About Travis Mewhirter

Author, journalist, podcast host, and broadcaster, Travis Mewhirter has written 4 number-one bestsellers — including Kings of Summer: The Rise of Beach Volleyball, alongside Olympic gold medalist Kent Steffes. He has also written award-winning features, including a package at the Northwest Florida Daily News that earned him Sports Writer of the Year, and a heartfelt story on the late Eric Zaun in Volleyball Magazine, which was an honorable mention in the 2020 Best American Sportswriting. Following the passing of Eric Zaun, Mewhirter, alongside Jon Mesko and Katie Spieler, founded the Eric Zaun Award, which has raised more than 25 thousand to fund beach volleyball players. Mewhirter now devotes most of his time to playing and covering beach volleyball, via his podcast: SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, as well as writing for Volleyball Magazine and commentating on Volleyball TV. Mewhirter and Bourne have written two books together: Volleyball for Milkshakes, and Playbook of Champions, both of which were number-one best-sellers.

Beach Volleyball Digest: Norway is all the way back; TKN goes back-to-back; Mykel Jenkins on the pod

2024-12-09T17:12:23+00:00By |

December 9 Norway is Still Norway. SKOL! Good afternoon, or morning, or whatever, beach volleyball fans, Why the same intro as last week? Because I'm finally home, in Tallahassee, after a 27-hour travel day from Doha and, per usual, am living in my full-time residence of Jetlag Land. It's worth it. Why? Because Kyle Friend and I have the funnest jobs in the world, commentating on the best beach volleyball players in the most high-level events of the season: Elite16s and, in this case, the...

Beach Volleyball Digest: Molly Shaw and Toni Rodriguez’s epic hattrick; Kyle Friend’s new adventure; gift guide; NCAA playoffs begin

2024-12-02T18:13:15+00:00By |

December 2 Three's Company Good afternoon, or morning, or whatever, beach volleyball fans, I don't know what time it is for you, or for me, for that matter. I'm on a plane bound for Doha, site of the Beach Pro Tour Finals, the bookend to a long and winding season that began right here, in Doha, in February with the season-opening Elite16. Fond memories I have of that event, when I had to commentate my own team, Tri Bourne and Chaim Schalk, as they lost a backbreaker in the final round of the...

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