High school girls' volleyball player speaks out about opponents forfeiting games over trans teammate

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.'

A teammate of a transgender athlete who plays on a California high school girls’ volleyball team spoke out on Monday about teams forfeiting games against them so far this season.

Several schools that were set to compete against the Jurupa Valley High School girls’ volleyball team have already forfeited this season. AB Hernandez, a transgender athlete who stirred controversy during the track and field season back in the spring, plays for girls’ volleyball.

Alyssa McPherson appeared on Fox News Channel’s "America Reports" and lamented her senior season slipping away from her because of the forfeits.

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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)

"I just feel like it’s so unfair that not only am I missing out on my senior season but my other teammates, our JV team and our freshmen team aren’t playing either," McPherson said. "And it’s just so disheartening that they’re not gonna have a season and we just want to be able to compete, play and have fun."

McPherson added that she hoped to have fun in her final high school girls’ volleyball season but is starting to feel like it’s being "robbed" from her and her teammates.

"To me, I feel like this is just a fairness issue," she said. "I just want to be able to compete and play and have fun in my last year. I feel like I got robbed of