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14 Tuesday August 29, 2000 Indoor Volleyball 'Women's team, appeal pending 258 David Beard Indoor Volleyball, captain Age: 26 Home: Vic highlights: 1999 Asian Ban Hardy Indoor Volleyball Age: 25 Home: Canberra, ACT Career Highlights: Best Scorer and Best Attacker at 1999 Asian Championships: silver medal, 1998 Canada Cup. Daniel Howard Indoor Volleyball Age: 23 Home: WA Career highlights: Number One Blocker award, 1999 World League; Best Blocker award, 1998 Canada Cup (1998); Silver, 1999 Asian Senior Championships Nathan Jakaviclus Indoor Volleyball Age: 22 Home: Qld Career Highlights: 1998 Canada Cup silver; 1999 Asian Senior Championships, silver a Championships, silver medal; 1998 Canada Cup, silver medal; Best Server award. 1997 Grand Championships Cup, Japan lea Spiro, Marazios Indoor Volleyball Age: 21 Home: NSW Career Highlights: 1997 Grand Champions Cup; 1998 Canada Cup, silver medal; 1999 Asian Senior Championships, silver Scott Nawcomb Indoor Volleyball Age: 26 Home: Qld Career highlights: 1999 Asian Senior Championships, silver; Ted Kalkhoven Most Outstanding Male Player 1996 Ben Loft Indoor Volleyball Age: 21 Home: Vic Career highlights: 1999 Asian Senior Championships, silver; selection in Australian Men's Senior Team age 21 StavanKair Indoor Volleyball Age: 20 Home: Qld Career highlights: 2000 Australian Volleyball Team MVP; selection in Australian Men's Senior Team at age 20 Tennis LlL 0 'iirMTiM 4 9 Russell Wentworth Indoor Volleyball Age: 27 Home: Canberra, ACT Career highlights: 1999 Asian Senior Championships, silver; 1995 Australian Player of the Year 1995 (Ted Kalkhoven award) Saudi Bow en Indoor Volleyball Age: 24 Home: East Doncaster, Vic Career highlights: 6th. 1999 Asian Championships; moved from outside hitter to setter this year Rachel White indoor Volleyball Age: 25 Home: Turner. ACT Career highlights: Selection for 2000 Sydney Olympics Seilna Scobie Indoor Volleyball Age: 23 Home: Lutwyche, Qld Career highlights: 1997, Pac 10 Best Blocker Award in US College League U3 725! LZJ S3 Beach volleyball Mark Williams Indoor Volleyball Age: 21 Home: Qld Career highlights: Winning the 1998 NCAA title with UCLA; selection in Australian Men's Senior Team at age 21 Louisa Bawdan Indoor Volleyball Age: 19 Home: Mitchum.

Vic Career highlights: 6th. 1999 Asian Championships; one of the youngest starting setters to compete in an Olympic Games Majella Brown Indoor Volleyball Age: 19 Home: Tingalpa. Qld Career highlights: 1998. Best Queensland Junior Volleyballer Award Uz Brett Indoor Volleyball Age: 21 Home: Momingside, Qld Career highlights: 1998 Australian women's volleyball player of the year; first Australian member to get overseas contract JuHea Prosser Men's team 1 Age: 28 Home: Sydney. NSW Career highlights: ninth.

1996 Atlanta Olympics (youngest team to compete); seven third-place finishes in world tour events. Matthew Grinlaubs Men's team 2 Age: 29 Home: Brisbane. Qld Career highlights: Qualifying for 2000 Sydney Olympics; qualifying for 1999 Russian world tour event Natalie Cook Women's team 1 Age: 25 Home: Brisbane, Qld. Career highlights: Bronze, 1996 Atlanta Olympics; 60 world tour events. Tenia Gooley Women's team 2 fl Age: 27 WjS UimA AHAlaiHa CA Career highlights: Silver, 2000 Berlin; 27 world tour events.

Annette Huygens Tholen Women's team 3 Age: 34 Home: Perth, WA Career highlights: fifth, 1996 Pusan; fifth, 1994-95 Carolina. Daniel Ron an Indoor Volleyball Age: 25 Home: Qld Career highlights: Best Blocker award, 1998 Australian Nationals; 1995 World Student Games Christie Mokotupu Indoor Volleyball Age: 17 Home: Greenacres, NSW Career highlights: 2000 Asian High School International Tournament, best server and best scorer; 6th, 1999 Asian Championships Bea Daly Indoor Volleyball Age: 19 Home: Marino. SA Career highlights: 1999 Australian women's volleyball player of the year Renae Maycock Indoor Volleyball Age: 20 Home: Bridgewater, SA Career highlights: 1997 Most Valuable Player at the National Schools Cup Lauren Bums Under 49kg Age: 26 Home: Melbourne. Vic Career highlights: 11-times national champion; gold. 1999 US Open; silver, 1998 Choson International cup; bronze.

