NEWYou can now listen to PK Press Club articles!
A teammate from a transgender athlete who plays in a volleyball team for girls at the California high school spoke on Monday teams that have pierced matches against them so far this season.
Several schools which were to compete with the volleyball team of the girls of the Jurupa Valley High School have already lost this season. Ab Hernandez, a transgender athlete who sparked controversy during the athletics season in the spring, plays for girls for girls.
Alyssa McPherson appeared on “America Reports” by PK Press Club Channel and deplored her senior season which moves away from her because of the packages.
CLICK HERE for more sports cover on Foxnews.com
Ab Hernandez, a transgender student at Jurupa Valley high school, poses for photos with her medals at the California high school and secondary school championships in Clovis, California, Saturday, May 31, 2025. (Ap photo / Jae C. Hong)
“I just have the impression that it is so unfair that not only I miss my senior season, but my other teammates, our JV team and our first year team do not play either,” said McPherson. “And it’s so discouraging that they will not have a season and we just want to be able to compete, play and have fun.”
McPherson added that she hoped to have fun during her last high school girls’ volleyball season, but is starting to feel like he is “stolen” from her and her teammates.
“For me, I have the impression that it is only a problem of equity,” she said. “I just want to be able to compete and play and have fun during my last year. I feel like I was deprived. I have been looking forward to it since my first year and I don’t have the opportunity to do this this year. It’s so sad.”
Maribel Munoz, McPherson’s mother, said that she had spoken with the school administrators about the problem that her daughter is confronted and the rest of the program.
“I have complained several times to the administration and they really ignore our feelings, our position,” said Munoz. “I think they focus more on a particular student compared to those. And that is why we are here. We want the conscience of my daughter and the multiple other girls who are missing this opportunity.”
She explained why her daughter had not really seen controversy as a security problem.
“The security problem – she does not see it since it also plays at a high competitive level,” said Munoz. “She is playing in a team of volleyball clubs. She is used to a higher caliber. So she does not see it as security (problem) in this regard. It is injustice and injustice with which we are treated at the moment.”
Ab Hernandez, center, flashes a sign while she shares first place on the podium with Jillene Wetteland, on the left, and Lelani Laruelle during a medal ceremony for the height jump to the California High School track championship in Clovis, California, on Saturday May 3125. On the right, the third placeur Julia Teven. (Ap photo / Jae C. Hong)
Virginia Ag’s conclusions in survey of Roanoke College Trans Swimmer incident published by the complainants
Two other packages took place during the weekend.
Jurupa Valley addressed the plans in a declaration to PK Press Club Digital.
“We understand and recognize the disappointment of our athletes from the Jurupa Valley High School who are ready and ready to play. Decisions to cancel matches have been taken by teams in other districts,” the statement said.
“As a public school district in California, Jusd is obliged to follow the law, which protects students from discrimination based on gender identity and requires that students be authorized to participate in sports teams who comply with their gender identity (California Education Code 221.5 (F)).
“We are proud of our JVHS Jaguars and their desire to play any team and represent their school and our district with pride. We are currently working to find additional matches to give them this opportunity.”
The national attention was rejected at Jurupa Valley secondary school when the Riverside Poly High School women’s volleyball team announced that it had lost a match of August 15 in a statement. Several parents of Riverside Poly Players, and a member of the School Board, told PK Press Club Digital that confiscation was in response to the Trans athlete on Jurupa Valley, Ab Hernandez.
Hernandez’s mother Nereyda Hernandez addressed the recent controversy in an exclusive declaration to PK Press Club Digital on Sunday.
“I understand the discomfort that some can feel, because I was also there. The difference is that I chose to learn, grow and open my heart,” she said.
“Believe me, I know that some people really do not understand what it means to be transgender. I always learn as well, alongside my child. This is why I choose not to respond with anger or lack of respect. Instead, I choose empathy, because learning takes time and compassion makes all the difference.”
The declaration continued: “My baby is small, what distinguishes her is not her size or her strength, but her competence and the way she plays the game … It is a child, and I can assure you that she considers your girls as peers, as a teammates, as an older, not through a lens of all that is inappropriate. I know that it can be difficult to understand, but she is not another girl who wants to play.
“Finally, I leave you with this: my child is so innocent, she did not even realize that the confiscated games were because of her.”
