Volleyball star skewers Democrat state lawmaker from viral spat after 'Save Women's Sports' bill passes

Arizona native and volleyball star Kaylie Ray sent a message to Democrat state senator Catherine Miranda after their viral spat at a hearing earlier this year.

The Arizona state Legislature passed a bill to keep biological males out of women's and girls' sports last week, as it will now head to the ballot to be decided by voters this fall.

The bill garnered national attention after a viral spat between Democratic state senator Catherine Miranda and former Utah State volleyball star Kaylie Ray in March. Ray, who was an opponent of San Jose State during the school's trans athlete scandal from 2022-24, advocated for the bill at a hearing in March, and Miranda responded by commenting about her body and questioning her competitiveness, in a now-infamous viral exchange.

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Former NCAA volleyball player Kaylie Ray and Arizona state senator Catherine Miranda pose together in Arizona. (Courtesy of ICONS/Arizona State Legislature)

Now that the bill, HCR 2003, has passed the state Senate, Ray has a final word for Miranda.

"My message, again, to Senator Miranda would just to be that this is what the people want. This is what the American public wants, safe places for our daughters to achieve and excel," Ray told Fox News Digital. "It's not about exclusion. It's about including those girls who are losing opportunities to boys."

Ray sent an invitation to speak to Miranda privately, in a Fox News Digital interview in March. But Ray said that the senator has not said anything to her.

"Her silence to me is that she's doubled-down, of course I would hope that by looking at fact, and biological truth, that she would come to the conclusion that again this isn't about excluding anyone from