The best youth players in the area are honored during the Beach Volleyball Hall of Fame Ceremony in Hermosa Beach, CA on Nov. 8th, 2025. (Photo by Gil Castro-Petres, Contributing Photographer)Phil Dalhausser and other volleyball luminaries were honored during the 13th annual Beach Volleyball Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in Hermosa Beach on Friday evening, Nov. 7.Dalhausser, a seven-time Manhattan Beach Open winner and 2008 Olympic gold medalist, was joined by 2004 Olympian and 14-time tour winner Dax Holdren and announcer Ji...
The best youth players in the area are honored during the Beach Volleyball Hall of Fame Ceremony in Hermosa Beach, CA on Nov. 8th, 2025. (Photo by Gil Castro-Petres, Contributing Photographer)
Phil Dalhausser and other volleyball luminaries were honored during the 13th annual Beach Volleyball Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in Hermosa Beach on Friday evening, Nov. 7.
Dalhausser, a seven-time Manhattan Beach Open winner and 2008 Olympic gold medalist, was joined by 2004 Olympian and 14-time tour winner Dax Holdren and announcer Jim Arico, a voice for the Association of Volleyball Professionals for more than 20 years, as 2025 inductees.
“I wouldn’t know any of these people without volleyball,” Holdren said. “I wouldn’t know Todd (Rogers) without volleyball. I wouldn’t know Jimmy Arico without volleyball. It’s just been an amazing experience. I don’t feel like I belong into this group, but it’s really cool that I’m here. I was just really blessed and lucky to play with a lot of people that are really, really good people and really, really good players.”
Dalhausser was unable to attend the ceremony, but a video featuring the new inductee was shown during the ceremony.
Winning the gold medal at the Beijing Olympics was one of the highlights of his long career, as was winning the Manhattan Beach Open seven times, Dalhausser said.
“My most memorable is a no brainer, it’s Manhattan Beach,” Dalhausser said on the video. “I think most of the players say that. There’s so much history and everybody wants to win so bad.”
When the AVP tour was getting started, Arico said during the ceremony, he was asked if he would be interested in announcing.
“I said, ‘Let me get this straight,’” Arico said. “’I’m gonna travel around with you guys (and) see the best beach volleyball in the world. Introduce our beloved sport to the rest of the country, and get paid for it? I’m in, when do we start?’ And so for the next two decades or so thereafter, I found myself on tour with some of the best people I’ve ever met in my life and some of the craziest characters our sport would ever know.”
The California Beach Volleyball Association honored the inductees at the Hermosa Beach Community Theater following a happy hour, which took place at the Hermosa Beach Museum, the home of the Hall of Fame.