Palm Beach State College Lady Panthers Win Third Consecutive National Volleyball Championship

Boca Raton, FL – 05/12/2025 – The Palm Beach State College Panther’s Women’s Beach Volleyball program ended their season past Saturday as they have for the past two seasons: as National Champions! This Panther team has been the most successful and dominant team in the school’s history, winning a program high of 27 duals.

On May 3, at the championship in Huntsville, Alabama, PBSC beat State College of Florida 3-0 to claim the 2025 National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Beach Volleyball Championship title. Leading up to the championship match, Palm Beach State went undefeated in the national tournament with a record of 15-0. The Panthers swept all of their opponents 30-0 and remained the No. 1 seed for the entire tournament.

Showing their true dominance during the postseason, the team won all three matches on their way to clinching their 3rd consecutive Florida College System Activities Association (FCSAA) Region 8 Championship. They went on to win six more in a row to secure the National Championship trifecta. At the national tournament, PBSC went a perfect 6-0 in duals, 24-0 in matches and 68-0 in recorded sets played. PBSC teammates Jasmine Rayner and Sophia Soderberg were named the Pair of the Tournament and PBSC Head Coach Drew Colvin was named National Coach of the Year.

“I am beyond proud for Drew, Jess, and the team. Winning one national championship is hard enough but winning three in a row is a feat that sets the standard for NJCAA Beach Volleyball,” said says Athletic Director John Scarpino. “This puts our beach volleyball program in elite status in the NJCAA that other programs aspire to each.”

Two of the Lady Panthers graduated on May 7, at PBSC’s spring commencement ceremony at the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach, are taking their talents to a division one school in the fall. German national Isabel Schattauer and Medellin, Colombia, native Salome Galvez, have signed on to play for Tarleton State University in Stephensville, Texas. Schattauer, who also began competing at an international level for Germany last year, and Galvez who has played for the Colombian national team, both received scholarships.

The Panthers went undefeated not only in NJCAA play but also in NAIA and CCCAA interleague play. The 6 losses on the Panthers record all came at the hands of high caliber NCAA programs: #1 TCU (newly crowned NCAA D1 National Champions), #5 USC (4x defending Nation Champions), #19 FGCU, FIU (nationally ranked at the time), PBAU (D2 third place finisher) and FL Southern (a loss that the Panthers later avenged).