Coakley, Jackson, Fernandez, Perez top 2024 VolleyballMag Girls Beach Volleyball Fab 50
As usual, there is no shortage of star power on the 2024 VolleyballMag Girls Beach Fab 50 list.
The Girls Beach Fab 50 recognizes the nation’s top high school (Class of 2024) seniors, voted on by an esteemed panel of NCAA Division I beach and prominent youth beach coaches. VolleyballMag.com has no vote/input into the list other than initiating the voting process and assembling the final list.
The main talking point with the Class of 2024 is college beach programs throughout the country will improve for years to come via this long list of star-studded athletes.
A total of 21 college programs are represented on the list with Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo (under the guidance of 2008 Olympic gold-medalist Todd Rogers), Cal Berkeley, Florida State, USC and Stanford leading the way.
In the not shocking category, the state of California is tops with nearly half the picks residing in the Golden State (26 to be exact; this year’s list has 55 players on it with a 6-way tie for the final spot factored in), followed by Texas (10) and Florida (6), a distant second and third, respectively. Eleven states are represented on the Girls Beach Fab 50 list.
Southern California-based programs Elite Beach, MBsand, Spiker and Wave are prominent throughout the list, while Chico (California) Racquet Club’s JJ Mitchell is stoked that his Beach Volleyball Academy received its first-ever Fab 50 pick with Utah-bound Quincy Stephens.
Speaking of individual players, Florida native Kennedy Coakley (USC signee) was voted the Class of 2024’s top recruit. University of Texas-bound Avery Jackson (MADSAND club in Texas) was No. 2, followed by fellow Texan Alexa Fernandez (UCLA) and North Carolina native Sally Perez (UCLA) tying for the third spot. Future Bruins teammate Adelina Okazaki (Wave in San Diego) was fifth and Cal signee Carly Hixson (also from the Wave club) was sixth. UCLA has three of the top six players Fab 50 selections hitting Westwood in the fall.
Coakley, who one panelist succinctly noted “can flat-out play,” Fernandez and Perez are part of the USA Volleyball Beach U21 national team roster.
This year, we decided to not limit the VolleyballMag.com Girls Beach Underclassmen to Watch List to a specific number, thus giving more exposure to more non-senior players throughout the country (this year’s list has 78 entries).
Top vote-getters on the Underclassmen to Watch List include Class of 2025s Savannah Thomas (Texas commit), Stanford commit Ivanna Rivera Vargas, as well as Spiker beach players Kyra Zaengle (USC commit) and Elena Fisher (Stanford commit). MBsand player Mallory LaBreche (UCLA commit) also drew high marks when it comes to the current junior class.
The voting panel also was high on a number of 2026 players (current sophomores), including Allyn Brewer (MADSAND in Texas), Emma Champagne (MBsand), Audrey Flanagan (Elite Beach), Sara Moynihan (MBsand), Olga Nikolaeva (Elite Beach), Simone Roslon (MBsand), Jordyn Scribner (MADSAND) and Pennsylvania native Sarah Wood. Current freshman Janie McCanna (Spiker) also is on plenty of radars. Wood is part of the USA Volleyball Beach U19 national team.
During the fact-checking process, particularly with the Underclassmen to Watch List, we did our absolute best to gather as much current/accurate data on each player from either the voting panel, their beach coaches or high school/club indoor coaches or through web/social media searches. If you notice a height, current beach club out of whack or a recent college commitment missing, contact Mike Miazga at mike@volleyballmag.com.
Click here for the Underclassmen to Watch List.
We’ll be back in the late summer to look at the top women’s college beach recruiting classes that will factor in portal transfers and international players, in addition to these incoming freshmen players as teams gear up for the 2025 NCAA women’s beach season.
