The Volleyball Hall of Fame enshrined Peter Blangé, Mike Dodd, Lyudmila Buldokova, Georgy Mondzolevskiy, Mauricio Lima and Jeff Stork as part of its 27th induction class.

The 2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship was held in Italy, Brazil won and its star Murilo Endres was selected as the MVP.

A three-time Olympian with 72 career beach volleyball titles, earned Holly McPeak a spot in the Volleyball Hall of Fame.

"Misty May-Treanor ruptured her Achilles tendon while practicing the Lindy Hop for the show ""Dancing with the Stars"". "

Defending champions Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh of the United States captured the Beijing Olympic beach volleyball gold medal, the pair defeated China's Tian Jia and Wang Jie.

Brazil added another gold medal to their collection at the 2004 Olympic Games men’s Volleyball competition with a 3-1 victory over Italy.

The International Olympic Committee granted Beach Volleyball Olympic medal status.

Kerri Walsh was born in Santa Clara, California, she grew up Scotts Valley, 6 miles north of Santa Cruz was named Gatorade National High School Volleyball Player of the Year in 1996.

The Japanese team beat the Russian team to earn Olympic gold in woman's volleyball at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.