Dariam Acevedo

Dariam Acevedo
Personal information
Full name Dariam Acevedo Santiago
Nationality  Puerto Rico
Born (1984-12-15) December 15, 1984
Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico
Hometown Trujillo Alto
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9 12 in)
Weight 68 kg (150 lb)
Beach volleyball information
Current teammate
Years Teammate
2009 Yarleen Santiago

Dariam Acevedo Santiago[1] (born December 15, 1984 in Trujillo Alto)[2] is a female beach volleyball player from Puerto Rico who won the gold medal at the NORCECA Circuit 2009 at Montelimar, Nicaragua playing with Yarleen Santiago.[3][4]

She majored in kinesiology at University of Texas at Austin and played as outside hitter.[5] There she earned two times All Conference All Academic First team between 2004 and 2005[6] and All Conference All Academic Second Team in 2006.[7] She also won All Conference Honorable Mention in 2004, same year she won Conference newcomer of the Year. In 2005 she won CoSIDA Academic All-District All Academic.[8]

Indoor

Dariam also plays indoor volleyball with the national team[9] and currently professionally with Mets de Guaynabo from Liga de Voleibol Superior Femenino.[10][11]

Clubs

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Awards

College

National Team

References

  1. "Poder, respesto y un toque de belleza exótica" (in Spanish). Primera Hora. Retrieved 2009-11-07.
  2. "Dariam Acevedo profile". Volleyball Magazine. Retrieved 2013-09-25.
  3. nacion.com. "Ticas de plata en la final del Norceca" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2009-10-07.
  4. ArkansasRazorbacks.com. "Former Razorback wins NORCECA title". Retrieved 2009-11-07.
  5. Texas Longhorns. "2006 Volleyball Roster". Retrieved 2009-11-07.
  6. Texas Longhorns. "The A team: Dariam Acevedo". Retrieved 2009-11-07.
  7. Texas Longhorns. "Volleyball places three players on Academic All-Big 12 team". Retrieved 2009-11-07.
  8. Texas Longhorns. "Texas Volleyball History: Honor Roll". Retrieved 2009-11-07.
  9. Terra Mexico. "P.Rico llevará misma escuadra de Copa Panamericana a Juegos Panamericanos" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2009-11-07.
  10. Gigantes de Carolina. "Rita Liliom guió a Las Gigantes" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on March 1, 2012. Retrieved 2009-11-07.
  11. Wapa TV. "Leonas ganan primer partido de voleibol" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2009-11-07.

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