| Joaquin Acosta | 
							 
							
								Puerto Rico   
  /  United States   
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												Photo: Ken Delgado
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														| Birth Date | 
														October 1, 1979 (46 years old) | 
													 
													
														| Home Town | 
														Rio Piedras, PR | 
													 
													
														| Resides | 
														Miami, FL | 
													 
													
														| Height | 
														6'5" | 
													 
													
														| College | 
														California-Santa Barbara/Brigham Young | 
													 
													
														|   | 
														Best Finish | 
														Winnings | 
													 
													
														| United States | 
														2nd | 
														$19,320 | 
													 
													
														|    AVP | 
														7th | 
														$11,030 | 
													 
													
														|    NVL | 
														2nd | 
														$3,750 | 
													 
													
														|    Pro Beach | 
														7th | 
														$2,290 | 
													 
													
														|    Wide Open | 
														7th | 
														$2,250 | 
													 
													
														| Pan American | 
														5th | 
														$0 | 
													 
													
														|    PAN AM | 
														5th | 
														$0 | 
													 
													
														| NORCECA | 
														9th | 
														$0 | 
													 
													
														|    NORCECA | 
														9th | 
														$0 | 
													 
													
														| Overall | 
														2nd | 
														$19,320 | 
													 
												 
											 | 
										 
									 
								 | 
							 
						 
						
						
							
								
							 
							
								 
									Acosta began his collegiate career at UC-Santa Barbara, then transferred to BYU where he played for three seasons. He was an outside hitter and opposite hitter at BYU, where he was named AVCA First-Team All-America in 2002. His junior season he led the team to a national championship.
  Competing in both basketball and volleyball in high school, Acosta was a member of the 1999 Puerto Rican National Volleyball Team. He majored in business management at BYU. His cousin, Jonathon Acosta, also plays on the AVP Crocs Tour. Acosta, like his cousin, has passed the Bar Exam.
  
								 | 
								  | 
							 
						 
						
						
							
								
							 
							
								|   | 
							 
							
								
							 							
						
							| 2007 | 
							AVP | 
							6 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							$250.00 | 
							97.0 | 
							90th | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							3 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							1 | 
							2 | 
						 
						
							| 2008 | 
							AVP | 
							9 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							1 | 
							$3,700.00 | 
							323.0 | 
							55th | 
							0 | 
							2 | 
							5 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							1 | 
							0 | 
						 
						
							| 2009 | 
							AVP | 
							7 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							1 | 
							1 | 
							$7,080.00 | 
							790.0 | 
							45th | 
							1 | 
							3 | 
							0 | 
							1 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
						 
						
							| 2011 | 
							Pro Beach | 
							1 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							1 | 
							0 | 
							$2,290.00 | 
							180.0 | 
							  | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
						 
						
							| 2011 | 
							NVL | 
							1 | 
							0 | 
							1 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							$3,750.00 | 
							640.0 | 
							  | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
						 
						
							| 2011 | 
							Wide Open | 
							3 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							1 | 
							1 | 
							$2,250.00 | 
							0.0 | 
							  | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							1 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
						 
						
							Total (Rank) | 
							  | 
							27 (448th) | 
							0 | 
							1 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							3 | 
							3 | 
							$19,320.00 (240th) | 
							2,030.0 | 
							  | 
							1 | 
							5 | 
							8 | 
							1 | 
							1 | 
							2 | 
							2 | 
						 
						
							|   | 
						 
						
							|   | 
						 
						
							|   | 
						 
							
								
							 							
						
							| 2007 | 
							PAN AM | 
							1 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							1 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							$0.00 | 
							  | 
							  | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
						 
						
							Total (Rank) | 
							  | 
							1 (30th) | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							1 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							$0.00 | 
							  | 
							  | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
						 
						
							|   | 
						 
							
								
							 							
						
							| 2007 | 
							NORCECA | 
							1 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							1 | 
							$0.00 | 
							30.0 | 
							  | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
						 
