Randy got his 100th career victory in Florida. But, Smith/Stoklos got
their 100th team win in Phoneix. This is according to bvbinfo.com.

http://www.bvbinfo.com/Player.asp?ID=128&Page=3


--- In kingofthekongclub@yahoogroups.com, "J. Chu <avp_bchbum@y...>"
<avp_bchbum@y...> wrote:
> Hello all... I noticed this awesome article on the bvbinfo.com
site.
> The article has some great photos of the guys working with
volleyball
> players in their clinic.
>
> I could have sworn that Smith/Stoklos got their 100th win in
Phoenix.
>
> Oh well, just thought you'd want to know how our guys are doing!
> Jocelyn
>
>
>
>
> http://starbulletin.com/2003/03/03/sports/story1.html
>
> Sons of the Beach
>
> With their playing careers
> behind them, the beach-volleyball
> legends are giving back
>
> By Grace Wen
> gwen@s...
>
> Even in retirement, it's not hard to convince Sinjin Smith and
Randy
> Stoklos to come back to the office.
>
> When the office you've known most of your life is the beach, it's
> easy to understand why they would linger.
>
> Smith and Stoklos are easily beach volleyball's most recognized
team.
> During their 11-year partnership (1982-1993), they won 115 domestic
> and international tournaments together, a mark not likely to be
> threatened anytime soon.
>
> Through their efforts in promoting the sport, beach volleyball was
> added to the Olympics in 1996. Smith and Stoklos were recently
named
> the Federation of International Volleyball's Team of the Century in
> an induction ceremony in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
>
> Both have retired from playing professionally -- Stoklos in 1998
and
> Smith in 2001 -- but they are far from done working for the sport.
> Part of their latest pursuits involves instructing and preparing
the
> next generation of beach players.
>
> They hatched the idea for a beach volleyball camp a few years ago
and
> got it to flourish last summer in Southern California, where both
> grew up playing on the sand courts that dot the coast. With the
> approval of FIVB President Ruben Acosta, they will also be running
an
> international training center this summer for Olympic hopefuls.
>
>
>
> GEORGE F. LEE / GLEE@S...
> Randy Stoklos taught two beach volleyball camp students how to set
> last week.
>
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>
>
>
> Last week, Smith and Stoklos simplified their vast knowledge and
> experience to a more fundamental level while conducting two camps
on
> Oahu.
>
> Actually, only half of the Team of the Century made it. Smith was
in
> Australia as an alternate for the television show "I'm a Celebrity -
-
> Get Me Out Of Here."
>
> Stoklos ran the clinics with Association of Volleyball
Professionals
> tour member and Hawaii native Lia Young and former University of
> Hawaii setter and camp director Mike Kantor.
>
> "It's pretty exciting for me to come out here," Stoklos said. "It's
> been quite a long time since the last time I played in an open at
> Fort DeRussy. I'm pretty excited about doing this camp here for the
> kids."
>
> His excitement is in part due to the islands. Hawaii has been good
to
> Stoklos. He and Smith picked up their 100th victory as a team at
Fort
> DeRussy more than a decade ago and he estimates they've won 11 of
the
> 12 tournaments held in Hawaii.
>
> "Every time I come out to the islands and play, there's very much
of
> an island spirit for myself. I've been well-received here," Stoklos
> said. "It's just a really nice thing to come out and play where
> people appreciate your talents and understand the game, that aloha
> spirit. I really do miss the people that came out here and cheered
me
> on and made me play as good as I could."
>
> Hawaii wasn't the only place people cheered. Smith and Stoklos have
> been victorious on just about every stop of the AVP tour and have
won
> U.S. and World Championships together.
>
> Their partnership was a record in longevity until they separated in
> 1993 to focus on different aspects of the sport. Eventually, Smith
> moved toward the international game while Stoklos tried for success
> on the domestic tour with other partners. He knew he wouldn't find
it
> in the same capacity.
>
> "It's pretty interesting for not playing for quite a long time with
> each other, when we do get together and play there's definitely a
> magic that happens," Stoklos said.
>
> "It's very effortless. It's an enjoyment to go and play with
somebody
> you know inside and out. That's really what gave us the ingredients
> to win all the tournaments we did. We are the epitome of a team and
> we work off of each other very well. We have the same goal and that
> is to make the sport bigger and do anything that we can to make it
> bigger."
>
> A peek at their resumes shows there aren't many goals they haven't
> achieved.
>
> Smith was the first volleyball player to be inducted to the UCLA
Hall
> of Fame. He lobbied hard to get beach volleyball admitted as an
> Olympic sport and now he presides over the FIVB World Council and
its
> 219 member countries.
>
> Stoklos was beach volleyball's first million-dollar man. He ranks
> third on the all-time career earnings list with $1,798,569. He was
a
> four-time MVP of the AVP. Their legacy in the sport as players
would
> seem complete, so now they're working toward leaving a different
mark
> in the sand.
>
> "I've gone throughout my life going from beach to beach, to a lot
of
> beautiful places, and around a lot of beautiful people always being
> outdoors and I can't say that would have happened if I were playing
> indoor volleyball or any other sport," Stoklos said.
>
> "If we had the opportunity to go and have a place that we could
leave
> a court, to leave our name in that way, it would definitely be a
> positive thing. I'd love to have an opportunity to do that."
>
> After expenses are met, the proceeds from the camp will be donated
to
> the United States Youth Volleyball League to promote the
development
> of youth volleyball programs.