Truly Epic GNBV in Feb 2024

On February 3rd and 4th, 2024, players from sixteen states and provinces, representing fifty-eight different volleyball clubs, all played in the GNBV National Showcase. Through the cold, and late Sunday the wind and rain, players and college coaches persevered to the end of finals together. At one point, the GNBV team was standing on our tents to keep them from flying away, all while top players from across North America were closing out their playoff brackets.

Players are the core of GNBV. They spend hours practicing, studying, and playing. With family support, they build their collegiate careers and spend many years preparing for and finally moving on to play in college. Here at GNBV we are so fortunate to provide a place where players can showcase their skills in front of coaches from around the country.

Every event we sell out. Every time we also remind everyone to register early. GNBV events are designed so that players and coaches can connect, and coaches won’t have time to see 50 or 60 courts of teams. GNBV events are right sized so that coaches can see everyone they want to see. With live scoring in Volleyballlife, they can see when everyone is playing, and how close the next game is. Combined with GNBV’s event design, our showcases are the best in the country.

This is why 22 college coaches attended the February showcase and spent their day out watching players, and why GNBV’s June and October 2024 events already have a sold line up of college coaches for our showcase and BNVE college coaches clinic that also always end up selling out.  It’s no secret that with 788 athletes who Got Noticed at our events people return year during high school and even after they are committed to play at our events. 

2024 GNBV Schedule

📅 The 2024 GNBV schedule is up!

We plan as far ahead as we can because we know everyone has travel arrangements, school and family schedules, and of course parents have work schedules too.

There are three dates in 2024, and you don’t want to miss this. Before every event we receive calls at the last minute asking about any open space in divisions that are already closed. Don’t wait to sign up! GNBV showcases are national events which draw players from across the United States, Canada, and beyond.

Dates:

Check in for these events starts at 7 am, and can be done via automated email. A morning meeting happens at 7:45 am, and balls are in the air at 8 am.

Location:

We’re in Santa Monica, just north of the pier where the old Route 66 ends. The address is 1200 PCH, Santa Monica, CA 90401. Some maps also list the location as 1200 CA-1, Santa Monica. You can use this Google Maps or Apple Maps link to find your way.

Event details:

These events are designed to give college coaches the time to see all the players. Pool play and playoffs are designed to give college coaches the time to see players, plus everyone goes to playoffs. All scoring is done using Volleyballlife to make sure college coaches know how a game is going so they can plan their activities without missing games they want to see. Everyone, including players and parents, not just coaches and reffing teams can see the score online.

The Saturday before each event we also offer a Kauai Bikini warm up tournament and BVNE hosts two college coaches clinics. You can find out more about these events on VolleyballLife.

Please click on the dates above to read more about each event. We’ll see you there!

GNBV’s 10th Anniversary

We’ve made it to our 10th anniversary!

GNBV celebrates our 10th anniversary of helping athletes “Get Noticed” and recruited to play beach volleyball at Division I NCAA schools. My name is Daron Forbes & I started the journey to get my own daughter recruited. As an indoor club owner my goal was to get my daughter recruited and return back to indoor. After that first tournament the college coaches asked for more and here we are ten years later. I closed my indoor club Team WAVE aka We Are Volleyball Elite and went all in on beach. So far that we know of, we have helped 777 athletes achieve their dreams of playing beach volleyball in college. You can see all these athletes & where they got recruited to by visiting our committed only page at @gnbv.commits on instagram.

To read more about my story and how I started with indoor and finally made it to the beach, visit this link on bvne.org.

We can’t wait for the next Get Noticed Beach Volleyball aka GNBV National College Recruiting Showcase Feb 4th in Santa Monica. This one will be international with teams traveling from Ecuador to participate. Over the years we have had athletes travel from Singapore, Denmark, England, Mexico, Ecuador, Columbia, Canada, & Puerto Rico.

