Southern Sand Volleyball

🎓2026 Senior Shout Out: Johnny Batchelder🎓

My favorite SSV memory: Playing against Charlie and Chris at the final round of a tournament and just playing my hardest.

Advice for younger players: I wouldn't compare yourself to other people and their achievements, be the best version of yourself and you'll feel improved every day.

Plans after high school: attending nc state for food science. Also planning to play volleyball there after acl recovery

Shout out to: Wyatt for perfect sets, Coach Jenny for finally making it so I can hit a ball right and Wesley for being maybe not the most motivating but a good teammate lol

Carolina Region Jr Beach Tour Championships delivered big results on Saturday! 🏆

16U Champs: Kristina & Ava
18U Runners‑Up: Lexi & Emmy J
14U Gold Champs: Clara & Nico
14U Silver Champs: Avery & Logan

Strong performances across every division.

🎓2026 Senior Shoutout: Sauraj Prathap🎓

My favorite SSV memory: The Halloween tournament

Advice for younger players: Don’t look down or get in your head after a mistake or lost point. Keep your head up!

Plans after high school: Undergrad at Carolina!

Shoutout to anyone: Jackson. He’s always there for a ball.

🎓2026 Senior Shoutout: Wyatt Kelly🎓

My favorite memory: Scoring with my head at nationals on serve receive.

Advice for younger players: Make sure to take care of your body! Stretching and eating well consistently is just as important as practicing.

Plans after high school: I plan to attend North Carolina State University as a biology major.

Shout to my parents for finding SSV. I can’t imagine what my life would have been like without it!

Fuquay Queen of the Court Recap!

Huge congrats to Bella & Ellie — 1st in Gold and Marissa & Claire — 1st in Silver.

Great effort from everyone and so much fun!

Congratulations to Clara and her partner Harleigh for getting 1st place in 14U in Va beach this weekend and earning a spot at the AVP invitational in Manhattan beach! Way to go!

We still have some spots available!
Our 3 day camp is a great way to give beach volleyball a try! New to the sport or at the intermediate stage? This is perfect for you!

https://southernsandvolleyball.org/events/summer-camps-2026/

🎓 2026 Senior Shoutout: Emmy Jones🎓

My favorite memory:
USAV nationals last year was so much fun! I loved playing with Lexi, and giggling at the team dinner! It was such a cool experience to have with such fantastic people!

Advice for younger players:
Don’t give up, even when you feel like you aren’t making any progress you are! Keep going to practice keep giving 100%

Plans after high school:
I’m attending NC State in fall to study textile technology!

Shoutout:
I want to shoutout Coach Mark for making such an amazing program!! And to all the coaches for amazing practices and support! Coach

Jenny thank you so much for supporting us at nationals last year! Shoutout to Lexi for being so amazing, and helping me be my best!

I’m also very thankful for all the leadership opportunities this program provides, which helped me grow as a person not just a volleyball player! Thank you to everyone at SSV!

🏐💛 June Joust Recap! 💛🏐

Huge congratulations to all our SSV athletes who battled it out today — so many strong finishes across every division.

18U
🥇 Paige & Emmy L
🥈 Clara & Chappy
4th Moxie & Payton

16U
🥈 Lily & Dev
🥉 Lula & Ja’el
4th Ally & Alyssa

14U
4th Leela & Paige

Proud of the effort, the growth, and the way everyone represented SSV on the sand. Let’s keep building. 💙🏐

🎓 2026 Senior Shout out: Ben Kaplan🎓

My favorite memory: Going out to eat after practice

Advice for younger players: Make strong connections and build community with your teammates

My plans: I’m going to college at uncw where I will either play indoor or beach

Shoutout to my parents, teammates, friends, and coaches for making beach so fun and helping me improve.