Lane Kiffin’s Stunning Daughter, Presley, Goes Viral For Volleyball Photo originally appeared on The Spun.

While Lane Kiffin is gearing up for another college football season, the daughter of the Ole Miss Rebels head coach is getting ready for a season of her own.

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Presley Kiffin, the daughter of Lane and Layla Kiffin, is a college volleyball player at USC. Lane Kiffin, of course, coached at USC from 2010-13, before getting fired. His daughter, Presley, announced her commitment to Southern Cal back in 2024.

“I am beyond grateful to announce that I will be continuing my athletic and academic career at the University of Southern California. A huge thank you to the USC coaching staff for this amazing opportunity. I want to thank all my coaches, family, friends, and especially @mizunolongbeach for their incredible support and guidance throughout the past couple years. So excited be a Trojan! FIGHT ON❤️💛,” she announced on Instagram.

Presley Kiffin, a Class of 2025 recruit, is hoping to make an impact for the USC Trojans during the upcoming season.

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Presley Kiffin, who is from Long Beach, California, played in high school and at the club level. She played for Mizuno Long Beach at the club level while attending Mater Dei at the high school level.

The USC Trojans are currently gearing up for their 2025-26 season.

Presley Kiffin turned heads in a sizzling volleyball photo alongside her teammates.

Lane Kiffin must be a very proud father to have a daughter who is not only smart enough to attend USC, but also athletic enough to play for one of the top volleyball schools in the country.

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The Ole Miss Rebels head coach will surely be busy with football this fall, but the veteran college football coach is definitely going to be very interested in the USC Trojans’ 2025-26 women’s volleyball season, as well.

We look forward to watching her play this year.

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Women’s fencer Stephanie Turner believed she was “ruining her life” when she chose to kneel in protest of a transgender competitor at a USA Fencing event in late March. 

But after nearly four months, a congressional hearing on the subject and, now, a revision in Team USA’s transgender participation policy that surfaced Tuesday, Turner says she “absolutely” would do it all again. 

U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) updated its policies on Tuesday to suggest it will comply with President Donald Trump’s “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports” executive order.

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“This has caused so much of a hindrance to my life personally, and it’s caused me so much emotional turmoil that I’m just so glad this is over and that there are a lot of women and girls out there who are very appreciative of this victory,” Turner told Fox News Digital. 

“I just have to say thank you [to Trump]. I voted for him, and this was a huge reason why I voted for him. And to see him come through for me and for women and girls so soon into his administration, it just, I mean, that’s a huge victory. I’ve never seen politics work in my favor immediately, effectively, efficiently. … I’m just so grateful for that executive order.” 

Still, Turner said that the change taking as long as it did is “disappointing” to her. 

For Turner, a former longtime Democrat and Maryland native, Trump in 2024 was the first Republican she’s voted for. She says she “shudders” to think where she’d be if she and other former Democrats didn’t vote for Trump in 2024. 

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Still, Turner and her support group are calling for further measures by the USOPC after the recent policy change. 

The Independent Council on Women’s Sports (ICONS), the advocacy group that represents Turner, released a statement Tuesday calling for mandatory sex screening for all women’s athletes to enforce Trump’s executive order effectively. 

“The next critical step is for the USOPC to implement sex screening protocols. This will ensure that women are guaranteed equal, fair and safe opportunities in athletic competition. ICONS will not rest until every girl, at every level, in every sport has access to fair competition and privacy in locker rooms,” the statement said.

“The U.S. has a chance to be a leader in standing up for the fair treatment of women around the world.”

Turner is also calling for mandatory testing. 

“Enforcement of this policy is going to be essential,” Turner said. Turner pointed to karyotyping, a test that examines the chromosomes in a sample of cells, as a necessary form of testing. 

“You can’t rely on documentation anymore. You can’t rely on drivers license(s), you can’t rely on birth certificates because those can all be edited,” Turner said. 

Turner helped ignite an avalanche of backlash against one of the USOPC’s major governing bodies, USA Fencing, when she released footage of her viral protest in April. 

Turner was disqualified and given a black card for her refusal to face the trans opponent, prompting backlash against USA Fencing. 

The controversy was then the subject of a federal hearing May 7. Turner testified against USA Fencing Chair Damien Lehfeldt at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) Subcommittee’s hearing, “Unfair Play: Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports.”

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In early June, USA Fencing’s Board of Directors voted to amend its previous policy that prioritized states with LGBTQ-friendly laws for host sites for competitions and a policy that may have prevented the playing of the national anthem at some events. Both of those policies were highly criticized in the aftermath of Turner’s viral protest. 

Then, the very next week, two USA Fencing directors filed a lawsuit against the other six at-large members, alleging Lehfeldt made false statements to Congress at the May 7 hearing. The plaintiffs, Andrey Geva and Abdel Salem, each have long ties to the sport and organization, previously coaching or competing for Team USA. 

