DANIELA ALVAREZ, TCU

• Alvarez becomes the first player to be both the AVCA Player of the Year (this season) and part of a winning AVCA Pair of the Year (2023).
• By taking home first-team AVCA All-America honors in 2025, she becomes only the sixth beach player to be a four-time, first-team selection.
• The grad senior has helped TCU to a 28-5 record and the No. 1 ranking in the AVCA Beach Poll heading into the 2025 NCAA Championship in Gulf Shores.
• She has played at No. 1 all season for Coach Hector Gutierrez’s squad, picking up 25 wins so far.
• Alvarez has 123 career victories entering NCAA postseason, which puts her atop the TCU list in that category. She and Tania Moreno are the school’s winningest pair ever.

bio information current as of April 30, 2025

NOTE: This is the second year the AVCA is naming a Player of the Year; from 2021-23, a Pair of the Year was chosen. All winners are listed here.

 

AVCA COLLEGIATE BEACH PAIRS OF THE YEAR
2021: Kristen Nuss and Taryn Kloth, LSU
2022: Tina Graudina and Hailey Harward, USC
2023: Daniela Alvarez and Tania Moreno, TCU

AVCA COLLEGIATE BEACH PLAYERS OF THE YEAR
2024: Megan Kraft, USC
2025: Daniela Alvarez, TCU