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Shore area fans of volleyball great Karch Kiraly better make sure they are on hand for this year's AVP Crocs Tour when it stops in Seaside Heights July 5-8, because it just might be the last time they get to see him play.Kiraly, the man in the pink hat who happens to be his sport's most decorated player, announced Tuesday that this season will be his last on the tour.
"I've gotten enough," the 46-year-old Kiraly said by phone from Huntington Beach, Calif., where he also announced plans for a grass-roots beach volleyball tournament in September. "I got to play so much more than I ever thought I would. It's been an incredible opportunity. I'm lucky to have done it this long."
Kiraly's farewell tour comes 28 years after his first beach tournament victory, with Sinjin Smith at Santa Cruz in 1979. The same year, they helped UCLA win the NCAA indoor volleyball title.
He's won a record 148 tournaments, with 13 different partners, and earned more than $3.1 million. He plans to play in 11 of the 18 AVP Crocs tournaments, including the tour stop in Seaside Heights.