Julia Scoles, the Rookie of the Year with ’so much growth’ still to do

This episode of SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, features Julia Scoles, the VolleyballMag 2022 Rookie of the Year and one of the toughest – and also sweetest – people you’ll ever meet.

Scoles had one heck of a season this year, winning a second straight NCAA Championship with USC before embarking on a wildly successful AVP campaign, making five semifinals and two finals, winning the Atlanta Gold Series alongside Geena Urango. She’d also take gold at the FISU World University Championships with good friend, Hailey Harward. And she’s just getting started.

We talked about all of that, as well as:

• How this season became the best of her career
• Gritting through the Fort Lauderdale finals, where she was sick, and the winning Atlanta just one week later
• How childhood gymnastics prepared her for anything that life could throw at her
• How this season changed her outlook on her beach career.

And, as always, a whole lot more.

ENJOY!

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