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Elaine Youngs
Elaine Youngs
	Youngs in 2010
Personal information
Full name	Elaine Clara Marie Hermenia Youngs
Nickname	E.Y.
Born	February 14, 1970 (age 54); Orange, California, U.S.
Hometown	Lake Forest, California, U.S.
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Beach volleyball information
2011; 2010; 2006–2009; 2005–2006; 2002–2004; 2001; 1999–2000; 1998; 1997	Rachel Scott; Misty May-Treanor; Nicole Branagh; Rachel Wacholder; Holly McPeak; Barbra Fontana; Liz Masakayan; Nancy Reno; Liz Masakayan
Indoor volleyball information
Position	Outside hitter
Number	15 (national team)
Medal record
Representing the United States
Women's beach volleyball
Olympic Games
World Championships
World Tour
Women's volleyball
Goodwill Games

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Elaine Youngs (born February 14, 1970, in Orange, California) is an American former professional volleyball player who competed both indoors and on the beach.^[1]

Youngs attended UCLA, where as a freshman she started on a team that went undefeated through the regular season. They reached the semi-finals of the NCAA tournament, where they lost to Texas. The following year the Bruins reached the semi-finals again, where they lost to a powerful squad from Nebraska. A knee injury caused her to miss the 1990 season. She was red-shirted, returning for the 1991 season to help the team to win the national title. The team reached the championship match again in 1992, losing to Stanford. Youngs led the Bruins to the Final Four in each of the four seasons that she played. She also earned All-American honors in each of those four years. Youngs also spent two seasons playing on the Bruins basketball team, averaging 5.7 points per game. She graduated in 1993 with a degree in history.

Youngs was on the USA Volleyball indoor team and won a silver medal at the 1994 Goodwill Games.^[2] She also played in the 1996 Olympics, where the women placed seventh.^[3]

Nicknamed "EY", Youngs beach career started in 1997, winning third place in her first pro beach volleyball tournament. In 1997 and then 1999–2000 Youngs partnered with Liz Masakayan who later became Youngs coach from 2004 through 2008. The duo missed going to the 2000 Sydney Olympics by 50 points.^[4] In 1998 Youngs partnered with Nancy Reno until Nancy retired from pro beach volleyball. In 2001 Youngs partnered with Barbra Fontana, and from 2002 to 2004 partnered with Holly McPeak, winning the Beach Volleyball bronze medal together in the 2004 Athens Olympics. She teamed with Rachel Wacholder for the 2005 and much of the 2006 season. In August 2006, Wacholder left Youngs and partnered with Jennifer Kessy Boss and Youngs replaced Wacholder with Nicole Branagh for the 2007 AVP season. On September 8, 2007, Youngs won the Goddess of the Beach tournament for the first time in Las Vegas, Nevada. Branagh and Youngs achieved fifth place in the 2008 Beijing Olympics and continued playing together in the 2009 season. In 2010, Nicole Branagh partnered with Misty May-Treanor, replacing Kerri Walsh. Youngs retired from professional volleyball at the end of the 2010 season.

In 2002 Youngs was chosen as the MVP of the Association of Volleyball Professionals. In 2004 she teamed with Holly McPeak to win the bronze medal at the Summer Olympics in Athens. In her career Youngs won 51 professional beach volleyball tournaments. On October 6, 2006, she was inducted into the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame.^[5]

Personal life

Youngs currently works as a realtor in Durango, Colorado.^[6] During the winter, she enjoys "everything outdoors," including snowboarding, snowshoeing, hiking, camping and cross-country skiing.

References

^ NBC Olympics athlete bio: Elaine Youngs Archived July 14, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
^ Krastev, Todor. "Women Volleyball Goodwill Games 1994 Sankt Petersburg (RUS) - 07-.08 Winner Soviet Union". Todor66.com. Archived from the original on April 29, 2023. Retrieved September 27, 2023.
^ Team USA Elaine Youngs BIO "[1]". Updated 2009.
^ AVP Elaine Youngs BIO (2009) ""AVP - the Players - Elaine Youngs". Archived from the original on April 30, 2009. Retrieved May 23, 2009." Beach Volleyball Database
^ "Elaine Youngs Inducted Into UCLA Athletics Hall Of Fame". UCLA Athletics. October 3, 2006. Archived from the original on July 25, 2011.
^ "Elaine "EY" Youngs". Porch Light Real Estate Group. Retrieved July 16, 2021.

