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Born: |
12/21/63 |
Hometown: |
Los Angeles, CA |
Currently: |
Los Angeles, CA |
Height: |
5'11" |
College: |
Univ. of Tennessee-Knoxville |
Seasons Played: |
1st Season |
Career Highlights
- Chapple-Zanella is entering her first season on the BVA Tour.
- Was on the USA National Team in 1985.
- Played on the Major League Volleyball team, the New York Liberties, and was a first round draft pick and made first team All-Pro 1987-1989.
- She was the first black pro beach volleyball player in the United States.
- Won the Italian Beach Volleyball Championship in 1992-1993.
- Played in the Italian Professional Volleyball League for 10 years.
- Played on the Budlight Pro Beach Four-Person Tour.
- In 1993, she was First Team All Pro and named Most Valuable Left Side Hitter for Team Champion on the Budlight Four-Person Tour.
College
- Played her collegiate volleyball at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville.
- Was a three-time All-American.
- Named MVP of the Southeastern Conference.
- Named to the All-NCAA Southern Conference Team in 1982 and 1983.
Personal
- Currently plays a trauma nurse on the NBC television show, ER.
- She is an international award winning photographer.
- Produced the Italian TV show -- Volley More Volley.
- Is the Founder/CEO of the ACE Volleyball Camp Experience, where Olympians and elite players conduct three-day volleyball clinics at California high schools.
- Author of Volleyball Voices, which highlights the biographies of 25 of the top female volleyball players in USA history.
- Speaks fluent Italian.
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