Taylor Crabb

The brothers pushed the No. 1 seeds to a tiebreaker set, losing with a score of 21–19, 12–21, 9–15, and eventually finished the tournament tied for 25th.

As a senior, Crabb made the first team All-American once again, finishing his final collegiate season with 499 kills, with an average of 4.8 kills per set (first in the NCAA) and a hitting percentage of .371 (21st in the NCAA).

By the end of the tournament, Crabb had scored a total of 75 points (23rd out of 85 players), posting a 0.34 kill percentage (17th out of 85 players) and averaging 1.58 digs per set (19th out of 94 players).

His uncle Tony served as an assistant coach for the 1984 Olympic-gold-medal-winning United States men's national volleyball team, and his cousin Lindsey Berg is a two-time Olympic silver medalist with the United States women's national volleyball team.

His brother Trevor, three years his senior, played NCAA Division I (D-I) indoor volleyball for the Long Beach State 49ers.

Volleyball was a big part of Crabb's childhood and he has "been playing since [he] could walk."

He grew up playing two-on-two beach volleyball with his father and older brothers.

Taylor Crabb (born January 26, 1992) is an American beach volleyball player who plays as a left-side defender with his partner Taylor Sander.

He has won eleven tournaments on the AVP Pro Tour, as well as one gold medal on the FIVB World Tour.

Growing up in Hawaii in a volleyball-playing family, the sport was a big part of Crabb's childhood.

Crabb was born on January 26, 1992, in Honolulu, Hawaii, and hails from a sporting family.

His father Chris was a professional indoor volleyball player, while his mother Paula was on the Southern Connecticut State University gymnastics team.

From 2004 to 2010, Crabb played club indoor volleyball in the youth ranks of the Outrigger Canoe Club; his club came in second at the 2010 USA Volleyball Junior National Championships in the 18s Open division.

Crabb also played high school indoor volleyball for Punahou School.

In his senior year, Punahou completed an undefeated season by winning the state championship, with Crabb named as the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

Crabb was a member of the United States national under-19 squad that finished tenth at the 2009 U19 World Championship.

The following year, he was called up to the under-21 national team for the 2010 Men's Junior NORCECA Volleyball Championship.

The United States beat Canada in three straight sets in the finals to win the gold medal, and Crabb was named the Best Spiker of the tournament.

Crabb turned down offers from other top D-I indoor volleyball programs to join his brother Trevor at Long Beach State, joining the 49ers in the 2010–11 season as an outside hitter.

Crabb played in 29 matches (23 as a starter) in his freshman year, amassing 296 kills, while averaging 2.6 kills and 1.38 digs per set.

He recorded a team-best 303 kills in his sophomore year, averaging 2.75 kills and 1.91 digs per set.

In his junior year, Crabb posted the most number of kills in the NCAA at 502, and averaged 4.18 kills per set (fourth in the NCAA) with a .353 hitting percentage (eighth in the NCAA).

He led the 49ers to their first Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) conference finals in seven years, where they lost to the BYU Cougars.

Crabb went on to captain the 12-man under-21 national team that competed at the 2011 U21 World Championship in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The United States finished fourth following losses to Argentina in the semifinals and Serbia in the bronze-medal match.

His first professional result was a 49th place at a tournament in Hermosa Beach, California, in 2011.

At the end of the 2012–13 season, Crabb was selected to the first team All-American and was voted National Player of the Year by the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA).

He was a standout college indoor volleyball player for the Long Beach State 49ers, and was the 2013 collegiate National Player of the Year.

He made his Association of Volleyball Professionals (AVP) debut two years later at the 2013 Manhattan Beach Open, where he and Trevor came through the qualifiers and faced the top-seeded Phil Dalhausser and Sean Rosenthal in the first round of the double-elimination main draw.

Upon graduating in 2014, he spent one season playing in the Pro A indoor volleyball league before leaving to focus on beach volleyball.

For the next two years, he had limited success playing with his brother Trevor on the domestic AVP Pro Tour and the international FIVB World Tour.

Crabb graduated with a Bachelor's degree in American studies in 2014.

While still in college, Crabb partnered with his brother Trevor to compete as an amateur on the domestic beach volleyball circuits.

He split from Trevor to team up with Gibb at the end of 2016.

In their third season together, Crabb and Gibb won their first World Tour title and entered the top ten of the world rankings.

He won the 2018 and 2019 AVP most valuable player award.

Crabb and Gibb were one of two United States men's beach volleyball teams that qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics.

However, despite being vaccinated and symptom-free, Crabb tested positive for COVID-19 upon arriving in Tokyo.

As a result, Crabb was replaced by Tri Bourne at the tournament.

An undersized volleyball player, Crabb has been noted for his speed and knowledge of the sport.