COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (May 18, 2026) \u2013 USA Volleyball is pleased to announce the rosters for the U.S. Men\u2019s and Women\u2019s Sitting National Teams for the USAV Sitting Cup, May 22-24, in Orlando, Florida.<\/p>\n
The USAV Sitting Cup features a solid lineup of international teams. The U.S. Women are the No. 1 team in the world, and they\u2019ll face No. 2 Canada, No. 3 Brazil and No. 11 Japan. On the men\u2019s side, world No. 6 United States, No. 7 Germany and No. 8 Canada will be joined by Brazil\u2019s Club Athletico Paulistano to battle for the cup.<\/p>\n
The first two days of competition will consist of pool play, with the final day featuring a bronze-medal match between the third- and fourth-place teams in pool, and a gold-medal match between the first- and second-place teams. Admission is\u202ffree, giving fans an up-close look at some of the best sitting volleyball athletes on the planet. The event will be livestreamed through BallerTV and on the USA Volleyball website<\/a>.<\/p>\n The USAV Sitting Cup marks the first major international tournament of 2026 for the participating teams and serves as a key early-season measuring stick ahead of the\u202f2026 World ParaVolley World Championship, set for July 10-17 in Hangzhou, China.<\/p>\n U.S. Women\u2019s Sitting Team Roster Head Coach:\u00a0Bill Hamiter<\/a> U.S. Men\u2019s Sitting Team Roster Head Coach:\u00a0Greg Walker<\/a> Schedule<\/p>\n All times Eastern<\/p>\n Friday, May 22 Saturday, May 23 Sunday, May 24
No. Name (Position, Ht., Hometown, Region)
2 Bethany Zummo<\/a> (L, 5-3, Dublin, Calif., Northern California)
3 Alexis Patterson <\/a>(S\/L, 5-4, Waseca, Minn., North Country)
5 Katie Holloway Bridge<\/a> (OH, 6-3, Lake Stevens, Wash., Puget Sound)
7 Monique Matthews<\/a> (MB, 6-0, Ardomore, Okla., Oklahoma)
8 Whitney Dosty<\/a>\u00a0(OH\/OPP, 6-3, Tucson, Ariz., Arizona)
9\u00a0Tia Edwards<\/a> (OH\/MB, 5-7, Skiatook, Okla., Oklahoma)
11 Jillian Williams Coffee<\/a> (M\/OPP\/OH, 5-10, Odem, Texas, Oklahoma)
12\u00a0Emma Schieck<\/a>\u00a0(OH, 5-7, Statesville, N.C., Carolina)
13\u00a0Gia Cruz<\/a>\u00a0(S, 5-5, San Antonio, Texas, Lone Star)
14\u00a0Kaleo Kanahele Maclay\u00a0<\/a>(S, 5-6, Honolulu, Hawaii, Oklahoma)
16\u00a0Nicky Nieves<\/a> (MB\/OH, 5-10, Kissimmee, Fla., Florida)
18\u00a0Courtney Baker<\/a>\u00a0(OH, 5-9, Crofton, Ky., Pioneer)
22\u00a0MaKenzie Franklin Wittman<\/a>\u00a0(OH, 6-0, Red Wing, Minn., North Country)
24 Raelene Elam<\/a> (OH, 6-1, St. George, Utah, Northern California)<\/p>\n
Assistant Coach: Grace Campbell<\/a>
Assistant Coach: Steve Florio
Team Leader: Layne Smith
Performance Analyst: Jeffery Hicks<\/a>
Athletic Trainer: Samantha Carter<\/a>
Sports Psychologist: Brooke Lamphere<\/a>
Nutritionist: Tatum Vedder
NTDP Coach: Tina Reading<\/p>\n
No Name (Position, Height, Hometown, Region)
1 Travis Ricks<\/a>\u00a0(L, 5-7, San Diego, Calif., Southern California)
2 Dan Regan<\/a> (OH, 6-0, St. Louis, Mo., Gateway)
3 Nick Dadgostar<\/a> (L, 6-0, Sidney, Neb., Great Plains)
4\u00a0Ben Aman<\/a>\u00a0(OH, 6-5, Edmond, Okla., Oklahoma)
5\u00a0Eric Duda<\/a> (S\/OH, 6-5, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Florida)
6 Alex Wilson<\/a> (OPP\/OH, 6-6, Saugerties, N.Y.,)
8\u00a0James Stuck<\/a> (S\/OH, 6-5, New Kensington, Pa., Keystone)
10 Robbie Onusko<\/a> (OH, 6-0, Daytona Beach, Fla., Florida)
11\u00a0Roderick Green<\/a> (MB, 6-3, West Monroe, La., Bayou)
17\u00a0Zach Upp\u00a0<\/a>(OH, 6-5, Bartlett, Ill., Great Lakes)
19 Danny Alvarez Rivadeneira (L\/DS, 5-8, West Jordan, Utah, Intermountain)
20 Jason Roberts <\/a>(OH\/RS, 6-3, Perry, Ga., Southern)
24 Fabricio da Silva Pinto<\/a> (OH, 6-1, Santos, S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil and Dublin, Calif.)<\/p>\n
Assistant Coach: Ladislav Lelkes<\/a>
Assistant Coach:\u00a0Julie Allen<\/a>
Sport Psychologist: Taylor Gabler<\/a>
Performance Analyst:\u00a0Sydnie Mabry<\/a>
Therapist:\u00a0Whitney Padgett<\/a>
Team Manager: Connor Martin<\/a>
Consultants: Jeff Smith<\/a>, Dave Dantes<\/a><\/p>\n
8 a.m.: USA vs. Germany (Men)
10 a.m.: Canada vs. Brazil (Women)
12 p.m.: Club Athletico Paulistano vs. Canada (Men)
2 p.m.: USA vs. Japan (Women)
4 p.m.: Germany vs. Canada (Men)
6 p.m.: Brazil vs. Japan (Women)<\/p>\n
8 a.m.: USA vs. Canada (women)
10 a.m.: Club Athletico Paulistano vs. USA (Men)
12 p.m.: Canada vs. Japan (Women)
2 p.m.: USA vs. Canada (Men)
4 p.m.: USA vs. Brazil (Women)
6 p.m.: Club Athletico Paulistano vs. Germany (Men)<\/p>\n
8 a.m.: No. 3 vs. No. 4 (Women)
10 a.m.: No. 3 vs. No. 4 (Men)
12 p.m.: Women\u2019s Championship (No. 1 vs. No. 2)
2 p.m.: Men\u2019s Championship (No. 1 vs. No. 2)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (May 18, 2026) \u2013 USA Volleyball is pleased to announce the rosters for the U.S.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":276173,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[139,141,140],"class_list":["post-276172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=276172"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276172\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/276173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=276172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=276172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}