The AVCA Thirty Under 30 Beach Awards honor up-and-coming beach volleyball coaching talent at all levels of the sport. Nominees must be: 30 years old or younger as of December 31, 2023 [born 1993 or later], active AVCA members, and currently coaching beach volleyball.
Wingate announces addition of beach volleyball as 26th intercollegiate sport; Hannah Givens named head coach
Wingate has announced the addition of beach volleyball at Wingate University. Wingate University alum Hannah Givens ’19 will be the program’s first head coach. The inaugural Wingate women’s beach volleyball season will begin in the spring of 2025. Read more
Collin Wilson Named Head Beach Volleyball Coach
Coastal Carolina has announced Collin Wilson as the next head coach of the Chanticleers’ beach volleyball team. Wilson, who spent two seasons in Conway as an assistant coach for the Chants, becomes just the fourth head coach in program history. Read more
Blanton, Kirby to Enter HoF as All-Time Great Beach Athletes
USA Volleyball is set to celebrate some of the sport’s greatest athletes, coaches, officials and leaders at its 2024 Hall of Fame annual banquet and ceremony. Two beach volleyball greats will receive the All-Time Great Player Award at the ceremony: Dain Blanton and Karolyn Kirby. Read more
Greeneville Selected as Site for NAIA Beach Volleyball Invitational
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) announced that it has selected Greeneville, Tennessee and the Greene County Partnership to be the host of the NAIA Beach Volleyball National Invitational. The initial term of the agreement is for the 2024 and 2025 events. Read more
New Beach Volleyball facility, Wildlife Sanctuary to open
The new home of the Beach Volleyball team has six regulation courts, a multimedia LED scoreboard, broadcasting capabilities, and much more. Read more
AVCA-Sponsored Free Access to VBTV Begins Feb. 6
As a part of the AVCA’s previously announced partnership expansion with Volleyball World, AVCA members can begin taking advantage of their 1-year exclusive access to VBTV’s Video on Demand (VOD) content on Feb. 6. Read more
AVCA Boys, Men’s & Beach Officiation Appreciation Week Coming March 23 – April 7
This period is set aside to make sure our officials know they are part of the sport. As coaches, you are the leaders; student-athletes, parents, and fans will follow your example to ensure we treat our officials in a manner befitting their role in helping boys, men’s and beach volleyball become one of the United States most popular sports. Learn more
The AVCA is constantly updating its NCAA, NAIA, and Two-Year College program lists as new programs get announced. Did we miss one? Contact Becca Just and let us know.
To join the Men’s Collegiate Beach Volleyball Alliance an active member coach of the AVCA must complete the registration information. The nominating coach serves as the official representative for all men’s collegiate beach activities at the college.
Boys HS beach volleyball continues growth in San Diego, Orange County, L.A.
In the past 10 years, Southern California high school coaches have formed high school club beach volleyball leagues that run from six to eight weeks in the fall. With high school girls beach volleyball becoming a CIF sport, there is hope the boys will become a sanctioned sport. Read more
Beach Solutions: Running a Year-Round Beach Program with an Indoor Program
Tidewater Volleyball Association took a different approach when the club created their Juniors Beach Division, named 757 Beach. Over the past 10 years, as Kristina Wojieck-Stein observed the club landscape, she saw several different models of trying to merge the two ‘sports’. Read more
USA Volleyball Ramps up Beach NTDP Programming for 2024
USA Volleyball is proud to announce that, starting in 2024, it will provide a dedicated pool of funds to assist athletes participating in NTDP events to overcome financial barriers. Athletes and their families will be able to apply for financial assistance to attend NTDP events. Read more