Top 6 Players in Class of 2024
(Name, College Commit)
1. Kennedy Coakley, USC
2. Avery Jackson, Texas
T3. Alexa Fernandez, UCLA
T3. Sally Perez, UCLA
5. Adelina Okazaki, UCLA
6. Carly Hixson, Cal
Fab 50
(graduating 2024 seniors)
Bella Adishian, 5-8, Harvard-Westlake (Los Angeles, CA), MBsand, Cal
Gella Andrew, 6-0, McCallum (Austin, Texas), Austin Jrs., FSU
Gracie Behneke, 5-10, Blue Ridge (Winchester, Virginia), Blue Ridge, La.-Monroe
Jada Bishop, 6-0, Owasso (Oklahoma), Prime, North Florida
Macy Bolyard, 5-11, Northern Guilford (Summerfield, NC), Sinjin, USC
Dissy Brinkerhoff, 5-8, Amer. Leadership (Queen Creek, AZ), Volley For Life, Arizona
Hannah Byers, 6-0, Olympia (Washington), Dakine, Cal Poly
Maddy Byrne, 5-10, Santa Rosa Academy (Menifee, California), MBsand, Cal Poly
Audrey Choi, 5-4, Reagan (San Antonio, Texas), 210 Beach, UC Davis
Indigo Clarke, 5-7, Punahou (Honolulu, Hawai’i), Outrigger, Stanford
Kennedy Coakley, 6-0, Steinbrenner (Lutz, Florida), Optimum-Premier Beach, USC
Sam Crosby, 5-2, Ridge (Davenport, Florida), SandStorm, TC
Ella Deuchar, 5-7, Punahou (Honolulu, Hawai’i), Spike and Serve, Cal Poly
Kiara Edwards, 6-0, Torrey Pines (San Diego, California), Wave, Arizona State
Charlee Ellena, 5-11, Carlsbad (California), Tamarack, Boise State
Elle Evers, 6-0, Queen Creek (Arizona), Volley 4 Life, LSU
Alexa Fernandez, 5-8, Lutheran South (Friendswood, Texas), MADSAND, UCLA
Kobie Fowler, 5-8, Shadow Ridge (Surprise, Arizona), RPM, Louisiana-Monroe
Babi Gubbins, 6-3, Mater Dei (Santa Ana, California), Elite Beach, Stanford
Victoria Henkel, 6-0, Redondo Union (Redondo Beach, California), MBsand, LSU
Bailey Higgins, 5-11, Berkeley Prep (Tampa, Florida), OTVA Clearwater, Florida State
Carly Hixson, 5-7, Cathedral Catholic (San Diego, California), Wave, Cal
Maddie Hokanson, 5-10, Guyer (Denton, Texas), 692, University of Tampa
Kaelyn Fredette-Huffman, 5-11, New Smyma Beach (Florida), Sports Edge, La.-Monroe
Avery Jackson, 5-10, The Hockaday School (Dallas, Texas), MADSAND, Stanford
Sadie Jeffrey, 6-0, Santa Cruz (California), Beach Dreams, Cal Poly
Ingrid Timon-Johnson, 5-7, Marymount (Los Angeles, CA), MBSand, Loyola Marymount
Vivian Johnson, 5-11, Highland Park (Texas), MADSAND, Texas
Alexis Keeter, 5-11, Grafton (Yorktown, Virginia), Sinjin, Florida Gulf Coast
Alex Kurz, 5-8, Harvard-Westlake (Los Angeles, California), Elite Beach, TCU
Haylee LaFontaine, 6-0, Huntington Beach (California), Spiker, Cal Poly
Giselle Lau, 5-5, Mira Costa (Manhattan Beach, California), Elite, Cal
Savanna Lau, 5-4, Mira Costa (Manhattan Beach, California), Elite, Cal
Elise Lenahan, 5-9, Los Alamitos (California), MBsand, Cal Poly
Ava Lilliquist, 5-7, Vero Beach (Florida), Vero Beach, Florida Gulf Coast
Sophia Martinez, 5-7, Western Christian (Upland, California), Spiker, Long Beach State
Myriah Massey, 5-9, Pickerington (Ohio) Central, Ohio Valley Beach, Florida State
Kenzie Miller, 5-11, Leander (Texas), Austin Jrs., USC
Kate Morley, 5-9, Bishop Montgomery (Torrance, California), MBsand, Cal
Ella Mozeleski, 5-9, Springboro (Ohio), Ohio Valley Beach, Georgia State
Adelina Okazaki, 5-7, La Jolla (San Diego, California), Wave, UCLA
Sally Perez, 6-3, Middle Creek (Apex, North Carolina), Sinjin, UCLA
Kate Phelan, 6-1, Brookwood (Snellville, Georgia), S3, Georgia State
Stacy Reeves, 5-8, Beckman (Irvine, California), MBsand, TCU
Kiki Remensperger, 5-9, Poway (San Diego, California), Wave, Undecided
Skylar Skrabanek, 6-1, Tompkins (Katy, Texas), Texas Classic, Florida State
Dani Sparks, 5-7, Huntington Beach (California), Spiker, Cal Poly
Kendal Steller, 5-9, Mater Dei (Santa Ana, California), Elite Beach, UC Davis
Quincy Stephens, 5-11, Chico (California), Chico Racquet Club, Utah
Zoe Taylor, 6-0, St. Thomas Aquinas (Ft. Lauderdale, Florida), SandStorm, LSU
Calla Tufto, 6-1, St. Michael’s (Austin, Texas), TVT Beach, USC
Logan Tusher, 6-0, Branson (Ross, California), Golden Gate, Stanford
Demi Wagdy, 5-8, Norco (California), Spiker, Long Beach State
Madeline Walker, 6-2, Highland Park (Texas), MADSAND, Arizona
Summer Witherby, 6-0, Edison (Huntington Beach, California), Spiker, Cal Poly
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