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Annett Davis:
 
Annett Davis
United States  
  
 
Vital Statistics
 

Photo: Ken Delgado
Birth Date September 22, 1973 (50 years old)
Home Town Long Beach, CA
Resides Valencia, CA
Height 5'11"
College UCLA
  Best Finish Winnings
United States 1st (11 times) $652,950
   AVP 1st (8 times) $537,325
   AVP CUERVO 3rd $0
   AVP HWN* 1st (4 times) $26,625
   BVA 1st (2 times) $27,750
   NVL 2nd $4,375
   P&R 2nd $4,000
   Pro Beach 7th $3,688
   USAV 1st $32,000
   Wide Open 2nd $5,750
   WPVA 2nd $6,438
   Bonus Money   $5,000
International 1st (2 times) $221,225
   FIVB 1st (2 times) $221,225
Overall 1st (13 times) $874,175
 
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Davis has finished ranked in the top 10 in season points each year she has competed on the AVP Tour.
With Jenny Johnson Jordan, became just the second team worldwide to compete in 100 events together.
After placing 25th in her first ever tournament with Johnson Jordan, Davis has placed lower than ninth in a team domestic event just once.
Davis has ranked in the top 10 in hitting percentage on the AVP Tour four times.
• Davis and Johnson Jordan won their first six career titles over a 14-month span on four different tours.
Davis has played only one tournament in her career with a player other than Johnson Jordan.

2010: Started the season with a fifth-place finish before winning in Santa Barbara. 
2009: Began the season with two fifth-place finishes in their first four events, then advanced to nine straight semifinals including one championship match. In Hermosa Beach the pair became just the second American women's team to earn over $1 million in career domestic earnings as a partnership. They concluded the season with a pair of fifth place finishes, and their 11 semifinals tied for the second most on tour.
2008: Ranked as the second team on the tour with Johnson Jordan, winning in Belmar and Santa Barbara. With Johnson Jordan, advanced to the semifinals in 13 of 17 events, including the last five of the year. They were in seven finals, the most domestically for this tandem in a single season, including in five straight events in June and July. Ranked fifth in aces per game (.77) and sixth in hitting percentage (.452). 
2007: Won in Chicago and played in seven semifinals. Davis and Johnson Jordan finished third in the Crocs Cup Standings. Sixth on the Tour in hitting percentage (.448).
2006: Part of the third-ranked team on Tour, with nine semifinal appearances. Ranked 10th on the Tour in hitting percentage (.433).
2005: Did not play.
2004: Davis and Johnson Jordan became the U.S. team with most career tournaments played together, and in Huntington Beach they played their 100th event together, a feat which only one other team in the world had accomplished. Davis won the Queen of the Beach event in Honolulu, defeating Kerri Walsh in the finals. Ended the season as the third-ranked team, advancing to the semifinals nine times in the 10 team events. On the FIVB Tour advanced to five semifinals, including podium finishes in their last three tournaments. Missed qualifying for the Olympics, ending third in the U.S. and fifth worldwide, the only team in the top 15 not to qualify. Davis ranked first on the Tour in hitting percentage (.526), fourth in blocks per game (.77), fifth in aces per game (.58).
2003: Ranked as the number three team on the AVP Tour, playing in the semifinals in six of nine team events. 
2002: Part of the second-ranked team on the AVP Tour, playing in the semifinals in all seven events. Collected wins in Manhattan Beach and Chicago.
2001: Did not play.
2000: Won four titles on three different tours. Qualified for the Olympics with the second highest ranking worldwide, and placed fifth in the Sydney Games.
1999: With Johnson Jordan, won their first two career titles, in Muskegon and Portugal. Their season earnings were the most of any U.S. team (men or women).
1998: Did not play domestically, but played in five FIVB events with a best finish of ninth. One of the events she partnered with Barbra Fontana, marking the only tournament she ever played with a partner other than Johnson Jordan.
1997: Began her pro beach volleyball career and partnership with Johnson Jordan, playing in three domestic events and two international tournaments. In their third event, they lost in the first round and won seven straight matches to advance to the finals in Orlando.

Hot Winter Nights: Played in six events in 2008 with a first in Milwaukee in her first outing and a second-place finish in Spokane. In 2009 she played in three HWN events, winning all three, in Uncasville, Reading and Uniondale. Not only did she lead in victories, but was the only player to win in all of her outings.

Four-Person Volleyball: Davis competed two seasons on the four-person circuit where she teamed with Johnson Jordan, Gabrielle Reece and Stephanie Cox to lead the United States to the four-person title at the 1997 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships in Los Angeles.

College:
Played collegiate volleyball at UCLA where she was a four-year starter. Earned All-League and All-American honors, and was the PAC-10's 1994 Player of the Year.

Personal: Family-oriented, Davis is a dedicated wife to Byron and mother to her son Mya, born in June 2001, and her daughter Victoria, born in November 2005. Byron was a 12-time All-American swimmer and her father, Cleveland Buckner, is a former NBA player who played in the game where Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points.

