Summer Ross

CareerTimeline

Most Notable

Former partners include: Sara Hughes (2018-20); Brooke Sweat (2017-18); Jennifer Fopma (2015); Lane Carico (2015-16); Emily Day (2013-14); Jane Croson (2008-10)
Started her indoor career at the University of Washington before transferring to Pepperdine after her freshman year to focus on sand
Won the first-ever AVCA Collegiate Sand Volleyball National Pairs title in 2012 with Caitlin Racich
Led the 2012 Pepperdine team to the title in the first-ever AVCA Collegiate Sand Volleyball Championships
2012 Collegiate Beach All-American
Left college in 2013 to concentrate on her professional beach career
As part of the USA Volleyball pipeline, she was the first athlete, male or female, to win the FIVB U21 World Championships and FIVB U19 World Championships in the same year (2010)
USAV Female Beach Volleyball Player of the Year - 2010 (first time awarded to a junior player) and 2018
Ross and partner Jane Croson were the youngest team to ever compete in the FIVB U18 World Champinships

2019 FIVB Xiamen - 4th with Sara Hughes
2019 FIVB Itapema - T9th with Sara Hughes
2019 FIVB Jinjiang - T9th with Sara Hughes
2019 FIVB Ostrava - T9th with Sara Hughes
2019 FIVB Warsaw - T17th with Sara Hughes
2019 FIVB World Championships - T5th with Sara Hughes
2019 FIVB Qinzhou - T9th with Sara Hughes
Top 2018 FIVB finishes with Sara Hughes include: Gold in Moscow; Bronze in Yanghzhou; Bronze in Espinho
2018 FIVB Qinzhou - Bronze with Brooke Sweat
2012 World University Championships - Gold with Emily Day
2010 FIVB U18 World Championships - Gold with Jane Croson
2010 FIVB U21 World Championships - Gold with Tara Roenicke
2009 FIVB U21 World Championships - 5th with Jazmin Machado
2009 Australian Youth Olympic Festival - Gold with Tara Roenicke
2008 FIVB U21 World Championships - 9th with Jane Croson

Born in 1992
Father is Tony Ross; brother, Chase, played volleyball at Pepperdine and at the FIVB Youth World Championships (2008, 2009)
Played club volleyball with Encinitas WAVE, Laguna Beach and Coast VBC
Graduated from Carlsbad Seaside Academy a semester early and was the 2011 valedictorian