Herbalife Ltd. announced the signing of volleyball professional Sean Scott to its roster of sponsored volleyball athletes.
Former Olympic bronze medallist Elaine Youngs and her partner Rachel Wacholder are also sponsored by Herbalife. The players will be featured in various promotions for Herbalife and its Liftoff(TM) brand, which is the Official Energy Drink of the AVP Volleyball Tour through 2007.
Scott, 32, considers himself one of the shorter players at 6 feet 5 inches. He began playing volleyball at 15 and continued to play while attending the University of Hawaii. A native of Kailua, Hawaii, Scott was awarded the AVP Most Improved Player 2005. He won his first Tour title in 2004 at the Tempe Open with partner Todd Rogers. The duo also won the "Best of the Beach" in Honolulu in 2005.
Herbalife continues its multi-year sponsorship as nutritional advisor of the AVP Tour which kicks off March 31st in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., followed by tournaments in Tempe, Ariz., several locations in Calif., Brooklyn, N.Y., Boulder, Colo., Las Vegas, Nev., and Lake Tahoe, Nev. The AVP Tour is a national touring series that features more than 150 of the nation's top male and female professional beach volleyball players. Herbalife will have a presence at all Tour events with guaranteed rotational signage and static center court banners. Herbalife will also receive commercial units during AVP broadcasts on NBC and Fox Sports Net. Additionally, Herbalife independent distributors will sample several of the company's brands at all events.
"Sean is a great athlete whose personality brings the Liftoff(TM) and Herbalife brands to life for the health-minded audience the sport attracts," said Greg Probert, Herbalife's president and chief operating officer. "Through Sean, Elaine and Rachel we are able to reach out to a new audience who might not otherwise be introduced to our brand."
In June 2005, Herbalife and the AVP announced a multi-million dollar sponsorship through the 2007 season. The agreement was extended the following August making Herbalife the "Official Health and Wellness Partner" as well as the "Official Nutritional Advisor" of the AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tour.
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Herbalife is a global network marketing company that sells weight-management, nutritional supplements and personal care products intended to support a healthy lifestyle. Herbalife products are sold in 62 countries (including Costa Rica which opens April 25, 2006) through a network independent distributors. More information can be found
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