Tech volleyball fans have a new team to root for: LOVB Atlanta, one of six inaugural League One Volleyball (LOVB) teams. LOVB (pronounced ‘love’) is the newest professional volleyball league aiming to set up volleyball athletes from youth to professionals on an unprecedented scale. While most associations attempt a trickle-down method, starting with professional-level play and hoping to inspire the youth, LOVB began with junior clubs throughout the nation in 2020 and has built its way up since.
Kaitlyn Gao, Peter Hirschmann and Kevin Wong co-founded LOVB with one goal: champion the sport and athletes of volleyball. In the next five years, they constructed the largest community of junior clubs in the U.