Keao Burdine

Keao Burdine
Keao Burdine (2017)
portrait
birthday	2nd January 1983
place of birth	Long Beach, California, United States
size	1.86 m
Indoor volleyball
position	External attack
societies
until 2001 2001–2004 2005–2007 2007–2008 2008–2009 2009–2010 2011– –2015 2015–2016 2016–2017	La Habra High School University of Southern California Indias de Mayagüez Türk Telekomspor Galatasaray Istanbul Indias de Mayagüez Tjumen VC Chara Morin Béziers Volley HPK Naiset Rote Raben Vilsbiburg
National team
	Junior national team A national team
successes
2002, 2003 - NCAA champion 2016 - Finnish champion
beach volleyball
Partner	2002 - Christine Zartman 2003 - Natasha Nguyen 2004 - Claire D'Amore 2005 - various 2006 - April Ross 2007 - Nancy Reynolds 2007–2008 - Brittany Hochevar 2008 - Jennifer Snyder 2009 - various 2010 - Jennifer Fopma 2014 - Kaui Salzman
As of November 14, 2017

Ruth Keao Anuenue Burdine (born January 2, 1983 in Long Beach , California ) is an American volleyball and beach volleyball player .

Career

Indoor volleyball

Burdine comes from a volleyball family where both her parents and siblings played the sport. She started her career at La Habra High School. From 2001 to 2004 she studied at the University of Southern California , where she played on the university team with which she won the NCAA championship in 2002 and 2003 . In 2005 the junior national player went to Puerto Rico to Indias de Mayagüez . In 2007 she moved to Türk Telekomspor in Ankara and the next season she also played in Turkey for Galatasaray Istanbul . Then the external attacker returned to Mayagüez. In 2011 she took part in the Pan American Games with the US national team. Burdine moved to Russia, where she first worked for Tyumen VC and then for Chara Morin in Ulan-Ude . She then played for Béziers volley. With HPK Naiset from Hämeenlinna , she became Finnish champion in 2016. Then she was committed by the German Bundesliga club Rote Raben Vilsbiburg . After the 2016/17 season, she left the club.

beach volleyball

Burdine reached fifth place with Christine Zartman at the U21 World Cup in Catania in 2002 . In 2003 she appeared in San Diego with Natasha Nguyen for the first time at a tournament on the AVP Tour . The following year she completed two tournaments with Claire D'Amore . In 2005 she had changing partners. At the side of April Ross , she achieved two ninth places in Sacramento and Seaside Heights in the next AVP season . In 2007 Burdine played first with Nancy Reynolds and then with Brittany Hochevar , with whom she finished fifth in Mason . With Hochevar, she completed the first tournaments in 2008 before she formed a new duo with Jennifer Snyder ; three ninth places were her best results this year. In 2009 she appeared again in various formations and was ninth twice. In 2010 she achieved this result with Jennifer Fopma in Hermosa Beach . In 2014 Burdine returned to the AVP Tour alongside Kaui Salzman .

Web links

• Profile at the University of Southern California (English)
• Profile at CEV (English)
• Profile at the Volleyball Player Agency (English)
• Youtube videos
• Profile in the Beach Volleyball Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ For Burdine, This Is the Life. Los Angeles Times , December 16, 2004, accessed January 1, 2017 . 
2. ↑ Profile at the University of Southern California (English)
3. ↑ ^{a b c d} Profile at the Volleyball Player Agency ( memento of the original from May 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English) 
4. ↑ Profile at the Rote Raben Vilsbiburg ( Memento of the original from January 1, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
5. ↑ ^{a b} Keao Burdine: Six countries, eight clubs - and one guitar. (No longer available online.) Rote Raben Vilsbiburg, August 8, 2016, archived from the original on January 1, 2017 ; accessed on January 1, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
6. ↑ From Long Beach to Vilsbiburg: Keao Burdine new in the raven nest. (No longer available online.) Rote Raben Vilsbiburg, June 22, 2016, archived from the original on January 1, 2017 ; accessed on January 1, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
7. ↑ Everything for the league. In: sueddeutsche.de. June 8, 2017, accessed December 3, 2018 .