In voting by players, coaches, referees and official on the popular professional international beach volleyball circuit, USA’s ‘Thin Beast’ Dalhausser was selected as the year’s Best Blocker, Best Offensive Player and Best Setter while compatriot “Lefty” Rosenthal was picked as the 2012 Most Outstanding Player and Rosenthal, 32, and his gritty teammate Gibb, 36, were selected as the 2012 Team of the Year after winning the 2012 FIVB SWATCH World Tour season point championship. Continuing to add to their season award totals, Brazil’s legendary elder statesman Emanuel was selected as the 2012 Most Inspirational Player and the 2012 Sportsman of the Year while Brazil’s youthful giant Alison was voted as the 2012 Best Hitter of the season.
Also basking in the afterglow of another memorable year on the FIVB SWATCH World Tour, Germany’s Koreng was selected Best Server for the second straight year while Italy’s Nicolai was voted the Most Improved Player of 2012, Latvia’s Plavins was picked as the 2012 Best Defensive Player and Netherlands’ Varenhorst was tabbed the 2012 Top Rookie for the tour.
All-Time Men’s FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Tour Award Winners
Most Outstanding
2012 – Sean Rosenthal, United States
2011 – Emanuel Rego, Brazil
2010 – Phil Dalhausser, United States
2009 – Harley Marques, Brazil and Richard Schuil, Netherlands
2008 – Harley, Brazil
2007 – Ricardo Santos, Brazil
2006 – Emanuel Rego, Brazil
2005 – Ricardo Santos, Brazil
Best Blocker
2012 – Phil Dalhausser, United States
2011 – Alison Cerutti, Brazil
2010 – Phil Dalhausser, United States
2009 – Jonas Reckermann, Germany
2008 – Phil Dalhausser, United States
2007 – Phil Dalhausser, United States
2006 – Phil Dalhausser, United States
2005 – Fabio Magalhaes Brazil
Best Defensive Player
2012 – Martins Plavins, Latvia
2011 – Reinder Nummerdor, Netherlands
2010 – Todd Rogers, United States
2009 – Reinder Nummerdor, Netherlands
2008 – Todd Rogers, United States
2007 – Todd Rogers, United States
2006 – Martin Conde, Argentina and Todd Rogers, United States
2005 – Marcio Araujo, Brazil
Best Hitter
2012 – Alison Cerutti, Brazil
2011 – Alison Cerutti, Brazil
2010 – Phil Dalhausser, United States
2009 – Phil Dalhausser, United States
2008 – Phil Dalhausser, United States
2007 – Phil Dalhausser, United States
2006 – Emanuel Rego, Brazil
2005 – Ricardo Santos, Brazil
Best Offensive Player
2012 – Phil Dalhausser, United States
2011 – Alison Cerutti, Brazil
2010 – Phil Dalhausser, United States
2009 – Phil Dalhausser, United States
2008 – Phil Dalhausser, United States
2007 – Ricardo Santos, Brazil
2006 – Ricardo Santos, Brazil
2005 – Ricardo Santos, Brazil
Best Server
2012- Eric Koreng, Germany
2011- Eric Koreng, Germany
2010 – Igor Kolodinsky, Russia
2009 – Igor Kolodinsky, Russia
2008 – Igor Kolodinsky, Russia
2007 – Igor Kolodinsky, Russia
2006 – Iver Horrem, Norway
2005 – Conrad Leinemann, Canada
Best Setter
2012 – Phil Dalhausser, United States
2011 – Phil Dalhausser, United States
2010 – Phil Dalhausser, United States
2009 – Phil Dalhausser, United States
2008 – Marcio Araujo, Brazil
2007 – Marcio Araujo, Brazil
2006 – Marcio Araujo, Brazil and Todd Rogers, United States
2005 – Todd Rogers, United States
Most Improved Player
2012 – Paolo Nicolai, Italy
2011 – Mariusz Prudel, Poland
2010 – Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil
2009 – Alison Cerutti, Brazil
2008 – Andy Ces, France
2007 – Dmitri Barsouk, Russia and Linyin Xu, China
2006 – Phil Dalhausser, United States
2005 – Fabio Magalhaes, Brazil
Most Inspirational
2012 – Emanuel Rego, Brazil
2011 – Emanuel Rego, Brazil
2010 – Linyun Xu, China
2009 – Harley Marques, Brazil
2008 – Todd Rogers, United States
2007 – Franco Neto, Brazil
2006 – Franco Neto, Brazil
2005 – Mark Heese, Canada
Sportsman
2012 – Emanuel Rego, Brazil
2011 – Emanuel Rego, Brazil
2010 – Emanuel Rego, Brazil
2009 – Rivo Vesik, Estonia
2008 – Phil Dalhausser, United States
2007 – Franco Neto, Brazil
2006 – Franco Neto, Brazil
2005 – Emanuel Neto, Brazil
Team of the Year
2012 – Jake Gibb/Sean Rosenthal, United States
2011 – Alison Cerutti/Emanuel Rego, Brazil
2010 – Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States
2009 – Julius Brink/Reckermann, Germany
2008 – Harley Marques/Pedro Salgado, Brazil
2007 – Emanuel Rego/Ricardo Santos, Brazil
2006 – Emanuel Rego//Ricardo Santos, Brazil
2005 – Emanuel Rego/Ricardo Santos, Brazil
Top Rookie
2012 – Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands
2011 – Sebastian Chevalier, Switzerland
2010 – Karl Jaani, Estonia
2009 – Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia
2008 – Adrian Gavira Collado, Spain
2007 – Igor Kolodinsky, Russia
2006 – Sean Rosenthal, United States
2005 – Matteo Varnier, Italy & Jake Gibb, United States
All-Time Men’s FIVB Beach Volleyball SWATCH World Tour Points Champions
Season Team, Country
1989-90–Sinjin Smith/Randy Stoklos, United States
1990-91–Sinjin Smith/Randy Stoklos, United States
1991-92–Sinjin Smith/Randy Stoklos, United States
1992-93–Sinjin Smith/Randy Stoklos, United States
1993-94–Franco Neto/Roberto Lopes, Brazil
1994-95–Jan Kvalheim/Bjorn Maaseide, Norway
1995-96–Franco Neto/Roberto Lopes, Brazil
1996–ZeMarco de Melo/Emanuel Rego, Brazil
1997–ZeMarco de Melo/Emanuel Rego, Brazil
1998–Para Ferreira /Guilherme Marquez, Brazil
1999–Emanuel Rego/Jose Loiola, Brazil
2000–ZeMarco de Melo/Ricardo Santos, Brazil
2001–Emanuel Rego/Tande Ramos, Brazil
2002–Mariano Baracetti/Martin Conde, Argentina
2003–Emanuel Rego/Ricardo Santos, Brazil
2004–Emanuel Rego/Ricardo Santos, Brazil
2005–EmanuelRego/Ricardo Santos, Brazil
2006–Emanuel Rego/Ricardo Santos, Brazil
2007–Emanuel Rego/Ricardo Santos, Brazil
2008–Harley Marques/Pedro Salgado, Brazil
2009–Julius Brink/Jonas Reckermann, Germany
2010–Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States
2011–Alison Cerutti/Emanuel Rego, Brazil
2012–Jake Gibb/Sean Rosenthal, United States