Because teams are traveling from around the world to play we made it a two day series of events with lots of options to choose from so athletes can make the most of their trip. Here’s what a showcase weekend in Santa Monica, CA looks like:

Saturday
BVNE Sunrise College Coaches Clinic 7am-9am

Kauai Bikini tournament
9:30am-2:30am
Every paid entry gets a two piece KB top & bottom of their choice.

BVNE Sunset College Coaches Clinic
3:00pm-5pm

Clinics are open to any and all entrants. The is this an awesome opportunity for the athletes to train with up to 6 or 7 college coaches, learn new drills & prepare for the showcase. It’s also a great place to network with other athletes for potential new partners and make life long connections with new friends.

Athletes can customize their weekend with any combo of events that first their schedule.

Sunday is the grand finale, our GNBV National College Recruiting Showcase. On average we have 15 college coaches who travel from across the United States to watch athletes play. USC, UCLA, Pepperdine, Long Beach, LMU, Vanguard, Concorida, Cal Poly, Tulane, South Carolina, Stanford & Cal Berkeley just to name a few, are the schools that are staples at our events.

Over the years we have figured out what works for the athletes, college coaches and our system is set and ready for another amazing ten years. As we celebrate our success with the players, families & college coaches we strive to keep getting better. It’s easy when you do what you love and love what you do.

Thank you to all who have help GNBV become the largest national college recruiting showcase and we look forward to see everyone on the sands of Santa Monica, CA.

Daron Forbes
Director of GNBV

GNBV June 4th and 5th in Santa Monica

GBNV National College Recruiting Showcase is the longest running beach volleyball showcase in the United States. With well over 618 athletes getting noticed and committed at our events, and that’s just who we know of. If your looking to play collegiate beach volleyball and want to get noticed by college coaches send us your video to be posted on your YouTube channel at “Get Noticed Beach Volleyball”.

YouTube

In case you missed the GNBV National Recruiting Showcase and the Kauai Bikini Tournament in Santa Monica, here’s how it went!

GNBV Returns to Santa Monica

GNBV National College Recruiting Showcase back in Santa Monica Beach, California!

After hosting virtual and in person showcases from Florida to California, were super excited to be back on our home beach after traveling for the last 12 months. On October 10th GNBV returned to person with over 22 college coaches spent the day to recruit athletes from across the United States and Canada.  Teams played in a tournament format, playing 2 games to 21 in pool play, so college coaches had ample time to watch them play in person for recruiting purposes.  

The day before the showcase, BVNE hosted two college coaches clinics so athletes have the chance to train with up to eight different college coaches, learn new skills and improve their overall game.  

With 64 teams signed up and in person college coaches on site it was a great day on the beach. We recorded the 16’s and 18’s gold division final matches for the GNBV YouTube channel.  Video from our last virtual showcase in Canada as well as the October 10th event was provided to coaches on site. 

Everyone can view our full length video by visiting youtube.gnbv.net or just visit YouTube and search for “Get Noticed Beach Volleyball”.  GNBV is not a recruiting service. We host events and bring everyone together in one place so athletes can Get Noticed and college coaches can watch the athletes who are interested in playing in college, in person.  It’s that simple and we are excited to be back in action at 1200 PCH, Santa Monica.  Theres nothing better than being outside on our home courts in the fresh air hosting our GNBV National College Recruiting Showcase.  

To get a glimpse of how many athletes have been noticed at our events visit our committed page on instagram at @gnbv.commits. As of October 2021, 559 athletes that we know of have played in our events, been watched by on site colleges and later committed to play colligate beach volleyball for one of the colleges who was present at the event.  Our showcase has three divisions for 14U, 16U and 18U, with the 16U being the most popular college coaches start watching athletes at a young age so playing in our 14U division can prove to be very helpful for when an athlete reaches the recruitable age.  

Visit us at www.gnbv.net

GNBV in person college coaches

Our first IN PERSON GNBV Showcase & Clinics for 2021 is June 5th & 6th in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Why are college coaches clinics important? Because, athletes are able to work with college coaches and learn collegiate style drills while improving. Remember GNBV is NOT a recruiting service, we host college coaches clinics, virtual and in person college recruiting showcases!

