Hi there! My name is Jenn Snyder and I play professionally for the AVP tour in the states. 2010 will be my fifth year on tour and I am very excited about this upcoming season. My teammate is Claire D'Amore and this will be our second season together. We did very well in 2009, finishing 9th in three events and pushing the top ranked teams to three games continuously. We are looking to be the up and comers of 2010 and our goal is to finish in the top 5 this year. We are now working with Scott Davenport as our coach, and are very excited for the opportunity to learn from someone with such great experience and success.
After playing professionally indoor overseas I took a break from volleyball, moved back to Arizona to work. Then one day I turned on the TV and there were Misty and Kerri playing in a final on NBC while I was at work bartending on a Sunday afternoon. I realized then that I didn't want to look back and always wonder "I bet I could have". So, after a five year break from volleyball, I sold everything I owned and moved back to California to pursue Beach Volleyball at the age of 29. I never thought as a kid growing up watching Karch and Sinjin on TV that I would be where I am today. I love what I do and am grateful everyday for this opportunity to play!
Player Statistics
Birth Date: June 4th GEMINI
Home Town/country: Glendale, AZ USA
Height: 6'2"
College/university: Arizona State University / Long Beach State University
Best Finish: 9th (12 times)
Career Highlights
I was selected for the Junior National Team in '93, for Olympic Fest in '95, and for the Pan Am games in '97. I was awarded 1st Team All Pac-10 in '94 and '95 at ASU and 1st Team All Big West in '96 and '97 at LBSU. My Long Beach State team was in the Final Four in 1997, where I made 1st team all tournament. I played indoor professionally in Sicily, Istanbul and Switzerland.
Player History
2009: Claire and I got together for the third event of the year in San Diego as point strategy and ended up taking a 9th. We have never looked back and pushed all the top teams all season long taking three 9th places for the season.
2008: Started the season with Whitney Pavlik, we finished 9th place four times and she was awarded Rookie of the year. I then finished 9th place three more times with three different partners.
2007: Started the season with Janelle Ruen-Allen and took two 9th place finishes.
2006: Played with Janelle Ruen-Allen and qualified for the first time in the 3rd event of the season at Santa Barbara. Our 1st round was against Misty and Kerri, we were the last seed in the tournament and took them to 3 games in the first round of the event. We still hold the record for the only team to ever win a game in the 1st round against them.