The Atlanta Vibe are a women's professional indoor volleyball team based in the Atlanta metropolitan area that competes in Major League Volleyball (MLV). The Vibe began play in the league's inaugural 2024 season. The team plays its home games at Gas South Arena.
History On February 15, 2023, it was announced that Atlanta would be one of the cities to get a Pro Volleyball Federation franchise for the league's inaugural season. The Vibe name, logo and colors were unveiled on August 4. The first match, of both the Vibe's season and the inaugural Pro Volleyball Federation, was played on January 24, 2024, at CHI Health Center Omaha, with the Vibe winning with Omaha Supernovas in five sets. The attendance mark of 11,624 set a record for both a women's professional volleyball match in the United States, and in the Pro Volleyball Federation(now Major League Volleyball). In the 2024 season, the Atlanta Vibe finished as the regular season champions, securing the No. 1 overall seed for the Pro Volleyball Federation Championship.https://provolleyball.com/news/2024/04/atlanta-vibe-clinches-no-1-seed-at-championship However, in the semifinals, they were defeated by the Grand Rapids Rise, concluding their season as a top-four team in the 2024 PVF season.
Roster Current as of June 17, 2026.
Number Player Position College/Club Height1 Taylor SmithOutside hitterFlorida State/Arkansas5'10" Gabrielle BendaSetterGeorgia Tech/Marquette5'11" Karina ChmielewskaSetter5'8"15 Aiko JonesOpposite hitterLouisville6'2" Lauren MatthewsOpposite hitterWestern Kentucky6'1" Kendra DahlkeOutside hitterArizona6'13 Leah EdmondOutside hitterKentucky6'2" Oksana YakushinaOutside hitter6'4"22 Khori LouisMiddle blockerFlorida State6'3" Anita AnwusiMiddle blockerLSU6'3" Iga WasilewskaMiddle blocker6' Courtney JacksonLiberoArkansas5'8" Zoe JarvisLiberoTexas/UCLA/UC Santa Barbara5'6"
Coaching staff NameRoleKayla BanwarthHead CoachLaura KuhnGeneral Manager & Assistant CoachBeau LawlerAssistant Coach[Chip Smith]Head Strength & Conditioning CoachSean DelfaveroAthletic TrainerEmma BezdicekManager of Volleyball Operations
References
External links Atlanta Vibe official website