CSUN Quartet Named to All-Big West Beach Volleyball Team

CSUN Quartet Named to All-Big West Beach Volleyball Team

4/28/2026 4:41:00 PM | Beach Volleyball

IRVINE, Calif. - CSUN Beach Volleyball had a quartet of players named to the 2026 All-Big West Beach Volleyball Team as announced by the conference office on Tuesday, Apr. 28. Sophomore Dylan Hall, was named to the first team, sophomore Hannah Heflin and senior Maleya Miles were named to the second team, and freshman Ava Rogers was named honorable mention as well as to the five-member All-Freshman Team.

For the second straight year, recognizing individuals rather than pairs, the All-Big West teams feature 20 student-athletes across the first and second teams, along with a five-member All-Freshman Team. All seven programs are represented among the honorees, highlighting the balance and depth across the conference. League champion Cal Poly led the way with six All-Big West selections (4 first-team, 2 second-team).

"So proud of these young ladies and all they accomplished this season," said CSUN head coach Jeff Hall. "It's an honor to be recognized by our conference coaches. Go Matadors." Hall_AllBigWest_26

Hall, who followed up honorable mention All-Big West honors and All-Freshman Team accolades in 2025, teamed up with Rogers to lead CSUN with 17 pairs wins this season. Hall also teamed up with Tia Mendiola in five matches to open the season. Playing primarily at the No. 3 position, Hall and Rogers won 12 of their final 16 dual matches this season.

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Heflin, who was also named honorable mention in 2025 after setting a CSUN record with 23 individual wins, teamed up with Miles to win 15 times this season, which ranked second on the team. Miles, who earned All-Big West honors for the first time, combined with Heflin to play as CSUN's No. 1 pair in all 33 dual matches this season. Miles_AllBigWest_26

Rogers, just the third Matador player named to the All-Freshman Team, paired up with Hall to post a 17-10 record playing on the No. 3 and No. 4 courts. Rogers also played five times with Phoebe Constable, finishing 1-4 as Rogers wound up leading CSUN with 18 individual wins in 2026.

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CSUN has now had 31 beach volleyball players earn All-Big West honors since 2016, the first season the conference began sponsoring beach volleyball.

The Matadors have had multiple pairs earn All-Big West honors in three of the last four seasons. In 2025. Hall, Heflin, and Tia Mendiola earned honorable mention honors. Gabriela Griego and MayaMay Brown earned second-team honors in 2024. In 2023, Griego and Abbey Sweeting earned second-team honors, while Lauren Eknoian and Tasha Mae were named honorable mention. The pairs of Kailey Klein and Victoria Rogers and Eknoian and Emily Sparks each earned honorable mention honors in 2022.

Darbi Honeycutt and Mikaela Maughan earned honorable mention honors in 2021, while Taylor Brydon and Lauren McMurray (honorable mention) joined Honeycutt and Maughan on the 2020 All-Big West Team. Katie Sato and Aeryn Owens earned second-team honors in 2018, while Sato also earned honorable mention honors with Lauren Conati in 2016. Maddie Leiphardt and Nicki Williams also picked up second-team accolades in 2017, while Leiphardt and Julie Haake were the Matadors' first-ever second-team recipients in 2016.

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