External links

Elaine Youngs at the Beach Volleyball Database
Elaine Youngs at Team USA (archive July 11, 2022)
Elaine Youngs at Olympics.com
Elaine Youngs at Olympedia
UCLA Women's Volleyball Olympians

[1] NBC Olympics athlete bio: Elaine Youngs Archived July 14, 2011, at the Wayback Machine

[Todor-Goodwill-2] Krastev, Todor. "Women Volleyball Goodwill Games 1994 Sankt Petersburg (RUS) - 07-.08 Winner Soviet Union". Todor66.com. Archived from the original on April 29, 2023. Retrieved September 27, 2023.

[3] Team USA Elaine Youngs BIO "[1]". Updated 2009.

[4] AVP Elaine Youngs BIO (2009) ""AVP - the Players - Elaine Youngs". Archived from the original on April 30, 2009. Retrieved May 23, 2009." Beach Volleyball Database

[5] "Elaine Youngs Inducted Into UCLA Athletics Hall Of Fame". UCLA Athletics. October 3, 2006. Archived from the original on July 25, 2011.

[6] "Elaine "EY" Youngs". Porch Light Real Estate Group. Retrieved July 16, 2021.

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+{{MedalGold|[[Swatch FIVB World Tour 2002|2002 Marseille]]|Beach}}
+{{MedalGold|[[Swatch FIVB World Tour 2002|2002 Rhodes]]|Beach}}
+{{MedalGold|[[Swatch FIVB World Tour 2002|2002 Vitória]]|Beach}}
+{{MedalGold|[[Swatch FIVB World Tour 2004|2004 Shanghai]]|Beach}}
+{{MedalGold|[[Swatch FIVB World Tour 2004|2004 Stavanger]]|Beach}}
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+{{MedalSilver|[[Swatch FIVB World Tour 2003|2003 Berlin]]|Beach}}
+{{MedalSilver|[[Swatch FIVB World Tour 2004|2004 Rhodes]]|Beach}}
+{{MedalSilver|[[Swatch FIVB World Tour 2005|2005 Klagenfurt]]|Beach}}
+{{MedalSilver|[[Swatch FIVB World Tour 2007|2007 Phuket]]|Beach}}
+{{MedalSilver|[[Swatch FIVB World Tour 2008|2008 Moscow]]|Beach}}
+{{MedalSilver|[[Swatch FIVB World Tour 2009|2009 Klagenfurt]]|Beach}}
+{{MedalBronze|[[Swatch FIVB World Tour 2002|2002 Montreal]]|Beach}}
+{{MedalBronze|[[Swatch FIVB World Tour 2002|2002 Klagenfurt]]|Beach}}
+{{MedalBronze|[[Swatch FIVB World Tour 2004|2004 Gstaad]]|Beach}}
+{{MedalBronze|[[Swatch FIVB World Tour 2004|2004 Berlin]]|Beach}}
+{{MedalBronze|[[Swatch FIVB World Tour 2005|2005 Brazil]]|Beach}}
+{{MedalBronze|[[Swatch FIVB World Tour 2005|2005 Acapulco]]|Beach}}
+{{MedalBronze|[[Swatch FIVB World Tour 2007|2007 St. Petersburg]]|Beach}}
+{{MedalBronze|[[Swatch FIVB World Tour 2007|2007 Brazil]]|Beach}}
+{{MedalBronze|[[Swatch FIVB World Tour 2008|2008 Seoul]]|Beach}}
+{{MedalBronze|[[Swatch FIVB World Tour 2008|2008 Paris]]|Beach}}
+{{MedalBronze|[[Swatch FIVB World Tour 2009|2009 Gstaad]]|Beach}}
+{{MedalSport | Women's [[volleyball]] }}
+{{MedalCompetition|[[Goodwill Games]]}}
+{{MedalSilver|[[1994 Goodwill Games|1994 Saint Petersburg]]|[[Volleyball at the 1994 Goodwill Games – Women's team rosters|Indoor]]}}
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-'''Elaine Youngs''' (born February 14, 1970 in [[Orange, California]]) is an American former professional volleyball player who competed both [[Volleyball|indoors]] and on the [[beach volleyball|beach]].<ref>[http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=1165/bio/index.html NBC Olympics athlete bio: Elaine Youngs] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714161817/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete%3D1165/bio/index.html |date=2011-07-14 }}</ref>
+'''Elaine Youngs''' (born February 14, 1970, in [[Orange, California]]) is an American former professional volleyball player who competed both [[Volleyball|indoors]] and on the [[beach volleyball|beach]].<ref>[http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=1165/bio/index.html NBC Olympics athlete bio: Elaine Youngs] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714161817/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete%3D1165/bio/index.html |date=July 14, 2011 }}</ref>
+Youngs attended [[UCLA]], where as a freshman she started on a team that went undefeated through the regular season. They reached the semi-finals of the NCAA tournament, where they lost to Texas. The following year the Bruins reached the semi-finals again, where they lost to a powerful squad from Nebraska. A knee injury caused her to miss the 1990 season. She was [[Redshirt (college sports)|red-shirted]], returning for the 1991 season to help the team to win the national title. The team reached the championship match again in 1992, losing to Stanford. Youngs led the Bruins to the Final Four in each of the four seasons that she played. She also earned All-American honors in each of those four years. Youngs also spent two seasons playing on the [[UCLA Bruins women's basketball|Bruins basketball team]], averaging 5.7 [[point (basketball)|points]] per game. She graduated in 1993 with a degree in history.
