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Parents are Harvey and Rene Youngquist... Married to professional beach athlete Nicholas Sweat since 2007; maiden name Brooke Youngquist... Graduated from Florida Gulf Coast University in 2008 with a degree in resort and hospitality management

Career Highlights

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Tied for 19th with Lauren Fendrick at the 2016 Rio Olympics
Placed fifth at the 2015 Beach World Championships with Lauren Fendrick, duo eliminated by Germany in the quarterfinals
Posted career best FIVB World Tour finish of second, in 2017 with Summer Ross
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Finished third with Walsh Jennings at the FIVB World Tour three-star event in Chetumal, Mexico
Teamed with Kerri Walsh Jennings at the end of 2018
Missed much of the 2018 season after having shoulder surgery
In 2018, took bronze at FIVB five-star event in Fort Lauderdale with Summer Ross. Also finished 3rd at three-star event in Qinzhou, China with Ross
In 2017, won silver at the FIVB Moscow tournament with Summer Ross, a career best World Tour finish
Played in four AVP Tour stops in 2017, winning one and finished second twice
Finished the 2016 season winning the domestic AVP Tour Championships with Lauren Fendrick
Fendrick and Sweat went 0-3 in pool play at the 2016 Olympics, tying them for 19th place. Duo was seeded in Pool A with No. 1 Brazil
On the 2016 FIVB World Tour, had four fifth-place finishes with Fendrick and in 2015, placed fifth four times and ninth twice on the FIVB World Tour with Fendrick
Between 2013-16, best finish on the FIVB World Tour was fifth-place which she did 11 times with Jennifer Fopma and Lauren Fendrick
Twice voted the AVP Best Defensive Player, 2013 and 14; on the domestic AVP Tour, has seven career first-place finishes and a total of 30 podium finishes
In 2013 with partner Jennifer Fopma, placed third at the FIVB Berlin Grand Slam and won the AVP Huntington Beach Open
From 2009-11 Sweat partnered with Kristen Batt-Rohr, where they won four events together including NORCECA Chiapas in 2011 and two AVP Young Guns events (09 and 10)
In 2011, Sweat was named the USA Florida Region Beach Player of the Year
Between 2007-08 partnered with Kristy Hartley and Cindy Phillips
All-American for Florida Gulf Coast's inaugural volleyball team, graduating as the team's career leader in kills. Was AVCA South Region Player of the Year as a junior. Named a Division II All-American
Won consecutive state titles with Canterbury School as a sophomore and junior

Olympic Experience

1-time Olympian;

Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro 2016, 19th (Team - Women)

World Championships Experience

Most recent: 2019 – 17th (Team - Women)
Years of participation: Team - Women 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019
Top finish: 5th – 2015 (Team - Women), 2017 (Team - Women)

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