Casey Thomas Jennings is an American beach volleyball player. He teams up with Kevin Wong

Kevin Wong

Kevin Kahn Wong is a professional beach volleyball player who currently competes on the AVP tour. In 2000, he placed fifth paired with Rob Heidger at the Sydney Olympics. Wong was named to People Magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People" issue in 2000. He currently lives in Hawaii. He is 6'7" and...

 and has teamed up with Brad Keenan or Matt Fuerbringer

Matt Fuerbringer

Matthew "Matt" Fuerbringer is an American beach volleyball player. Throughout his AVP career, he has teamed up with Casey Jennings.-Biography:...

 during most of his career.

Personal life

Jennings, the youngest of five brothers, was born in Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous...

. He received a degree in Sociology from Brigham Young University

Brigham Young University

Brigham Young University is a private university located in Provo, Utah. It is owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , and is the United States' largest religious university and third-largest private university.Approximately 98% of the university's 34,000 students...

.

Jennings married Hilary Clark on June 5, 1999 and filed for divorce on November 17, 2000. Reasons for the divorce were not disclosed. On December 4, 2005, he married Olympic Gold Medalist Kerri Walsh

Kerri Walsh

Kerri Lee Walsh-Jennings is an American professional beach volleyball player.Walsh-Jennings and teammate Misty May-Treanor were the gold medalists in beach volleyball at both the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics...

 in Palm Springs, California

Palm Springs, California

Palm Springs is a desert city in Riverside County, California, within the Coachella Valley. It is located approximately 37 miles east of San Bernardino, 111 miles east of Los Angeles and 136 miles northeast of San Diego...

, where many AVP

Association of Volleyball Professionals

The Association of Volleyball Professionals, or AVP, is a beach volleyball tour which takes place throughout the United States. The summer tour starts in April and continues almost every weekend until the end of October....

 players were in attendance. He gave her a ring inscribed with "My Six Feet of Sunshine", a nickname Kerri was given when they first met. On December 3, 2008, Walsh announced to Access Hollywood that she and her husband were expecting their first child and that the baby might have been conceived in Beijing. On May 22, 2009, Walsh gave birth to son Joseph Michael Jennings in Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...

. Jennings and Walsh currently live in Redondo Beach, California

Redondo Beach, California

Redondo Beach is one of the three Beach Cities located in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The population was 66,748 at the 2010 census, up from 63,261 at the 2000 census. The city is located in the South Bay region of the greater Los Angeles area.Redondo Beach was originally part of...

. On May 19, 2010, Walsh delivered their second son, Sundance Thomas Jennings.

Career

During his years at Brigham Young University

Brigham Young University

Brigham Young University is a private university located in Provo, Utah. It is owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , and is the United States' largest religious university and third-largest private university.Approximately 98% of the university's 34,000 students...

, Jennings was a member of the 1999 NCAA National Championship team. He and his former partner, Matt Fuerbringer

Matt Fuerbringer

Matthew "Matt" Fuerbringer is an American beach volleyball player. Throughout his AVP career, he has teamed up with Casey Jennings.-Biography:...

, captured their first victory at Belmar, New Jersey

Belmar, New Jersey

Belmar is a borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 5,794. The Borough of Belmar is governed under the Faulkner Act system of municipal government....

 in 2004.

Casey Jennings along with partner Kevin Wong

Kevin Wong

Kevin Kahn Wong is a professional beach volleyball player who currently competes on the AVP tour. In 2000, he placed fifth paired with Rob Heidger at the Sydney Olympics. Wong was named to People Magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People" issue in 2000. He currently lives in Hawaii. He is 6'7" and...

 successfully ended the 2010 season by capturing gold at the Swatch FIVB World Tour

Swatch FIVB World Tour

The Swatch FIVB Beach Volley World Tour is an intercontinental beach volleyball tour....

 by beating the Brazilian duo of Benjamin Insfran

Benjamin Insfran

Benjamin Insfran is a beach volleyball player from Brazil. Insfran and partner Márcio Araújo won the bronze medal at the 2003 Beach Volleyball World Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and represented their native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.-References:*...

 and Bruno Schmidt at The Hague

The Hague

The Hague is the capital city of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. With a population of 500,000 inhabitants , it is the third largest city of the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam...

, Netherlands.

External links

• AVP Profile
• Profile at the Beach Volleyball Database
  Beach Volleyball Database
  The Beach Volleyball Database is an online website that holds extensive information about international beach volleyball players, tournaments and history. News are frequently updated, and the site has results for continental and international tournaments...