2025 VolleyballMag & KPs Boys Fab 50 & Rising Stars of ’26, ’27, ’28

Best of the Best

Kevin Pratte

June 8, 2025

2025 Boys’ High School season is finally over, and we are so excited to present this year’s list of top boys’ players across the United States. We have to thank all of the club directors, high school and college coaches that helped us come up with this list. We really appreciate it and we understand that this list is not exhaustive and as the game grows it is going to get increasingly difficult to create it. We think this is a great problem to have and hopefully it leads to more opportunities for all the boys out there! If you feel we are missing something or someone, please send us any feedback you have!

The Boys Fab 50 list continues to be the longest-running junior boys’ awards program in the country; we look forward to running it for many years to come as we help grow the game!

Please join us in congratulating all of these amazing young men who are some of the best in the country at this beautiful sport.

Fab 50

This year, 13 states were represented in Fab 50. California is leading the way with 26 entries, comprising nearly half the list. Illinois is second with 5 players and Florida close 3rd with 4.

Only 4 high schools have more than 1 player on the list with Mira Costa leading with 4 players and Marist (Illinois champions for 2nd straight year), El Segundo and Carlsbad with 2 spots.

25 clubs are represented with California teams leading the pack: Balboa Bay, Coast, Bay to Bay and MB Surf all have 5 entries on the list. Top non-California teams are Adversity with 3, AZ Fear, HVA, WPVC, GSL and C2 each having 2 entries.

Player	High School	State	Club	College	Position
Caden Ledbetter	Perry	Arizona	AZ FEAR	Queens	Middle
Carter King	O'Connor	Arizona	AZ FEAR	Orange Coast College	Outside
Layton Bluth	Casteel	Arizona	Bay to Bay	BYU	Libero
Brogan Glenn	Corona Del Mar	California	Balboa Bay	UCLA	Libero
Dylan Gallagher	Mater Dei	California	Balboa Bay	Pepperdine	Middle
Jack Loper	San Clemente	California	Balboa Bay	Stanford	Outside
Jackson Cryst	Sage Hill	California	Balboa Bay	LBSU	Middle
Luke Morrison	Beckman	California	Balboa Bay	Stanford	Opposite
Beckett Shewey	Redwood	California	Bay to Bay	Uncommitted	Middle
Marcelo Molina	Moreau Catholic	California	Bay to Bay	UCSB	Middle
Peter Chriss	Menlo Atherton	California	Bay to Bay	Penn State	Setter
Lathan Fry	Granite Hills	California	Coast	UCSD	Outside
Oliver Doty	Carlsbad	California	Coast	Harvard	Setter
Roman Payne	Carlsbad	California	Coast	Hawaii	Middle
Will Bartelt	Del Norte	California	Coast	UCSD	Outside
Noah Douphner	West Ranch	California	Legacy	CSUN	Outside
Andrew Chapin	Mira Costa	California	MB Surf	USC	Setter
Cooper Keane	Mira Costa	California	MB Surf	USC	Opposite
Dylan Pilkvist	El Segundo	California	MB Surf	UCSB	Middle
Grayson Bradford	Mira Costa	California	MB Surf	UCLA	Opposite
Ryan Pilkvist	El Segundo	California	MB Surf	UCSB	Middle
Daniel Devine	St. Francis	California	MVVC	Pepperdine	Opposite
Kale Cochran	Whitney	California	MVVC	USC	Outside
Kai Gan	Huntington Beach	California	Rockstar	Harvard	Setter
Thatcher Fahlbusch	Mira Costa	California	Rockstar	Hawaii	Outside
Matt Fisher	Adolfo Camarillo	California	SMBC	CUI	Setter
Brett Novak	Paraclete	California	SoCal Legends	Lindenwood	Setter
Nicholas Waldron	Garden Valley	California	SoCal Legends	USC	Outside/Middle
Merek Turner	Woodrow Wilson	California	Team Rockstar	UCLA	Outside
Rafael Urbina	Legacy	Colorado	Bay to Bay	UCLA	Setter
Tyler Johnson	Cypress	Florida	Miami United	BYU	Setter/Opposite
Tyler Windt	Lake Howell	Florida	Winter Park	Ball State	Outside
Dante Cayaban	St. Cloud	Florida	WPVC	Ball State	Outside/Middle
Jacob Little-Phillips	Winter Park	Florida	WPVC	Stanford	Setter
Benjamin Boron	Grayslake	Illinois	Adversity	Lewis	Outside/Opposite
Christian Teresi	Marist	Illinois	Adversity	Ohio State	Setter
Nathan Toth	Marist	Illinois	Adversity	MIT	Outside
Leo Trespeces-Wink	Maine South	Illinois	Pipeline	Northern Kentucky	Outside
Wyatt Jones	Lake Zurich	Illinois	Sky High	Lewis	Setter/Opposite
Nick Whitley	Cathedral	Indiana	Academy	Northern Kentucky	Setter
Alex Griffon	Lafayette	Missouri	HPSTL	McKendree	Middle
Ayden Deslauriers	Eastport South Manor	New York	Academy Sports Long Island	Loyola	Outside
Finn Rubin	Thomas Worthington	Ohio	C2 Attack	Loyola	Middle
Tristan Hassell	Emily Carr	Ontario	Pakmen	Penn State	Opposite
George Stevens	Greenhill	Tennessee	C2 Attack	LMU	Outside
Hudson Whitehead	Woodrow Wilson	Texas	Coast	McKendree	Outside
Kyle Chapman	Stephen	Texas	HVA	Lewis	Outside/Opposite
Miles Jordan	Ridge Point	Texas	HVA	LBSU	Outside
Corbin Batista	Alta	Utah	GSL	BYU	Outside/Opposite
Trey Thornton	Maple Mountain	Utah	GSL	BYU	Opposite

