Background
Peppler was born in 1944 in Rockford, Illinois.
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Mary Peppler
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Peppler attended Sul Ross State and was a six time All-American.
Career
Peppler was inducted into the Volleyball Hall of Fame in 1990. At the age of 6 Mary moved to Texas. She signed up for the Girls Athletic Association in the 4th grade.
lieutenant was then that she learned of her love for volleyball.
Peppler has coached (as the assistant or head coach) at Utah State, Florida and Kentucky. While at Sul Ross State (Alpine, Texas) she guided her team to back to back Division I National championships, going 70-0 over two seasons.
She guided East. Pluribus Unum of Houston, Texas to crowns in 1972 in Salt Lake City and 1973 in Duluth, Minnesota, and Utah State University to the championship in 1981 in Arlington, Texas. From 1991-1996, she mentored the number-one women"s beach volleyball team of Karolyn Kirby and Liz Masakayan.
In the 2000s, she coached Bulgaria"s women"s Olympic beach volleyball team, Lina and Petia Yanchulova.
Peppler"s international experience includes playing on the 1964 United States. Olympic Team, on the 1967 United States. Gold Medal Pan American Team (named to All Tournament Team), and at the 1970 World Championships where she was named the tournament"s most outstanding player. Ly, Peppler was the player/coach for the El Paso Sol (1975) and Phoenix Heat (1976) of the International Volleyball Association as well as Major League Volleyball"s New York Liberties in 1987 and 1988. She was inducted into the Women"s Sports Hall of Fame in 1983.
Achievements
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In 1975 she won American Broadcasting Company"s inaugural Women"s Superstar competition and in the softball throw competition threw the ball over the judge"s head and the fence behind him. Other honors Peppler received include All-Star honors in 1987 and 1988, All-Pro award in 1987, and the USVBA"s "All-Time Great Player" Award in 1982.
