The couple will celebrate their 20th marriage anniversary this year.
Key Takeaways
- Kerri Walsh Jennings has been married to fellow volleyball player Casey Jennings since 2005.
- The couple have three children together.
- Despite almost separating in 2008, the couple managed to survive struggles and now live a happy retired life.
Kerri Walsh Jennings, the American professional beach volleyball player, three-time Olympic gold medalist, and three-time FIVB Beach Volleyball World Champion, is married to fellow professional volleyball player Casey Jennings.
Married on December 4, 2005, the couple is blessed with three children— Joseph Michael Jennings, Sundance Thomas Jennings, and Scout Margery Jennings.
Their almost 20-year-long marriage has had its ups and downs, but ultimately, Kerri and Casey have made sacrifices and made their marriage work.
The two met in 2001 while trying to make it on the professional beach volleyball tour.
Both succeeded in their pursuits and found a partner along the way. Four years later, they were married.
However, balancing a demanding volleyball career as one of the greatest in the game while maintaining a family life, Kerri almost saw herself getting separated from her husband.
While pregnant with her first child in 2008, Kerry spoke to USA TODAY Sports and recalled how her connection with her husband was fading due to her intense focus on her Volleyball career.
She quoted,
In putting my head down and going to work, I disconnected from my husband and my family.
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However, after talking to Michael Gervais, a noted sports psychologist in Southern California, she managed to save her family.
She gave birth to her first child, Joseph, on May 22, 2009.
The couple’s second child, Sundance, was born a year later, on May 19, 2010.
The oldest child, Scout Margery, was born on April 6, 2013.
Casey is a devoted father and family man.
On the occasion of Father’s Day, Kerri captioned a tribute post,
Of all the things you do so very well in your life, your expression as a daddy is tops.
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I love you, Casey Thomas. We are all made better because of your example. Thank you for the gift of our babies, for your constancy in parenting and for your joy in life.
Casey Thomas Jennings was born the youngest of five brothers on July 10, 1975, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
He attended Brigham Young University and was a member of the 1999 NCAA National Championship team.
He eventually graduated with a degree in Sociology.
A practicing Mormon, Jennings was previously married to a woman named Hilary Clark in 1999. They quickly divorced in 2000.
Despite having a respectable volleyball career, with gold at the 2010 season of the Swatch FIVB World Tour, Casey never reached the level of volleyball success that his wife had.
Though she no longer competes at the level she once did, Kerri is now channeling her passion into nurturing the next generation of players via her platform, p1440, which she co-founded to grow the sport and encourage a healthy lifestyle.
In Case You Didn’t Know
- Alongside her partner Misty May-Treanor, Kerri set a record by winning 21 consecutive Olympic matches and only losing one set during their 11-year run together.
- They also won a then-record 90 straight matches and all eight tournaments they played in 2003, including the World Championships.
