| 2024 Season Leaders |
| Men's Team Wins |
Alison Cerutti/
Evan Cory |
2 |
Theo Brunner/
Trevor Crabb |
1 |
Taylor Crabb/
Taylor Sander |
1 |
Tri Bourne/
Ryan Wilcox |
1 |
Andy Benesh/
Miles Partain |
1 |
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| Men's Team Points |
Cody Caldwell/
Seain Cook |
10,845 |
Taylor Crabb/
Taylor Sander |
10,348 |
Alison Cerutti/
Evan Cory |
9,388 |
Ryan Ierna/
Diego Perez |
8,398 |
Tim Bomgren/
Troy Field |
7,969 |
| Complete Rankings |
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| Men's Team Winnings |
Taylor Crabb/
Taylor Sander |
$53,300 |
Andy Benesh/
Miles Partain |
$51,000 |
Theo Brunner/
Trevor Crabb |
$40,000 |
Cody Caldwell/
Seain Cook |
$29,900 |
Alison Cerutti/
Evan Cory |
$29,800 |
| Complete Season Summary |
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| Men's Aces |
| James Shaw |
30 |
| Taylor Sander |
26 |
| Paul Lotman |
26 |
| Chase Budinger |
19 |
| Tri Bourne |
19 |
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| Men's Blocks |
| Taylor Sander |
77 |
| Andy Benesh |
48 |
| Alison Cerutti |
47 |
| Troy Field |
47 |
| Chase Budinger |
46 |
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| Men's Digs |
| Taylor Crabb |
161 |
| Tim Bomgren |
145 |
| Billy Allen |
141 |
| Evan Cory |
132 |
| Miles Partain |
128 |
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| Men's Hitting Pct. |
| Tri Bourne |
0.513 |
| Taylor Sander |
0.511 |
| Troy Field |
0.497 |
| Chase Budinger |
0.484 |
| James Shaw |
0.471 |
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| Women's Team Wins |
Melissa Humana-Paredes/
Brandie Wilkerson |
2 |
Savvy Simo/
Abby Van Winkle |
2 |
Carly Kan/
Devanne Sours |
1 |
Taryn Kloth/
Kristen Nuss |
1 |
| |
| Women's Team Points |
Savvy Simo/
Abby Van Winkle |
10,829 |
Devon Newberry/
Jaden Whitmarsh |
8,097 |
Carly Kan/
Devanne Sours |
8,030 |
Toni Rodriguez/
Geena Urango |
7,923 |
Xolani Hodel/
Kahlee York |
7,832 |
| Complete Rankings |
| |
| Women's Team Winnings |
Taryn Kloth/
Kristen Nuss |
$62,000 |
Melissa Humana-Paredes/
Brandie Wilkerson |
$45,000 |
Betsi Flint/
Julia Scoles |
$35,600 |
Kelly Cheng/
Sara Hughes |
$32,000 |
Savvy Simo/
Abby Van Winkle |
$31,500 |
| Complete Season Summary |
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| Women's Aces |
| Betsi Flint |
35 |
| Kelly Cheng |
27 |
| Megan Kraft |
26 |
| Terese Cannon |
25 |
| Alix Klineman |
24 |
| |
| Women's Blocks |
| Kelly Cheng |
48 |
| Taryn Kloth |
46 |
| Brandie Wilkerson |
43 |
| Kylie Deberg |
39 |
| Toni Rodriguez |
33 |
| |
| Women's Digs |
| Kristen Nuss |
267 |
| Sara Hughes |
208 |
| Geena Urango |
195 |
| Megan Kraft |
181 |
| Betsi Flint |
175 |
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| Women's Hitting Pct. |
| Taryn Kloth |
0.510 |
| Brandie Wilkerson |
0.483 |
| Kelly Cheng |
0.466 |
| Teegan Van Gunst |
0.462 |
| Megan Kraft |
0.438 |
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| Latest News and Feature Articles |
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AVP Strikes Historic Multi-Year Broadcast Agreements with CBS Sports and The CW Network
MANHATTAN BEACH, CA, March 12, 2025 – The AVP, America’s only professional beach volleyball league, is today announcing historic national broadcast partnerships with CBS Sports and The CW Network. CBS Television Network will broadcast the 2025 AVP League Championship in a marquee television event on Sunday, August 31st from 2:00-4:00pm ET in addition to matches airing on CBS Sports Network throughout the season.
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| 1/27/2025 |
The 2025 AVP Schedule is here!
The 2025 AVP season kicks off this year on May 10th with the Huntington Beach Open and continues with an exciting League Season at iconic venues across the USA. Make sure to mark your calendars for Contender and Heritage events as well as the AVP comes to a city near you this year. Stay tuned for tickets and more exciting info soon.
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| 11/14/2024 |
Beach Volleyball Gold Medalist Alix Klineman Announces Retirement from Competition
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| 11/12/2024 |
San Diego Smash punctuate late-season surge with inaugural AVP League title
When the San Diego Smash required one pressure-packed sideout to win the title, Chase Budinger answered the call. The championship of the inaugural AVP League came down to a “Golden Set” tiebreaker between the Smash and Dallas Dream on a balmy Sunday afternoon in Carson, California. Budinger and partner Miles Evans had seen a 14-10 comfort zone in a race to 15 evaporate against the Dream’s undefeated...
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| 11/8/2024 |
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The brave new world of the AVP League will further break from beach volleyball tradition with the introduction of a novel “Golden Set” tiebreaker in the playoffs. The Golden Set will kick in if any of the four games of the AVP League Championship this weekend wind up with the men’s and women’s pairs splitting their matches. The tantalizing new element to the 15-point (win by two with no cap) tiebreaker...
