Beth Van Fleet
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| Full name | Beth Van Fleet | |||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  United States | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | June 27, 1977 Tampa, Florida, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||
| Hometown | San Diego, California, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||
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Beth Van Fleet (born June 27, 1977 in Tampa, Florida) is a female beach volleyball player from the United States who won the silver medal at the NORCECA Circuit 2009 at Guatemala playing with Saralyn Smith.[1][2]
She also participated in the Association of Volleyball Professionals tournaments since 2003. There she ended up in the 9th position many times.
She played indoor volleyball in college with Georgia State where she received a marketing degree. With the Panthers she was two times "All Conference" Second Team and four times All Academic.[3]
Van Fleet has served as the head coach for the Georgia State Panthers beach volleyball team since 2013.[4] During her tenure at Georgia State she has lead the Sandy Panthers to 4 conference championships and 6 National Championship Tournament appearances. In the 2022 NCAA Tournament, Beth helped lead Georgia State to the largest upset in NCAA collegiate beach volleyball history when the #10 seeded Panthers defeated the #2 seeded TCU Horned Frogs in the second round. The victory pushed the Sandy Panthers all the way to the round of 6 and is the highest ranked win in Georgia State athletics history.
Awards
[edit]College
[edit]- 1998, 1999 "All Conference" Second Team
- 1995–1999 All Conference "All Academic"
National Team
[edit]- NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit Guatemala 2009
Silver Medal - NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit Manzanillo 2009
Bronze Medal
AVP
[edit]- 2005 AVPNext National Championships
Gold Medal
References
[edit]- ^ Cayman Net News. "Volleyball team moves to sixth place". Retrieved 2009-10-07.[permanent dead link]
- ^ USA Volleyball. "U.S. Beach Teams Capture NORCECA Gold, Silver". Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-10-07.
- ^ GSU Magazine. "Where are they now?". Retrieved 2009-10-22.
- ^ "Beach Volleyball Coaching Staff: Beth Van Fleet". georgiastatesports.com. Archived from the original on March 14, 2018. Retrieved March 13, 2018.
External links
[edit]- Beth Van Fleet at the Beach Volleyball Database
- Beth Van Fleet at the Association of Volleyball Professionals (archived)
Head Coaching Record
[edit]| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| Georgia State Panthers (Independent) (2013–2016) | |||||||||
| 2014 | Georgia State | 14–5 | |||||||
| 2015 | Georgia State | 18–3 | AVCA First Round | ||||||
| Georgia State Panthers (CCSA) (2016–2022) | |||||||||
| 2016 | Georgia State | 25–7 | 6–4 | 3rd | NCAA First Round | ||||
| 2017 | Georgia State | 21–14 | 6–5 | 7th | |||||
| 2018 | Georgia State | 24–12 | 9–9 | 6th | |||||
| 2019 | Georgia State | 24–12 | 8–9 | 3rd | |||||
| 2020 | Georgia State | 10–3 | 3–2 | ||||||
| 2021 | Georgia State | 23–13 | 8–9 | ||||||
| Georgia State Panthers (C-USA) (2022–2023) | |||||||||
| 2022 | Georgia State | 28–13 | 5–3 | 3rd | NCAA Final 6 | ||||
| Georgia State Panthers (Sun Belt) (2023–Present) | |||||||||
| 2023 | Georgia State | 20–17 | 4–0 | 1st | NCAA First Round | ||||
| 2024 | Georgia State | 26–13 | 9–0 | 1st | NCAA First Round | ||||
| 2025 | Georgia State | 22–16 | 7–1 | 2nd | NCAA First Round | ||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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