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Kent Steffes:
 
Kent Steffes
United States  
  
 
Vital Statistics
 

Photo: Matt Barber
Birth Date June 23, 1968 (56 years old)
Home Town Pacific Palisades, CA
Resides Panorama City, CA
Height 6'4"
College Stanford/UCLA
  Best Finish Winnings
United States 1st (105 times) $2,491,766
   AVP 1st (103 times) $2,036,584
   PBVA/AVP 1st (2 times) $1,650
   Bonus Money   $453,531
International 1st (3 times) $73,525
   FIVB 1st (3 times) $63,525
   Bonus Money   $10,000
Unaccounted Wins 2  
Overall 1st (110 times) $2,565,291
 
Bio Bits

Steffes (Stef-S) won the Gold Medal with Karch Kiraly at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games. Steffes received his "AAA" rating while attending Palisades (Calif.) High School where he was named the 1986 National High School Player of the Year. After attending Stanford, Steffes transferred to UCLA. After red-shirting, he opted out of his scholarship to join the domestic pro beach tour full time in 1988. Steffes graduated in 1993 with a degree in Economics from UCLA. He appeared on an episode of "Baywatch" in 1995.

Olympics (one, gold, 5-0 Elimination, 5-0 Overall):
• Qualified for Atlanta 1996 Olympics as the number three seed with Karch Kiraly. Won all five matches in bracket play, winning the gold medal, defeating United States' Mike Dodd/Mike Whitmarsh in the finals.
  
 
Awards
 
  • CBVA Beach Volleyball Hall of Fame 2004
  • USAV All-Time Great Male Beach Player 2020
  • AVP Best Up-and-Coming Player 1989
  • AVP Comeback Player of the Year 1996
  • AVP Most Valuable Player 1996
  • AVP Special Achievement 1996
 
Career Summary
 
United States
Season Assoc Played 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th Money Points Rank 12th 13th 17th 25th
1988 AVP 10 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 $9,512.50     0 5 0 0
1989 AVP 14 1 1 2 1 3 1 1 0 2 $44,150.00     1 1 0 0
1990 AVP 24 5 6 3 3 5 1 0 0 1 $116,555.50     0 0 0 0
1991 AVP 25 8 7 3 0 3 0 3 1 0 $227,464.25     0 0 0 0
1991 PBVA/AVP 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,650.00     0 0 0 0
1992 AVP 26 18 3 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 $332,740.00     0 0 0 0
1993 AVP 24 18 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 $409,876.50     0 0 0 0
1994 AVP 23 17 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 $469,106.00     0 0 0 0
1995 AVP 12 4 3 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 $148,955.00     0 0 0 0
1996 AVP 21 11 4 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 $387,581.00     0 0 0 0
Season Assoc Played 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th Money Points Rank 12th 13th 17th 25th
1997 AVP 22 12 3 3 0 2 0 1 0 1 $273,432.75     0 0 0 0
1998 AVP 17 9 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 3 $70,742.00     0 0 0 0
Total
(Rank)		   220
(23rd)		 105
(4th)		 32 19 12 22 2 6 3 12 $2,491,765.50
(2nd)		     1 6 0 0
 
International
Season Assoc Played 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th Money Points Rank 12th 13th 17th 25th
1990 FIVB 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $6,000.00     0 0 0 0
1991 FIVB 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $3,000.00     0 0 0 0
1993 FIVB 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $12,000.00 48.0 1st 0 0 0 0
1995 FIVB 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 $5,500.00 18.0 101st 0 0 0 0
1996 FIVB 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $0.00 0.0   0 0 0 0
1997 FIVB 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 $11,500.00 225.0 56th 0 0 0 0
1998 FIVB 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 $21,025.00 409.5 49th 0 0 1 0
1999 FIVB 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 $4,500.00 136.0 79th 0 0 0 0
Total
(Rank)		   13 3
(91st)		 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 $73,525.00
(267th)		 836.5   0 0 1 0
 
 
 
 
Overall
Total
(Rank)		   233
(39th)		 110
(4th)		 34 21 12 22 2 6 3 17 $2,565,290.50
(4th)		 836.5   1 6 1 0
 
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