						
							Total (Rank) | 
							  | 
							1 (515th) | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							1 | 
							$0.00 | 
							30.0 | 
							  | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
						 
						
							|   | 
						 
| Overall | 
 
						
							Total (Rank) | 
							  | 
							29 | 
							0 | 
							1 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							1 | 
							3 | 
							4 | 
							$19,320.00 (708th) | 
							2,060.0 | 
							  | 
							1 | 
							5 | 
							8 | 
							1 | 
							1 | 
							2 | 
							2 | 
						 
							
								|   | 
							 
							
								| Red denotes ranked 1st | 
							 
						 
						
						
							
								
							 
							
								|   | 
							 
							
								
							 							
						
							| Jonathan Acosta | 
							12 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							1 | 
							$1,900 | 
							324.0 | 
							0 | 
							1 | 
							6 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							2 | 
							2 | 
						 
						
							| Paul Baxter | 
							7 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							1 | 
							1 | 
							$8,955 | 
							792.0 | 
							1 | 
							4 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
						 
						
							| Jon Mesko | 
							1 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							$175 | 
							26.0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							1 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
						 
						
							| Gaston Macau | 
							1 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							$0 | 
							18.0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							1 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
						 
						
							| Mark VanZwieten | 
							1 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							$0 | 
							50.0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							1 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
						 
						
							| Total | 
							22 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							1 | 
							2 | 
							$11,030 | 
							1,210.0 | 
							1 | 
							5 | 
							8 | 
							1 | 
							0 | 
							2 | 
							2 | 
						 
						
							|   | 
						 
							
								
							 							
						
							| Ty Tramblie | 
							1 | 
							0 | 
							1 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							$3,750 | 
							640.0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
						 
						
							| Total | 
							1 | 
							0 | 
							1 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							$3,750 | 
							640.0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
						 
						
							|   | 
						 
							
								
							 							
						
							| Ty Tramblie | 
							3 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							1 | 
							1 | 
							$2,250 | 
							0.0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							1 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
						 
						
							| Total | 
							3 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							1 | 
							1 | 
							$2,250 | 
							0.0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							1 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
						 
						
							|   | 
						 
							
								
							 							
						
							| Ty Tramblie | 
							1 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							1 | 
							0 | 
							$2,290 | 
							180.0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
						 
						
							| Total | 
							1 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							1 | 
							0 | 
							$2,290 | 
							180.0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
						 
						
							|   | 
						 
							
								
							 							
						
							| Joseph Gil | 
							1 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							1 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							$0 | 
							  | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
						 
						
							| Total | 
							1 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							1 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							$0 | 
							  | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
						 
						
							|   | 
						 
							
								
							 							
						
							| Jonathan Acosta | 
							12 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							1 | 
							$1,900 | 
							324.0 | 
							0 | 
							1 | 
							6 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							2 | 
							2 | 
						 
						
							| Paul Baxter | 
							7 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							1 | 
							1 | 
							$8,955 | 
							792.0 | 
							1 | 
							4 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
						 
						
							| Ty Tramblie | 
							5 | 
							0 | 
							1 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							2 | 
							1 | 
							$8,290 | 
							820.0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							1 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
						 
						
							| Joseph Gil | 
							2 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							1 | 
							0 | 
							1 | 
							$0 | 
							30.0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
						 
						
							| Jon Mesko | 
							1 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							$175 | 
							26.0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							1 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
						 
						
							| Gaston Macau | 
							1 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							$0 | 
							18.0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							1 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
						 
						
							| Mark VanZwieten | 
							1 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							$0 | 
							50.0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							1 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
						 
						
							|   | 
						 
						
							| Total | 
							29 | 
							0 | 
							1 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							1 | 
							3 | 
							4 | 
							$19,320 | 
							2,060.0 | 
							1 | 
							5 | 
							8 | 
							1 | 
							1 | 
							2 | 
							2 | 
						 
							
								|   | 
							 
						 
						
						
							