Rising Stars

We did not forget the underclassmen either as we assembled a list of 100+ Rising Stars across ’26, ’27 and ’28 graduation years. They are coming from 22 states and these are some of the best players in the country at their positions and age groups. Look for amazing things from these players in future years.

Class of ’26

Player	High School	State	Club	College	Position
Logan Gray	Perry	Arizona	AZ Fear	Uncommitted	Outside
Gavin Wojtkiewicz	San Clemente	California	949	Uncommitted	Middle
Drake Foley	Corona Del Mar	California	Balboa Bay	Uncommitted	Setter
Giles Beamer	The Bishops	California	Coast	Uncommitted	Opposite
Declan Flanagan	Torrey Pines	California	Coast	Stanford	Outside
Kei Martin	Arvada West	California	Front Range	Uncommitted	Setter
Blake Fahlbusch	Loyola	California	MB Surf	USC	Outside
Matt Kelly	Loyola	California	MB Surf	Loyola	Libero
Cash Essert	Redondo Union	California	MB Surf	Uncommitted	Outside
Lucas Posell	Santa Monica	California	MB Surf	Princeton	Middle
Elan Taylor	Valley Christian	California	MVVC	UCLA	Outside
Breckenridge Bray	Camarillo	California	SAVBC	Uncommitted	Outside
Malakai Tuakoi	Da Vinci	California	Team Rockstar	CSUN	Setter
Carter Mirabal	Redondo Union	California	Team Rockstar	Uncommitted	Outside
Luke Vigil	Chaparral	Colorado	Elevation	Uncommitted	Opposite
Reed Fisk	Valor Christian	Colorado	Elevation	Uncommitted	Outside
Trevor Whittemore	North Forsyth	Georgia	C2 Attack	Penn State	Outside
Will Niethammer	Punahou	Hawaii	Spike & Serve	UCSB	Libero
Aidan Syswerda	Wheaton North	Illinois	630 Volleyball	Uncommitted	Outside
Nathan Knight	Libertyville	Illinois	Adversity VBC	Ball State	Middle
Aldis Kins	Loyola Academy	Illinois	MOD	Uncommitted	Libero
Greyson Covay	Oswego	Illinois	Sports Performance	USC	Setter
Simon Bratt	Wheaton Warrenville South	Illinois	Sports Performance	Uncommitted	Outside
Derby Gilkerson	Monrovia	Indiana	Academy	Uncommitted	Outside
Turner Allen	Greenwood	Kentucky	K2	Uncommitted	Libero
Cian Tenney	Churchill	Maryland	St. James VBC	USC	Outside
Peter Debiec	Churchill	Maryland	St. James VBC	Stanford	Middle
Isiah Powell	Springbrook	Maryland	St. James VBC	Penn State	Middle
Cole Esparza	De Smet Jesuit	Missouri	HPSTL	Uncommitted	Outside
Luke Reiser	Ladue	Missouri	HPSTL	Uncommitted	Opposite
Noah Meabon	Fariport	New York	Pace Bootlegger	USC	Outside
Arkaidiy Rivkin	Syosset	New York	Sportime	Uncommitted	Outside
Thomas Demps	Broughton	North Carolina	Triangle	Penn State	Outside
