LOS ANGELES – LMU Beach Volleyball All-American count has just increased by two as Chloe Hooker and Michelle Shaffer have been as 2025 AVCA Collegiate Beach All-Americans. Both players earn second team recognition after guiding the Lions a sixth-consecutive West Coast Conference title and the number four national seed in the NCAA Tournament.
 
This is the first All-American honor for Hooker. The junior out of San Diego has posted a 28-10 overall record this season playing at the first three courts. The 28 wins already surpass the season totals of each of her first two years, where she finished with 27 wins both times.
 
Shaffer returns as an All-American, earning first team honors in 2024. Shaffer has accumulated 20 wins this year from both the 1s and 2s courts. Shaffer becomes just the fifth player in school history to earn multiple AVCA All-American accolades, joining Betsi (Metter) Flint, Sarah Sponcil, Reka Orsi Toth, and teammate Vilhelmiina Prihti.
 
The #4 Lions will open the NCAA Championships Friday morning at 8:00 AM CT / 6:00 AM PT against #13 Florida Atlantic. The match will air live on ESPN2 from Gulf Shores, Ala.
 
2025 NC beach volleyball championship format
The 2025 NC beach volleyball championship bracket will consist of 16 teams, with eight making it as automatic qualifiers via conference championships. The selected teams will be seeded Nos. 1-16 in the bracket.

The championship will then be played in single-elimination duals with 10 student-athletes split into five pairs from each team. The dual meet match is formatted in five best-of-three sets, pairs matches, with each pairs match being worth one point.

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