Capacity is still limited so don’t wait to sign up. We hope to see you there!

Visit the home page at www.gnbv.net to sign up.

GNBV is NOT a recruiting service, we host college coaches clinics, virtual and in person college recruiting showcases!

GNBV 2021 Virtual Showcases and the NCAA dead period

Since our first event in 2014, we’ve grown and adapted along the way. 2020 was no different. Here we are in 2021, about to adapt again, with more news about the NCAA dead period.

GNBV was the first Virtual Showcase, created in July 2020. With much success coming out of Canada with over half the athletes committing and more with offers coming, resulting from just one event. The virtual showcase proved to be what was need durning NCAA’s dead period. 

The NCAA has extended the dead period for all sports once again.  As of February 2021, the new end date is now set to be May 31st and this means in person recruiting will have been banned for well over a year before this is over.

Recruiting hasn’t stopped. At GNBV we adapted to the new normal instead of waiting for the old normal to return. In 2020 we were the first to create Virtual College Recruiting Showcases and keep recruiting going. Check our @bvne.commits page to see how it has been going, and remember the only way to be featured is to let us know you committed. We’re not you’re recruiter and won’t know unless you tell us.

Play GNBV Virtual Showcases where we handle the video from event day, load it into the GNBV YouTube Channel, load it to the event results, and provide players copies of their video, all included in the ticket price. When we list your video on our public YouTube channel at “Get Noticed Beach Volleyball” it’s for all to see. College coaches, friends and family can now view your video whenever they would like.

The GNBV YouTube Channel is the edge to getting noticed. College coaches are using our unedited event video to see if a player coachable, to see how you handle pressure situations, are you a supportive partner, are you in good physical shape and ready for the college game.  These are just a few of the things college coaches are looking at which are in full length GNBV video.

The dead period will end May 31st. Come play at our very first IN Person College Recruiting Showcase June 5th and 6th.

GNBV is not a recruiter or scout. We host clinics and college recruiting showcases in person and virtual. All athletes are welcome to bring a coach or recruiter with them to our showcase or clinics.

Local events are happening across North America. Find an event near you.

GNBV June 7th – National College Recruiting Showcase

Come play in the GNBV National College Recruiting Showcase on June 7th 2020! Players from coast to coast will be in Santa Monica this June to play in front of college coaches. We’re also hosting two college coaches clinics and a Kauai Bikini National Tournament on June 6th. Our schedule will let athletes play in any or all events.

We will not list a school unless they provide confirmation first.

How to make the most of your trip? Besides skill, sportsmanship, make sure coaches know where you are playing. You need to email them so that you can own the relationship between you and the coach. GNBV works with the college coaching community by publishing everything in our event online. We can’t list you until you have signed up for our event.

It’s time for GNBV!

February 2nd event details

7:00 7:30 am check in, 7:45 meeting, 8:00 am event start

TENTATIVE pool play assignments and Google Maps link to our location

We’re back and ready for players around the world. This summer GNBV will be hosting the international college recruiting showcase annual championships. We’re in Santa Monica California, in the United States.

Join players from Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, and Washington on February 2nd, 2020 in Santa Monica California!

Play in front of coaches from UCLA, USC, Pepperdine, FSU, LMU, South Carolina, Long Beach State, UC Davis, ASU, CSUB, Texas A&M Corpus Cristi, SFA, CSUN, Vanguard, WestCliff, California Marymount, The Masters, Arizona, Santa Clara University, Concordia, Utah, Cypress College, UAB, and the University of North Florida.

Play in our February 2nd National Showcase. What better way to showcase your skills than to play against top players from across the nation, and beyond!

Bid winners will have the opportunity to play in front of the largest group of college college coaches in the United States.

