Stein Metzger
Stein Metzger ( born November 17, 1972 in Honolulu ) is a former American professional beach volleyball player.
Life
Stein Metzger grew up in Hawaii with surfing and beach volleyball at the Outrigger Canoe Club in Honolulu. In his high school, he played with the team of Punahou High School. Stone was a three time U.S. champion during his time at the University of California (UCLA ) and got here the All-American for three consecutive title wins. In addition, he was selected to the NCAA MVP (Most Value Player) in 1996 and was awarded the William G. Morgan Award for the most outstanding player. Stone finished his studies with a degree in ecology.
2001 won stone with his former partner Kevin Wong his first tournaments in the AVP (Santa Barbara and Manhattan Beach ) on two consecutive weekends. The year 2001, however, was more than signpost the 2004 Olympics in Athens, where he wanted to gain important points on the FIVB World Tour with Kevin Wong. So Stone and Kevin won the FIVB event in Gstaad ( Switzerland ) and the Goodwill Games in Australia. 2002 managed just one victory ( in Espinho - Portugal). The World Championships of 2003 ( Rio de Janeiro) played stone with Dax Holdren and won the silver medal here brilliantly. With Dax Holdren he played a year later, also at the Olympic Games in Athens and reached a good fifth place.
2005 was the most successful year for stone. With his new partner Jacob Gibb, he won the first two tournaments in the AVP (Fort Lauderdale and Tempe ). Overall, they won the four tournaments and the most successful team of the AVP were thus in 2005. Internationally played Stone and Jake an important role. A total of seven tournaments FIVB they could earn about $ 95,000.
From 2006 to 2007 Steinmetzger played with Mike Lambert. Metzger / Lambert were 2006 AVP Team of the Year and ended up at the 2007 World Championships in Gstaad, ranked 17, 2008 Stone played with Mark Williams, with whom he on his last tournament at the FIVB Grand Slam in Klagenfurt in the finals the Russians Barsuk / Kolodionski subject. 2009 stepped stone on no longer internationally and finished his career with various partners on the AVP Tour.
Stone lives in Manhattan Beach (California ) and got married in January 2006. Stone was one of the most extroverted players who were in beach volleyball. He let it be taking like to emulate at the referee's decisions his opinion the complete environment loudly known. His way to play and interact with the audience was unique and prepared the players always a pleasure.