The 2026 AVP League Rosters Are Set
Eight teams. Thirty-two athletes. Nine cities. The 2026 AVP League field is finalized.
After three qualification events and five wildcard selections, the rosters for the 2026 season are locked in. The regular season opens May 30 in Belmar, New Jersey, and runs through August 8 in Dallas, Texas. Tickets are live now!
Here are your 2026 AVP League teams — with each team’s four regular season stops listed below.
Palm Beach Passion
Melissa Humana-Paredes, Brandie Wilkerson, Trevor Crabb, Phil Dalhausser
The only city team returning the same roster from last season, the Palm Beach Passion enter their second year as the 2025 AVP Cup Champions. Phil Dalhausser is a four-time Olympian, 2008 Olympic Gold Medalist, and the most decorated player in AVP history. Trevor Crabb is the reigning 2025 AVP MVP. Together, Dalhausser and Crabb are the defending 2025 AVP League Champions. Humana-Paredes and Wilkerson are 2024 Paris Olympic Silver Medalists and the 2025 AVP League Championship runners-up. Humana-Paredes is a former AVP Best Defensive Player, and Wilkerson has led the women’s league in both hitting percentage and blocks per set in every AVP League season.
Events: Aspen, Miami, Las Vegas, Central Park
Miami Mayhem
Kelly Cheng, Megan Kraft, Taylor Crabb, Andy Benesh
A completely rebuilt roster for 2026. Cheng is a two-time Olympian, 2023 World Champion, and 2022 AVP MVP who has reached the semifinals in 35 of her 44 career AVP tournaments. Kraft is the 2025 AVP Best Server and 2025 AVP MVP runner-up. The two are partnering for the first time this season. On the men’s side, Taylor Crabb is a six-time AVP Best Defensive Player — the most in tour history — and Benesh is a 2024 Paris Olympian with an .889 career AVP League win percentage. Crabb and Benesh are also a new partnership, having qualified for the League at the second qualifier.
Events: Aspen, Miami, Los Angeles, East Hampton
New York Nitro
Toni Rodriguez, Molly Shaw, Chaim Schalk, James Shaw
Two couples, one team. Schalk and Rodriguez got engaged in January 2026. Molly and James Shaw married in September 2023. All four were selected as wildcards. Rodriguez is the 2024 AVP Best Server and a 2024 AVP League Champion returning from a dislocated shoulder that ended her 2025 season. Schalk is a 2016 Rio Olympian and two-time AVP Champion. James Shaw stands 6-foot-8 and ranked second among men in aces per set in 2025. Molly Shaw is a two-time AVCA All-American at Grand Canyon University.
Events: Belmar, Aspen, Las Vegas, Central Park
Brooklyn Blaze
Lexy Denaburg, Julia Donlin, Derek Bradford, Evan Cory
The defending 2025 AVP League Champions meet two AVP League rookies. Denaburg and Donlin won three straight matches in the League Championships to claim the title. The pair plays a split-blocking system. Donlin is the 2023 Manhattan Beach Open Champion who transitioned to beach volleyball after sustaining multiple concussions playing indoor at UNC, then became a back-to-back national champion at USC. Denaburg was a three-time AVCA All-American at UCLA with a 100-29 career record. On the men’s side, Bradford stands 6-foot-9 and at 21 years old is one of the youngest players in the League. Cory is 6-foot-4, 28 years old, from Metairie, Louisiana, and finished the 2025 AVP season with a 21-3 match record. The pair reached the men’s final as the 8-seed at the first qualifier and were selected as wildcards.
Events: Belmar, Aspen, Los Angeles, East Hampton
Austin Aces
Taryn Brasher, Kristen Nuss Cruz, Troy Field, Ryan Wilcox
Brasher and Nuss Cruz are 2024 Paris Olympians currently ranked third in the world and were selected as wildcards. They have played in the title match in each of their last seven AVP events. Nuss Cruz is the 2025 AVP Best Defender, 2023 AVP MVP, and the winningest player in NCAA beach volleyball history with 139 career victories at LSU. At 5-foot-6, she led all women in digs per set in 2025. Brasher was the first woman to win a tournament in her pro beach volleyball debut since the early days of the sport and went 36-0 alongside Nuss Cruz in her final season at LSU. On the men’s side, Field and Wilcox qualified for the League by winning the third and final qualifier, sweeping every match without dropping a set. Field didn’t start playing volleyball until age 18 after being inspired by the 2012 Olympics. Wilcox is a product of Punahou High School in Hawaii, the same program that produced Taylor and Trevor Crabb, and was a two-time Hawaii Player of the Year.
Events: Miami, Central Park, East Hampton, Dallas
Dallas Dream
Kylie DeBerg, Betsi Flint, Paul Lotman, Miles Partain
Two new partnerships, both with something to prove. DeBerg and Flint qualified for the League at the first qualifier by defeating top-seeded Cheng and Kraft in a three-set final. Flint is a six-time AVP Champion and three-time AVP Best Server who returned to competition six months after the birth of her second child. She has played in an AVP title match in nine straight years. DeBerg ranked second among women in blocks per set in 2024 and fourth in 2025. On the men’s side, Lotman and Partain are a reunited partnership — they won their first AVP title together in Atlanta in 2022. Partain is the 2024 AVP MVP and 2024 Paris Olympian who went 8-0 in the 2024 AVP League regular season as part of the Dallas Dream without dropping a set. He has led all men in digs per set in both AVP League seasons. Lotman finished fifth at the 2012 London Olympics with the U.S. indoor team and played professionally in eight countries before transitioning to beach.
Events: Miami, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Dallas
LA Launch
Maddie Anderson, Alaina Chacon, Hagen Smith, Logan Webber
Two AVP League rookies paired with two returning players. Anderson and Chacon are former teammates and partners at Florida State who reunited as professionals and qualified for the League at the third and final qualifier — sweeping all four opponents as the 8-seed, including the first, third, and fifth seeds. Anderson, 24, from Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, is an AVCA First Team All-American whose 123 wins set the FSU program record for match wins. Chacon, 27, from Crown Point, Indiana, finished her FSU career ranked second in dual match wins with 100. On the men’s side, Smith is the 2025 AVP Best Server and 2025 AVP Ambassador of the League who led all men in aces per set in his first AVP League season. Smith’s father, Sinjin, is a Volleyball Hall of Fame member and 1996 Olympian. Webber reached the 2025 AVP League Championship match alongside Smith.
Events: Belmar, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Dallas
San Diego Smash
Megan Rice, Geena Urango, Chase Budinger, Miles Evans
The 2024 AVP League Champions return with a new women’s pairing. Urango, Budinger, and Evans won the inaugural League title together and all three are back. Budinger and Evans were selected as wildcards. Urango is the back-to-back 2024 and 2025 AVP MVP and the first-ever NCAA beach volleyball scholarship recipient. Budinger and Evans are 2024 Paris Olympians and 2025 Manhattan Beach Open champions. Budinger played seven seasons in the NBA before transitioning to beach volleyball and led all men in hitting percentage in 2024 at .616. Rice joins from the New York Nitro and is the 2023 AVP Rookie of the Year. She and Urango won a NORCECA gold medal together in 2025.
Events: Belmar, Central Park, East Hampton, Dallas
The 2026 regular season opens May 30 in Belmar, New Jersey, and runs through August 8 in Dallas, Texas. Tickets are live now!