Sara Hughes

Quick Facts

Full Name	Sara Hughes
Occupation	Beach Volleyball Player
Date Of Birth	Feb 14, 1995(1995-02-14)
Age	29
Birthplace	Costa Mesa
Country	United States
Horoscope	Aquarius

Sara Hughes Biography

Sara Hughes is one of the most popular and richest Beach Volleyball Player who was born on February 14, 1995 in Costa Mesa, United States. Sara Elizabeth Hughes (born February 14th 1995) is an American beach volleyball player. Together with teammates Summer Ross and Summer Ross, she achieved the world’s highest ranking at No. 9 in August 2018. Hughes is the only player to win three times in the AVP Pro Tour, as in addition to one Gold and 2 bronze in the FIVB World Tour.

Hughes was a part of the Trojans during the 2013-14 season she was joined by Kirby Burnham as the top-flight team throughout her freshman year. They were winners of the AVCA Pairs Championship and racked up 42 wins and four losses by the conclusion of the season. Hughes was paired with Claes in the Trojans’ top team for the next three seasons. In their sophomore year, Hughes together with Claes took home Claes and Hughes the AVCA Pairs title and led the Trojans to their first AVCA National Championship, completing the season with a win- loss record. In their junior season, they took home the first Pac-12 Pairs Championship and were named the Pac-12 Pair of the Year. Beach volleyball for women was added as be an NCAA Championship sport that year as well. Hughes and Claes contributed to helping the Trojans to win their first NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship, beating Florida State Seminoles Florida State Seminoles’ top pair in straight sets in the finals. They finished their season with a 48-0 record , and were named for be named to the NCAA All-Tournament Team. Hughes and Claes completed a stellar season by winning at the 2016 World University Championships without dropping an entire set during the event. In their senior year, the pair continued their run their title as Pac-12 Pairs Champions and were again named Pair of the Year. They helped lead their team Trojans towards their 2nd consecutive NCAA title, bouncing back from a set defeat in the finals to beat the top-ranked duo from Pepperdine. Hughes and Claes finished their senior season with a record of 55-1 wins and losses with an overall record of 4 losses and 147 wins during their three seasons.

Between their sophomore and senior years, Hughes and Claes had a win streak of 103 collegiate matches, losing just seven sets during this run. Their streak began in April 2015 and was broken two years later in a three-set loss to a team from the Saint Mary’s Gaels. Hughes was named an AVCA Division I Collegiate Beach All-American in all her four years of college. She graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in business administration in 2017, and earned a Master’s degree in Entrepreneurship and Innovation the following year.

Their breakthrough came in June 2016, when Hughes and Claes narrowly lost to Olympians April Ross and Kerri Walsh Jennings with a score of 21–17, 18–21, 15–17 in the third round of the $75K AVP San Francisco Open. Despite the loss, they eventually made it to the finals of the double-elimination tournament where they were defeated once again by A. Ross and Walsh Jennings. Hughes and Claes were given a wild card entry into the main draw of the $400K Klagenfurt Major a month later, where they upset the top-seeded German team of Kira Walkenhorst and Laura Ludwig in the group stage, eventually finishing 17th; Walkenhorst and Ludwig would go on to win gold at the 2016 Summer Olympics a few weeks later.

Hughes also played indoor club volleyball as a volleyball setter at Mizuno Long Beach and was named most valuable player when her team was crowned the 16-U Junior Olympics championship in the year 2011. She also played indoor volleyball for Mater Dei High School as well, and was named awarded the Orange County Player of the Year in her senior year.

Sara Hughes Net Worth

Sara Hughes is one of the richest Beach Volleyball Player from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Sara Hughes 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

A star young beach volleyball athlete Hughes was a winner of many tournaments on the Amateur Athletic Union and California Beach Volleyball Association circuits. From 2004 until 2012, she was most often paired with Justine Wong- Orantes. She played as blocker. Together with Wong-Orantes Hughes finished ninth in her 2011 and 2012 U19 World Championships. Hughes also finished fourth in the 2012 World Championships for U21 alongside Summer Ross. The next the following year Hughes was able to play with Kelly Claes and transitioned into an all-time defender. The pair took bronze during the 2013 U19 World Championships and the 2014 World Championships for U21.

