Beach Volleyball Star to Preach

One of the best American beach volleyball players will speak in Westmont chapel on Friday, Feb. 16, at 10:30 am in Murchison Gym. Alumnus Avery Drost (’07) led the Association of Volleyball Players (AVP) with 350 digs and was second with 551 kills last season. He coaches boys’ volleyball at Mira Costa High School in Manhattan Beach while serving as a youth director at New City Church in El Segundo.

Avery started playing indoor volleyball late in high school and at Westmont learned the beach game from East Beach legends such as Randy Stoklos, Todd Rogers, and Dax Holdren. He qualified for his first AVP Main Draw in Santa Barbara in 2010. 

In 2018, he won the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball event in Australia and the North, Central America and Caribbean Volleyball Confederation (NORCECA) Tour event in Cuba.

Last year, he played in eight AVP events finishing all of them in the top-10. In 2022, he played in 13 tournaments, 10 of which saw him finish in the Top 10 – including three 2nd place finishes at Virginia Beach, Huntington Beach, and Atlantic City.