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Mike Whitmarsh, AVP legend and Olympic beach volleyball silver medalist, died today in San Diego. He was 46.

Whitmarsh earned more than $1.6 million in his career, winning 28 titles, which placed him 9th on the all-time career earnings list. Prior to his illustrious beach volleyball career, the 6-foot-7 Whitmarsh played basketball for University of San Diego and led the Toreros to the NCAA tournament in 1984. After graduating from USD, Mike was drafted by the NBA Portland Trailblazers and played briefly with the Minnesota Timberwolves. Whitmarsh embarked on his volleyball career in 1990 where he earned AVP Rookie of the Year honors. In 1996 at the Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Mike earned the silver medal with partner Mike Dodd at the first ever Olympic beach volleyball competition.

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