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A teammate of a transsexual athlete playing on a California High School Girls’ Volleyball Team talked on Monday about teams that lost games against them so far this season.
Several schools to compete against the Jurupa Valley High School Girls’ Volleyball team have already lost this season. AB Hernandez, a transgender athlete who stirring controversy during the course and the field season back in the spring, plays for girls’ volleyball.
Alyssa McPherson appeared on Pakinomist Channel’s “America Reports” and complained about her senior season sliding away from her because of the forfeit.
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AB Hernandez, a trans-gender student at the Jurupa Valley High School, poses for photos with his medals at California High School Track-and-Field Championships in Clovis, California, Saturday 31 May 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
“I just feel like it’s so unfair that I not only miss my senior season, but my other teammates, our JV teams and our beginner teams don’t play either,” McPherson said. “And it’s just so condescending that they don’t have a season and we just want to be able to compete, play and have fun.”
McPherson added that she was hoping to have fun in her last high school vocal season, but is starting to feel it is being “robbed” from her and her teammates.
“For me, I feel that this is just a matter of justice,” she said. “I just want to be able to compete and play and have fun in my last year. I want to be robbed of it. I’ve been looking forward to it since my first year and I don’t have the opportunity to do it this year. It’s just so sad.”
Maribel Munoz, McPherson’s mother, said she has talked to the school administrators about the question her daughter is facing and the rest of the program.
“I’ve complained several times to the administration and they just disregard our feelings, our attitude,” Munoz said. “I think they just focus more on a particular student versus the many. And that’s why we are here. We want the awareness of my daughter and the several other girls who miss this opportunity.”
She explained why her daughter didn’t really see the controversy as a security question.
“The security question – she doesn’t see it that far because she also plays at a high competitive level,” Munoz said. “She plays on a volleyball club team. She’s used to a higher caliber. So she doesn’t see it as a security (problem) in this aspect. That’s the unfairness and injustice we’re being treated right now.”
AB Hernandez, Center, flashes a sign as she shares first place on the podium with Jillene Wetteland, Left and Lelani Laruelle during a medal era for the high-hop at California High School Track-and-Field Championships in Clovis, Calif., Saturday, May 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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Two more lost occurred this weekend.
Jurupa Valley turned to the forfeits in a statement to Pakinomist Digital.
“We understand and recognize the disappointment of our Jurupa Valley High School athletes who are ready and ready to play. Decisions to cancel matches were made by teams in other districts,” the statement reads.
“As a public school district of California, JUSD is forced to follow the law that protects students from discrimination based on gender identity and requires students to be allowed to participate in athletic teams that are in line with their gender identity (California Education Code 221.5 (F)). -The Attorney General Rob Bonta and California.5 (F)).
“We are proud of our JVHS JAGUARS and their willingness to play any team and represent their school and our district with pride. We are currently working to find further matches to give them that opportunity.”
National attention was thrown back at the Jurupa Valley High School when Riverside Poly High School’s Girls Volleyball team announced that it lost a 15th August game in a statement. Several parents of Riverside Poly players and a school guidance member told Pakinomist Digital that the forfeiture was in response to the Trans at the Jurupa Valley, AB Hernandez.
Hernandez’s mother, Nereyda Hernandez, turned to the recent controversy in an exclusive statement to Pakinomist Digital on Sunday.
“I understand the discomfort some might feel because I was once there too. The difference is, I chose to learn to grow and open my heart,” she said.
“Believe me, I know some people really don’t understand what it means to be transgender. I still learn, right next to my child. That’s why I choose not to respond with anger or respect. Instead, I choose empathy because learning takes time and compassion makes all the difference.”
The statement continued, “My baby is petite, what sets her apart is not her size or strength, but her skill and the way she plays the game … This is a child and I can assure you that she sees your daughters as friends, as teammates, like friends, not through a lens of something that is dishonest.
“Finally, I leave you with this: My child is so innocent, she wasn’t even aware that the lost games were because of her.”
