Kevin Wong

Kevin Wong
Born Kevin Kahn Wong
(1972-09-12) September 12, 1972
Honolulu, Hawai'i
Residence Hawai'i
Nationality American
Alma mater UCLA
Occupation

retired beach volleyball player volleyball coach

television analyst
Employer NBC Sports
Known for beach volleyball
Home town Honolulu, Hawai'i
Height 6'7" (200 cm)
Weight 209 lb (95 kg)

Kevin Kahn Wong (born September 12, 1972 in Honolulu, Hawaii) is a retired professional beach volleyball player. He currently lives in Hawaii and runs a volleyball training program for youth.

Personal Life

Wong graduated from the Punahou School. He then attended UCLA and received his degree in economics in 1995. His brother, Scott Wong, is a former assistant women's volleyball coach at the University of Hawai'i and the current women's indoor volleyball head coach at Pepperdine University.[1] Scott also played on the AVP tour. Kevin was named to People Magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People" issue in 2000. He was honored by the Chinese Historical Society of Southern California in "Celebrating Chinese Americans in Sports", May, 2009.[2] He served as a beach volleyball analyst for NBC Sports at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympic Games. Kevin is also involved with the Chinese American variation of volleyball called 9-man. He is featured in the documentary about the sport called 9-Man.[3]

Career

At UCLA, the 6'7" Wong was a three-time All-American. He helped the team win NCAA championships in 1993 and 1995. After college, he switched to professional beach volleyball. In 2000, he paired with Rob Heidger to finish 5th at the Sydney Olympics. Along with partner Casey Jennings, they successfully ended the 2010 season by capturing gold at the Swatch FIVB World Tour after beating the Brazilian duo of Benjamin Insfran and Bruno Schmidt at The Hague, Netherlands.[4]

Sources

  1. ↑ "Scott Wong Bio - Pepperdine University Official Athletic Site". Retrieved 2016-08-19.
  2. ↑ CHSSC News and Notes April 2009
  3. ↑ Fang, Jennifer (28 April 2014). "Review: "9-Man" documentary is a complex, thought-provoking challenge to Asian American stereotypes". Reappropriate. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  4. ↑ http://www.universalsports.com/news/article/newsid=490763.html

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