Release Courtesy of AVP.com

Jennifer Kessy, a 2012 Olympic silver medalist and the winner of 29 beach volleyball tournaments worldwide, announced on Tuesday that she will return to the AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tour for the 2015 season. Kessy, who missed the 2014 season for the birth of her first child, will partner with rising star and former Lion Emily Day.

Kessy, 37, a San Juan Capistrano native and a product of USC, turned professional in 2000 and has gone on to win 14 tournaments on the AVP Tour, 11 on the FIVB tour and four other events domestically. Undoubtedly her biggest career achievement was the silver medal she took home from the 2012 London Olympics. Playing with long-time partner April Ross, Kessy advanced to the gold medal match before falling to fellow Americans Kerri Walsh Jennings and Misty May-Treanor, widely considered the best beach volleyball tandem ever.

"Emily is exactly the type of player I dream about as a teammate," Kessy said. "She's an all-around excellent player, and the way she approaches the game mentally, combined with her work ethic off the court, shows me that she has a great future ahead of her. I'm excited to start working together toward our ultimate goal of medaling in Rio in 2016."

Day, 27, has quickly developed as one of the best players on the AVP Tour and the international circuit, having risen to the top of the women's ranks with solid 2013 and '14 seasons. Playing alongside Summer Ross, Day won once and advanced to three other championship matches while also securing five third-place finishes in 13 AVP tournaments over the two seasons. A Torrance native and a product of Loyola Marymount University, she is known as one of the fittest and most cerebral players on the AVP and was tied for fifth in the AVP's final women's ranking this season.

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