Jennifer Kessy
Jennifer " Jen" Kessy - Boss ( born July 31, 1977 in San Clemente, California ) is an American beach volleyball player and World Champion.
Career
During her studies, 1995 - 1998 at the USC Jen Kessy was in indoor volleyball team at the University. In each of these years the young woman from Orange County was named team for the All -Pac -10, in the years 1997 and 1998 in addition to the All - District team in 1998 as an All - American. Subsequently, the California native played in the volleyball junior national team of the United States and as a professional in indoor volleyball for Chicago Thunder in 2002 and in Puerto Rico in 2003.
Your beach volleyball career started Jennifer Kessy in parallel in 2000. Reached you rather moderate success in the years to 2003, except for the profit of a FIVB Challenger tournaments with Heather Lowe. Came in 2004, the first finals at the AVP with Barbra Fontana, 2005 was followed by two second places with Holly McPeak and 2006 there were a total of five finals, three with Nancy Mason and two with Rachel Wacholder, but still no victory on the AVP Tour.
This succeeded Jennifer Boss, as it was known after her marriage, in 2008 with their current partner April Ross. Previously the two had in their first joint FIVB tournament in 2007 in Paris the same in the Country Quota plug against their former partner McPeak a defeat, but in the very next tournament in Stavanger managed a huge surprise. The set at No. 29 Boss / Ross fought after recovering qualifications including through a semi-final victory against the Germans Goller / Ludwig to the finals before. They then defeated the Chinese women Jia Tian and Jie Wang and won the gold medal. Never before or since was a team that was ranked so low to win a FIVB tournament.
The following year, the two U.S. women won the gold medal at the last two tournaments of the FIVB series in Asia. However, her biggest success achieved Kessy / Ross in 2009, when they were able to defeat the Brazilians Larissa França and Juliana Felisberta Silva in the final of Beach Volleyball World Cup.
2010
Successfully launched the two North Americans in the FIVB series. Did they still make do in Brasilia with the 4th place, they could decide both the Tournament of Shanghai and the Foro Italico Beach Volley Grand Slam for themselves. In Seoul, they occupied after a semi-final defeat against Larissa / Juliana the bronze medal in Moscow, the two athletes from the United States in the final were defeated by the Chinese women Xue / Zhang Xi. The following events Jennifer Kessy and April Ross reached both in Marseille and Klagenfurt in fifth place. In Kristiansand they went without a fight the semi-finals, as their German opponents Angelina green and Rieke Brink - Abeler injury could not compete. However, the U.S. women lost both the semifinals and the small final and finished fourth. In the penultimate event of the year in Sanya Kessy and Ross failed while in the semifinals to Sara Goller and Laura Ludwig, but could return the favor for the suffered in Norway defeat in the match for third place against the Salgado sisters Maria Clara and Carol and received the bronze medal.
2011
In the first five tournaments of the World Series Kessy / Ross won with the exception of the Sanya Open, where they finished in seventh place, one medal. At the opening in Brasilia she was as bronze as in Myslowice and Beijing, in the Shanghai Open the two U.S. women finished second. After the seventh place in the World Championships in Rome Jennifer Kessy and April Ross won in Norway her only tournament of the year. Subsequently, the two North Americans reached again only in seventh in Quebec City a place among the top eight teams. Medal winnings reach the two former world champions even at the events in Stare Jablonki and at the end of the season in Thailand. At both events, Kessy and Ross lost the final. She also occupied seventh place in Åland and a fifth place in The Hague.
Private life
As the daughter of Charlotte and Ronald Jennifer Kessy Ann grew up with her brothers Ryan and Travis on in San Juan Capistrano. She attended Dana Hills High School in Dana Point, California. Then made Kessy their exams at the University of Southern California and a Ph.D. in history. In November 2005, married the AVP beach volleyball player to player Aaron Boss from which it is but now divorced again.