Eric Fonoimoana

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Eric Fonoimoana
Personal information
NicknameThe Body
Born (1969-06-07) June 7, 1969 (age 55)
Manhattan Beach, California, U.S.
Height6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
College / UniversityUniversity of California, Santa Barbara
Medal record
Men's beach volleyball
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2000 Sydney
Beach

Eric Fonoimoana (born June 7, 1969) is an American former beach volleyball player of

Sydney, Australia
. He played professionally for more than 16 years and has entered over 200 tournaments. Fonoimoana won at least one tournament for seven straight years between 1998 and 2004. He is a former AVP Most Valuable Player and is in the top 10 in terms of all-time tournaments played. He has earned over 1 million dollars playing beach volleyball.

Biography

He was born in

UCSB, where he became a member of the Sigma Chi
fraternity.

2002 was Fonoimoana's peak year in which he reached the AVP finals six times and won four titles with then-partner Dax Holdren. In this same year, Fonoimoana was named the AVP's Most Valuable Player by his peers.

In the spring of 2000, Fonoimoana founded the non-profit Dig for Kids 501-C3 children's charitable education foundation which helps kids in inner cities excel in school, volleyball and other athletics. Dig 4 Kids has helped over 3,465 children learn the importance of education and physical fitness. As CEO of D4K, he personally helped raise over $1,038,000 for under-served children.[3]

Fonoimoana is now a real estate professional in the

South Bay area of Los Angeles, California. He still remains active in the volleyball community as a coach/owner of Elite Beach Volleyball and the varsity head coach of Mira Costa High School. Mira Costa Beach Volleyball is 87-0 with 6 IBVL Championships and 2 State Championships under coach Fonoimoana. EBV has helped over 88 girls achieve Division I Beach Scholarships saving families millions of dollars in college tuition.[4]

Awards and honors

  • Athlete of the Year Mira Costa High School 1987
  • Olympic Gold Medalist Sydney, Australia 2000
  • AVP Most Valuable Player 2002
  • UC Santa Barbara Hall of Fame
  • Sigma Chi Fraternity – Significant Sig
  • CBVA Hall of Fame

References

  1. ^ "Eric Fonoimoana". www.volleyball.org. Archived from the original on 2000-02-08.
  2. ^ "Hall Of Fame | Mira Costa High School Alumni". miracostaalumni.com. 11 October 2019. Retrieved 2020-01-22.
  3. ^ https://dig4kids.org
  4. ^ "College Commitments".

External links

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