2025-26 Beach Volleyball Roster

Drew Barton
Drew Barton
Drew Barton

14 Hailey Benesz

  • Height 5-9
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool East Brunswick HS
  • Hometown East Brunswick, N.J.

Biography

UNA 2025: American Volleyball Coaches Association Top Flight Award winner (Flight Five) ... finished the season 20-10 playing between flights three, four and five ... went 19-7 with Kaitlyn Holbrook and 1-3 with Lucy Wedding ... earned a victory from the fifth flight against No. 10 LSU on Feb. 28 ... picked up a win against No. 16 North Florida's fifth flight on March 28 ... went on winning streaks of four or more three times this season, including a season-high six from Feb. 28 – March 8 (No. 10 LSU, Louisiana Monroe, Southeastern Louisiana, South Florida, UT Martin and EKU)

OTHER COLLEGE (Santa Clara): Played her freshman and sophomore season at Santa Clara, playing under Head Coach Jeff Alzina ... brings a 25-29 overall to UNA, seeing action across all five flights.

HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at East Brunswick High School under head coach Christian Portera, where she played indoor volleyball as an outside hitter for the Bears ... was named Fall MVP in 2021 after leading her team to a New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association Group 4 Central Region Championship and a Greater Middlesex Conference Red Division State Sectional Championship ... played for the Stars and Stripes Beach Volleyball Club.
 
PERSONAL: Born to Francis and Diane Benesz and has two siblings ... birthday is December 5 and has two siblings … majoring in Marketing ... interesting facts are that her favorite food are soup dumplings, likes to travel, been to 10 different countries and is into fashion.

Historical Player Information

  • 14

    2024-25Junior

    5'9"
    14
  • 14

    2025-26Senior

    5'9"
    14