 
 
Awards
 
  • AVP Best Server 2002
  • AVP Role Model Award 2003
  • AVP Special Achievement 2002
  • BVA Best Offensive Player 2000
 
Career Summary
 
United States
Season Assoc Played 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 7th 9th 10th Money Points Rank 12th 13th 17th 25th 33rd
1997 WPVA 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 $6,437.50 60.0 48th 0 0 0 1 0
1999 AVP 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 $24,000.00     0 0 0 0 0
1999 USAV 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 $17,000.00 408.0 1st 0 0 0 0 0
2000 BVA 5 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 $27,750.00 360.0 5th 0 0 0 0 0
2000 USAV 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 $15,000.00 306.0 3rd 0 0 0 0 0
2002 AVP 7 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 $40,395.00 1,048.0 3rd 0 0 0 0 0
2003 AVP 9 0 1 5 0 3 0 0 0 $27,390.00 1,286.0 5th 0 0 0 0 0
2004 AVP 11 1 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 $57,725.00 1,377.0 5th 0 1 0 0 0
2006 AVP 16 0 2 7 0 4 2 0 0 $69,450.00 2,070.0 5th 1 0 0 0 0
2007 AVP 18 1 0 6 0 2 4 4 1 $72,062.50 2,066.0 9th 0 0 0 0 0
Season Assoc Played 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 7th 9th 10th Money Points Rank 12th 13th 17th 25th 33rd
2008 AVP CUERVO 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 $0.00 0.0   0 0 0 0 0
2008 AVP HWN* 6 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 $17,250.00     0 0 0 0 0
2008 AVP 18 2 5 6 1 2 1 1 0 $121,237.50 2,754.0 3rd 0 0 0 0 0
2009 AVP HWN* 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $9,375.00     0 0 0 0 0
2009 AVP 16 0 1 10 0 4 0 0 1 $89,690.00 3,695.0 3rd 0 0 0 0 0
2010 AVP 7 1 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 $34,050.00 1,825.0 7th 0 0 0 0 0
2010 P&R 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 $4,000.00 0.0   0 0 0 0 0
2011 Pro Beach 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 $3,687.50 432.0   0 1 0 0 0
2011 NVL 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 $4,375.00 1,010.0   0 0 0 0 0
2011 Wide Open 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 $5,750.00 0.0   0 0 0 0 0
Season Assoc Played 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 7th 9th 10th Money Points Rank 12th 13th 17th 25th 33rd
2012 AVP 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $750.00 101.3 27th 0 1 0 0 0
2013 AVP 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 $5,575.00 495.0 32nd 0 1 0 0 0
Total
(Rank)
  142
(18th)
11
(30th)
25 47 1 21 11 8 2 $652,950.00
(9th)
19,293.3   1 4 0 1 0
 
International
Season Assoc Played 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 7th 9th 10th Money Points Rank 12th 13th 17th 25th 33rd
1997 FIVB 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $0.00 20.0 147th 0 0 0 0 2
1998 FIVB 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 $6,850.00 232.0 51st 0 1 0 0 2
1999 FIVB 7 1 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 $60,250.00 967.0 3rd 0 0 0 0 0
2000 FIVB 11 1 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 $56,500.00 1,221.0 6th 0 1 0 0 0
2003 FIVB 7 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 $38,750.00 1,072.0 13th 0 0 0 0 1
2004 FIVB 8 0 3 1 1 0 1 1 0 $57,500.00 1,170.0 8th 0 1 0 0 0
2013 FIVB 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,375.00 120.0 174th 0 0 0 1 0
Total
(Rank)
  41
(343rd)
2
(113rd)
6 3 6 7 5 3 0 $221,225.00
(103rd)
4,802.0   0 3 0 1 5
 
 
 
 
Overall
Total
(Rank)
  183
(32nd)
13
(47th)
31 50 7 28 16 11 2 $874,175.00
(17th)
24,095.3   1 7 0 2 5
 
* AVP Hot Winter Nights events are exhibitions and only count for tournaments played and prize money won.
 
Red denotes ranked 1st
 
Victory List
 
Victory Date Assoc Location Partner Seed Winnings
1 7/11/1999 AVP Muskegon Jenny Johnson Jordan 2 $9,000
2 8/1/1999 FIVB Espinho Jenny Johnson Jordan 3 $15,000
3 5/21/2000 BVA Santa Monica Jenny Johnson Jordan 2 $7,500
4 5/28/2000 USAV Virginia Beach Jenny Johnson Jordan 3 $10,000
5 7/22/2000 FIVB Marseille Jenny Johnson Jordan 2 $13,000
6 8/27/2000 BVA San Diego Jenny Johnson Jordan 1 $7,500
7 8/10/2002 AVP Manhattan Beach Jenny Johnson Jordan 2 $10,000
8 8/24/2002 AVP Chicago Jenny Johnson Jordan 2 $8,700
9 9/25/2004 AVP Honolulu Various 4 $19,750
10 8/5/2007 AVP Chicago Jenny Johnson Jordan 1 $14,000
Victory Date Assoc Location Partner Seed Winnings
11 6/22/2008 AVP Belmar Jenny Johnson Jordan 1 $10,000
12 9/7/2008 AVP Santa Barbara Jenny Johnson Jordan 4 $10,000
13 5/2/2010 AVP Santa Barbara Jenny Johnson Jordan 5 $10,000
 

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