The American sports sector has seen the rise of talented males and females to great heights.
With great hard work and discipline, a majority have managed to earn both fame and wealth.
April Ross is one of the few personalities who have gained the two in volleyball.
Pro Beach Volleyball Player April Ross attends the 29th Anniversary Sports Spectacular Gala at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza. Photo: Paul ArchuletaSource: Getty Images
April is an American professional beach volleyball player.
Themulti-award-winning personalityhas bagged a good number of awards and titles over the years.
He is 39 years old as of 2021.
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April Ross' parents are Glen (father) and Margie (mother).
She has one sibling, a sister known as Amy Ross.
April Ross' family resides in Newport Beach, California, where she was raised and schooled.
April Ross plays a shot during the Beach Volleyball Women’s Bronze medal match against Larissa Franca Maestrini and Talita Rocha of Brazil in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Photo: Quinn RooneySource: Getty Images
Her mother succumbed to cancer when April was still a young girl.
Consequently, her father remarried, making the volleyballplayeracquire several other step-siblings.
Education and college
April joined Newport Harbor High School for her high school studies.
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In high school, she was an indoor volleyball player in addition to lettering in track.
Eventually, she became the nation’s top recruit for herhigh schoolgraduating class.
After completion, she enrolled at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.
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She continued playing volleyball and earning more awards throughout her college career.
In 2008, she partnered with her beach partner Jennifer Kessy at the Swatch FIVB World Tour 2008.
The duo won the gold medal in straight sets.
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Towards the end of 2017, she partnered with Alix Klineman.
During the 2018 AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tour, they won four tournament events.
The duo dated for a while, exchanging theirweddingvows in 2010.
Bronze medalists Kerri Walsh Jennings and April Ross pose on the podium during the medal ceremony for the Women’s Beach Volleyball. Photo: Ezra ShawSource: Getty Images
They stayed together for eight years before ending the union in a divorce.
At the moment, she is single and focusing on her career.
She has green eyes and blondehair.She measures 31-25-25 inches for her bust, waist and hips, respectively.
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She wears a bra size 36A (US).
She has made a significant sum of money from her successful volleyball career over the years.
As of April 2012, she had made more than $937,813 in total prize money.
April Ross fast facts
April Ross is not a new name and face in the sports sector.
She is just a handful of female beach volleyball stars to capture medals at more than one Olympics.
Her career has been a great success, and she is only getting better.
We wish her only the best at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics!
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