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March 25, 2025

Mikasa and KVA Sports client, Tina Graudiņa  have inked a deal for Tina to serve as the brand's new Global Ambassador.  Consistently ranked among the top 5 players in the world and a two-time Olympian, Tina is excited to align herself with one of the most-recognized brands in the world.

"Having grown up playing beach volleyball, Mikasa has always been the brand that the best athletes use in the highest-level tournaments. I am incredibly excited and honored for this new chapter and can't wait to create new memories and earn new titles as a part of the Mikasa team!" said  Graudiņa.

“We are delighted to welcome Tina, a world-class athlete, to our team! We’ll keep supporting her so she can keep performing at her best.” said Yuji Saeki, the President and CEO of Mikasa. 

July 10, 2024

KVA Sports has continued its expansion into the international beach volleyball market with the signing of Team Italy's young superstar, Valentina Gottardi. Gottardi, at just 21 years old, has exploded onto the international volleyball scene.  In 2023, Gottardi was named FIVB VolleyballMag.com's "Best Server " on the Beach Pro Tour ("BPT"), the FIVB VolleyballMag.com's  "Most Improved" on the BPT, and FIVB VolleyballMag.com 's "Rookie of the Year" on the BPT. 

Gottardi will compete with Italian Legend Marta Menegatti at the 2024 Paris Olympics.  Gottardi and Menegatti are currently ranked 8th in the world.

April 30, 2024

KVA Sports has signed professional beach volleyball player, Sophie Bukovec.  A member of Team Canada, Sophie competed collegiately at Long Beach State University on the indoor volleyball team before transferring to the University of Southern California's Beach Volleyball squad.  While at USC, Bukovec was a two-time AVCA All-American and helped lead her USC squad to back-to-back National Championships.

March 31, 2024

The KVA Sports Marketing Team has been exceptionally busy to start the year as the team continues to line up marketing opportunities for its clients. While details of these endorsements will be announced throughout the 2024 campaigns, KVA Sports is proud to have inked endorsement deals with numerous brands including Slunks, Leaf Trading Cards, BeachBum Sportz, Dermalogica, Zenni Optical, Fanatics/Topps Trading,  evamor and ISSA just to name a few.

July 17, 2023

KVA Sports has partnered with the sensational beach volleyball tandem of Taryn Kloth and Kristen Nuss.  Since joining the AVP Tour two years ago out of LSU, the team of Kloth and Nuss have amassed 4 AVP titles (including the Atlanta AVP Gold  and the Chicago AVP Gold), 5 International titles (FIVB/World Tour) and the 2022 AVP Championship (Phoenix). They were also named the 2022 AVP Team of the Year and the 2022 VolleyballMag.com Team of the Year.  Taryn and Kristen are currently ranked #4 in the world.

February 3, 2023

KVA beach volleyball athlete and AVP Ft. Lauderdale Champion, Hailey Harward, recently signed a deal with AQUAhydrate, the performance water brand that delivers a healthy balance of alkalinity, electrolytes and trace minerals to support overall health and wellbeing. An avid fan and user of the product for several years, Hailey is stoked to be a part of the AQUAhydrate team!

January 25, 2023

KVA Sports athlete and decorated beach volleyball player Hailey Harward is proud to announce her new partnership with Mizuno. While Mizuno recently executed a new multi-year partnership with Team USA, which will last through the 2024 Olympics in Paris and the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles, Harward represents the only beach volleyball player to ink an individual deal with the global sports equipment leader this year. As part of her partnership, Hailey will wear Mizuno's beach volleyball apparel in all tournaments for the next several years and appear in various marketing campaigns for the global brand.

July 1, 2022 

Four KVA beach volleyball athletes recently signed a deal with Laird Superfood, one of the nation's leading plant-based food suppliers founded by prolific big wave surfer Laird Hamilton.

Corinne Quiggle and her beach partner Sarah Schermerhorn will join Latvian Olympian and AVP Fort Lauderdale Champion, Tina Graudina, and Team USA member Torrey Van Winden in promoting the brand.   

May 18, 2022 - official press release, click here.

Four KVA beach volleyball athletes recently signed a deal with Suja Organic, the nation’s leading cold-pressed, organic and non-GMO beverage company.    

University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) standouts Lexy Denaburg and Sophie Moore and University of Southern California (USC) All-Americans Megan Kraft and Julia Scoles will represent the brand through various media and advertising mechanisms.  As part of the partnership, the foursome will also promote the brand through their social media channels and serve as ambassadors for the organic beverage company.  

May 7, 2022 - official press release, click here.

NCAA All-American beach volleyball athlete Julia Scoles has teamed-up with global lifestyle brand Free People to promote the company’s activewear line, FP Movement. Free People will endorse the University of Southern California (USC) standout as a brand ambassador, investing in Scoles as a strategic partner. The Scoles and Free People partnership demonstrates the evolution of Scoles’ personal brand as an elite, female student athlete and signifies her love of an active lifestyle.  

As part of the partnership, Julia will play a central role in the brand’s newest activewear campaign including print and video advertising as well as marketing. Julia shot on location in Santa Monica, CA last month in preparation for the campaign launch in May. 

May 2, 2022 - official press release, click here.

NCAA All-American beach volleyball athletes Lexy Denaburg (UCLA) and Megan Kraft (USC) have partnered with BeachBum Sportz to promote the company’s environmentally-conscious products including sunglasses, straw hats, and water bottles. 

BeachBum Sportz provides sustainably-sourced, environmentally-friendly products that help consumers to look stylish while helping to reduce worldwide pollution.   As part of the partnership with BeachBum Sportz, which launched in April 2022, Denaburg and Kraft will help market and promote the e-commerce business through various advertising mediums.