Joe Taggart	St Xavier	Ohio	Cincinnati Attack	Ohio State	Opposite
Christopher Jones	Hilliar Darby	Ohio	Vanguard	Uncommitted	Opposite
Evan Halleran	Casady	Oklahoma	HVA	Uncommitted	Outside
Luc Soerensen	Meadville	Pennsylvania	C2 Attack	Penn State	Middle
Brodie Heshler	Central Dauphin	Pennsylvania	Yorktowne	Uncommitted	Middle
Lucas Helle	Dorman	South Carolina	Stars VBC	Long Beach	Setter
Brock Harvick	Allen	Tennessee	C2 Attack	Uncommitted	Outside
Ben Bayer	Hamilton	Wisconsin	Milwaukee Sting	Long Beach	Outside
Lincoln Myers	Madison Memorial	Wisconsin	Milwaukee Sting	Stanford	Opposite
Aleksey Mikhailenko	Homestead	Wisconsin	MVC	Stanford	Outside

Class of ’27

Player	High School	State	Club	Position
Tommy Henige	Cactus	Arizona	Aspire	Middle
Jack Telford	Casteel	Arizona	AZ FEAR	Outside
Will Schneiderman	Casteel	Arizona	AZ FEAR	Libero
Will Spalding	Jserra Catholic	California	949	Outside
Chase Wallin	Santa Margarita	California	949	Setter
Daniel Booker	Corona Del Mar	California	Balboa Bay	Middle
Cameron Kosolcharoen	San Clemente	California	Balboa Bay	Outside
Brody Williams	Tesoro	California	Balboa Bay	Libero
Cash Summers	Tesoro	California	Balboa Bay	Setter
Diego Rodriguez	Christopher	California	Bay to Bay	Outside
Isaac Gloria	James Logan	California	Bay to Bay	Outside
Nolan Marks	Jesuit	California	Bay to Bay	Setter
Hudson Yockey	The Bishops	California	Coast	Libero
Logan Yockey	The Bishops	California	Coast	Middle/Outside
Will Denning	The Bishops	California	Coast	Outside
Easton Ebmeyer	Huntington Beach	California	Pinnacle	Outside
Logan Hutnick	Huntington Beach	California	Pinnacle	Outside
Wesley White	Huntington Beach	California	Pinnacle	Opposite
Mikah Kormeluk		California	Pinnacle	Middle
Mateo Fuerbringer	Mira Costa	California	Team Rockstar	Outside
Teddy Mandelbaum	Mira Costa	California	Team Rockstar	Outside
Elogious Holder	Warren	California	Team Rockstar	Setter
Jimmie Chrusfield	Oak Park-River Forest	Illinois	MOD	Outside
Nate Hutchinson	Brebeuf Jesuit	Indiana	Academy	Outside
Jake Werne	Cathedral	Indiana	Academy	Libero
Bryce Rothe	Archbishop Spalding	Maryland	Maryland Jrs	Outside
Stone DeGreeff	Christian Brothers College	Missouri	HPSTL	Setter
Gabe Scheve	Lindbergh	Missouri	HPSTL	Libero
Deyton Lucas	Lutheran South	Missouri	HPSTL	Middle
David Justice	St. Louis University	Missouri	HPSTL	Middle/Opposite
Jack Spowal	St. Louis University	Missouri	HPSTL	Middle
Josh Mugo	St. Stephen	Texas	HVA	Outside

