Long Beach State University Athletics
2026 Women's Beach Volleyball Roster
Malia Gementera
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Chula Vista, Calif.
- High School:
- Eastlake HS
Long Beach State Career Pairs Win Leader [Hagenah]
Long Beach State Career Individual Wins Leader [W/ Hagenah]
Long Beach State Single Season Pairs Win Leader [Hagenah]
Long Beach State Single Season Individual Win Leader [W/Hagenah]
2026 First Team All-American
2025 First Team All-Big West
2025 First Team All-American
2025 Big West Pair of the Year (with Taylor Hagenah)
2025 First Team All-Big West
2025 AVCA Top Flight Award Recipient (Flight 1)
2024 First Team All-American
2024 First Team All-Big West
2024 AVCA Top Flight Award recipient (Flight 1)
2023 Big West Co-Freshman of the Year
2023 First Team All-Big West
2023 AVCA Top Flight Award recipient (Flights 2,3)
Career: Played every match in her career with Taylor Hagenah … The pair finished the season with 119 wins, becoming the first pair to pass 100 career wins in program history … The 119 career wins are both the most pair and individual wins in program history … The pair also set the single-season record with 34 wins as freshmen in 2023 … Won the AVCA Pairs National Championship in Huntsville, Alabama in Fall 2026.
Long Beach State (2026): Named a First Team All-American for the third consecutive season … Also named First Team All-Big West for the fourth time, becoming the first two players in program history to receive four All-Big West honors … Went 24-11 while playing exclusively in the top flight … Opened the season with four straight wins before taking their first loss of the season at No. 2 UCLA … Earned Big West Player of the Week honors following a win against No. 8 LMU and reaching 100 career wins … Match with Cal Poly in the Big West finals went unfinished … Fell in a heartbreaker at the NCAA Championship against No. 8 Cal, 23-21, 15-21, 11-15 … An Academic All-Big West selection.
(2025): Selected as a First Team All-American for the second straight season … Chosen as the Big West Pair of the Year … An AVCA Top Flight Award recipient for the third straight season and the second consecutive in flight one … An All-Big West First Team honoree … Went 33-4 overall on the year while playing exclusively in the top flight … Had a 16-match winning streak during the year and finished the season in 14 straight matches without a defeat with 12 wins and two unfinished matches … Named Big West Pair of the Week five times throughout the season and the AVCA National Pair of the Week in March after going undefeated at the Big West Challenge … Passed Nicci Reinking for most career wins at Long Beach State at the Big West Championship … Had an unfinished match in the NCAA Championship against Florida State.
(2024): Earned the title of First Team All American... Back-to-back All-Big West First Team selection with Taylor Hagenah and AVCA Top Flight Award recipient...Posted a 27-9 record at the first flight with 11 wins over ranked opponents, including two wins over top five teams...Set the all-time pairs wins record with a win over Cal in the first round of the NCAA Championships.
(2023): Shared the Big West Freshman of the Year award and earned an All-Big West First Team selection with Taylor Hagenah … Set the single-season program record for individual and pairs wins, going 34-5 in her rookie campaign … Was a perfect 6-0 in flight one, 16-1 in flight two, and 12-4 in flight three … Ended the season on a 14-dual win streak and winner in 27 of final 28 duals … Went a perfect 4-0 at the Big West Championships, including the clinching point in the semi-final victory over Hawai’i … Won her first flight dual in the first round of the NCAA Championships … Racked up a team-best 16 wins over ranked opponents, including eight over top ten programs.
Beach Volleyball: Named a Second Team AVCA Junior All-American honoree … Played club ball with Wave Beach Volleyball … Also earned JVA Best of the Beach honors … Finished third at the 2022 AAU Nationals, CBVA Women’s Open, and 2021 AAU Junior Olympic Games.
High School: A four-year letterwinner in indoor volleyball at Eastlake High School … Helped her team to four consecutive league titles … Was a two-time First Team Metro League selection and one Second Team selection … As a senior, named First Team All-CIF San Diego and MVP.
Major: Psychology
LBSU Career Record: 119-30
Record by Flight
1: 90-24
2: 17-2
3: 12-4
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