2026-2027 Beach Volleyball Roster

3 Brynne Faltinsky

  • Height 6-0
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Rancho Santa Fe, CA
  • High School The Bishop's School
  • Prev School Harvard

Biography

PREVIOUS SCHOOL, INDOOR VOLLEYBALL (2022-2025)
  • Spent the first four seasons of her college career playing indoor volleyball at Harvard (2022-2025) before joining USD beach volleyball ahead of its inaugural 2026-2027 campaign
SOPHOMORE (2023 AT HARVARD)
  • Posted a double-double with 12 kills and a career-high 11 digs at Dartmouth (Sept. 22)
  • Opened her season with 3 kills for 3 points against UNH (Sept. 2)
  • Notched 6 kills and 6 digs in a five-set match against Akron (Sept. 8)
  • Tallied a solo block, 6 kills and 7 digs against Providence (Sept. 16)
  • Recorded 2 aces and 9 digs at Columbia (Sept. 29-30)
  • Added 4 kills, 2 assists and 4 digs against Penn (Oct. 7)
  • Handed out an assist with 7 digs at Yale (Oct. 13), then finished with 4 kills, a service ace and 3 digs at Brown (Oct. 14)
FRESHMAN (2022 AT HARVARD)
  • Named Ivy League Rookie of the Week for her performance during the week of Oct. 10
  • Led the team in both kills and attacks against Cornell, finishing with a career-high 13 kills on 23 attacks and a .478 attack percentage (Oct. 14)
  • Followed a day later as a vital part of the win over Columbia with a team-leading 13 kills, a solo block and 2 block assists (Oct. 15)
  • Scored 7.5 points on 7 kills from 15 attacks and a block assist against Boston College (Sept. 3)
  • Combined for 11 kills and 17 digs across two matches against Winthrop and Duke in Durham, N.C. (Sept. 16-17)
  • Added a solo block and 8 kills on 14 attacks in the Crimson win over Penn (Oct. 29)
  • Notched 6 kills and a career-high 9 digs against Columbia (Nov. 4)
  • Put away 11 kills with a block assist for 11.5 points against Cornell (Nov. 5)
  • Closed the year with 6 kills and 9 digs in the final match against Yale (Nov. 12)
HIGH SCHOOL & CLUB
  • Four-year letterwinner, starter and team captain at The Bishop's School, where she piled up more than 1,000 career kills — including 504 as a senior — and won three straight league titles (2019-2021)
  • Three-time Coastal League Player of the Year (2019-2021)
  • Three-time First Team All-League selection (2019-2021) after earning Second Team honors in 2018
  • Two-time All-CIF San Diego First Team pick (2019, 2021)
  • Collected AVCA honors including the Best & Brightest Award, an All-Region selection and an All-America Watch List nod (2021), plus a spot on the AVCA Phenom List (2020)
  • Named to the CalHi All-State First Team as a sophomore (2019)
  • Two-time Union Tribune Athlete of the Week (2019, 2021)
  • Ranked No. 85 on Prep Volleyball's Class of 2022 Top 150 and previously appeared on its Freshman 59 (2019) and Sophomore 79 (2020) lists
  • Two-time JVA Watchlist honoree (2020, 2022)
  • Three-time SCVA club league champion and a four-time top-five finisher at the USA Volleyball Girls Junior National Championship Open Division, winning eight medals — including one gold and four silver — at USA Volleyball National Qualifier events
  • Played club volleyball for Coast Volleyball Club
  • Honor Roll recipient and Spanish Honor Society member who volunteered with Starlings Volleyball