								
							 
							
								|   | 
							 
							
								
							 							
						
							| California: Hermosa Beach | 
							AVP | 
							1 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							$175 | 
							18.0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							1 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
						 
						
							| California: Hermosa Beach | 
							Wide Open | 
							1 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							$0 | 
							  | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							1 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
						 
						
							| California: Huntington Beach | 
							AVP | 
							1 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							$480 | 
							95.0 | 
							0 | 
							1 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
						 
						
							| California: Long Beach | 
							AVP | 
							1 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							$0 | 
							9.0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							1 | 
							0 | 
						 
						
							| California: Malibu | 
							NVL | 
							1 | 
							0 | 
							1 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							$3,750 | 
							640.0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
						 
						
							| California: Manhattan Beach | 
							AVP | 
							2 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							$1,875 | 
							61.0 | 
							0 | 
							1 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							1 | 
						 
						
							| California: Manhattan Beach | 
							Pro Beach | 
							1 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							1 | 
							0 | 
							$2,290 | 
							180.0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
						 
						
							| California: Riverside | 
							AVP | 
							1 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							$480 | 
							95.0 | 
							0 | 
							1 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
						 
						
							| California: San Diego | 
							AVP | 
							1 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							1 | 
							$1,050 | 
							104.0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
						 
						
							| Colorado: Boulder | 
							AVP | 
							1 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							$250 | 
							52.0 | 
							0 | 
							1 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
						 
							
						
							| Florida: Miami | 
							AVP | 
							1 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							$0 | 
							18.0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							1 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
						 
						
							| Florida: Panama City | 
							AVP | 
							1 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							$0 | 
							50.0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							1 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
						 
						
							| Georgia: Atlanta | 
							AVP | 
							1 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							1 | 
							$1,980 | 
							150.0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
						 
						
							| Illinois: Chicago | 
							AVP | 
							2 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							$175 | 
							35.0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							1 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							1 | 
						 
						
							| Illinois: Chicago | 
							Wide Open | 
							1 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							1 | 
							0 | 
							$1,250 | 
							0.0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
						 
						
							| Maryland: Ocean City | 
							AVP | 
							1 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							$900 | 
							120.0 | 
							1 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
						 
						
							| Massachusetts: Boston | 
							AVP | 
							1 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							$0 | 
							9.0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							1 | 
							0 | 
						 
						
							| New York: Brooklyn | 
							AVP | 
							3 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							1 | 
							0 | 
							$3,065 | 
							237.0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							2 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
						 
						
							| Ohio: Cincinnati | 
							Wide Open | 
							1 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							1 | 
							$1,000 | 
							0.0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
						 
						
							| Ohio: Mason | 
							AVP | 
							1 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							$0 | 
							26.0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							1 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
						 
							
						
							| Texas: Dallas | 
							AVP | 
							2 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							$0 | 
							36.0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							2 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
						 
						
							| Texas: Houston | 
							AVP | 
							1 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							$600 | 
							95.0 | 
							0 | 
							1 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
						 
						
							| Total | 
							 | 
							27 | 
							0 | 
							1 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							3 | 
							3 | 
							$19,320 | 
							2,030.0 | 
							1 | 
							5 | 
							8 | 
							1 | 
							1 | 
							2 | 
							2 | 
						 
						
							|   | 
						 
							
								
							 							
						
							| Brazil: Rio de Janeiro | 
							PAN AM | 
							1 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							1 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							$0 | 
							  | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
						 
						
							| Total | 
							 | 
							1 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							1 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							$0 | 
							  | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
						 
						
							|   | 
						 
						
							| Total | 
							 | 
							29 | 
							0 | 
							1 | 
							0 | 
							0 | 
							1 | 
							3 | 
							4 | 
							$19,320 | 
							2,060.0 | 
							1 | 
							5 | 
							8 | 
							1 | 
							1 | 
							2 | 
							2 | 
						 
							
								|   | 
							 
						 
						
					 | 
				 
			 
	
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