Eric Fonoimoana

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Personal Data:

Eric Fonoimoana:    [FOE-NO-E-MOW-AH-NA]
Birthdate:          June 7, 1969
Hometown:           Hermosa Beach, Calif.
Training Site:      Manhattan Beach, Calif.
Height/Weight       6'3"/195
Years Pro:          2
College:            UCSB
1997 Prize Money:   $112,093  #10
1996 Prize Money:   $ 89,175
1995 Prize Money:   $110,588 
1994 Prize Money:   $ 82,953
Career Prize Money: $333,201   (as of 8-19-96)
Career Open Wins:   1

Beach:

$333,201  Career Beach Earning total.

1996 - Third place finish at San Diego (with Rob Heidger)
     - Compiled five fourth-place finishes 
     - $ 89,175 earnings

1995 - Third at Atlanta and Baltimore (with Ricci Luyties)
     - Third at Boulder (with Rob Heidger)
     - Fourth at Ft. Myers, Seaside Heights, and Dallas (with Luyties)
     - Second at FIVB Puerto Rico with Mike Whitmarsh
     - $110,588 earnings

1994 - Won the Baltimore Open (with Scott Ayakatubby) for his first
        career victory. (Ayakatubby had just returned from a 10 week
        layoff due to injury.)
     - fourth place finish at the Dallas Open (with Dan Vrebalovich)
     - $82,953 earnings

1993 - fifth place finish at Seal Beach (with Tim Hovland)
     - sixth place finish at the Jose Cuervo Gold Crown at
       Boulder (with Scott Ayakatubby)


Earned his "AAA" rating in 1989 at age 20.


Indoor:

(1989-1992) - Competed intercollegiately at the University of
              California, Sant Barbara

(1991/1992) - Earned two-time Most Valuable Player honors of
              UCSB men's volleyball team.

1992        - Named captain of the men's volleyball team at UCSB
            - Earned All-American honors at UCSB

1988        - Enjoyed a final four appearance with UCSB.


Personal:

- He is of Samoan decent.

- Youngest of six children in the Fonoimoana family.

- His brothers, Toa and Kirk, have both played on the AVP tour.

- His sister, Debbie, competed in the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal,
   Canada as a swimmer.

- He is also a top caliber swimmer.

- Won a gold medal at the 1989 U.S. Olmpic Festival.

- He was named "Athlete of the Year" at Mira Costa High School in 1987.

- Named the "Most Valuable Player" of the 1987 Junior Olympics.

- Named the "Most Valuable Player" of the Ocean League (1986 and 1987).

- Graduated with a bachelors degree in Sociology from UCSB in 1992

- Head coach of the Mira Costa High School junior varsity volleyball team.

- Hobbies include surfing and all water sports.


Updated 2/97