peted in six tournaments winning one gold medal, one silver and one bronze. Won $68,250. 2006 – Played in six tournaments with one first-place finish, one second and one third. Won $49,350. 2005 – Netted one top 10 finish in three tournament appearances... Improved to 78th for the end of season ranking... Earned $11,250. 2004 – Made his debut by finishing 25th in his first tournament... Finished the season ranked 163rd... Received $1,000 in prize money.
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DOMESTIC HIGHLIGHTS: 2012 – Dalhausser and Todd Rogers finished third at the AVP event in Cincinnati and fifth at the AVP in Santa Barabara, Calif. ... at the NVL Preakness and took second place. Dalhausser placed third at the FIVB Best of the Beach event in Las Vegas. 2011 – While Rogers was recovering from knee surgery, Dalhausser competed at the NVL event in Miami with former partner Nick Lucena. The team finished first and won $10,000, defeating Jake Gibb and Sean Rosenthal in the final. 2010 – Dalhausser and Rogers advanced to the final of the AVP season opener in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., but the final was canceled due to rain and so they finished tied for second with Nick Lucena and Matt Fuerbringer… Other than Fort Lauderdale, Dalhausser and Rogers won all five of the AVP tournaments in which they competed on 2010 before the AVP ceased operations on Aug. 13… The pair won all 34 matches and lost only six sets. They won $59,750 for the season… Dalhausser and Rogers ended the domestic season by playing in the "Cincinnati Pro Beach Volleyball Players Championship" on Sept. 3-5 in Cincinnati, Ohio, where they lost to Sean Scott and John Hyden in the final. 2009 – Dalhausser and Rogers won nine of 15 AVP tournaments with four second-place finishes and one third. Phil also won his first King of the Beach title. The team won $195,170 and finished as the top-ranked men's AVP team. 2008 – Dalhausser and Rogers won 11 out of 15 AVP tournaments with two secondplace finishes and two thirds. They won $186,000. They finished third at AVP Cuervo. 2007 – Dalhausser and Rogers played in 17 AVP tournaments with 10 first-place finishes, two seconds, four thirds and one fourth. Won $207,750 and finished season ranked first. 2006 – Dalhausser and Rogers played in 16 AVP tournaments and finished first nine times with one second-place finish and four thirds. Finished in the top-10 in all 16 tourneys. Won $163,975 and finished season ranked third. 2005 – Dalhausser and Rogers played in 14 AVP tournaments with one first-place finish, one second and two thirds. Finished in the top-10 12 times and won $50,037.50. Finished season ranked 13th. 2004 – Played in 10 AVP tournaments with one third-place finish and six top-10 placings. Won $10,647.50 and finished season ranked 21st. 2003 – Played in six AVP tournaments with no
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top-10 placings. Won $780. COLLEGE HIGHLIGHTS: 1996 – Named "Most Valuable Player.”
PERSONAL: Born Philip Peter Dalhausser in 1980, in Baden, Aargau, Switzerland... Parents are Peter and Marianne Dalhausser... Has one brother, Mark... Phil married beach volleyball player Jennifer Corral in 2011... Received a degree in business administration from University of Central Florida... Graduated from Mainland High School in Daytona Beach, Fla., in 1998... Played tennis for three years, baseball for two years and volleyball for one year in high school... Hobbies include Xbox, fantasy sports, tennis and volley pong... Would be "sitting behind a computer crunching numbers" if he was not playing volleyball... After college, worked for a concrete company and then worked a short time for a firm that painted stripes on Florida FIVBhe most admires because he has highways... Lists his dad as the person endured "many serious illnesses"... Dalhausser credits partner Todd Rogers (who was an assistant volleyball coach at UC Santa Barbara) with making him a better player... Favorite TV show is SportsCenter... Phil's nickname on the AVP tour was the Thin Beast… In June of 2012, prior to the Olympic Games, Phil was hospitalized and treated for blood clots in his shoulder and arm. PARTNERS: 2012 –Todd Rogers. 2011 – Todd Rogers. 2010 – Todd Rogers. 2009 – Todd Rogers. 2008 –Todd Rogers. 2007 – Todd Rogers. 2006 – Todd Rogers. 2005 – Nick Lucena (FIVB with Todd Rogers). 2004 – Nick Lucena (FIVB with Adam Roberts). 2003 – Nick Lucena... Justin Phipps. HONORS: 2011 – USA Volleyball Beach Male Athlete of the Year...FIVB Best Setter. 2010 – FIVB Most Outstanding Player… FIVB Best Blocker… FIVB Best Offensive Player… FIVB Best Hitter… FIVB Best Setter… FIVB Team of the Year (Todd Rogers)… FIVB Tour Champion (Todd Rogers). 2009 – USA Volleyball Male Beach Athlete of the Year, FIVB Best Offensive Player, FIVB Best Hitter, FIVB Best Setter, AVP Most Valuable Player... AVP Best Defensive Player... AVP Best Offensive Player... Crocs Cup Champion (with Todd Rogers)... Team of the Year (with Todd Rogers). 2008 – FIVB Sportsperson of the Year... Best Hitter... Best Offensive Player... Best Blocker... AVP Most Valuable Player... Best Offensive Player... Best Defensive Player... Crocs Cup Champion (with Todd Rogers)... Team of the Year (with Todd Rogers). 2007 – FIVB Best Blocker and Best Hitter... AVP Team of the Year and Crocs Cup Champion (with Todd Rogers)... AVP Most Valuable Player and Best Offensive Player. 2006 – FIVB Most Improved Player... AVP Best Offensive Player. 2005 – AVP Best Offensive Player.