John's Career Highlight Attending the 1995 Centennial US Open Volleyball tournament in Holyoke, MA was an experience itself, but playing in it - with the Warren Six Pack Team out of Warren, NJ, in the USAV's GEVA Region - made it special. We had several teams entered in various divisions but, I played with the Men's 50+ and 55+ division teams. What made it awesome was: we won a Silver Medal in M55+.

Biggest Matches I've Attended

1996 Olympics in Atlanta, GA, where I saw these volleyball matches:

Beach --- Dodd/Whitmarsh d. Portugal (semi-final); Austrailia d. Hanley/Fontana (Bronze)

Men ----- Russia d. Cuba; Italy d. Argentina (Qtr-final)

Women - China d. Russia; Cuba d. Brazil (semi-final)

1991 USA Men's National team vs Cuba in Buffalo, NY -- Cuba won

1971 US Open here in Binghamton, NY -- Local boy Wink Davenport's team won the Men's Open Division

1995 US Open in Holyoke, MA -- Ukraine (M) and Kittlemans(W) won

1995 NCAA Men's Finals in Springfield, MA -- Stanford, Penn St., Ball St. and Hawaii

1994 NCAA Div. III Women's Finals in Ithaca, NY -- Washington, Oshkosh, Juniata and Ithaca

1995 NCAA Div. III Women's Regional Finals in Rochester, NY

1996 NCAA Div. III Women's Regional Finals in Cortland, NY -- Washington d. SUNY Cortland