Ricci Luyties

Personal Data:

Ricci Luyties [LOOT-EASE] Nickname: Birthdate: 5/14/62 Hometown: Training Site: Height/Weight: 6'5"/210 Years Pro: 8 College: UCLA 1996 Prize Money: $ 65,085 #18 1995 Prize Money: $ 94,598 #13 1994 Prize Money: $131,169 #10 Career Prize Money: $803,934 (as of 8-19-96) Career Open Wins: 7

Beach:

$803,934  Career Beach Earning total

1996 - Third at Milwaukee with Brent Frohoff.
     - Fourth at Boulder and Seaside Heights with Brent Frohoff.
       $ 65,085 earnings.

1995 - Second at Boulder with Brent Frohoff.
     - Third at Atlanta and Baltimore with Eric Fonoimoana.
     - Fourth at Fort Myers, Dallas, and Seaside Heights (Fonoimoana).
       $ 94,598 earnings.

1994 - Won at Milwaukee with Brent Frohoff.
     - Second at Miami and Clearwater (with Brian Lewis), and Boulder (Frohoff).
     - Third at Jacksonville (Lewis), San Jose and Belmar (Frohoff). 
     - Fourth at Manhattan Beach (Frohoff).
       $131,169 earnings.

Won the 1992 Cuervo Gold Crown event in Santa Cruz.
Won 4 events in 1991; one in 1988.
Member of the US National Team (1983, 87-88).
Won a gold medal at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, Korea.

Personal:

- Pronounced LOOT-EASE
- Resides in San Diego, Calif
- Named Co-City of Los Angeles Player of the Year while
   attending Pacific Palisades H.S.
- Competed in the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, Korea,
   winning a gold medal for the United States alongside
   fellow AVP pros Karch Kiraly, Steve Timmons, and Troy Tanner
- Spent the 1991 AVP off-season competing in France



Updated 2/97

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