MPSF Player of the Year Wieczorek Headlines MPSF All-Academic Honorees
Player of the Year David Wieczorek from Pepperdine is among the 29 MPSF All-Academic honorees. Wieczorek and four other first-team MPSF selections: setter Micah Ma’a (UCLA), outside hitter Jack Wyett (USC), middle blocker Price Jarman (BYU) and setter Leo Durkin (BYU) also garnered All-Academic accolades.
Goldfarb, Polo, Paduraru Set to Join Cal Beach
Harper Goldfarb of Sherman Oaks, Jordan Polo of Danville and Andreea Paduraru of Pleasanton have each submitted a Statement of Intent to Register and will begin attending Cal in the fall, joining the beach program in the spring.
Florida State, Hawaii Upset #1 UCLA, #2 Pepperdine at NCAA Beach
Only twice in NCAA beach volleyball championship history has there been an upset where the seed difference was more than 1. The other: last year, where #4 Florida State beat #2 UCLA in the semi-finals of the elimination bracket. The other small handful of upsets have all been 1-seed differences.
UNC Adds Coastal Carolina Transfer & Greek National Team Middle Blocker
Greek National Team and former Coastal Carolina middle blocker Aristea Tontai transfers to North Carolina.
Northern Colorado Adds Creighton Transfer MB Brittany Lawrence
Former Creighton 6’4″ middle blocker Brittany Lawrence is transferring to Northern Colorado for her final season.
Photo Vault: NCAA Final Four – Ohio State vs. Long Beach State
Relive the Long Beach-Ohio State semifinal game of the 2018 National Collegiate Men’s Volleyball Championship with VolleyMob’s photos. (You can…
Seeds Hold In First Four NCAA Beach Matches, UH’s Hall Earns 100th Win
The top four seeds moved on in the winner’s bracket, dropping just one pairing of the 13 played to completion….
Hawaii Grabs Big West Top Honors, Maglio/Schucht Tabbed Pair of the Yr
Hawai‘i dominated the 2018 women’s beach volleyball awards after claiming its third-straight Big West Tournament title at Queen’s Beach in Honolulu. The SandBows garnered all three of the top awards: senior Ka’iwi Schucht and junior Emily Maglio earned Pairs Team of the Year honors, Lea Monkhouse garnered Freshman of the Year accolades and Jeff Hall was tabbed Coach of the Year as the conference announced the all-conference teams today.
USA Volleyball Restructuring to Fit Path to Podium Initiative
USA Volleyball announced this week an organizational restructure to more efficiently align its operations with its Path to the Podium initiative. A result of this restructure is the elimination of Tom Pingel’s role as the Senior Director, High Performance & Events.
2008 ACC Player of the Year Hepburn Among Clemson HOF Inductees
Danielle Hepburn, a third-team All-American and ACC Player of the Year in 2008, was among nine athletes and a coach named to the Clemson Athletics Hall of Fame.