Janice Harrer


Experience:   Nine Seasons
Height:       5'7"
Residence:    Honolulu, Hi.
Birthdate:    Oct. 31, 1960
Birthplace:   Torrance, Calif.
High School:  Dana Point (Calif.) Dana Hills '78
College:      UC-Irvine '83

Grand Slams:

Harrer has completed in 24 grand slam events and is 10th in earnings ($32,406.25). Harrer and Linda Chisholm won the 1989 U. S. Open. Harrer's best Nationals finish was a second with Kathy Gregory in 1987. Harrer has competed in five shootouts with fourths with Strand-Ma'a in 1990, Roque in 1991, Reno in 1992 and Arce in 1994. Harrer qualified for the 1993 Top of the Tour, but elected not to compete due to pregnancy. Harrer and Kristi Atkinson were sixth at the 1994 Best of the Beach.

WPVA Career:

Harrer ranks seventh in earnings ($168,470.25). Harrer has 71 final, including 12 career wins, 26 seconds, 18 thirds and 15 fourths. Harrer was the WPVA's top defensive player in 1990.

Partnerships:

Harrer has competed in 118 events with 20 different partners, including 25 with Roque, 19 with Chisholm, 14 with Gregory, 10 with Deb Richardson, seven with Jackie Silva, six with Reno, five each with Strand-Ma'a, Karrie Poppinga and Atkinson, four with Castro, three each with Shannon Millen-Vessup and Lisa Arce, two each with Bev Lidyoff, Johanna Wright, Marla O'Hara and Jackie Campbell, and one each with Judy Bellomo, Angela Rock, Cammy Ciarelli and Mary Holland.

FIVB:

Harrer and Stephanie Nelson attempted to qualify for the 1995 Hermosa event and won three of six matches. Harrer and Erin Deiters posted an 1-2 qualifying mark in the 1995 Indonesia event.

College:

Harrer attended both Saddleback Junior College: (1978-80) in Mission Viejo, Calif., and the University of California at Irvine (1981-83). Harrer competed in both volleyball and track. She graduated in 1983 from UCI.

High School:

Harrer competed in volleyball and track at Dana Hills.

Personal:

Harrer's parents are Richard Opalinski and Mardi Vaden. She has two brothers (John and Gary) and one sister (Teri). Her hobbies are tennis, surfing, mountain biking, crafts, cooking, scrap books and photo albums, and family fellowship. She married Thomas Harrer Dec. 21, 1990, in Mokuleia Beach, HI. The Harrer's have a daughter (Hannah). Harrer is a regional field promotions manager for PowerFood, Inc. (PowerBar) in Hawaii.

WPVA Career Statistics


Year     Earnings     Points    Events   1  2  3  4    W-  L Aces
1987   $  3,625.00      195       10     0  6  2  1   38- 20  NA
1988      8,312.50      214        9     2  2  4  0   37- 14  NA
1989     17,254.00      286       14     3  4  1  0   60- 20  NA
1990     41,550.00      408       16     6  4  3  2   77- 24  NA
1991     38,560.00      424       17     0  5  3  6   75- 35  NA
1992     27,918.75      352       16     1  4  0  3   64- 32  30
1993     14,225.00      244       13     0  1  4  2   44- 28  24
1994     11,150.00      219       10     0  0  1  1   32- 23  16
1995      5,875.00      100       13     0  0  0  0   30- 24  46
Totals $168,470.25    2,442      118    12 26 18 15  457-220 116
FIVA   $      0.00        6        2     0  0  0  0    4-  5  NA
Totals $168,470.25    2,448      120    12 26 18 15  461-225 113

Revised February 3, 1996

Webmaster - Tom Jack
Copyright ©Volleyball WorldWide
Volleyball WorldWide on the Computer Internet/WWW
http://www.volleyball.org/