COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – San Diego Mojo head coach Tayyiba Haneef-Park has been selected for induction into the USA Volleyball Hall of Fame, the organization announced on Tuesday. Haneef-Park is among six athletes that will be honored with the All-Time Great Athlete Award as members of the Class of 2025. Along with Haneef-Park the group includes Lindsey Berg, Mike Dodd, Tom Hoff, David Lee and Kerri Walsh Jennings.
“We are proud to celebrate these legendary athletes whose remarkable careers have elevated the sport of volleyball and inspired generations,” said USA Volleyball President and CEO John Speraw. “This Hall of Fame induction not only honors their achievements but also fuels the future of volleyball’s vibrant community, inspiring the next generation to chase their dreams and carry the sport forward.”
A three-time Olympian, Haneef-Park helped lead the U.S. Women’s National Team to Olympic silver medals in 2008 and 2012. A collegiate star at Long Beach State, she guided her team to a 33-1 record and an NCAA runner-up finish in 2001. She ranks seventh on the school’s all-time kill list with 1,421. She competed for Team USA for over a decade, contributing to multiple podium finishes at the FIVB World Cup and World Grand Prix. In February, Haneef-Park was selected as an assistant coach for the women's national team coaching staff.
To receive the All-Time Great Athlete Award, an athlete must have played at least five years on a U.S. national team and competed in a minimum of five top-level international events—including the Olympic Games, FIVB World Championship, FIVB World Cup, or NORCECA Championship.
The six athletes will be inducted into the USA Volleyball Hall of Fame during the annual banquet and ceremony on May 21 at the Hilton Denver City Center in Colorado, two days before the 2025 USA Volleyball Open National Championship begins at the Denver Convention Center.
USA Volleyball will announce additional 2025 Hall of Fame award winners soon.
Haneef-Park and the Mojo are on the road this week starting with a matchup against the Orlando Valkyries on Thursday, March 13. First serve from Additional Financial Arena is set for 4 p.m. PT and the match will air live on the Roku Channel.
ABOUT SAN DIEGO MOJO
San Diego Mojo are a women’s professional volleyball team in San Diego, Calif. and is a founding member of Pro Volleyball Federation, the premier women’s professional volleyball league in North America. The Mojo are led by 2024 PVF Coach of the Year and three-time Olympian Tayyiba Haneef-Park and play their home matches at Viejas Arena on the campus of San Diego State University. The team is owned by longtime San Diegan and UC San Diego alum Gary E. Jacobs, a co-founder and Chairman of the Board of the Gary and Jerri-Ann Jacobs High Tech High Charter School and managing director of Jacobs Investment Company (JIC).
ABOUT USA VOLLEYBALL
USA Volleyball is the National Governing Body (NGB) for the sport of volleyball in the United States and is recognized as such by the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) and the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC).
USA Volleyball’s Go For Gold Strategic Plan will guide the organization’s priorities, decision-making processes and culture through the remainder of the 2024 Quad which will set the framework of priorities leading up and into the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic and Paralympic Games. These guiding principles will enable USA Volleyball to maintain the recognition and reputation as the leader in the sport across the country, grow participation at all levels, provide unmatched support to the forty (40) USA Volleyball Regions (RVAs), engage with all members of the volleyball community, and remain a leading sport National Governing Body in the United States.
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