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Annett Davis

Annett Davis

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Birth Date:Saturday, September 22, 1973
Hometown:Long Beach, CA
Resides:Valencia, CA
Height:5'11''
College:UCLA
Website:http://www.annettdavis.com/
  • Career
  • Career Summary

Beach Bits:

• Davis has finished ranked in the top 10 in season points each year she has competed on the AVP Tour.
• With Jenny Johnson Jordan, became just the second team worldwide to compete in 100 events together.
• Davis has ranked in the top 10 in hitting percentage on the AVP Tour four times.
• Davis and Johnson Jordan won their first six career titles over a 14-month span on four different tours.

2008: Ranked as the second team on the Tour with Johnson Jordan, winning in Belmar and Santa Barbara. With Johnson Jordan, advanced to the semifinals in 13 of 17 events, including the last five of the year. They were in seven finals, the most domestically for this tandem in a single season, including in five straight events in June and July. Ranked fifth in aces per game (.77) and sixth in hitting percentage (.452). 
2007: Won in Chicago and played in seven semifinals. Davis and Johnson Jordan finished third in the Crocs Cup Standings. Sixth on the Tour in hitting percentage (.448).
2006: Part of the third-ranked team on Tour, with nine semifinal appearances. Ranked 10th on the Tour in hitting percentage (.433).
2005: Did not play.
2004: Davis and Johnson Jordan became the U.S. team with most career tournaments played together, and in Huntington Beach they played their 100th event together, a feat which only one other team in the world had accomplished. Davis won the Queen of the Beach event in Honolulu, defeating Kerri Walsh in the finals. Ended the season as the third-ranked team, advancing to the semifinals nine times in the 10 team events. On the FIVB Tour advanced to five semifinals, including podium finishes in their last three tournaments. Missed qualifying for the Olympics, ending third in the U.S. and fifth worldwide, the only team in the top 15 not to qualify. Davis ranked first on the Tour in hitting percentage (.526), fourth in blocks per game (.77), fifth in aces per game (.58).
2003: Ranked as the number three team on the AVP Tour, playing in the semifinals in six of nine team events. 
2002: Part of the second-ranked team on the AVP Tour, playing in the semifinals in all seven events. Collected wins in Manhattan Beach and Chicago.
2001: Did not play.
2000: Won four titles on three different tours. Qualified for the Olympics with the second highest ranking worldwide, and placed fifth in the Sydney Games.
1999: With Johnson Jordan, won their first two career titles, in Muskegon and Portugal. Their season earnings were the most of any U.S. team (men or women).
1998: Did not play domestically, but played in five FIVB events with a best finish of ninth. One of the events she partnered with Barbra Fontana, marking the only tournament she ever played with a partner other than Johnson Jordan.
1997: Began her pro beach volleyball career and partnership with Johnson Jordan, playing in three domestic events and two international tournaments. In their third event, they lost in the first round and won seven straight matches to advance to the finals in Orlando.

Hot Winter Nights: Played in six events in 2008 with a first in Milwaukee in her first outing and a second-place finish in Spokane.

Four-Person Volleyball: Davis competed two seasons on the four-person circuit where she teamed with Johnson Jordan, Gabrielle Reece and Stephanie Cox to lead the United States to the four-person title at the 1997 FIVB Beach Volleybll World Champioinships in Los Angeles.

College: Played collegiate volleyball at UCLA where she was a four-year starter. Earned All-League and All-American honors, and was the PAC-10's 1994 Player of the Year.

 

Personal: Family-oriented, Davis is a dedicated wife to Byron and mother to her son Mya, born in June 2001, and her daughter Victoria, born in November 2005. Byron was a 12-time All-American swimmer and her father, Cleveland Buckner, is a former NBA player who played in the game where Wilt Camberlain scored 100 points.

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