Nancy Reno
 
Born: 12/24/65
Hometown: Glen Ellyn, IL
Currently: Encinitas, CA
Height: 5'11"
College: Stanford
Seasons Played: 11th Season

Career Highlights
  • Reno retired from beach volleyball at the end of last season. She ended her career with three top performances on the BVA Tour. She won the BVA Long Beach Open with Elaine Youngs, finished second at the BVA Pismo Beach Open with Leanne Schuster, and finished second at the season ending BVA Tour event in San Diego with Youngs. She also scored a second place finish at the BVA Tour event in Santa Monica with Linda Hanley.
  • In her career, Hanley has won 38 tournament titles and over $531,000 in prize money.
  • She and Holly McPeak teamed to become one of the top teams in the United States during the 1995 season and part of the 1996 season, when they won 13 events (eight in 1995 and five in 1996).
  • She and McPeak had equal success on the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour where they won six events between 1995 and 1996.
  • She and McPeak finished fifth at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.
  • She was member of the USA National Team in 1989.

    Reno Career Marks:

  • 38 tournament titles -- BVA (1), WPVA (20), FIVB (10), and AVP (7)
  • Has won over $531,000 in prize money.
  • Best Seasons -- 1995-1996 w/McPeak (19 wins -- 1995, 8 WPVA, 6 FIVB and 1996, 4 WPVA, 1 Evian Indoor, NY)
  • Fifth in overall career victories with 38.
  • Ninth in overall tournaments played with 151.
  • Fourth in career prize money.
  • In her career, she has won 20 tournaments with Holly McPeak, 10 tournaments with Karolyn Kirby, four tournaments with Angela Rock, and one tournament with Linda Chisholm, Cammi Ciarelli, Janice Harrer, and Elaine Youngs.

College

  • Played her collegiate career at Stanford, where she lettered all four years.
  • She earned All-American honors at Stanford.
  • Was selected as the school's top female athlete.
  • Was named an Academic All-American as well.

Personal

  • Reno's mother is Patricia Reno. She has two brothers, Bradley and Jeffry, and one sisters, Debbie.
  • Graduated from Stanford in 1988.
  • In 1989, she attended the Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey.
  • She has worked on a doctorate in animal biology at the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colorado.
  • Hobbies include woodworking painting, scuba diving, and playing the guitar.


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