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| 11/5/2024 |
AVP League: Smash — Budinger-Evans, Urango-Rodriguez — break into playoffs
The San Diego Smash cashed their long-shot ticket, vaulting from last place in the standings to a spot in the playoffs in the final two AVP League weekends. The Smash had lurked at 2-6, seemingly out of sight and out of mind, in the League cellar for four consecutive weeks, sitting idle for the middle month of the series’ eight-week schedule.
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| 11/1/2024 |
AVP League: Two playoff spots at stake heading into final weekend in Frisco
Two spots in the AVP League playoffs are up for grabs in the final weekend of the regular season and all four teams competing have a shot. But to paraphrase George Orwell from his classic “Animal Farm,” some of their chances “are more equal than others.” Going into Week 8 of the League — which will be held indoors at the Comerica Center in Frisco, Texas, a Dallas-Fort Worth suburb...
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| 10/29/2024 |
AVP League: Nitro wins top seed, Smash surge as season heads into final weekend
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| 10/25/2024 |
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The Austin Aces laid a solid foundation, but plenty of heavy lifting needs to be done before a berth in the AVP League playoffs can be secured. Two games over .500 at 5-3, the Aces project as one of the teams that will join the New York Nitro (10-2) and Miami Mayhem (10-6) in the single-elimination League semifinals. The Nitro will complete their four-game regular season in Week 7...
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| 10/22/2024 |
AVP League: Ross, Miami Mayhem finish strong: Dallas Dream goes 3-for-4
The Miami Mayhem put the finishing touches on a 10-6 regular season in the AVP League by going 3-1 over the weekend, meaning that fans will be treated to more beach volleyball from all-time great April Ross. The Mayhem are locked into one of four spots in the bracket-style League semifinals after Ross and partner Alix Klineman split their matches during Week 6 at the Frontwave Arena...
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| 10/19/2024 |
International Volleyball Hall inductions: Beach legend Tim Hovland
You would hear his cackle before you saw the familiar swagger. The big voice penetrating the laid-back calm of a summer Southern California beach day. And then, like the Pied Piper of the South Bay that he was, Tim Hovland would emerge from the surrounding shroud of the Marine layer fog, with his homies in tow, wearing the Burmy’s neon tank top (which would get torn asunder by the end of any tournament)...
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| 10/18/2024 |
AVP League: Retiring Ross, Miami Mayhem set for weekend in Oceanside
One of the greatest players to ever grace the sand, April Ross, told her legion of fans that she would retire from competitive beach volleyball after the AVP League season. The formal announcement came on Monday in a post on April’s social-media accounts, but the news hardly came as a surprise, since her impending exit from the sport had been referenced multiple times by announcers during the League series.
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| 10/17/2024 |
Beach Volleyball Icon April Ross Announces Retirement from Competition
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Oct. 17, 2024) – 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. There will be a ceremony on Nov. 9 at the AVP League Championship at Dignity Health Sports Park in Los Angeles. “It is with a very fulfilled and grateful heart, and also some tears...
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| 10/15/2024 |
Volleyball Today: April Ross retiring; NCAA updates; AVCA top 25; AU results
The Tokyo Olympic gold medalist put the following statement on social media. It includes a lot of emojis, which we’ve left in: It is with a very fulfilled and grateful heart, and also some tears, that I am announcing my retirement (after the end of this avpbeach League season). 18 years, 16 seasons, four quads.
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| 10/14/2024 |
AVP League week 5 recap: First-place New York Nitro goes 3-1
The New York Nitro consolidated their lead in the AVP League standings, winning three of four matches over the weekend in damp South Florida. The Nitro’s hiccup occurred on Sunday afternoon when Kelly Cheng and Sara Hughes came out uncharacteristically flat against up-and-comers Megan Kraft and Terese Cannon of the struggling Brooklyn Blaze and never gained traction while dropping their first League match.
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| 10/11/2024 |
AVP League: Pivotal week 5 as Nitro, Mayhem, Passion, Blaze meet in South Florida
The New York Nitro (7-1) and Miami Mayhem (5-3) are well positioned to qualify for the AVP League playoffs. The Palm Beach Passion (3-5) and Brooklyn Blaze (2-6) have catching up to do. The innovative League series moves into the second half of its regular-season schedule and back outdoors in Week 5, playing in the 8,200-seat Delray Beach Tennis Center in South Florida.
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| 10/8/2024 |
AVP League: Mixed results for TKN, who win Olympics rematch but lose to Kraft-Cannon
Viewers tuned into CBS Sports Network for the national-TV debut of the AVP League were treated to a pair of electric matches set against a backdrop of vocal fans in the stands. The crowd at the H-E-B Center at Cedar Park in suburban Austin, Texas, on Saturday night likely was the largest drawn by the cutting-edge AVP League to date. On the two-hour tape-delayed telecast that aired Sunday evening...
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| 10/5/2024 |
National cable outlet CBS Sports Network will air AVP League season
The AVP League will take a significant step in putting its new team-oriented product in front of mainstream sports fans with a two-hour telecast Sunday evening on cable TV CBS Sports Network. The show will air matches from Week 4 of the League in suburban Austin, Texas, at the 8,700-seat H-E-B Center at Cedar Park. The AVP on Saturday announced over its social media platforms that an agreement had been reached with CBS Sports that would put its League on CBSSN every Sunday through the completion of the League’s regular season and the one-weekend playoffs.
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| 10/4/2024 |
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| 10/1/2024 |
AVP League: Nitro top the standings at 7-1 after third week
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