On Saturday, Barefoot Wine presents the second annual AVPNext Championship Cup at Bradford Beach.
The event, which was in Chicago last summer, gives amateur beach volleyball players across the country the chance to compete against the sport's most elite professional players. Three of these elite volleyballers, gold medalists Kerri Walsh, Phil Dalhausser and Todd Rogers, will be in town on Saturday.
The competitive event series draws 96 amateur athletes from local men's and women's beach volleyball leagues in 24 cities across the U.S. The winning male and female teams earn the right to compete against Dalhausser, Rogers and Walsh.
Since the AVP Pro Tour canceled the remainder of its 2010 Pro season, Barefoot Wine Cellars, a large beach volleyball sponsor, helped make this event possible.
Games begin at 10 a.m. Saturday and the finals are set for 3 p.m.
A life-long and passionate community leader and Milwaukeean, Jeff Sherman is a co-founder of OnMilwaukee.
He grew up in Wauwatosa and graduated from Marquette University, as a Warrior. He holds an MBA from Cardinal Stritch University, and is the founding president of Young Professionals of Milwaukee (YPM)/Fuel Milwaukee.
Early in his career, Sherman was one of youngest members of the Greater Milwaukee Committee, and currently is involved in numerous civic and community groups - including board positions at The Wisconsin Center District, Wisconsin Club and Marcus Center for the Performing Arts. He's honored to have been named to The Business Journal's "30 under 30" and Milwaukee Magazine's "35 under 35" lists.
He owns a condo in Downtown and lives in greater Milwaukee with his wife Stephanie, his son, Jake, and daughter Pierce. He's a political, music, sports and news junkie and thinks, for what it's worth, that all new movies should be released in theaters, on demand, online and on DVD simultaneously.
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