This week, USA Fencing became one of the first organizations to make an official announcement that referenced the USOPC’s new policy. 

On July 18, 2025, the USOPC released new athlete safety guidelines that all national governing bodies must follow under a federal executive order issued by the president earlier this year.

For Turner, her involvement in the issue began in her home state of Maryland the last weekend of March, when she was matched up against the transgender opponent, Redmond Sullivan, at the Cherry Blossom Open. 

When Turner knelt in front of Sullivan, she says she told Sullivan, “I have much love and respect for you, but I will not fence you.”

Now, as she reflects on the issue, Turner has a message she would give Sullivan after Tuesday’s news.

“I hope he understands that what he did was cheating, and it was not fair to women and girls. I also want him to know that I don’t hate him personally. This was never about him and me. This was really about the issue and the policy at hand,” Turner said. 

“And if I am angry at anybody, I’m angry at his enablers and the people who have allowed this policy to go on for so long.” 

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(CNN) — The US Olympic and Paralympic Committee has pledged to follow a Trump administration order by banning transgender women athletes in an update to its athlete safety policy – falling in line with other groups that have banned transgender women from sports competition in the women’s category.

Trump’s “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports” executive order was issued in February. The New York Times was first to report the change.

The USOPC athlete safety policy, which does not directly reference the word “transgender” in the 27-page document, now features an ambiguously worded paragraph referring to Trump’s executive order from February.

The new language reads: “The USOPC is committed to protecting opportunities for athletes participating in sport. The USOPC will continue to collaborate with various stakeholders with oversight responsibilities, e.g., IOC, IPC, NGBs, to ensure that women have a fair and safe competition environment consistent with Executive Order 14201 and the Ted Stevens Olympic & Amateur Sports Act, 36 U.S.C § 22501, et. seq.”

In response to a request for more information on the policy change, the USOPC provided CNN with a letter from CEO Sarah Hirshland and president Gene Sykes, which was sent to the governing body’s community of shareholders on Tuesday.

In the letter, the USOPC says it “has engaged in a series of respectful and constructive conversations with federal officials” since the issuance of Executive Order 14201.

“As a federally chartered organization, we have an obligation to comply with federal expectations,” the letter stated.

“The guidance we’ve received aligns with the Ted Stevens Act, reinforcing our mandated responsibility to promote athlete safety and competitive fairness.”

The letter goes on to specify that the national governing bodies of sports in the United States must obey the USOPC’s new guidance.

The webpage for the USOPC’s transgender athlete policy, updated on Monday, contains a new line of text at the top of the page reading, “As of July 21, 2025, please refer to the USOPC athlete safety policy.”

The previous policy language still resides on the webpage, where the organization’s prior stance had been “to rely on real data and science-based evidence rather than ideology” in determining the eligibility of transgender athletes.

Clarification: An earlier version of this story incorrectly described the impact of President Trump’s executive order. His order aims to ban transgender women from competing in women’s sports.

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What a year it’s been for BYU.

During the 2024-25 athletic campaign, Cougar teams and athletes have won championships, made history, gone viral and captured the attention of the sports world as a whole. If you were to define a “banner year” for BYU athletics, it may as well be 2024-25.

Before turning the page to 2025-26 and the incoming fall sports season, here’s a look back at 10 of the most notable stories out of Provo from the past year.

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Men and women’s cross-country teams make history in winning national championships together

It was a clean sweep for BYU.

The Cougars’ men and women’s cross-country teams each won their respective national championship in November, becoming the first school in two decades to boast both championships in the same year.

The men’s team led from start to finish, placing five runners in the top 50 — Casey Clinger (sixth), Creed Thompson (12th), Joey Nokes (31st), Lucas Bons (39th) and Davin Thompson (50th) to earn 124 total points.

The women’s team rallied late to clinch a dramatic victory, with Lexy Lowry (14th) Riley Chamberlain (31st), Carmen Alder (39th), Taylor Rohatinsky (43rd) and Carlee Hansen (49th) all finishing in the top 50 for 147 points.

For the men, it was their second-ever national championship, with the women collecting their sixth in program history and third in the past five years.

Football defies expectations, finishes 11-2 with Alamo Bowl victory

Kalani Sitake’s squad was picked 13th in the Big 12 preseason poll, only to finish the season ranked No. 13 in the country.

The Cougars opened the year with nine-straight wins, including upsets over College Football Playoff participant SMU and No. 13 Kansas State along with dramatic finishes against Baylor, Oklahoma State and rival Utah.

Though BYU fell just short of a Big 12 title game berth, the Cougars thrashed Colorado by a 36-14 margin in the most-watched Alamo Bowl in history.

