Emily Capers (née Day born August 9, 1987, in Torrance, California) is a female beach volleyball player from the United States who won the gold medal at the NORCECA Circuit 2009 in Jamaica playing with Claire Robertson.[1][2]

She studied at Loyola Marymount University where she got a degree in applied mathematics with a minor in Business Administration, receiving as a student athlete the awards of All Tournament and MVP at the 2008 Four Points Sheraton Classic, All Tournament at the "MCM Elegante Lobo Classic", "Academic All-District team", 2008 All Conference First Team and All Academic.[3][4]

She partnered with Jennifer Kessy to start the 2015 AVP season.[5][6]

Awards

College

  • 2008 MCM Elegante Lobo Classic All Tournament
  • 2008 Four Points Sheraton Classic All Tournament/MVP
  • 2008 Collegiate Volleyball Update's Stellar Spikers Honorable Mention
  • 2008 West Coast Conference All Academic Team
  • 2008 All West Coast Conference First Team
  • 2008 CoSIDA Academic All-District Third Team
  • 2007 West Coast Conference All Academic Team
  • 2007 All West Coast Conference First Team
  • 2006 Hilton Phoenix/East Mesa Sun Devil Classic All Tournament
  • 2006 West Coast Conference All Academic Team
  • 2006 All West Coast Conference Honorable Mention
  • 2005 Freshman All West Coast Conference First Team

AVP Pro Tour

  • AVP Pro Tour Young Guns Manhattan Beach 2009 Gold Medal
  • AVP Pro Tour Young Guns Long Beach 2009 Silver Medal
  • AVP Pro Tour Champion Cincinnati Open 2013
  • AVP Pro Tour Champion St. Petersburg Open (title split with opposing team Jenn Kessy/April Ross after cancellation due to weather)
  • AVP Most Improved Player 2013
  • AVP Pro Tour Manhattan Beach Open 2016, 2017 Gold Medal[7]
  • AVP Pro Tour Huntington Beach Open 2017 Gold Medal[8]
  • AVP Pro Tour Hermosa Beach Open 2017 Gold Medal[9]
  • AVP Team of the Year 2017 (with Brittany Hochevar)

National Team

References

  1. ^ NORCECA. "USA wins women's beach in Jamaica". Retrieved 2009-10-24.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ USA Volleyball. "U.S. Women's Beach Team Wins in Jamaica". Archived from the original on 2012-07-21. Retrieved 2009-10-24.
  3. ^ West Coast Conference. "West Coast Countdown: Young Lions Eager to Return to Top of WCC". Archived from the original on 2013-01-21. Retrieved 2009-10-25.
  4. ^ College Sports Information Directors of America. "2008 Academic All-District Volleyball Team" (PDF). Retrieved 2009-10-25.
  5. ^ "Olympic Silver Medalist Jennifer Kessy Announces Return to AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tour Partnership with Rising Star Emily Day". AVP. November 18, 2014.
  6. ^ "New Orleans Open Results". AVP. April 24, 2014.
  7. ^ Blint-Welsh, Tyler (August 20, 2017). "Emily Day and Brittany Hochevar capture second straight Manhattan Beach Open title". Los Angeles Times.
  8. ^ "Emily Day, Brittany Hochevar win Huntington Beach Open". ESPN. May 8, 2017.
  9. ^ Morales, Robert (July 24, 2017). "Emily Day, Brittany Hochevar dominate to win AVP Hermosa Beach Open final". Los Angeles Daily News.
  10. ^ "USAV Profile: Emily Day". teamusa.org/usa-volleyball/. Archived from the original on November 27, 2014. Retrieved November 6, 2017.
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