Current bid winners from qualifying events through 12/8/2019

Abby Teel/Tanon Rosenthal
Adriana Medrano/Emily Rosinsky
Alana Witting/Eve Brock
Alex Omaszta/reese wolfe
Alexa Langlois/Juliette Stockley
Alexandra Marie Kurz/Madi Collins
Alexia Gallegos/Reese Hood
Alonso/Gutierrez
Alonso/James
Alvarez/Bouquet
Alyssa Didone/Maddie Cupples
Alyssa Lozano/Alison Hintz
Anabelle  Barry/Madison Sanchez
Anderson/Dominick
Anderson/Smith
Andie Purdy/Addison Campbell
Arman Farzadram/Jack Cassidy
Armour/Robson
Armstrong/Kost
Armstrong/Seibel
Ashleigh Wodzinski/Rachel Lushina
Ashtyn Rheinlaender/Olivia Thex
Aubrey McBride/Meagan Faubel
Autumn Rojelio/Bryce Swain
Ava Williamson/Abby Teel
Ayva Moi/Maddy byrne
Belker/Gopinath
Bella Foltz-Smith/Isabella Orus
Bella Foltz-Smith/Lena Moores
Bevilockway/Mattingly
Blanc/Sigler
Boggeri/Castillo
Bogle/Checani
Bond/Capelouto
Brecht/Gladden
Bridges/Crotty
Brigette Dufau/Sydney Martin
Broadway/Bongard
Brooklin Bogle/Charlize Checani
Brown/Wright
Brzostkiewicz/McComic
Caba/White
Caiozzi/Lindhardt
Caitlyn Kyle/Jacinda Ramirez
Callis/Armstrong
Camille Lee/Autumn Morgan
camille lee/reese wolfe
Campbell/Anderson
Campbell/Miller
Campbell/Purdy
Canada Buchanan/Kastyn Hoffman
Canon/Morrison
Cardona/Zahedi
Carmela Boccella/Ava Kretschman
Carriera/De Leon
Castillo/Boggeri
Castro/Barton
Chadwick/Giniewicz
Checani/Kost
Chloe Charles/Christian Mitchell
Christoph/Boyle
Ciela Hendrickson/Isis McDowell
Coe/wagner
Cole Crotty/Kai Bridges
Colligan/Wright
Collins/Hynes
Collins/Mann
Collins/Moglia
Corbett/Wood
coronado/Bravos
Courtney/Anderson
Courtney/Atwater
Courtney/Gillett
Courtney/Libby
Courtney/Tagoai
Criss/Aguilar
Criss/Gillett
Cristinzio/Brunett
Crosthwait/Crosthwait
Cupples/Didone
Curry/Rasmussen
Daniella Kensinger/Ella Gray
De Leon/Didone
DeJong/Middleton
Denton/Hewitt
DeSisto/DeSisto
Dewolfe/Hernandez
Diaz/Hankins
Diaz/Jones
Diaz/Mann
Dissy Brinkerhoff/Rylee Woods
Dyanna Guerrero/Zoe Lekan
Dyllan Nguyen/Curtis Harper
Ella Diamond/Octavia Donaldson
ella schneider/Esme Sozio
Ensign/Ensign
Estanislao/Steinbrun
EVA BRAYER/Eve Kaplan
Evangelista/Moore
Eve Kaplan/Ciela Hendrickson
Finn/Fox
Finn/Libbey
Firmani/Duong
Fisher/Kennedy
Foltz-Smith/Gopinath
Frisell/Rosales
Friske/Greene
Friske/Kunitz
Gallegos/Levine
Gasperov/Shaw
Giselle Gallegos/Alexandra Marie Kurz
Gonzalez/Wilford
Gopinath/Belker
Grace Blanco/Maria Isabel Castillo
Grace Hong/Finley Rollins
Grace Jordan/Renny Haines
GROE/Friebe
Guerro/Ramos
Hagenah/Kensinger
Hailey Peterson/Rylie Springer
Hakes/Amarillas
Haley Anderson/Alexie Epstein
