d to the group he helped found in 1983, the Association of Volleyball Professionals, and was a driving force behind the global rise of AVP. That alliance brought to national and global prominence such athletes as Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh, who won gold medals in beach volleyball at both the 2004 Athens and 2008 Beijing Olympics; and Phil Dalhausser and Todd Rogers, who won the men's gold i