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Born: |
9/8/65 |
Hometown: |
Manhattan Beach, CA |
Currently: |
Manhattan Beach, CA |
Height: |
5'6" |
College: |
Stanford |
Seasons Played: |
11th Season |
Personal Website: |
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Career Highlights
- Teamed with partner, Lisa Arce, Fontana won the inaugural BVA tournament in Oceanside, California. She and Arce also teamed up to win the BVA Pismo Beach Open as well.
- Fontana capped her 2000 season by winning the Queen of the Beach Tournament in Las Vegas, Nevada in October.
- In her career, Fontana has won 18 tournament titles and over $540,000 in prize money.
- In 1999, she and Arce won the inaugural Oldsmobile Beach Volleyball Olympic Challenge Series event at Huntington Beach, California.
- Fontana won four tournaments with Linda Hanley and placed fourth with Hanley at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, the best finish for the USA women at the Games.
- She won the 1994 Top of the Tour Invitational.
- She and Lori Forsythe played together from 1993 to 1995 and won four tournaments.
- She was the WPVA's Top Defensive Player of the Year in 1993 and 1994.
College
- She was a four-year starter at Stanford after attending Mira Costa High School.
- Was an All-League player and team captain her senior year.
Personal
- Fontana has one brother, Greg, who played volleyball at the University of California at Berkeley, and has three sisters, Gina, Linne, and Karen.
- Graduated from Stanford in 1997.
- Earned a law degree from Santa Clara in 1991 and was on the Santa Clara Law Review.
- Passed the California Bar exam in 1992.
- Hobbies include surfing, snowboarding, and travel.
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