Theo Brunner
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Brunner at the 2015 Beach Volleyball World Championships
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| Full name | Theodore Allan Brunner | ||||||||||||
| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||
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March 17, 1985 Palo Alto, California, United States |
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| Hometown | Ridgefield, Connecticut, United States | ||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 91 kg (201 lb) | ||||||||||||
| College(s) | UC Santa Barbara Gauchos | ||||||||||||
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| Last updated: September 25, 2014 | |||||||||||||
Theodore Allan "Theo" Brunner (born March 17, 1985) is an American professional beach volleyball player who is a member of the United States men's national A2 beach volleyball team and has also featured for the United States men's national A2 volleyball team.
Brunner was born in Palo Alto, California, but raised in Ridgefield, Connecticut where he attended Ridgefield High School and played for the school team. After graduation, he enrolled at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
In college, Brunner competed with the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's indoor volleyball team. Despite redshirting his freshman year in 2004, Brunner quickly became a key player for the Gauchos. In 2007, Brunner was named an AVCA First Team All American along with UCSB teammate Evan Patak. He was named co-captain of the team in 2008.
Brunner's first taste of professional beach volleyball was in the 2006 Manhattan Beach Open, which he participated in with UCSB teammate Ben Brockman. They lost by forfeit in their first qualifying match. The duo participated in the 2007 version, losing 2 sets to 1 in their first qualifying match. 2008 saw the first of Brunner's partner swaps, participating in May's Huntington Beach Open with another UCSB teammate, Andy McGuire. The Brunner/McGuire combination won their first qualifying match before falling in their second. July's Long Beach Open saw Brunner pair with Phil Silva.
He competed in seven events in 2009, nearly doubling the amount of events he previously competed in. He began 2009 with yet another UCSB teammate, Aaron Mansfield, before competing with Matt Heagy and Derek Olson, then ultimately reverting to Mansfield to complete the season. Brunner advanced for the first time out of the qualifying rounds and into the Winners Bracket with Olsen in July's Coney Island Open, falling to John Mayer and Jeff Nygaard. It marked the first time in Brunner's career that he finished in the money — $240.
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