A worthy recipient and pioneer of women’s beach volleyball in Australia, Anita also started her volleyball career on the indoor floorboards, representing Queensland in junior and senior teams, as well as Australia at the junior and senior level, where she played 28 games for the Senior Indoor team before making the move to the beach. Making her mark on the…
Like our Male Indoor player being inducted this year, our Female Indoor Player Sue Dansie also made her National Team debut in 1971, playing in a total of 44 matches from 1971 to 1982. Her competition highlights included the 1973 and 1976 Oceania Championships, the 1975 and 1979 Asian Championships, and to cap it all off, Sue was part of…
Our inaugural female beach inductee also played both disciplines but it was on the beach that she excelled. Over a 13 year period she won 8 Australian Beach titles and played in 92 FIVB World Tour Events amassing a total of 20 medals – 10 Bronze, 8 Silver and 2 Gold. She represented Australia at three consecutive Olympic Games in…
Our next indoor female inductee is well known to the Australian volleyball community and although retired from her elite playing days is still very actively involved as a coach. Her career as an indoor player is what has earned her this Hall of Fame Honour but it goes without saying that she has succeeded at a high level in both…
Our second inductee is from the early era as well but clearly had additional opportunities to play internationally compared to Ozzie. She made the first ever Australian Representative side and then went on to play 79 games for Australia including two Asian Championships in 1975 and 1979 and a World Championship in 1982.
