may be the greatest beach volleyball player of all time, but she was turned down by her first choice for a new partner after splitting from April Ross.
Walsh Jennings had her eye on promising 22-year-old Sara Hughes after a four-year partnership with Ross ended in May.
“All I wanted to do was play with [Hughes],” Walsh Jennings said recently, according to ESPN.com.
Walsh Jennings reached out multiple times, but Hughes turned her down, according to the report.
Hughes, arguably the most promising U.S. beach prospect since Walsh Jennings in the early 2000s, chose to continue her budding partnership with former University of Southern California teammate Kelly Claes.