California HS girls' volleyball team with trans athlete sees 8th forfeit amid growing controversy

Jurupa Valley High School volleyball player Alyssa McPherson and her mother Maribel Munoz speak out on why several girls' volleyball teams in California are forfeiting over a transgender athlete on 'America Reports.'

At least eight high school volleyball teams in California have forfeited to a team with a well-known transgender athlete. 

The Jurupa Unified School District (JUSD) confirmed that Patriot High School has forfeited its Sept. 26 match to Jurupa Valley High School, which rosters trans athlete AB Hernandez. Both Patriot and Jurupa Valley are within the same school district, the Jurupa Unified School District (JUSD). 

"We can confirm the Patriot High School volleyball team will forfeit their September 26 match," JUSD said in a statement to Fox News Digital. 

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AB Hernandez, a transgender student at Jurupa Valley High School, poses for photos with her medals at the California high school track-and-field championships in Clovis, Calif., Saturday, May 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Patriot's forfeit marked the first forfeit to Jurupa Valley by a school within its own district. 

Jurupa Valley saw three forfeits in one weekend at the Freeway Games tournament on Sept. 13, with Aquinas High School, Yucaipa High School and San Dimas High School refusing to play Jurupa Valley. 

Prior to that, Riverside Poly High School, Rim of The World High School, Orange Vista High School and AB Miller High School all forfeited to Jurupa Valley. 

Three of Hernandez's current and former volleyball teammates have filed a lawsuit against the Jurupa Unified School District (JUSD), the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) and the California Department of Education (CDE) over their