Former Florida Gulf Coast University volleyball player Brooke Sweat has become one of the top beach players in the country and is a hopeful for the 2016 U.S. Olympic team. Photo courtesy of AVP Tour ...

After three years working with Lauren Fendrick to become Olympians and the second best American pair in women’s beach volleyball – after Olympic bronze medalists Kerri Walsh Jennings and April Ross – ...

The elite Brazilians were just too much. But for a debut performance for Southwest Florida native Brooke Sweat with new partner Summer Ross, it was about as encouraging as could be. After three ...

Four years ago, Lauren Fendrick wasn’t focused on anything more than winning the next beach volleyball tournament. The Olympics? An afterthought. That was until she thought about how close she came to ...

Kerri Walsh Jennings’ dedication to beach volleyball is being tested in her sixth and final Olympic cycle like never before. She and new partner Brooke Sweat have flown across continents with no ...

Four years ago, Lauren Fendrick wasn’t focused on anything more than winning the next beach volleyball tournament. The Olympics were an afterthought. That was until she thought about how close she ...