Brian Lewis

Personal Data:

Nickname:           "Lewy"
Birthdate:          March 22, 1968
Hometown:           Corona del Mar, Calif.
Training Site:      Corona del Mar, Calif.
Height/Weight       6'1"/185
Years Pro:          7
College:            Orange Coast College
1997 Prize Money:   $ 98,045  #12
1996 Prize Money:   $157,501
1995 Prize Money:   $157,573
1994 Prize Money:   $92,778
Career Prize Money: $706,790   (as of 8-19-96)
Career Open Wins:   5

Beach:

$706,790 Career Beach Earning total.

1996 - Compiled 2 Open wins (with Scott Ayakatubby)
     - First at San Diego, Grand Haven
     - Second at Boulder, Belmar (with Ayakatubby)
     - Compiled six third-place finishes, 
        and three fourth-place finishes
     - $157,501 earnings

1995 - Won at Belmar with Bill Boullianne
     - Second at Boston with Boullianne
     - Compiled five third-place finishes, 
        and five fourth-place finishes (with Boullianne)
     - Won the POWERaDe Serving Challenge 
     - $157,573 earnings

1994 - second place finishes at Miami and Clearwater (with Ricci
        Luyties), and at Manhattan Beach and Puerto Rico (with Bill
        Boullianne)
     - third place finish at Jacksonville (with Luyties)
     - missed seven weeks of the season because of injury
     - $92,778 earnings

1993 - second place finishes at the Jose Cuervo Gold Crown in
        Clearwater (with Mike Whitmarsh), and at San Diego and
        Milwaukee (with Stoklos); San Diego was Lewis's first
        event with Stoklos
     - third place finishes at the Old Spice Tournament of
        Champions (with Tim Hovland), and at Belmar and the Jose
        Cuervo Gold Crow in Boulder (with Stoklos)

1992 - won the Jose Cuervo Gold Crown in Clearwater (with Pat
        Powers) to gain his first tour victory
     - second place finishes in Philadelphia and Belmar (with
        Tim Hovland), San Antonio (with Pat Powers), and at the
        Jose Cuervo Gold Crown in Santa Cruz (with Mike Whitmarsh)
     - third place finish at the Tournament of Champions (with
        Whitmarsh)

Other Beach Highlights:

- Teamed with Randy Stoklos in 1993, after Stoklos ended his long
   time partnership with beach legend, Sinjin Smith.

- Won the Chicago Open and recorded several other top ten finishes
   with Stoklos in 1993.

- Voted the 1992 AVP "Most Improved Player".

- Joined the AVP Tour full time in 1990.

Personal:

- Native of Corona del Mar, Calif.

- Has only played volleyball competitively for eight years.

- Best known on the AVP Tour for his powerful jump serve.

- He's a crowd favorite at all AVP sites.

- His father produced the first film made about volleyball called
   "Beach Volleyball Coming of Age".

- Learned surfing as his first competetive sport.

- Earned his associate degree in general education from Orange
  Coast College.

- Cites Randy Stoklos as inspirational to his career because of
   Randy's winning history.


Updated 2/97