Jenny Kropp
{{short description|American beach volleyball player}}
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| name = Jenny Kropp
| image = Jose Cuervo Volleyball Tournament 2012 (7626484364) (cropped).jpg
| caption = Kropp in 2012
| fullname = Jenny Ann Kropp
| nickname = Jenny
| nationality = {{USA}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age | 1979|6|17| mf=yes }}
| birth_place = Grand Island, Nebraska, U.S.
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| hometown = Grand Island, Nebraska, U.S.
| height = {{convert|189|cm|ftin|abbr=on}}
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| years = 2007-2015
| teammates = Whitney Pavlik
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| medaltemplates-title = Medal record
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Jenny Ann Kropp (born June 17, 1979) is an American beach volleyball player.
Born in Grand Island, Nebraska, Kropp graduated from Grand Island Central Catholic High School in 1998. She studied at University of Nebraska–Lincoln where she played at middle blocker for the Nebraska Cornhuskers. Kropp was a first-team All-Big 12 honoree in 2000 and 2001 and All America Second Team in 2001.{{cite web
|url=http://www.aggieathletics.com/sports/w-volley/spec-rel/121201aab.html
|title=Moscovic Named First-Team All-American
|author=aggieathletics.com
|accessdate=2009-10-28
}}{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20020804133100/http://www.huskers.com:80/sports/volleyball/bios/2001bios/kropp.htm|archivedate=August 4, 2002|title=Jenny Kropp|url=http://www.huskers.com/sports/volleyball/bios/2001bios/kropp.htm|publisher=University of Nebraska-Lincoln|work=Huskers.com|accessdate=November 8, 2023|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://big12sports.com/news/2001/11/25/1515681.aspx|title=Big 12 Announces 2001 Volleyball Postseason Honors|publisher=Big 12 Conference|date=November 25, 2001|accessdate=November 8, 2023}}
After graduating from college, she played professionally in Puerto Rico, with Vaqueras de Bayamón from Liga de Voleibol Superior Femenino two years.{{cite web
| url = http://www.pinkin.com/2005/Torneo2003/vaqueras2003.htm
| title = Vaqueras de Bayamon
| author = Pinkin de Corozal
| language = Spanish
| accessdate = 2009-10-28
}}
She was named Sexiest Swimsuit Bikini Model Athlete on the 2009 AVP Tour, by the SoCal Beaches Magazine.{{cite web
| url = http://www.socalbeachmag.net/swimsuitmodelshoots/avpmodeljennykropp.html
| title = Jenny Kropp Named the Sexiest Swimsuit Bikini Model Athlete on the 2009 AVP Tour
| author = SoCal Beaches Magazine
| accessdate = 2009-10-28
| url = http://www.theopenpress.com/index.php?a=press&id=52497
| title = Jenny Kropp Named the Sexiest Swimsuit Bikini Model Athlete on the 2009 AVP Tour
| author = theopenpress.com
| accessdate = 2009-10-28
}}
Clubs
- {{flagicon|PUR}} Vaqueras de Bayamón 2003
Awards
=Individual=
- 2001 AVCA All-America Second Team
- 2000 and 2001 AVCA All-Region
- 2007 AVP Crocs Tour Rookie of the Year
=NCAA=
=AVP Pro Tour=
- AVP Pro Tour Atlanta 2008
- AVP Pro Tour Chicago 2007
- AVP Pro Tour 2015 Gold Medal
- Jose Cuervo Tour 2010 & 2011 Manhattan Beach Open Gold Medal
References
External links
- {{Beach Volleyball Database|7394}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100202225456/http://www.avp.com/The-Players/Females/K/Jenny-Kropp.aspx Jenny Kropp] at the Association of Volleyball Professionals (archived)
- {{Official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20161004092459/http://jennykropp.com/}}
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Category:American women's beach volleyball players
Category:Nebraska Cornhuskers women's volleyball players
Category:University of Nebraska–Lincoln alumni
Category:Sportspeople from Hawthorne, California
Category:Sportspeople from Grand Island, Nebraska
Category:21st-century American women