Class of ’28

Player	High School	State	Club	Position
Johnny Magro	Brophy College Prep	Arizona	AZ FEAR	Outside
Jack Grady	Edison	California	Balboa Bay	Outside
Shane Wright	Edison	California	Balboa Bay	Middle
Carter Tchaikovsky	Huntington Beach	California	Balboa Bay	Setter
Bode Stent	Saint Francis	California	Bay to Bay	Setter/Opposite
Luis Tarja	Great Oak	California	Coast	Outside
Christian Steller	Loyola	California	MB Surf	Outside
CJ Cardenas	Loyola	California	MB Surf	Setter/Opposite
Josh Trodd	Loyola	California	MB Surf	Libero
Noah Rager	Loyola	California	MB Surf	Outside
Miles Crotty	Mira Costa	California	MB Surf	Middle
Tobin Ley	MacDonald	California	MVVC	Outside
Logan Chambers	Santiago	California	OCVC	Outside
Tobin Gilmartin	Palos Verdes	California	SCVC	Outside
Vincent Quast	Bishop Montgomery	California	Team Rockstar	Outside
KC Chow	Mira Costa	California	Team Rockstar	Setter/Opposite
Maverick Essert	Redondo Union	California	Team Rockstar	Outside/Opposite
Luis Monserat	West Port	Florida	352 Elite	Libero
Lucas Castro	ATM	Florida	Legion	Outside
Evan Holowecky	Seminole Ridge	Florida	Ocean Bay	Setter
Nathan Paige	Wheaton Warrenville South	Illinois	630 Volleyball	Libero
Nikola Stanojevic	Lake Zurich	Illinois	BVA	Libero
Gabriel Redzic	Maine South	Illinois	MOD	Setter
Alexander Glowacz	Notre Dame	Illinois	MOD	Libero
Nikodem Opiola	Rolling Meadows	Illinois	MOD	Middle
Jake Ellenbecker	Lake Park	Illinois	Pipeline	Setter/Outside
Edison Ah-Yo	Bolingbrook	Illinois	Sports Performance	Outside
Eli Philistin-Lynch	Carmel	Indiana	Academy	Outside
Daniel Pugh	Franklin Central	Indiana	Academy	Outside
Tanner Zippay	St. Louis University	Missouri	HPSTL	Setter
Christopher Dougherty	East Mecklenburg	North Carolina	CUVC	Outside
Gavin McWaters	Loveland	Ohio	Cincinnati Attack	Opposite

Kevin Pratte

Kevin Pratte has enthusiastically been involved in volleyball for over 23 years. Pratte started playing in middle school and was fortunate enough to play NCAA Division 1 volleyball at The University of the Pacific. After his playing career Pratte got involved in coaching volleyball. In 2009 Pratte was the graduate assistant coach for the University of Nebraska women’s volleyball program. Later in his career Pratte made coaching stops at University of the Pacific, multiple community colleges and coached at WAVE Volleyball Club for seven years. Currently Pratte is a physical education teacher in the San Diego Unified School District, San Diego Downtown Breakfast Rotary member, a college volleyball recruiting coordinator, hosts a volleyball podcast show, the owner of the Middle Hitter website and runs a non-profit organization to help raise funds to give boys’ high school volleyball students scholarships to play club volleyball. He is excited to continue writing for Volleyball Magazine and is eager to cover the game.

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