Hall/Messier
hall/morgan
Hall/Symons
Hania Taduran/Caitlyn Kyle
Hannah Byers/Katherine Morley
Hariri/Pally
Harshfield/Demyon
hekian/Taduran
helena/Brigid
Henkel/Bauer
Hernandez/Dewolfe
Hertenstein/Vasquez
Hodel/Ramirez
Hoeber/Khajavi
Holbert/Decas
Hope Sabater/Emilie Nelson
Isabella Orus/Isabella Welsh
Isabella Orus/Lia Abramian
Isis Mcdowell/Lilah Newkirk
Iuta/Johnson
Ivy Starr/EVA BRAYER
Jacinto/Paulson
Jacobson/Courtney
Jade Bernal/Madelyn Wallace
James/Berberoglu
Jasett Smith/Ayla Grant
Jasso/bravos
jaycee Hentges/Sophie Sufnar
Jazmin Varela/Gabby Raines
Jenna Colligan/Molly Trodd
Jenna Colligan/Portia Sherman
Jette Morris/Alexa Kloac
Jette Morris/Stephanie Gallegos
Johanski/Speer
Johnson/Esser
Johnson/Swett
Johnson/Wolfe
Jones/Anderson
Kai Bridges/Cole Crotty
Kai Hall/Sophia Olivares
Kaiser/Hamlett
Kaitlyn Knoblauch/Cypress Reinecke
Kaplan/Hendrickson
Kaplan/Mcdowell
Kapp/Montes
Kara Griffin-Ruwin/Sydney Gallant
Katie Anthony/Analy Carbine
Katie Miller/Christian Mitchell
Kaylee Jones/Emilie Nelson
Kaylee Jones/Haley Anderson
Kaylee Jones/Hope Sabater
Kaylee Jones/Summer Bouquet
Keating/McCarthy
Keira/Dair
Keller/Mackenhausen
Kelley/Mezich
Kelly McCloskey/Makenna Wolfe
Kendal Steller/Victoria Henkel
Kendall Owens/Emily Martin
Kendall Owens/Grace Williams
Kennedy ODonnell/Macie Kniesel
Kensinger/Birch
Kenzie Thomas/Kylie Wickley
Koen/Greene
Komsky/Johnson
Komsky/Legaspi
Korbin Christoph/Alex Mayo
Korbin Christoph/Evan Boyle
Kunitz/Sayble
Kunitz/Solomon
Kylan McCoy/Kirstin Morris
Kylan McCoy/makenzie guess
Kyle/Harris
LaBreche/LaBreche
Laurel Brzostkiewicz/Kathryn Duby
Lauren Neely/Julia Wilson
Lauren Prendeville/Tori Simmang
Lea Heraeus/Skye Traill
Leal/Buck
lee/Alison
Leena Runnerstrum/Madie Oriskovich
Leight/Shepston
Lekan/Chou
Lena Moores/Bella Foltz-Smith
Lena Moores/Isabella Orus
Leon/Rosson
Lexi Haley/Zara Stewart
Libbey/McMillin
Libbey/Trumann
Lily Tucker/Paige Courtney
Lily Tucker/Rachel Moglia
Lola Emery/Cameron Kyle
Lucchina/Ciani
Lyla Fedio/Julia Wilson
Maddy Oliverson/Larissa Dakoske
Madison Kathleen Rocha/Cami Clizbe
Mady Noble/Kamilah Checani
Mahaffey/Brinkerhoff
Mahaffey/Johnson
Majka/Lamphere
Mallory North/Isabella Orus
Margaux Stehle/Charlotte Pawlukieicz
Marilu Pally/Hannah Fleming
Marley Navaretta/Allison Bowser
Martin/Owens
Martinez/Garcia
Maya Slutske/Ivy Starr
Maya Suchy/Madeline Koons
Mcdowell/Wetherell
McMillin/Bloom
McMillin/cobb
McMillin/Schmalle
Meagan Faubel/Aubrey McBride
Megan Outcalt/Katelyn Chi
Merilles/Huynh
Mia Massey/Ava Moncada
Miley Hakes/Bentley Forsgren