When she was still in high school and in college, Hughes competed as an amateur on both the national as well as international professional circuits. Her first professional result was a 17th-place finish during the 2011 Manhattan Beach Open. On October 12, 2012, she made her debut at her debut FIVB World Tour tournament, the $90k Bangsaen Thailand Open, where she as well as co-teammate Kaitlin Nielsen were eliminated in the opening round of the qualifying tournament for country quota. Hughes joined forces along with Lane Carico to win her first international tournament the following year in the $8K NORCECA event located in Boqueron, Cabo Rojo. Hughes was able to make her Association of Volleyball Professionals (AVP) debut with Geena Urango in the 75K Milwaukee Open in 2014, but she didn’t make it beyond those qualifying stages. When she teamed up together with Kelly Claes, her results improved over the following two years, which was highlighted by the addition of three NORCECA titles as well as two AVP semi-final appearances.

Hughes began her beach volleyball training in Huntington Beach, California, at the age of eight. As a junior, she partnered with Kelly Claes to win bronze medals at the 2013 U19 and 2014 U21 World Championships. Her partnership with Claes continued through college, where the pair won 103 consecutive collegiate matches and led the USC Trojans to back-to-back NCAA Championships in 2016 and

2017. Soon after turning professional in mid-2017, Hughes and Claes became the youngest team to win an AVP event when they won the season-ending Championship. Hughes split from Claes in early 2018 and teamed up with S. Ross. In their first year playing together, Hughes and S. Ross won their first World Tour title and entered the top ten of the world rankings.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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When Hughes and Claes were just starting to compete on the professional circuits, their biggest challenge was not being able to afford a coach. As their tournament results improved, the pair received more financial assistance from USA Volleyball and began working with Volleyball Hall of Fame inductee José Loiola. Since splitting with Claes in early 2018, Hughes and new partner S. Ross continue to be coached by Loiola. She is sponsored by Mikasa Sports, Oakley, KT Tape, and Nike.

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Hughes and S. Ross also reached their first podium on the World Tour by taking the bronze medal at the $150K Espinho Open in July. The pair then won their first World Tour title the next month at the $150K Moscow Open. Seeded ninth in Moscow, they upset three of the top five seeds, beating the second-seeded Brazilian team of Ágatha Bednarczuk and Eduarda Santos Lisboa in the gold- medal match. After Moscow, Hughes and S. Ross were ranked No. 9 in the world, a career-best for Hughes. They were awarded a wild card entry to the World Tour Finals in Hamburg at the end of the season, in which the eight top-ranked teams and two wild cards compete for the $400K prize pool. As the tenth seeds in the Finals, they notched victories over the top-seeded German team of Chantal Laboureur and Julia Sude and the eight-seeded Dutch team of Sanne Keizer and Madelein Meppelink. However, losses to the fifth-seeded Heather Bansley and Brandie Wilkerson of Canada and the fourth-seeded Maria Antonelli and Carolina Solberg Salgado of Brazil meant they did not progress to the quarterfinals, finishing tied for seventh place. Hughes and S. Ross concluded 2018 with a third-place finish at the $150K Yangzhou Open, defeating Canada’s Sarah Pavan and Melissa Humana-Paredes in the bronze-medal match.

Top Facts about Sara Hughes

1. Sara Hughes is an American beach volleyball player.
2. She was born on March 2, 1995 in Costa Mesa, California.
3. Hughes played college volleyball at the University of Southern California.
4. In 2016, she won the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Finals with partner Kelly Claes.
5. Hughes and Claes were named AVCA Beach Volleyball Team of the Year in 2017.
6. They also won a bronze medal at the 2019 Beach Volleyball World Championships.
7. Hughes has earned over $400,000 in career prize money.
8. She is known for her strong defensive skills and ability to read opponents’ shots.
9. Hughes has been sponsored by brands such as Nike and Oakley.
10. She hopes to compete in the Tokyo Olympics with partner Brandie Wilkerson.

How old is Sarah Hughes?

37 years (May 2, 1985)

How old was Sarah Hughes won gold?

Hughes was one of the youngest U.S. skaters to earn gold, which she did at age 16. Tara Lipinski was younger (15) when she accomplished the same feat.

Is Sarah Hughes a lawyer?

2002 Olympic figure skating champion Sarah Hughes, who’s now an attorney , reflects on the past 20 years.

What happened to Sarah Hughes volleyball?

After ninth-place finishes in their first two World Tour tournaments of 2018, Hughes ended her partnership with Claes to team up with S. Ross. According to Hughes, she made the switch because she “needed to grow a little more as a volleyball player.” Hughes and S.

Who is the youngest Winter Olympic gold medalist?

On 9 February 2014, Russian Yulia Lipnitskaya (15 years, 249 days old, born 5 June 1998) won gold in the team event at the Winter Olympics in Sochi, and was six days younger than Tara Lipinski but not younger than Kim Yun-Mi who is still the youngest-ever gold medalist.