Women’s soccer and volleyball each continue longtime success by reaching NCAA Tournament

This past year was business as usual for BYU women’s soccer and volleyball.

For the 18th time in 20 seasons, women’s soccer reached the NCAA Tournament.

Similarly, women’s volleyball went dancing for the 13th-consecutive year.

Soccer finished with a 9-7-5 final record and No. 19 ranking, with Avery Frischknecht and Allie Fryer earning All-Big 12 First Team honors.

Volleyball went 19-10 on the year — with a 12-6 mark in conference play — and saw Claire Little and Brielle Kemavor each be selected to the All-Big 12 First Team.

Women’s track and field wins distance medley relay national championship

To no one’s surprise, BYU’s running success isn’t just limited to cross-country.

For the second-straight year and third time in five years, the Cougars captured the women’s distance medley relay national championship with a record-setting performance.

Jenna Hutchins, Sami Oblad, Tessa Buswell and Riley Chamberlain teamed up to finish with a time of 10:45.34 — the best mark in meet history — to beat runner-up Oregon by less than a second.

Chamberlain’s closing mile time of 4:25.12 propelled BYU from fourth place to first, passing Oregon in the final 300 meters.

Men’s basketball opens the Kevin Young era with a Sweet 16 berth

Kevin Young’s first year in Provo will go down as one of the most exciting in program history — and it may be just the beginning.

The former NBA assistant coach turned head man at BYU led the Cougars to a 26-10 final mark, finishing fourth in the loaded Big 12, No. 13 in the national rankings and reaching the Sweet 16 for third time since 1981 and first since 2011.

Young’s high-octane offense finished No. 23 nationally in scoring with an average of 81.4 points per game, as BYU scored 171 points in victories over VCU and Wisconsin in the NCAA Tournament to be one of the final 16 teams standing.

Under Young, the Cougars have begun attracting elite basketball prospects to Provo, with the first of the bunch, Egor Demin, going one and done and being drafted No. 8 overall by the Brooklyn Nets in June.

James Corrigan wins 3,000-meter steeplechase national title

BYU may as well call itself “Steeplechase U,” and James Corrigan is the latest reason why.

Corrigan became BYU’s newest national champion with a winning performance in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, clocking in at 8:16.41 to mark the fourth-fastest time in NCAA history.

With a 61-second showing in his final 400 meters, Corrigan shot to the front of the pack to become the fifth Cougar to win the steeplechase title.

Lee Cummard is hired as BYU women’s basketball’s newest head coach

For Tom Holmoe’s final major move at BYU, he turned to a familiar face to reboot the school’s women’s basketball program.

Cougars legend Lee Cummard was named BYU’s new head coach in March, taking the helm of a team he’d been an assistant for since 2019.

Cummard will build the program around Delaney Gibb, the unanimous Big 12 Freshman of the Year this past season after averaging 17.4 points, 5.3 rebounds and 4.1 assists per game and shooting 39.5% from 3-point range.

Men’s golf finishes No. 13 at the NCAA Championship

Golf at BYU is trending in the right direction.

The Cougars ended the season on a heater to finish tied for 13th in the NCAA championship, marking the program’s best national finish in 20 years.

Veterans Simon Kwon, Tyson Shelley and Peter Kim will return to BYU next season, where they’ll be joined by Lone Peak product and No. 4-ranked high school prospect Kihei Akina, who is a Cougars commit.

AJ Dybantsa, Ryder Lyons commit to BYU on ESPN

For as exciting as BYU’s present is, the future in Provo appears even brighter, partially thanks to two young men.

Consensus top basketball prospect AJ Dybantsa announced his commitment to the Cougars live on ESPN’s “First Take” in December, while five-star quarterback recruit Ryder Lyons pledged to BYU during a June appearance on the network’s “The Pat McAfee Show.”

Dybantsa and Lyons may very well be the two most-heralded recruits to join each of their respective programs. But even more than that, their signings signal BYU’s effort to become an even greater player within the new college sports landscape.

Tom Holmoe retires, with longtime wingman Brian Santiago selected as his successor

It truly is the end of an era at BYU.

Tom Holmoe announced his retirement in February, concluding his unprecedented two-decade tenure as the school’s athletic director, which saw him navigate football independence, hire a number of notable coaches and score BYU a Big 12 invite, among many other various accomplishments.

BYU’s new athletic director is Brian Santiago, Holmoe’s longtime “right hand man” whose promotion was announced by the school in May.

“We‘re fortunate to have an incredible amount of positive momentum in the athletic department. I’m passionate — and people know that I’m passionate — about continuing the excellence and protecting the integrity of this great university,“ Santiago said at his introductory press conference. ”The athletic department has over 100 years of history. We‘ve watched some of the greatest players and coaches in the history of sport win at the highest level, doing it the right way. We were born to win. … The future is bright.”