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THE BIC – June 20, 2025
Mira Costa Are the 2025 National Champions
Mira Costa High School in Manhattan Beach, California ends the 2025 spring season as the #1 ranked team on the USA Today/AVCA Super 25. Mira Costa finished the season with at 37-2 record and the 2025 CIF State Championship. Mira Costa’s only two losses came to perennial power Loyola High School of Los Angeles and Marist High School in Chicago. Marist ended the season as the #2 ranked team after also only losing two matches and winning the Illinois State Championship.
USAV Foundation Merges with First Point Volleyball Foundation
The USA Volleyball Foundation, the philanthropic arm of USA Volleyball, announced today its combination with the First Point Volleyball Foundation. As part of this strategic alignment, many First Point Foundation board members will join the USA Volleyball Foundation board. Additionally, the USA Volleyball Foundation will assume all of First Point’s assets and honor its existing grant commitments.
The AVCA will be hosting two men’s college volleyball recruiting panels at AAU Boys Nationals in Orlando at the convention center. The panels will be hosted on Tuesday, July 1 and Saturday, July 5. Both panels will take place at 2pm ET in OCCC North 330. Please make plans to join us!
The 3-2 (25-21, 25-22, 22-25, 15-25, 16-14) triumph over North Kingstown is Cranston East’s first boys volleyball state championship in program history and just second boys volleyball title overall.
Coe-Brown Wins First New Hampshire State Championship
Coe-Brown (19-0) was able to neutralize Hollis-Brookline’s Cavaliers (16-3) in four sets, 25-17, 25-18, 22-25, 25-19, to win the program’s first championship.
Cumberland Valley Caps Undefeated Season with 3A PA State Championship
The Cumberland Valley Boys’ Volleyball team won the PIAA 3A State Championship over North Allegheny to go 22-0-1 on the season and claim its second state championship in program history.
Saint Ignatius defeated Thomas Worthington in a five-set thriller on Saturday to claim the Ohio High School Athletic Association’s Division I boys volleyball title. The Wildcats are the first Northeast Ohio team to win a state championship in the sport since the OHSAA began sanctioning it in 2023.
In the inaugural IHSAA Boys Volleyball State Finals, the Roncalli Royals (30-3) were ready, and won the title over Cathedral 3-0 (25-14, 25-22, 25-23) in Purdue University’s Mackey Arena.
Eden Prairie Captures First Every Minnesota State Title
The Eagles’ 21-25, 19-25, 27-25, 25-20, 15-9 victory over Rogers delivered the first-ever MSHSL-sanctioned title in boys volleyball, completing what Chapek called “one of the greatest matches I have been a part of in my whole playing and coaching career.”
Southern’s boys’ volleyball team made history on Thursday, securing their eighth state title. They achieved this monumental feat by defeating No. 3 ranked Scotch Plains-Fanwood in a thrilling three-set match (25-22, 23-25, 25-23).
Manheim Central blitzed District 10 champion Meadville 3-1 — by scores of 21-25, 25-23, 25-16 and 27-25 — to hoist its first PIAA title in program history.
The U.S. Men’s National Team finished the first week of 2025 Volleyball Nations League with a 2-2 record after defeating longtime rival Cuba, 3-1 (25-22, 25-18, 18-25, 25-23) on Sunday in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The U.S. (2-2) will host the second week of VNL in Chicago with its first match against China (2-2) on June 25 at 5:30 p.m. PDT.
12 Boys U19 Athletes Selected for 2025 Pan American Cup
USA Volleyball has selected 12 members of the 2025 Boys U19 National Team to compete at the NORCECA U19 Pan American Cup, July 8-13, in Cuernavaca, Mexico.
12 Boys U19 Athletes Selected for World Championship Roster
USA Volleyball has selected 12 members of the 2025 Boys U19 National Team to compete at the FIVB U19 World Championship, July 24-Aug. 3, in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
USAV Announces 2025 Beach Collegiate/U26 National Team
USA Volleyball is proud to announce the 31 athletes selected to the 2025 Beach Collegiate/U26 National Team. This elite group, featuring 14 men and 17 women, will participate in a 10-day training block from June 9-19 in Hermosa Beach, California.
2025 VolleyballMag Boys’ Fab 50 and Rising Stars Announced
The KP’S Top 50 2025 list celebrates outstanding volleyball players from across the United States. The list includes notable athletes and also highlights rising stars for 2026 and 2027.
2025 AVCA Boys Best and Brightest Award Winners Announced
The AVCA Best & Brightest Award is an award meant to honor individual high school Senior student-athletes who excel on and off the court. To be eligible for the Best and Brightest Award, Senior student-athletes must have earned at least a 3.5 Unweighted/4.0 Weighted GPA (or the equivalent, if using a different GPA scale) during their junior year AND play in 50% of their varsity team’s sets during their senior season. This year, the list includes over 100 impressive athletes.
In order for a team to earn the 2025 AVCA Team Academic Award, the entire team must achieve a minimum TEAM cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.30 (on a 4.00 scale), a 4.10 (on a 5.00 scale) or an 82.0 (on a 100-point scale) during the entire 2024-2025 academic year.
Did we miss one? Contact bradley.wilson@avca.org and let us know. Programs are also visible on the AVCA’s map:
Recent Coaching Hires
The Concordia University Irvine athletics department is excited to announce the hiring of Jon Girten as the next men’s volleyball head coach of the Golden Eagles.
The Arcadia University Department of Athletics has announced the hiring of Jordan Robinson as the next Head Men’s Volleyball Coach.
University of California, Merced Executive Director of Recreation & Athletics David Dunham announced today that Chris Carter has been named the third head men’s volleyball coach in program history.
Hiram Athletics announced the hiring of Brittany Dye ’10 as its head men’s volleyball coach earlier this week, an addition to her current roles as head women’s volleyball coach and Hiram’s Director of Volleyball Operations.
Alvernia University Athletics announced on Thursday the hiring of Micaela Sensenig to lead both Women’s Volleyball and Men’s Volleyball, which will return as an Alvernia Athletics offering for the 2027 season.
After leading Wittenberg Men’s Volleyball to a 6-3 record after taking over midseason as the program’s interim head coach, Jamie Peterson has accepted the opportunity to continue in the position full time moving forward.
Ottawa University Director of Athletics, Janet Eaton-Smith, has announced that Shevin Blades has been named interim head coach of the men’s volleyball program.
Ramapo College Director of Athletics, Jan Koslowsky, has announced that Tyler Kwinta has been promoted to head coach of both the men’s and women’s volleyball programs. Koslowsky welcomes Kwinta as the College’s first-ever full-time head coach of both programs.
