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The first reshuffle of the top-five sees Hawaii and UC Irvine swap places after the Rainbow Warriors drop the first match of the season. We have another week to go before all of Division III is in action, but we still check in on those rankings as well in week two with the season slowly ramping up. The college roundup showcases some of the key matches of the week while also highlighting athletes who are part of the USA Volleyball National Team Development Program.
USAV indoor U.S. National Team head coaches Karch Kiraly and John Speraw have renewed their contracts through 2024.
The U.S. Beach U21 National Team claimed two top-10 finishes at the FIVB Beach Volleyball U21 World Championships this week. Both Matt Gentry/Phil Catanzaro and Nicole Nourse/Maddie Anderson finished tied for ninth place.
Four-time Olympian Jake Gibb retired in 2021 after two decades in professional beach volleyball. He won seven FIVB tournaments and competed in eight world championships.
Twenty-five athletes currently competing in the NCAA DIU Women's Volleyball Tournament national semifinals have USA Volleyball and National Team Development Program experience.
Registration is now open for the 2022 USA Volleyball Women’s National Team Open Program, which is scheduled for Feb. 25-27 at the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Training Center in Colorado Springs.
USA Volleyball is saddened to learn of the death of Dr. Donald S. “Don” Shondell, seventh president of USA Volleyball (1979-80) an AVCA Hall of Fame coach and a 1996 inductee of the International Volleyball Hall of Fame.
USA Volleyball has selected Salt Lake City to host the 2023 Boys Junior National Championship (BJNC) on June 29-July 6 at the Calvin L. Rampton Salt Palace Convention Center.
The Beach Volleyball U21 World Championships run December 14-19 in Phuket, Thailand. Four pairs of the U.S. Beach U21 National Team will represent the United States.
Updates on U.S. women's volleyball players competing around the world
Megan Kraft and Delaynie Maple own the Beach Volleyball U19 World Championship Saturday. It's the U.S.' first U19 title since 2010. Xolani Hodel and Kate Reilly finished fourth.
The U.S. Women’s National Team will play on U.S. soil for the first time since winning the Olympic gold medal in Tokyo when it competes in the 2022 FIVB Volleyball Nations League (VNL) on May 31-June 5 at Brookshire Grocery Arena in Bossier City, Louisiana.
Former U.S. Beach National Team athletes Ryan Doherty and Stafford Slick retired from international volleyball in 2020. Find out what they've been up to in the past year.
USA Volleyball has hired University of San Diego Women’s Volleyball Associate Head Coach Alfred “Alfee” Reft to serve as its seasonal assistant coach for the U.S. Women’s National Team. Reft played libero for the U.S. Men’s National Team from 2006-10 and was an Olympic alternate in 2008. He returned to the team in 2012-15. Reft served as a volunteer assistant coach for both the U.S. Women’s and Men’s teams in 2016-18.
The U.S. Beach U19 National Team will begin play at the 2021 FIVB Beach Volleyball U19 World Championships late Sunday. Four pairs will compete for the United States.
USA Volleyball has hired Tama Miyashiro as a full-time assistant coach for the U.S. Women’s National Team
Updates on U.S. Men's National Team players competing for international professional club teams.
A roundup of what's happening with U.S. men's players on pro teams overseas.
AVP, the U.S. premier professional beach volleyball organization and longest-running domestic tour, and USA Volleyball, the national governing body for beach, indoor and sitting volleyball, announced today a new partnership in an ongoing effort to grow and enhance the sport of beach volleyball within the United States.
Junior volleyball athletes from across the United States will get the chance to improve their skills at USA Volleyball’s National Team Development Program (NTDP) National Beach and Indoor Winter Training Series on Dec. 27-30 in California.
Terese Cannon and Sara Hughes took bronze at the Itapema 4-star Sunday, the final international tournament of 2021.
