Betsi Metter Flint |
United States
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Photo: Ed Chan
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Birth Date |
August 13, 1992 (32 years old) |
Home Town |
Phoenix, AZ |
Resides |
Los Angeles, CA |
Height |
5'10" |
College |
Loyola Marymount |
Web Site |
betsiflint.com/ |
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Best Finish |
Winnings |
United States |
1st (7 times) |
$240,188 |
AVP |
1st (7 times) |
$240,188 |
Pro Beach |
29th |
$0 |
USAV IDQ |
9th |
$0 |
International |
1st (5 times) |
$132,855 |
FIVB |
1st (5 times) |
$132,855 |
FIVB AGWC |
5th |
$0 |
Pan American |
5th |
$0 |
PAN AM |
5th |
$0 |
NORCECA |
1st (2 times) |
$5,250 |
NORCECA |
1st (2 times) |
$5,250 |
Other |
9th |
$500 |
Other |
9th |
$500 |
Overall |
1st (14 times) |
$379,079 |
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Beach Bits: • Became the youngest team to win an AVP event in September 2015 when she and Kelley Larsen won all five matches in claiming the title in Cincinnati. The duo was a combined 46 years, 4 months, 27 days (record was then surpassed in September 2017). En route to the title Flint and Larsen upset the tournament's teams seeded second, third, fourth and sixth.
2018: Flint formed a partnership with Emily Day, winning twice in five AVP events. Flint was fifth on the AVP Tour in kills (7.37 per set), sixth in digs (5.51 per set) and ninth in aces (.86 per set). On the FIVB Tour Flint and Kelley Larsen played four times, with a best of a bronze in a one-star event. Flint and Day paired up for seven international tournaments, winning a three-star event. 2017: Flint and Larsen played seven AVP events, winning in San Francisco and finishing second two other times. Flint was ranked third on the Tour in kills (7.66 per set) On the FIVB Tour Larsen and Flint did not lose a single set in winning a two-star and a one-star event. 2016: Flint and Larsen played in five AVP events, with a best of second in the season ender in Chicago. She ended the year second in kills (7.74 per set) and fourth in digs (6.06 per set), sixth in digs (5.88 per set), and eighth in aces (.82 per set). The duo competed in three FIVB events, with a best of 25th. 2015: Flint and Larsen played six AVP tournaments, beginning the year with a loss in the qualifier. In Cincinnati they went undefeated, all against teams seeded 10th or better, and won the title. Flint was third in aces (0.93 per set) and 10th in digs (4.72 per set). Internationally, she and Larsen played on FIVB event, losing in the qualifier, and finished fifth in the Pan American Games. 2014: Flint played alongside Kelly Larsen in her first AVP tournament. Seeded 24th in the qualifier, they defeated three top 10 qualifier seeds to advance to the main draw, finishing ninth. She then paired with Jane Chafeh for an AVP event, also qualifying for the main draw and placing 13th. Flint and Larsen finished fifth in the FIVB Under 23 World Championships. 2012: Flint began her pro beach career with a pair of domestic tournaments, but failed to advance from the qualifier in either one.
College: As a defensive specialist at Loyola Marymount, she played in every single match during her four-year career. Flint left the school as the all-time leader in both digs and aces, which ranked fourth and fifth respectively in the West Coast Conference's all-time charts. She was chosen the league's Defensive Player of the Year for three straight seasons (Co-Defensive Player of the Year as a junior). Competed for two seasons in sand volleyball at LMU, where she was twice an All-American. In 2014 Flint reached the AVCA Final Four with Litara Keil. In 2015 she paired with Sarah Sponcil and the duo finished second in the AVCA Sand National Championships.
Personal: Formerly Betsi Metter, she was born in South Dakota and has two sisters (Sarah, Sophia) and one brother (Roy). While playing volleyball in high school in Phoenix, she set the school's career record for kills and was second in the nation in digs as a junior. In May 2014 she married Chase Flint, who played basketball at Loyola Marymount. They have a daughter (Cora, born in 2020).