+Youngs was on the [[USA Volleyball]] indoor team and won a silver medal at the [[1994 Goodwill Games]].<ref name="Todor-Goodwill">{{Cite web |url=http://www.todor66.com/volleyball/Other/Women_Goodwill_1994.html |last=Krastev |first=Todor |website=Todor66.com |title=Women Volleyball Goodwill Games 1994 Sankt Petersburg (RUS) - 07-.08 Winner Soviet Union |access-date=27 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429132611/http://www.todor66.com/volleyball/Other/Women_Goodwill_1994.html |archive-date=29 April 2023 |url-status=live }}</ref> She also played in the  [[Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Olympics]], where the women placed seventh.<ref>Team USA Elaine Youngs BIO "[https://web.archive.org/web/20080705030122/http://volleyball.teamusa.org/athlete/athlete/1039]". Updated 2009.</ref>
-Youngs attended [[UCLA]], where as a freshman she started on a team that went undefeated through the regular season. They reached the semi-finals of the NCAA tournament, where they lost to Texas. The following year the Bruins reached the semi finals again, where they lost to a powerful squad from Nebraska. A knee injury caused her to miss the 1990 season. She was [[Redshirt (college sports)|red-shirted]], returning for the 1991 season to help the team to win the national title. The team reached the championship match again in 1992, losing to Stanford. Youngs led the Bruins to the Final Four in each of the four seasons that she played. She also earned All-American honors in each of those four years. Youngs also spent two seasons playing on the [[UCLA Bruins women's basketball|Bruins basketball team]], averaging 5.7 [[point (basketball)|points]] per game. She graduated in 1993 with a degree in history.
+Nicknamed "EY", Youngs beach career started in 1997, winning third place in her first pro beach volleyball tournament. In 1997 and then 1999–2000 Youngs partnered with [[Liz Masakayan]] who later became Youngs coach from 2004 through 2008. The duo missed going to the [[2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]] Olympics by 50 points.<ref>AVP Elaine Youngs BIO (2009) "{{cite web |url=http://www.avp.com/The-Players/Females/Y/Elaine-Youngs.aspx |title=AVP - the Players - Elaine Youngs |access-date=2009-05-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090430160544/http://www.avp.com/The-Players/Females/Y/Elaine-Youngs.aspx |archive-date=2009-04-30 }}" Beach Volleyball Database</ref> In 1998 Youngs partnered with [[Nancy Reno]] until Nancy retired from pro beach volleyball. In 2001 Youngs partnered with [[Barbra Fontana]], and from 2002 to 2004 partnered with [[Holly McPeak]], winning the Beach Volleyball bronze medal together in the [[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens Olympics]].  She teamed with [[Rachel Wacholder]] for the 2005 and much of the 2006 season.  In August 2006, Wacholder left Youngs and partnered with [[Jennifer Boss|Jennifer Kessy Boss]] and Youngs replaced Wacholder with [[Nicole Branagh]] for the 2007 AVP season. On September 8, 2007, Youngs won the Goddess of the Beach tournament for the first time in [[Las Vegas Valley|Las Vegas]], [[Nevada]]. Branagh and Youngs achieved fifth place in the [[2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing Olympics]] and continued playing together in the 2009 season. In 2010, Nicole Branagh partnered with Misty May-Treanor, replacing Kerri Walsh. Youngs retired from professional volleyball at the end of the 2010 season.
-Youngs was on the [[USA Volleyball]] indoor team and played in the  [[Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Olympics]] where the women placed 7th.<ref>Team USA Elaine Youngs BIO "http://volleyball.teamusa.org/athlete/athlete/1039". Updated 2009.</ref>
