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Exclusive: Two high school girls Volleyball Player In California, as long as it awards a biological male trans athlete to their team.
Alyssa McPherson Hadeel Hazameh of Jurupa Valley High School in Riverside County, California told Fox News Digital that they won’t play with Trans athletes or use the locker room. Both players sat on Thursday night game against Greeley High School.
“Deciding to sit down was a tough decision because I like the sport, I like competition, but this situation with a biological male on the team was not only unfair to me, but to me, and very unfair to all the female athletes,” McPherson said.
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Hazame said she hopes her decision not to play will “encourage” others.
Despite how much I love the sport, it was a very difficult decision for me to be reluctant to share a locker room or court with a biology male, because it was totally unfair to choose to play in the women’s volleyball team and it was unfair and unsafe for everyone to be affected by this situation.
Jurupa Valley high school girls volleyball players Hadeel Hazameh (left) and Alyssa McPherson (right) said that as long as trans athletes join their team, they won’t play. (Contributed by Jessica Tapia)
At least four opposing teams have confiscated the game in Jurupa Valley this season. Thursday’s match against Chaffey was added to the Jura Valley’s schedule to deal with the recent seizure.
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The school has been under national review back to last spring’s track and field season as the same trans athlete AB Hernandez runs for the women’s state championship in high jump and triple jump competitions. President Donald Trump amplifies his attention when he warns California ahead of the state championship game in May.
Now, Hernandez is not only protested by opposing teams in the middle of her senior’s final volleyball season, but also by long-time teammates.
Fox News Digital has contacted the Jurupa Unified School District with McPherson and Hazameh’s statements.
The district previously provided a statement specifically to Fox News’s digital numbers, suggesting that the ongoing dispute involving Hernandez is blamed on government officials and lawmakers.
“School districts do not make laws for California and have no ability to ignore or change them. However, because they are primarily state-funded agencies, they must follow them. Because these issues play a role in our courts and in the media, any advocacy for these matters should be directed to state and federal officials to be elected as laws and policies for public education.
“We sympathize with all students affected by problems beyond their control. JUSD is committed to upholding this law, which prohibits gender, gender identity, gender expression and sexual orientation in any program or activity, based on the support of all students at school and ensures support of all students and confirms their people at school.”
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Jurupa Valley trans athlete AB Hernandez watched on May 24, 2025 at Moorpark High School’s CIF Southern Masters at Moorpark High School in Moorpark High School in California at the Women’s Division III competition. (Kirby Lee/Getty Images)
California law enables biological males to participate in high school sports for girls dating back to 2013.
The California Interschool Federation (CIF) was one of the first state high school athletic leagues to announce the order after Trump signed an executive order to “remove men from women’s sports.”
The U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against the CIF and the California Department of Education (CDE) in July because Trump’s mission kept biological males out. The lawsuit happened after Hernandez’s state championship.
Now, as trans teenagers compete in another high school volleyball season, they will miss two teammates.
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