New for 2025, the AVCA is naming a Player of the Year for boys high school volleyball. The first recipient of the new award is Grayson Bradford of Mira Costa (CA) High School.

GRAYSON BRADFORD, MIRA COSTA HIGH SCHOOL, SR., RS

• Bradford earns the first-ever AVCA Boys Player of the Year award following an outstanding senior campaign.
• The 6-11 right side helped Mira Costa High School earn the 2025 high school boys volleyball national championship by finishing the season as the top-ranked team in the final AVCA/USA TODAY SPORTS Super 25 Poll.
• The Mustangs moved to No. 1 in the second poll of 2025, and they never relinquished the top spot.
• Bradford led the team to a 37-2 record and the 2025 CIF Division I state title.
• He finished the season with a .414 hitting percentage on 253 kills, and he recorded 73 blocks and 15 aces.