+In 2002 Youngs was chosen as the MVP of the [[Association of Volleyball Professionals]]. In 2004 she teamed with [[Holly McPeak]] to win the bronze medal at the [[2004 Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]] in [[Athens]]. In her career Youngs won 51 professional beach volleyball tournaments. On October 6, 2006, she was inducted into the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite web |title=Elaine Youngs Inducted Into UCLA Athletics Hall Of Fame |date=October 3, 2006 |work=UCLA Athletics |url=http://www.uclabruins.com/sports/w-volley/spec-rel/100306aaa.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725154143/http://www.uclabruins.com/sports/w-volley/spec-rel/100306aaa.html |archive-date=July 25, 2011}}</ref>
-Nicknamed "EY", Youngs beach career started in 1997, winning third place in her first pro beach volleyball tournament. In 1997 and then 1999–2000 Youngs partnered with [[Liz Masakayan]] who later became Youngs coach from 2004 through 2008. The duo missed going to the [[2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]] Olympics by 50 points.<ref>AVP Elaine Youngs BIO (2009) "{{cite web |url=http://www.avp.com/The-Players/Females/Y/Elaine-Youngs.aspx |title=AVP - the Players - Elaine Youngs |access-date=2009-05-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090430160544/http://www.avp.com/The-Players/Females/Y/Elaine-Youngs.aspx |archive-date=2009-04-30 }}" Beach Volleyball Database</ref> In 1998 Youngs partnered with [[Nancy Reno]] until Nancy retired from pro beach volleyball. In 2001 Youngs partnered with [[Barbra Fontana]], and from 2002 to 2004 partnered with [[Holly McPeak]], winning the Beach Volleyball bronze medal together in the [[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens Olympics]].  She teamed with [[Rachel Wacholder]] for the 2005 and much of the 2006 season.  In August 2006, Wacholder left Youngs and partnered with [[Jennifer Boss|Jennifer Kessy Boss]] and Youngs replaced Wacholder with [[Nicole Branagh]] for the 2007 AVP season. On September 8, 2007 Youngs won the Goddess of the Beach tournament for the first time in [[Las Vegas Valley|Las Vegas]], [[Nevada]]. Branagh and Youngs achieved 5th place in the [[2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing Olympics]] and continued playing together in the 2009 season. In 2010, Nicole Branagh partnered with Misty May-Treanor, replacing Kerri Walsh. Youngs retired from professional volleyball at the end of the 2010 season.
+==Personal life==
-In 2002 Youngs was chosen as the MVP of the [[Association of Volleyball Professionals]]. In 2004 she teamed with [[Holly McPeak]] to win the bronze medal at the [[2004 Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]] in [[Athens]]. In her career Youngs won 51 professional beach volleyball tournaments. On October 6, 2006 she was inducted into the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite web |title=Elaine Youngs Inducted Into UCLA Athletics Hall Of Fame |date=October 3, 2006 |work=uclabruins.com |url=http://www.uclabruins.com/sports/w-volley/spec-rel/100306aaa.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725154143/http://www.uclabruins.com/sports/w-volley/spec-rel/100306aaa.html |archive-date=July 25, 2011}}</ref>
 Youngs currently works as a realtor in [[Durango, Colorado]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.porchlightgroup.com/realestate/agent/elaine-youngs/|title=Elaine "EY" Youngs|work=Porch Light Real Estate Group|accessdate=16 July 2021}}</ref> During the winter, she enjoys "everything outdoors," including snowboarding, snowshoeing, hiking, camping and cross-country skiing.
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 ==External links==
-* {{USOPC profile}}
+* {{Beach Volleyball Database}}
-* {{Olympics.com|elaine-youngs}}
+* {{Team USA|new_id=elaine-youngs|old_id=YO/Elaine-Youngs|archive=20220711225153}}
+* {{Olympics.com profile}}
 * {{Olympedia}}
+* [https://uclabruins.com/sports/2023/7/11/ucla-womens-volleyball-olympians.aspx UCLA Women's Volleyball Olympians]
-* [https://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/beijing/usa/elaine+youngs/222253 Yahoo! Sports profile]
 {{Footer USA Volleyball 1996 Summer Olympics}}
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+[[Category:Olympic beach volleyball players for the United States]]
 [[Category:Olympic medalists in beach volleyball]]
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 [[Category:Competitors at the 1994 Goodwill Games]]
 [[Category:Goodwill Games medalists in volleyball]]
-[[Category:20th-century American women]]
+[[Category:20th-century American sportswomen]]
+[[Category:21st-century American sportswomen]]

