Monday, February 2, 2009

Rogers, Rosenthal and Jennings round out the field at Hot Winter Nights


Todd Rogers and Sean Rosenthal


Casey Jennings

In previous posts, I featured Jake Gibb on the men's side and the terrific AVP women pros who will compete at Hot Winter Nights on February 14th at the E Center. The rest of this event's great lineup includes Todd Rogers, Sean Rosenthal and Casey Jennings. Not bad to have three of the four 2008 US men's Olympians at this tour stop - and Casey is no slouch either.

Recall that Jake and Sean played together throughout the season and took fifth at the Olympics. Sean is known on the tour as "the Son of Jor-El" for his ability to leap tall buildings. Todd Rogers ("the Professor") and his partner Phil Dalhausser won gold in Beijing and 12 AVP Crocs Tour Titles in 2008. Todd was named Best Defensive Player on the tour 5 years in a row.

Casey "the Kid" Jennings and long-time partner Matt Fuerbringer won in San Diego in 2008. Casey has the longest active winning streak on the tour, having won at least one event in five straight seasons. Casey, a BYU grad, has at least one more claim to fame as husband of Kerri Walsh. Kerri and Casey recently announced that they are expecting their first child.

So, congratulations all around for success on and off the court. Should be fun watching them in action at the E Center on Valentine's Day.

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