Dariam Acevedo
Quick Facts
Biography
Dariam Acevedo Santiago (born December 15, 1984 in Trujillo Alto) is a female beach volleyball player from Puerto Rico who won the gold medal at the NORCECA Circuit 2009 at Montelimar, Nicaragua playing with Yarleen Santiago.
She majored in kinesiology at University of Texas at Austin and played as outside hitter. There she earned two times All Conference All Academic First team between 2004 and 2005 and All Conference All Academic Second Team in 2006. She also won All Conference Honorable Mention in 2004, same year she won Conference newcomer of the Year. In 2005 she won CoSIDA Academic All-District All Academic.
Indoor
Dariam also plays indoor volleyball with the national team and currently professionally with Mets de Guaynabo from Liga de Voleibol Superior Femenino.
Clubs
- Chicas de San Juan (1996–1999)
- Criollas de Caguas (2007–2008)
- Mets de Guaynabo (2009)
- Criollas de Caguas (2015
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Awards
College
- 2004 All Conference Honorable Mention
- 2004 Conference Newcomer of the Year
- 2004-2005 All Conference "All Academic First Team"
- 2005 CoSIDA Academic All-District
- 2006 All Conference "All Academic Second Team"
National Team
- NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit Nicaragua 2009 Gold Medal
- NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit Jamaica 2009 Silver Medal