1997 world championships. Usa O'Keef 57kg-67kg Age: 27 Home: Victoria Career highlights: Australian No.l, ranked third in the world. Three-times national champion; bronze, 1998 world championships. Warren Hansen Welter (68kg-80kg) Age: 30 Home: Victoria Career highlights: 10-times and current Australian champion; bronze. 1998 world cup; gold, 1998 Choson International cup; gold, 1999 US Open.

Paul Lyons 58kg-68kg Age: 24 Home: Melbourne, Vic Career highlights: 1999 Australian champion; gold, 1998 US Open; gold, 1998 Spanish Open; fifth, 1998 world cup. Mens DoMc Sineles. doubles fT' Age: 17 Home: Sydney. NSW career rugniignts: semi-tinai. 2000 Wimbledon, quarter-final.

1999 Wimbledon. Alicia Mollk Singes Age: 19 Home: Melbourne. Vic Career highlights: Winner. 1999 ITF Gold Coast; third round, 1999 French Open. a Nicole Pratt Singles Age: 27 Home: Meboume, Vc Career highlights: Winner.

1998 ITF Rockford; 1999 Australian Fed Cup team. Rermae Stubbs Doubles Age: 29 Home: Sydney, NSW Career highlights: Winner, 1999 Oklahoma City; winner 2000 Australian Open women's doubles and mixed doubles. Ueyton Hewitt Singles Age: 19 Home: Adelaide, SA Career highlights: Winner of six ATP Tour titles, including four this year. Led ATP champions race early in 2000. Patrick Rafter Singles Age: 28 Home: Pembroke, Bermuda Career highlights: Winner 1997 and 1998 US Opens: finalist 2000 Wimbledon.

Mark PMItppoussis Singles Age: 24 Home: Vic Career highlights: Runner-up, 1998 US Open (lost to Rafter): semi-final. 2000 Wimbledon. Andrew Ills Singles Age: 24 Home: Melbourne. Vic Career highlights: Won. 2000 ATP Tour event in Atlanta.

Round of 16. 1999 Australian Open. Todd Wootfbrldge Doubles Age: 29 Home: Orlando. US Career Nghtghts: With Mark Woodfbrde. the most wmng doubles team of all time with 67 titles.

Mark Woodforde Doubles Age: 35 Home: California. US Career rsghaghts: Won five doubles titles (with Wccdbridge) in 1998. his seventh straight year with at least five titles. The pair have won all grand slam doubles titles at least once. 2JJ Hldda (Shane) Van Beast Indoor Volleyball Age: 21 Home: Qld Career highlights: 1998 Canada Cup, silver; 1999 Asian Senior Championships, silver, ranked in Top 10 for point scoring in the Italian A2 League 199899 season Tamsln Bamett Indoor Volleyball Age: 19 Home: Napoleons, Vic Career highlights: Making national team Angela Clarke Indoor Volleyball Age: 24 Home: Brisbane.

Qld Career highlights: Switched from beach volleyball to indoor in June 2000 after partner was injured Priscllla Ruddle Indoor Volleyball (capt) Age: 24 Home: Melbourne, Vic Career highlights: 6th, 1999 Asian Championships to Cynthia Cameron 49kg-57kg Age: 20 Home: Perth. WA Career highlights: Only non-Victorian team member. Bronze. 1999 Dutch Open: gold. 1998 AIS cup and 1998 Commonwealth championships.

Tanya White 67kg Age: 28 Home: Melbourne, Vic Career highlights: No. 1 in Australia and fifth in the world; bronze, 1998 world cup; gold, 1999 US Open. Carlo Masslmino Fly (under 58kg) Age: 31 Home: Melbourne, Vic Career highlights: Gold. 1997 Australian Olympic division championships; fourth, 1998 world cup. Daniel Trenton 80kg Age: 23 Home: Melbourne, Vic Career highlights: No.l in Australia; gold medal and MVP, 1999 US Open; silver, 1999 Dutch Open; bronze, 1997 world championships.

-J l3 62 LeeZahner Men's team 1 Age: 26 Home: Bnsbane. Qld. Career highlights: ninth. 1996 Atlanta Olympics (youngest team to compete); six third-place finishes in world tour events. Joan Slack Men's team 2 Age: 23 Home: Camira, Qld Career highlights: Qualifying for 2000 Sydney Olympics: qualifying for 1999 Russian world tour event Karri-An no Pottharst Women's team 1 Age: 35 Home: Adelaide, SA Career highlights: Bronze.

1996 Atlanta Olympics; 56 world tour events. Pauline Manser women's team 2 Age: 31 Home: Perth, WA. Career highlights: Two-time Australian Player of the Yean silver, 1998 Goodwill Games; 30 world tour events. Sarah Straton Women's team 3 Age: 30 Home: Perth, WA Career highlights: Gold. 1996 Osaka; 48 world tour events.

CO i "I am hoping to definitely get a medal in Sydney and I want gold this time." usa o'keefe, august 2000.