Taylor Crabb

Taylor was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawai‘i, where he grew up playing beach and indoor volleyball at the Outrigger Canoe Club alongside his brother and other future AVP mainstays. He went on to play at Long Beach State, where he became a three-time All-American and National Player of the Year, before spending a season of professional indoor volleyball in France in 2014–15.

He transitioned to beach volleyball in 2015 and broke through with his brother Trevor, finishing third at the 2015 Manhattan Beach Open. Since then, Taylor has established himself as one of the sport’s top players, earning two MVP awards, four Best Defender honors, two Team of the Year selections, and 10 AVP titles. In 2021, he and Jake Gibb qualified for the Tokyo Olympics. Taylor later grabbed the coveted title at the 2023 Manhattan Beach Open with Taylor Sander. Taylor competed for the New York Nitro in 2024 and 2025, earning Best Defender in 2025. In 2026, Taylor joins the Miami Mayhem with partner Andy Benesh, fresh off winning the Huntington Beach Open, their first event together.

Off the court, Taylor enjoys playing beach volleyball with friends, as well as basketball and snowboarding when time allows.