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.