v t e 1996 USA Olympic Volleyball Team (Men's beach - Gold & Silver medals)
Qualification	Men's indoor Women's indoor
Men's indoor	Lloy Ball Bob Ctvrtlik Scott Fortune John Hyden Bryan Ivie Michael Lambert Dan Landry Jeff Nygaard Tom Sorensen Jeff Stork Ethan Watts Brett Winslow
Women's indoor	Tara Cross-Battle Lori Endicott Caren Kemner Kristin Klein Beverly Oden Elaina Oden Danielle Scott Tammy Webb Paula Weishoff Tonya Sanders-Williams Elaine Youngs Yoko Zetterlund
Men's beach	Karch Kiraly Kent Steffes Mike Dodd Mike Whitmarsh Carl Henkel Sinjin Smith
Women's beach	Holly McPeak Nancy Reno
Coaches	Terry Liskevych Fred Sturm

v t e 2008 USA Olympic Volleyball Team (men's beach, women's beach and men's indoor - gold medals, women's indoor - silver medal)
Qualification	Men's indoor Women's indoor
Men's indoor	Lloy Ball Sean Rooney David Lee Richard Lambourne Reid Priddy Ryan Millar Riley Salmon Tom Hoff Clay Stanley Kevin Hansen Gabriel Gardner Scott Touzinsky
Women's indoor	Ogonna Nnamani Danielle Scott-Arruda Tayyiba Haneef-Park Lindsey Berg Stacy Sykora Nicole Davis Heather Bown Jennifer Joines Kim Glass Robyn Ah Mow-Santos Kim Willoughby Logan Tom
Men's beach	Phil Dalhausser Todd Rogers Jake Gibb Sean Rosenthal
Women's beach	Nicole Branagh Elaine Youngs Misty May-Treanor Kerri Walsh Jennings
Coaches	Hugh McCutcheon Lang Ping