MORAGA, Calif. — Many children say a parent is their inspiration and the reason behind their career path. For Hawley Harrer, that inspiration is her mother and that career path is volleyball.
Volleyball has been a part of Hawley's life from the beginning as her mother blazed her own trail as one of the most successful beach volleyball players in the country.
"She's a living legend," Hawley gushed about her mother, and she's not wrong. She was inducted into the California Beach Volleyball Hall of Fame in 2012 after a professional career that spanned 18 seasons, where she racked up 25 pro titles and was named the Defensive Player of the Year in the Women's Professional Volleyball Association in 1990.