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- AVP Best Server 2019, 2022, 2023
- AVP Newcomer of the Year 2015
- AVP VolleyballMag.com Best Server 2023
- AVP VolleyballMag.com Most Underrated 2022
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2009 |
USAV IDQ |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$0.00 |
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0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2012 |
Pro Beach |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$0.00 |
20.0 |
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0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2012 |
USAV IDQ |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
$0.00 |
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|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2014 |
AVP |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
$2,000.00 |
270.0 |
56th |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2015 |
AVP |
6 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
$17,000.00 |
1,255.0 |
12th |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2016 |
AVP |
5 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
$14,500.00 |
1,030.0 |
18th |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2017 |
AVP |
7 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
$26,512.50 |
2,006.0 |
3rd |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2018 |
AVP |
5 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
$24,325.00 |
1,765.0 |
6th |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2019 |
AVP |
8 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
$45,850.00 |
3,480.0 |
1st |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2021 |
AVP |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
$13,550.00 |
1,059.0 |
7th |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2022 |
AVP |
8 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
$43,050.00 |
7,879.5 |
11th |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2023 |
AVP |
6 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
$35,600.00 |
6,482.0 |
13th |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2024 |
AVP |
3 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
$17,800.00 |
3,377.5 |
23rd |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Total (Rank) |
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57 (130th) |
7 (36th) |
12 |
9 |
0 |
7 |
8 |
8 |
$240,187.50 (32nd) |
28,624.0 |
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2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
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2014 |
FIVB AGWC |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
$0.00 |
84.0 |
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0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2015 |
FIVB |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$0.00 |
20.0 |
283rd |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2016 |
FIVB |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$2,000.00 |
160.0 |
157th |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2017 |
FIVB |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$4,000.00 |
300.0 |
104th |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2018 |
FIVB |
11 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
$12,505.00 |
1,360.0 |
74th |
0 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2019 |
FIVB |
11 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
$18,000.00 |
1,520.0 |
84th |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
2020 |
FIVB |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
$2,000.00 |
200.0 |
61st |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2021 |
FIVB |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
$4,886.24 |
440.0 |
125th |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2022 |
FIVB |
6 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
$41,500.00 |
2,670.0 |
31st |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2023 |
FIVB |
11 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
$35,750.00 |
3,370.0 |
29th |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2024 |
FIVB |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
$12,500.00 |
1,210.0 |
85th |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Total (Rank) |
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53 (268th) |
5 (49th) |
4 |
1 |
2 |
8 |
0 |
14 |
$133,141.24 (172nd) |
11,334.0 |
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3 |
3 |
4 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
5 |
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2015 |
PAN AM |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
$0.00 |
0.0 |
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0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Total (Rank) |
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1 (35th) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
$0.00 |
0.0 |
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0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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2016 |
NORCECA |
4 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$3,725.00 |
280.0 |
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0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2017 |
NORCECA |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$525.00 |
110.0 |
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0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2022 |
NORCECA |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$1,000.00 |
400.0 |
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0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Total (Rank) |
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7 (137th) |
2 (37th) |
2 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$5,250.00 (47th) |
790.0 |
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0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Overall |
Total (Rank) |
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119 (142nd) |
14 (43rd) |
18 |
12 |
3 |
16 |
8 |
23 |
$379,078.74 (89th) |
40,748.0 |
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5 |
4 |
5 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
5 |
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Red denotes ranked 1st |
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1 |
9/6/2015 |
AVP |
Mason |
Kelley Kolinske |
7 |
$7,500 |
2 |
4/24/2016 |
NORCECA |
Grand Cayman |
Kelley Kolinske |
8 |
$1,500 |
3 |
6/18/2017 |
FIVB |
Tangshan Jiangning |
Kelley Kolinske |
15 |
$3,000 |
4 |
7/9/2017 |
AVP |
San Francisco |
Kelley Kolinske |
1 |
$7,500 |
5 |
7/22/2017 |
FIVB |
Ulsan |
Kelley Kolinske |
3 |
$1,000 |
6 |
6/24/2018 |
AVP |
Seattle |
Emily Capers |
2 |
$7,500 |
7 |
7/8/2018 |
AVP |
San Francisco |
Emily Capers |
1 |
$7,500 |
8 |
7/22/2018 |
FIVB |
Haiyang |
Emily Capers |
3 |
$5,000 |
9 |
7/28/2019 |
AVP |
Hermosa Beach |
Emily Capers |
1 |
$10,000 |
10 |
8/29/2021 |
FIVB |
Brno |
Emily Capers |
2 |
€ 1,600 |
11 |
5/29/2022 |
AVP |
New Orleans |
Kelly Cheng |
1 |
$7,000 |
12 |
8/14/2022 |
FIVB |
Hamburg |
Kelly Cheng |
10 |
$15,000 |
13 |
12/11/2022 |
NORCECA |
Punta Cana |
Julia Scoles |
1 |
$1,000 |
14 |
8/20/2023 |
AVP |
Manhattan Beach |
Julia Scoles |
1 |
$15,000 |
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