USA Volleyball Announces 2024 Beach Collegiate National Teams

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (June 8, 2024) – Sixteen women and 15 men have been selected for the 2024 USA Volleyball Beach Collegiate National Team, part of the National Team Development Program (NTDP). 

The athletes will train June 11-19 at Hermosa Beach, Calif., alongside USA Volleyball’s A2 Beach National Team. Athletes will play in the Beach Senior National Team NORCECA Trials on June 18-19, where the winners will automatically earn a bid to represent the USA at upcoming NORCECA competitions.  

On the women’s side, Peri Brennan (UCLA), Xolani Hodel (Stanford), Molly Phillips (USC) and Maddy White (USC) were all part of the 2023 Beach Collegiate National Team. The pair of Natalie Myszkowski (UCLA) and Taylor Wilson (Stanford) earned the right to be part of the national team by winning the 2024 Beach World University Championship Trials. 

They will be joined on this year’s team by Madelyne Anderson (Florida State), Ella Connor (Cal Poly), Emma Donley (Cal), Alexis Durish (Florida State), Piper Ferch (Cal Poly), Hailey Hamlett (TCU), Audrey Koenig (Florida State), Izzy Martinez (Cal Poly), Brooke Rockwell (Stanford) and Michelle Shaffer (Loyola Marymount). 

Hodel placed fourth at the 2021 Beach U19 World Championship in Thailand and competed at the 2022 Beach World University Championships. 

Wilson was on the 2023 Beach U21 National Team and finished ninth at the 2023 FIVB Beach U21 World Championship with her partner. 

Anderson was part of the 2022 Beach Collegiate National Team and the 2021 Beach U21 National Team. She finished ninth at the 2021 FIVB Beach U21 World Championship and has competed on the senior Beach Pro Tour. 

Connor was on the 2022 Beach Collegiate and Beach U20 Nationals Teams. Durish was on the 2023 Beach U21 National Team and the 2022 Beach U20 National Team. Ferch and Hamlett were also part of the 2022 Beach U20 National Team. As members of the Beach U20 National Team, Connor/Ferch won gold on the NORCECA U23 Continental Tour while Durish/Hamlett brought home a bronze medal. 

Beach NTDP coach Patty Dodd will lead the women’s team and be assisted by Florida State University beach assistant coach Nick Lucena. Lucena and teammate Phil Dalhausser competed in the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics. 

Three men return from the 2023 Beach Collegiate National Team in Kupono Browne (BYU), Nathaniel “Nato” Dickinson (Long Beach State) and Thomas Hurst (UC Irvine). The duo of Will Rottman (Stanford) and John Schwengel (Santa Monica) earned the right to be part of the team by winning the 2024 Beach World University Championship Trials. Derek Bradford (Santa Monica) and Zephyr Dew (El Camino) are part of the A2 Beach National Team Program. 

Also included on the men’s team are Carson Barnes (Webber), Gage Basey (Colorado), Matthew Gentry (Lincoln Memorial), Riley Haine (USC), Jackson Herbert (George Mason), Patrick Rogers (Ball State), Alaka’i Todd (Hawaii) and Ayden Keeter (Webber). 

Lewis men’s volleyball head coach Dan Friend will lead the men’s group assisted by University of Washington beach assistant coach Steve McFadden. 

Hurst was on the 2021 and 2022 Beach U19 National Teams, and Basey was on the 2021 Beach U19 National Team. As members of the Beach U20 National Team, they won gold on the NORCECA U23 Continental Tour. Last year, they finished ninth at the 2023 FIVB Beach U21 World Championships.  

Barnes and Keeter were both on the 2021 and 2023 Beach U21 National Teams and are the reigning champs of the USA Volleyball Beach Collegiate Challenge. Keeter was on the 2022 Beach U19 National Team as well. 

Schwengel was on the 2018 Beach U19 National Team and 2019 Beach U21 National Team. 

April Ross, who competed in three Olympics (2012, 2016 and 2020) and has gold, silver and bronze medals, will work with both the women’s and men’s teams. Beach National Team staff Scott Davenport, Brian Hurler, Sean Scott, Brooke Wyatt and Dr. Alex Cushing (USOPC) will also run sessions for the collegiate teams.  

A maximum of four athletes per gender will be chosen as alternates for the 2024 FISU Beach World University Championship, and a maximum of four athletes per gender will be chosen as alternates for the 2024 U23 National Team.

2024 Beach Collegiate National Team
Women 

Name (Height, Hometown, College, USAV Region) 

Madelyne Anderson (6-2, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., Florida State, Florida)
Peri Brennan (5-7, Laguna Beach, Calif., UCLA, Southern California)
Ella Connor (6-1, Kihei, Maui, Cal Poly, Aloha)
Emma Donley (6-4, Los Altos, Calif., Cal, Northern California)
Alexis Durish (5-10, Venice, Fla., Florida State, Florida)
Hailey Hamlett (5-11, Bulvert, Texas, TCU, Lone Star)
Xolani Hodel (6-2, Huntington Beach, Calif., Stanford, Southern California)
Audrey Koenig (6-3, Wesley Chapel, Fla., Florida State, Florida)
Izzy Martinez (5-9, Winetka, Calif., Cal Poly, Southern California)
Natalie Myszkowski (6-0, Manhattan Beach, Calif., UCLA, Southern California)
Molly Phillips (6-4, Mansfield, Texas, USC, North Texas)
Brooke Rockwell (5-9, Fayetteville, Ark., Stanford, Delta)
Michelle Shaffer (5-10, San Juan Capistrano, Calif., Loyola Marymount, Southern California)
Maddy White (5-10, Scottsdale, Ariz., USC, Arizona)
Taylor Wilson (5-10, Santa Barbara, Calif., Stanford, Southern California)
Piper Ferch (5-10, Aurora, Colo., Cal Poly, Southern California) 

Men 

Name (Height, Hometown, College, USAV Region) 

Carson Barnes (6-5, Ocean View, Del., Webber, Chesapeake)
Gage Basey (6-5, Lyons, Colo., Colorado, Rocky Mountain)
Derek Bradford (6-9, Porter Ranch, Calif., Santa Monica College, Southern California)
Kupono Browne (6-5, Honolulu, Hawaii, BYU, Aloha)
Zephyr Dew (6-4, Santa Cruz, Calif., El Camino College, Southern California)
Nato Dickinson (6-7, Corona Del Mar, Calif., Long Beach State, Southern California)
Matthew Gentry (6-7, Hudson, Ohio, Lincoln Memorial, Ohio Valley)
Riley Haine (6-5, Honolulu, Hawaii, USC, Aloha)
Jackson Herbert (6-4, Broadlands, Va., George Mason, Chesapeake)
Thomas Hurst (6-4, Plano, Texas, UC Irvine, North Texas)
Ayden Keeter (6-1, Yorktown, Va., Webber, Old Dominion)
Patrick Rogers (6-7, Rutherford, NJ, Ball State, Garden Empire)
Will Rottman (6-6, Santa Barbara, Calif., Hawaii, Southern California)
John Schwengel (6-1, Santa Monica, Calif., Santa Monica College, Southern California)
Alaka’i Todd (6-9, Kailua, Hawaii, Hawaii, Aloha)