National player of the year Grayson Bradford leads four AVCA boys volleyball All-Americans for top-ranked Mira Costa

Following a season that culminated with Mira Costa High being recognized as the top-ranked high school boys volleyball team in the country, highlighted by winning the inaugural CIF Division 1 state championship May 31 in Fresno, the Mustangs were rewarded Thursday with four student-athletes earning All-America honors by the American Volleyball Coaches Association, including national player of the year Grayson Bradford.

The AVCA honored 28 student-athletes as part of the 18th edition of its prep boys volleyball All-America selections, with 10 representing California high schools, as Bradford led the quartet from Mira Costa.

Grayson Bradford, right, was chosen as AVCA National Player of the Year, leading four Mira Costa athletes who earned All-America honors | Alex Valladares photo

Bradford, a 6-foot-11 right-side hitter and UCLA signee, and USC-bound setter Andrew Chapin were the two Mustangs chosen among 10 competitors selected All-America first-team honorees.

Bradford, a transfer from Crespi High, had 253 kills, 73 blocks and 15 aces, in addition to a .414 hitting percentage.

Also joining the Mira Costa standouts on the first team were middle blocker Roman Payne from Carlsbad High, a Hawaii commit, in addition to UCLA-bound libero Brogan Glenn of Corona del Mar and UC San Diego signee Lathan Fry from Granite Hills High.

Alex Heins, a New Jersey Institute of Technology-bound middle blocker, as well as outside hitter and Hawaii signee Thatcher Fahlbusch were the Mira Costa athletes selected among 10 competitors on the second team.

Blake Fahlbusch, a junior and USC commit from Loyola High, was also recognized on the second team, in addition to Harvard-bound setter Kai Gan of Huntington Beach, which lost to Mira Costa in both the CIF-Southern Section Open Division championship match and the Southern California Regional Division 1 final.

Chapin and Gan were the only two California setters to be recognized as All-Americans.

Andrew Chapin was one of two setters from California to earn AVCA All-America honors and was among four Mira Costa players recognized after leading the Mustangs to the inaugural CIF Division 1 state title | Alex Valladares photo

Logan Hutnick, a sophomore outside hitter from Huntington Beach, was one of eight players chosen as an All-America honorable mention selection, including the only competitor from California.

Greg Snyder, who guided Mira Costa (37-2) to its first state championship along with Southern Section and Southern California Regional titles, was honored as AVCA West Region Coach of the Year.

Jordan Vidovic of second-ranked Marist High in Illinois (40-2), one of two programs to defeat Mira Costa this season, was selected AVCA National Coach of the Year.