| Derek Bradford |
United States 
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Photo: NORCECA
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| Birth Date |
May 2, 2004 (21 years old) |
| Home Town |
Northridge, CA |
| Resides |
Porter Ranch, CA |
| Height |
6'9" |
| College |
Hawaii-Manoa |
| |
Best Finish |
Winnings |
| United States |
2nd |
$5,050 |
| AVP |
2nd |
$5,050 |
| International |
3rd |
$1,350 |
| FIVB |
3rd |
$1,350 |
| NORCECA |
1st |
$1,250 |
| NORCECA |
1st |
$1,250 |
| Overall |
1st |
$7,650 |
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Beach Bits: • Entering the 2026 season Bradford has played AVP events in five different states and international events, including the NORCECA Tour, on five different continents. Bradford played seven AVP tournaments with five
different partners. After losing in the qualifier in the season opener
with Jordan Hoppe, he placed ninth in a Tour Series event with Alvaro
Filho. Bradford and Evan Cory finished second in a Tour Series event,
then he placed ninth and fifth in Tour Series events with Hagen Smith
and John Schwengel. Bradford and Schwengel finished 25th in Manhattan
Beach, then Bradford and Smith placed fifth in a Tour Series event.
Internationally Bradford played five World Tour tournaments with three
different partners. He won a bronze in a Futures event with Jake
Urrutia, then lost in a pair of qualifiers with Hoppe. He played in two
qualifiers with Cory, advancing from one in a Challenge event and
placing 25th. Bradford played three NORCECA events, winning a bronze
with Dew and a gold with Cory. 2024: Shortly after his
20th birthday Bradford made his pro beach volleyball debut in a
qualifier in Huntington Beach with Travis Woloson. Bradford played in
two Tour Series events with Zephyr Dew, advancing from the qualifier in
one of them and placing 19th, then lost in the qualifier in Manhattan
Beach with Dew. Internationally Bradford played six events. He played
twice with Charlie Siragusa with a best of ninth in a Futures event,
then played four times with Dew with a best of fifth in a Futures event.
College: Bradford went to Hawai'i to play volleyball, but he redshirted his first season and did not play after that.
Personal:
Bradford's father, Lee, was a middle blocker at Pepperdine and his
mother, Sara, played basketball at Fordham University. He has two
sisters, Carissa and Brooke, and one brother, Grayson. His oldest sister
Carissa played volleyball at Pacific, Tennessee and Southern Alabama.
Bradford only played one and half years of high school volleyball.
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| 2024 |
AVP |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
$200.00 |
2,605.5 |
48th |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| 2025 |
AVP |
7 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
$4,850.00 |
4,647.5 |
3rd |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
Total
(Rank) |
|
12
(833rd) |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
$5,050.00
(394th) |
7,253.0 |
|
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
| |
| 2024 |
FIVB |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
$350.00 |
510.0 |
234th |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| 2025 |
FIVB |
5 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$1,000.00 |
600.0 |
195th |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
Total
(Rank) |
|
11 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
$1,350.00
(1447th) |
1,110.0 |
|
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
| |
| |
| |
| 2025 |
NORCECA |
3 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
$1,250.00 |
518.0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Total
(Rank) |
|
3
(315th) |
1
(51st) |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
$1,250.00
(137th) |
518.0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| |
| Overall |
Total
(Rank) |
|
26 |
1
(459th) |
1 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
6 |
$7,650.00
(1022nd) |
8,881.0 |
|
0 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
2 |
3 |
| |
| Red denotes ranked 1st |
| |
| Zephyr Dew |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
$200 |
2,039.5 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| Hagen Smith |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
$1,000 |
1,322.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| John Schwengel |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
$925 |
1,322.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Evan Cory |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$2,625 |
810.5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Alvaro Filho |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
$300 |
627.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Jordan Hoppe |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$0 |
566.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| Travis Woloson |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$0 |
566.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| Total |
12 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
$5,050 |
7,253.0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
| |
| Zephyr Dew |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
$250 |
370.0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Charlie Siragusa |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
$100 |
140.0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Evan Cory |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$750 |
260.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Jordan Hoppe |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$0 |
180.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| Jake Urrutia |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$250 |
160.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Total |
11 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
$1,350 |
1,110.0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
| |
| Zephyr Dew |
9 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
$700 |
2,537.5 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
| Evan Cory |
5 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
$4,375 |
1,460.5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Jordan Hoppe |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$0 |
746.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
| Hagen Smith |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
$1,000 |
1,322.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| John Schwengel |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
$925 |
1,322.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Charlie Siragusa |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
$100 |
140.0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Jake Urrutia |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$250 |
160.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Alvaro Filho |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
$300 |
627.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Travis Woloson |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$0 |
566.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| |
| Total |
26 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
6 |
$7,650 |
8,881.0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
2 |
3 |
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