Saralyn Smith
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Saralyn Smith is a female beach volleyball
Beach volleyball
Beach volleyball, or sand volleyball, is an Olympic team sport played by two teams of two players on a sand court divided by a net.Like volleyball, the object of the game is to send the ball over the net in order to ground it on the opponent’s court, and to prevent the same effort by the opponent....

 player from the United States
United States
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 who won the silver medal at the NORCECA Circuit 2009
NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit 2009
The 2009 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit was a North American beach volleyball tour. The tour consisted of eight tournaments in both genders....

 at Guatemala
2009 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit (Guatemala)
The 2009 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit at Guatemala was held April 3–5, 2009 in Guatemala City, Guatemala. It was the second leg of the NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit 2009.-Women's competition:-Men's competition:-References:* *...

 playing with Beth Van Fleet
Beth Van Fleet
Beth Van Fleet 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....

.

She also participated in the Association of Volleyball Professionals
Association of Volleyball Professionals
The Association of Volleyball Professionals, or AVP, is a beach volleyball tour which takes place throughout the United States. The summer tour starts in April and continues almost every weekend until the end of October....

 tournaments since 2002. There she ended up in the 9th position many times.

College

Smith played basketball and volleyball at the University of Hartford
University of Hartford
The University of Hartford is a private, independent, nonsectarian, coeducational university located in West Hartford, Connecticut. The degree programs at the University of Hartford hold the highest levels of accreditation available in the US, including the Engineering Accreditation Commission of...

, CT. For her volleyball team she set the record for most blocks in a single game as well as career blocks per game average. She also ranks among the school career leaders in hitting percentage. In 1999 she led the America East Conference in blocks per game.

Graduated from Hartford and received the Ribicoff Scholarship, an honor given to the top senior (in a class of roughly 2,000) for academic excellence, leadership, and community service. In 2001 she received a masters degree in Organizational Behavior, and has worked part time or full time in that field ever since.

National Team

  • NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit Guatemala 2009
    2009 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit (Guatemala)
    The 2009 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit at Guatemala was held April 3–5, 2009 in Guatemala City, Guatemala. It was the second leg of the NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit 2009.-Women's competition:-Men's competition:-References:* *...

      Silver Medal
  • NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit Manzanillo 2009
    2009 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit (Manzanillo)
    The 2009 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit at Manzanillo was held October 2 through October 4, 2009, in Manzanillo, Mexico. It was the sixth leg of the NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit 2009...

    Bronze Medal

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