Working With and Sponsoring a Premier Athlete

Liz Masakayan is one of the world's top beach volleyball athletes and is currently coaching an Olympic hopeful team. In her 14 years as a professionl athlete, she has won 47 career titles and earned over $620,000 in prize money.

What makes Masakayan's career even more remarkable is the courage and perseverance she has shown to overcome the eight knee surgeries she has had to endure and continue to play the sport that she loves.

Her most serious knee injuries occurred in 1994 when she tore her ACL and then broke her kneecap eight months later. Most doctors said her career was over. Amazingly, she not only recovered, but went on to win many more tournaments and made a serious run for the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

Liz is a top athlete and a great role model who enjoys speaking and working with people of all ages.

Here are just some of the ways you and your company can become involved and work with Liz, either through a sponsorship arrangement or on an individual appearance basis.

Liz is available for:

-- Speaking Engagements
-- Autograph Signings
-- Trade Show & Convention Appearances
-- Sales Meetings
-- Volleyball Camps and Clinics
-- Private Lessons

Why working with Liz and the sport of beach volleyball are good investments for you and your company?

Major feature articles on women's professional beach athletes appear in national publications such as Sports Illustrated, Real Sports, Volleyball Magazine, Shape, Women's Sport and Fitness, Outside Magazine, Vanity Fair, Vogue, Time, Newsweek and People.

In addition to live coverage of the events on NBC, CBS, ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, and Fox Sports, beach volleyball athletes like Liz have been featured on The Tonight Show, Oprah, American Journal, Extra, Entertainment Television and MTV.

All AVP Tour events have one hour telecasts are tentatively scheduled to air on Fox Sports and a number of them also are televised live on NBC.

Daily papers in major metropolitan areas which cover the AVP Tour include USA Today, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, and the San Francisco Chronicle. Smaller papers in local towns where tournaments take place also cover each day of the tournament and they include cities throughout the United States.

Contacting Liz

If you are at all interested in supporting Liz through a sponsorship role, and sharing in the exciting sport, please send an email using the Contact Liz page within this web site. Liz will be in touch soon after to discuss your interests.

Thank you for your interest and I look forward to hearing from you.