The Wilson Sporting Goods Company is a sports equipment manufacturer based in Chicago, Illinois, and currently is a foreign subsidiary of the Finnish company Amer Sports.
Eighteen-year professional beach volleyball veteran and champion Albert Hannemann founded the National Volleyball League (NVL) in late 2010 with one mission: to unite the rapidly growing volleyball community and create a sustainable professional beach volleyball tour. As the tour enters its 4th season, the NVL will produce 8 pro events this year. Also in 2014, the NVL has partnered with Rox Volleyball to launch the NVL & ROX Grassroots Beach Series and Membership Program