45,250
17. Stephanie Pohl/Okka Rau, Germany, $ 45,250
18. Rebekka Kadijk/Marrit Leenstra, Netherlands, $ 42,250
19. Laura Bruschini/Annamaria Solazzi, Italy, $ 42,000
20. Chiaki Kusuhara/Ryoko Tokuno, Japan, $ 39,250
21. Celina Garcia/Hilda Gaxiola, Mexico, $ 33,500
22. Danalee Bragado/Ali Wood, United States, $ 32,800
23. Susanne Glesnes/Kathrine Maaseide, Norway, $ 32,150

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