Kiersten and Sydney Braasch were the 18U National Champions for the USA Beach Tour in 2010 and 2011 and the #2 ranked team in the country for three years.
They played up in the 18U division since they were 14 years old and only lost one tournament in this region in 4 years. The Twins played in their first professional event in 2012 and got 3rd
The Twins were selected in 2010 to attend the A1 High Performance Camp and the High Performance Championships at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, California where they placed 2nd for three years straight, losing only to Sara Hughes and her partner Justine.
They were invited in 2011 to train with the 19U National Team that is training for an event in Croatia AND the 21U National Team that is training for an event in Canada. Kiersten and Sydney participated in the International Development Qualifier, en event that qualifies adult teams to compete internationally, and they made it out of pool placing them in the top 16 against adult AVP teams.
The Twins have been the most successful team we have ever produced in our 12 years of training juniors. The Braasch twins never played in college because they graduated the year before beach volleyball started offering scholarships. They are currently at UT in pharmacy school together.