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russell mark tanner

russell mark tanner -lrb- born november 13 , 1977 -rrb- is an american volleyball player .
tanner grew up playing beach volleyball in northern california with his father , mark tanner .
tanner 's uncle , troy tanner , is an olympic gold medalist .
tanner was a junior olympic all-american , high school and league mvp , and an all-state selection out of high school .
tanner played division i -lrb- ncaa -rrb- volleyball at brigham young university in provo , utah from 1999-2001 .
he graduated with a degree in english and computers .
