Pictured above: President Emma Tanski and secretary Harrison Quan pose in front during a tournament.
Courtesy of Emma Tanski
By Adriana Reeves
Players in the South Florida Beach Volleyball Club know how to have fun in the sun while competing at tournaments around the state.
Harrison Quan, a senior biology major, serves as club secretary and said benefits of the club are much deeper than a good workout.
“The South Florida Beach Volleyball Club is a group of friends that get together to learn the game of volleyball while getting in a workout. We are a group that starts as strangers but ends as great friends,” Quan said. “However cheesy it sounds, the club is a family where its members look forward to practices and hanging out with their friends.”
Players do not have to have years of practice to join. Members like Quan joined the club with minimal experience in volleyball.
“Students should join the South Florida Beach Volleyball Club because it is a club that will build long lasting, genuine relationships, make you become a more confident, healthier individual, as well as attaining a new skill… If you want to add joy, health and friends into your life. I strongly recommend you join the club.”
At the beginning of each semester, assessments are held where club leaders evaluate skill levels of current players and potential candidates.
Club President Emma Tanski was surprised by the number of potential candidates that participated in the assessments at the beginning of the fall semester.
“This year we had the biggest turnout for assessments. We had a total of 46 attendees,” Tanski said. “Members and non-members are even more excited than ever.”
Tanski has been a member of the club since fall 2018 and served as the president since spring 2019.
“The best part is seeing how players develop and seeing how much fun they are having,” Tanski said. “They deeply care about the club, too. If it weren’t for them, we would not be where we are now. They are the reason why I keep going in my position.”
South Florida Beach Volleyball Club meets twice a week on Wednesdays from 5 to 7 p.m. and Sundays from 3 to 5 p.m. at the University Student Center sand courts. To play in tournaments, members need to register for the Association of Volleyball Professionals. The cost to register is $20.
For more information, check out the club on BullsConnect or via its Instagram page @southflorida_bvc.
