SEATTLE—University of Washington Beach Volleyball assistant coach Steve McFadden was named as an assistant coach for the 2024 USA Volleyball Beach Collegiate National Team as part of the National Team Development Program.
The men’s team will play in the Beach Senior National Team North, Central America and Caribbean Volleyball Confederation Trials on June 18-19, where the winners will earn a bid to represent the United States during the upcoming NORCECA competitions.
Coach McFadden will coach with head coach Dan Friend, who is also the head coach at Lewis University. The men’s team is comprised of many returning athletes, as Kupono Browne, Nathaniel Dickinson and Thomas Hurst were members of the 2023 Beach Collegiate National Team. Gage Basey, Carson Barnes, Ayden Keeter and John Schwengel all have previous Team USA experience.
Name (Height, Hometown, College, USAV Region)
Carson Barnes (6-5, Ocean View, Del., Webber, Chesapeake)
Gage Basey (6-5, Lyons, Colo., Colorado, Rocky Mountain)
Derek Bradford (6-9, Porter Ranch, Calif., Santa Monica College, Southern California)
Kupono Browne (6-5, Honolulu, Hawaii, BYU, Aloha)
Zephyr Dew (6-4, Santa Cruz, Calif., El Camino College, Southern California)
Nato Dickinson (6-7, Corona Del Mar, Calif., Long Beach State, Southern California)
Matthew Gentry (6-7, Hudson, Ohio, Lincoln Memorial, Ohio Valley)
Riley Haine (6-5, Honolulu, Hawaii, USC, Aloha)
Jackson Herbert (6-4, Broadlands, Va., George Mason, Chesapeake)
Thomas Hurst (6-4, Plano, Texas, UC Irvine, North Texas)
Ayden Keeter (6-1, Yorktown, Va., Webber, Old Dominion)
Patrick Rogers (6-7, Rutherford, NJ, Ball State, Garden Empire)
Will Rottman (6-6, Santa Barbara, Calif., Hawaii, Southern California)
John Schwengel (6-1, Santa Monica, Calif., Santa Monica College, Southern California)
Alaka’i Todd (6-9, Kailua, Hawaii, Hawaii, Aloha)
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