{"id":277567,"date":"2026-04-20T23:04:37","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T23:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/277567\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T23:04:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T23:04:37","slug":"wilsons-simrin-adams-shines-on-the-sand-gains-national-recognition-the562-org","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/277567\/","title":{"rendered":"Wilson\u2019s Simrin Adams Shines on the Sand, Gains National Recognition \u2013 The562.org"},"content":{"rendered":"

There\u2019s no place like home. That\u2019s what Wilson senior Simrin Adams thinks of Long Beach \u2014 the city she was born and raised in.<\/p>\n

Soon, Adams will be leaving the 562 soon to move to the 650 and pursue a collegiate career in beach volleyball at Stanford University. Despite making the jump from Southern to Northern California, the senior said her coastal routes are what keep her grounded in the sport.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like the beach is one of my favorite places on earth. So being able to go to the beach almost every day of the week, watching the sunsets and just playing with my friends \u2014 having those experiences out there was definitely one of the reasons why I picked beach volleyball,\u201d Adams said.<\/p>\n

Adams\u2019 relationship with beach volleyball is fairly new. Adams has been playing indoor volleyball at the club competition level since she was 9 years old and didn\u2019t fully transition to the sand until high school.<\/p>\n

Since that change, Adams has accumulated many accolades in beach volleyball. After her freshman year at Wilson, Adams made the true transition to the sand. Just a year later, she committed to Stanford to play Division I beach volleyball at the next level.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was just so much more that beach had for me, and it just was something that I much rather wanted to do over indoor,\u201d Adams said. \u201cPlaying beach and comparing it to how it was playing indoor, beach was so much more fun and more exciting.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"MooreleagueFInalsBeach<\/a>Simrin Adams (left) and Sadie Calderone (right) celebrate their Moore League Pairs Championship. The duo has repeated as champions in 2025 and 2026.<\/p>\n

For Adams, the choice to pursue beach volleyball was one that centered around how she felt on the court. Aside from her personal love for the beach, she enjoys the simplicity of beach volleyball and the calmness she feels on the sand.<\/p>\n

\u201cIndoor can be a chaotic environment, super high-stress and overwhelming, and then on the beach, it\u2019s just you and your partner, low stress and you just have so much more freedom,\u201d Adams said.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Despite the simplicity of the sand sport that Adams appreciates, she said she keeps her competition momentum moving with intensity. Now in her senior year, Adams hasn\u2019t slowed down at all.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In January, the senior won a tournament which led to her being able to go to the USA Beach Volleyball trials for the U-18 level. From there, Adams was invited to a U-18 National Team Camp and has made the roster, meaning her summer will be spent traveling the world and representing her country on the sand courts.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeing able to carry the US name and represent it when I\u2019m overseas is going to be super awesome,\u201d Adams said.<\/p>\n

Representing the Bruins, Adams has brought lots of this momentum to Wilson on the sand. Adams was a crucial player on the sand this year, leading her team to an undefeated Moore League season and repeating as the Moore League Pairs Champions with her partner Sadie Calderone.<\/p>\n

\"MooreleagueFInalsBeach<\/a>The Wilson Bruins are crowned the 2026 Moore League Beach Volleyball champions. Simrin Adams and Sadie Calderon\u2019s (far right) repeated as the Moore League Pairs Champions.<\/p>\n

For Wilson Head Coach Jeremy Cook, his senior\u2019s success is no surprise. The head coach said Adams\u2019 talent speaks for itself, but that isn\u2019t the only reason she\u2019s been able to accomplish so much at such a young age.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s amazing, ultra talented, a perfect teammate \u2014 she\u2019s just super well-rounded,\u201d Cook said. \u201cShe\u2019s definitely a leader to everyone on our team and is super supportive of our whole group. There\u2019s no weakness in her game.\u201d<\/p>\n

Even as a young athlete, Adams said she is grounded in humility at this national recognition. All the hard work she has put in on the sand has paid off, but she is still reminded about how special the opportunity is.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve come to a realization that it really is a dream come true,\u201d Adams said. \u201cI\u2019ve had opportunities that so many other people haven\u2019t, and I feel like I\u2019ve really done my hardest to take advantage of it and just live out like the life that I wanted to with volleyball.\u201d<\/p>\n

As Adams wraps up her final year as a Bruin, Cook said the senior\u2019s legacy will live on beyond her time at Wilson. While Adams is still present, she acts as a big beacon of motivation for her team \u2013 and Cook doesn\u2019t expect that to change when Adams moves on to the next level.<\/p>\n

\"Wilson<\/a>Simrin Adams sets against the Long Beach Poly Jackrabbits on March 25. Wilson clinched their fourth straight Moore League championship with this win.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s inspirational,\u201d Cook said. \u201cSeeing a player of her level,who\u2019s also so down to earth and such a good teammate and good friend, I think it\u2019s just inspiring to the other girls. They want to work harder. They want to help her get the team wins as well as her individual wins, and they\u2019ll remember that.\u201d<\/p>\n

When reflecting on the years he\u2019s had seeing Adams grow, Cook said he is excited for what the future has in store for the senior. From playing overseas for her country as a teenager to pursuing a high-level education at Stanford University, the Long Beach native is sure to represent her city well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There\u2019s no place like home. That\u2019s what Wilson senior Simrin Adams thinks of Long Beach \u2014 the city…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":277568,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-277567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=277567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277567\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/277568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}