Get Noticed Beach Volleyball

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. 

📅 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:

• February 4th
• June 9th
• October 13th

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!

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

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!

Here is the link for today’s event, with all pool play and playoff schedules