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Registration is now open for the 2025 USA Volleyball Women’s National Team Open Program, which is scheduled for Feb. 20-23 at the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. 

Many of USA Volleyball’s rising stars will be training in Louisville, Kentucky, next week at the same time the city hosts the NCAA Division I Women’s Volleyball Championship and the American Volleyball Coaches Association Convention.

USA Volleyball is proud to announce its collaboration with Body Confident Sport and Laureus USA to help girls build body confidence and foster an inclusive, supportive environment in sports. The partnership aims to ensure that girls not only feel they belong in sports but also thrive in an atmosphere that encourages self-esteem and resilience.

The world’s premier volleyball competition is returning to the United States in 2025 as two cities will host preliminary rounds of the Volleyball Nations League. Chicago, Illinois, and Arlington, Texas, will both host stops on the 2025 VNL.

USA Volleyball is saddened to learn of the passing of longtime volleyball coach Matt McShane. Along with a stellar collegiate coaching career, McShane coached with numerous USA volleyball national teams.

USA Volleyball is pleased to announce the hiring of accomplished sports and entertainment executive Jaime Weston as Chief Commercial Officer. At USA Volleyball, Weston will lead the commercial and brand strategy of the organization as it heads into the LA 2028 Olympic Games.

USA Volleyball is strengthening its relationship with NCAA beach volleyball by changing its format at the 2025 NCAA Beach Volleyball National Championship. USA Volleyball and the Association of Volleyball Professionals (AVP) announce that the U.S. Beach Club Championship will be held in Huntington Beach, California, May 2-4, 2025.   

Volleyball fans will have the opportunity to follow the next generation of professional volleyball talent as the 2024 Pro Volleyball Federation Draft takes place Monday, Nov. 25, at noon ET. The draft will be broadcast live, offering viewers a front-row seat to the selections of eligible college athletes.

In this week’s beach update, we recap how the U.S. came away with two medals from BPT Challenge Haikou after starting in the qualification rounds. Plus, we look ahead to BPT Challenge Chennai this week in India, with only two weeks to go until the last pro tour events of the year.

The FIVB 39th World Congress in Porto, Portugal, last weekend brought together more than 200 volleyball leaders from across the globe to embark on a new chapter in the sport’s development. Fabio Azevedo was elected as the new president, and Hugh McCutcheon was named secretary general.

The U.S. won three medals in two different international beach volleyball events last week, and two beach volleyball icons said goodbye at the AVP League Final.  This week, U.S. athletes are the BPT Challenge Haikou.

Olympic gold medalist Alix Klineman has announced that she is retiring from competition.

Twenty-three emerging U.S. beach teams are scheduled to compete at the Volleyball World Pro Beach Tour (PBT) Futures event on Dec. 5-8 in Pompano Beach, Fla., the first PBT event ever in the United States

USA Volleyball is pleased to announce that its 2025 Beach National Championship will be held on July 16-21 in Virginia Beach, Va.

The latest beach update includes medal results on the international and continental circuits, and a return to NORCECA competition this week in Bonaire. The AVP league also wrapped up its third-to-last stop on it’s first ever tour.

USA Volleyball is pleased to announce that Karch Kiraly will transition to head coach of the U.S. Men’s National Team for the 2028 Olympic & Paralympic Quadrennial

The International Volleyball Hall of Fame will induct two people with ties to USA Volleyball and honor three others during a ceremony on Oct. 19 in Holyoke, Mass.

Beach volleyball icon April Ross, a three-time Olympic medalist, has announced that she is retiring from competition at the end of the AVP League season

International beach volleyball will return to the United States on December 5-8 when the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour (BPT) brings a Futures event to Pompano Beach, Fla.

This week’s beach update recaps news from NORCECA Tour events and the AVP league. Looking ahead, several U.S. pairs are in Brazil for an Elite 16 this week.

USA Volleyball has launched the Bronze Tier of its Coach Academy on SportsEngine. The Bronze Tier is free for all USA Volleyball member coaches