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

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

Rising Stars

We did not forget the underclassmen either as we assembled a list of 102 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 ‘2026

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



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