Miller/Alexandra
Miller/Pater
Mintzer/Lorscheider
Molly Trodd/Drew Wright
Moore/Guerra
Moore/McCoy
Morgan Coolbaugh/Sydney Jacinto
Morgan/Arnold
Morgan/Lee
Mya Johnson/Vanessa Martinez
Myers/Rough
Natalie Dufau/Sienna Martin
Natasha George/Kelley Sussman
Nguyen/Harper
Nicole Carpenter/Kendall Epperson
Nidhi Srikantam/Ashley Purdy
Nordin/Tsou
North/James
Notaro/Swanson
Nugent/Berkowitz
O’Steen/Sherman
Octavia Donaldson/Bella Foltz-Smith
Oliverson/Dakoske
Olivia Le Blanc/Kennedy Annala
Omaszta/wolfe
Ortega/Bloom
Ozdemir/Liddle
Packing/Rendon
Paige Courtney/Ava Libbey
Paige Courtney/Paige Schmalle
Paige Courtney/Sydney Raszewski
Patton/Caiozzi
Patton/Reilly
Pepe/Rogoff
Peterson/Caba
Pierik/Stebner
Polishuk/Komsky
Reese Thai-Sandoval/Poppy Friske
reese wolfe/Alex Omaszta
reese wolfe/camille lee
Rezentes/Ramirez
Rich/Orus
Riggs/Kretschman
Rodriguez/Cabrera
Rollins/Reinking
Rosenthal/Boulware
Runerstrom/Oriskovich
Runnerstrum/Oriskovich
Ryley Nelson/Brinkley Graham
Sadelle Owens/tatum anderson
Salas/Baillie
Samantha Rodriguez/Danielle Hernandez
Sanchez/Stevens
Savannah Davis/Emilie Nelson
Savannah McLendon/Lisa Taubkina
Savannah Waite/Laney Evers
Schmalle/Hendrickson
Schmalle/Polishuk
Schmok/Lee
schneider/Sozio
Schroeder/Langlois
Scott Packing/Brandon Rendon
Seligson/Shaw
Serena Turner/Alyssa Garber
Shannon/Pawlukieicz
Sharif/Ozdemir
Sienna Martin/Katie Anderson
Silletti/Kopp
skye roberts/Sophia Roberts
Skye Traill/Poppy Friske
Smith/Leon
Smith/Lorenzo
Snipes/Tusher
Sofia Massey/Terin Score
Solimar Haberman/Halley Tang
Solomon/Bond
Sophia Thex/Lizzie Denyer
Sophia Tomlinson/Olivia Robine
Sophie Sufnar/jaycee Hentges
Sophie Sufnar/Kate Shannon
Steck/Fay
Steller/Tourigny
Stockley/Anderson
Suan/Carrington
Summer McCann/Caprice Lorenzo
Sunita Zapata/Siena Corral
Swain/Harrington
Sydnee Broadway/Tristin Smith
Sydney Raszewski/Caroline Mackechnie
Symons/Hall
Tara Gaspar/Grace Vander Veen
Tara Gaspar/Isabella Avelar
Tatum Riggs/Kennedie amarillas
Tatum Smith/anika christensen
taylor deckert/Kendal Steller
tehrani/casale
Tehrani/Lushina
Tess Holbert/Chloe Decas
Thomas/Bernal
Thompson/Uebelhoer
Thorner/bambe
Timmons/Tackett
TOMASCH/POLO
Townes/Terrell
Townhill/Epstein
Tyson/Whalen
Uma Lambertini/Charlie Lerner
Uma Lambertini/Neelah Bell
Varela/Raines
Varner/Roberts
Veen/Gaspar
Veen/Keating
Vetchtein/Roberts
Webster/Elgin
Welborn/Meyers
Wessel/Symons
Wetherell/Berberoglu
White/Caba
Wilson/Thomas
Wittren/Urbina
Witzke/Casto
Yamagata/turner
Yates/Wonpat
Zapata-Reaves/Lynch
Zilberstein/Harshfield