basketball court, where volleyball is also played, of the José Gautier Benítez high school of Caguas is named after Raúl Papaleo. He played the 2006 NORCECA Men's Beach Volleyball Continental Championship along with Joseph Gil. They finished in second place, after Gil suffered several injuries playing the semifinals. At the NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit 2008, he completed an all Puerto Rican podium at the Carolina Beach Volleyball Tournament. He played with Ramón Hernández On July 11, 2008, Papaleo was contracted by the Guaynabo Mets of Liga de Voleibol Superior Masculino (The Superior Masculine Volleyball League). See also List of Puerto Ricans Sports in Puerto Rico References External links U.S. Volleyball News 1971 births Living people Puerto Rican men's beach volleyball players Beach volleyball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic beach volleyball players of Puerto Rico Beach volleyball players at the 2003 Pan American Games Sportspeople from San Juan, Puerto Rico Pan American Games bronze medalists for Puerto Rico Pan American Games medalists in volleyball Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Puerto Rico Competitors at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in beach volleyball Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games 21st-century Puerto Rican people