Kent Steffes

Steffes became a member of the AVP Board of Directors, and also served as secretary. In 2000, he enrolled in the Graduate School of Business at Stanford, where he graduated in 2002. He has two children and lives in Los Angeles, California, where he writes and works in the financial industry. ==Book==

Steffes is the co-author of the book Kings of Summer: The Rise of Beach Volleyball. Together with his co-author Travis Mewhirter, it chronicles the rise of beach volleyball from a 1970s rebel culture to inclusion in the 1996 Summer Olympics, and offers an in-depth look at the dramatic quarterfinal match between Steffes and his partner Karch Kiraly against Sinjin Smith and Carl Henkel. ==Awards and honors==

• "Most dominant player of the 1990s" • USA Volleyball Hall of Fame Inductee (2020) All-Time Great Beach Player • CBVA Hall of Fame (2004) ==References==