Dariam Acevedo

Dariam Acevedo Santiago[1] (born December 15, 1984 in Trujillo Alto)[2] is a female beach volleyball player from Puerto Rico who won the gold medal at the NORCECA Circuit 2009 at Montelimar, Nicaragua playing with Yarleen Santiago.[3][4]

Dariam Acevedo
Personal information
Full nameDariam Acevedo Santiago
NationalityPuerto Rican
Born (1984-12-15) December 15, 1984
Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico
HometownTrujillo Alto
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Beach volleyball information
Current teammate
Years Teammate
2009 Yarleen Santiago
Honours
Women's beach volleyball
Representing  Puerto Rico
NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit
2009 Montelimar Beach
2009 Jamaica Beach

She majored in kinesiology at University of Texas at Austin and played as outside hitter.[5] There she earned two times All Conference All Academic First team between 2004 and 2005[6] and All Conference All Academic Second Team in 2006.[7] She also won All Conference Honorable Mention in 2004, same year she won Conference newcomer of the Year. In 2005, she won CoSIDA Academic All-District All Academic.[8]

Indoor

Dariam also plays indoor volleyball with the national team[9] and currently professionally with Mets de Guaynabo from Liga de Voleibol Superior Femenino.[10][11] She participated at the 2002 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship in Germany.[12]

Clubs

Awards

College
  • 2004 All Conference Honorable Mention
  • 2004 Conference Newcomer of the Year
  • 2004-2005 All Conference "All Academic First Team"
  • 2005 CoSIDA Academic All-District
  • 2006 All Conference "All Academic Second Team"

National Team

References
  1. "Poder, respesto y un toque de belleza exótica" (in Spanish). Primera Hora. Retrieved 2009-11-07.
  2. "Dariam Acevedo profile". Volleyball Magazine. Archived from the original on 2013-09-28. Retrieved 2013-09-25.
  3. nacion.com. "Ticas de plata en la final del Norceca" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2009-10-07.
  4. ArkansasRazorbacks.com. "Former Razorback wins NORCECA title". Archived from the original on 2012-10-02. Retrieved 2009-11-07.
  5. Texas Longhorns. "2006 Volleyball Roster". Retrieved 2009-11-07.
  6. Texas Longhorns. "The A team: Dariam Acevedo". Retrieved 2009-11-07.
  7. Texas Longhorns. "Volleyball places three players on Academic All-Big 12 team". Retrieved 2009-11-07.
  8. Texas Longhorns. "Texas Volleyball History: Honor Roll". Archived from the original on 2011-06-11. Retrieved 2009-11-07.
  9. Terra Mexico. "P.Rico llevará misma escuadra de Copa Panamericana a Juegos Panamericanos" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2012-02-23. Retrieved 2009-11-07.
  10. Gigantes de Carolina. "Rita Liliom guió a Las Gigantes" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on March 1, 2012. Retrieved 2009-11-07.
  11. Wapa TV. "Leonas ganan primer partido de voleibol" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2009-11-07.
  12. "Team Rosters". www.fivb.ch. Retrieved 2017-08-12.
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