University of South Florida beach volleyball head coach Jo Kremer announced Nov. 11 that the program signed four student-athletes in her first signing class with the Bulls. The class includes June Culicerto, Elise Murtha, Lais do Amaral and Kirra Snider. The group features a Brazilian state champion and U17 Season MVP, a Virginia first-team all-region and all-state selection, a two-time JVA Beach Watch List nominee and a 2025 AVP Junior National Championships competitor.
Culicerto is from Virginia Beach, Virginia, and attends Frank W. Cox High School. Murtha is from Palos Verdes Estates, California, and attends Palos Verdes High School, while do Amaral is from Joinville, Brazil, and attends Centro Educacional Prisma. Snider is from New Braunfels, Texas, and attends Saint John Paul II Catholic High School.
Virginia and California signees add indoor experience
Culicerto is a four-year varsity starter and two-year team captain at Frank W. Cox High School. She earned first-team all-region and all-state honors as a senior outside hitter, helped lead the school to the VHSL state tournament and surpassed 1,000 career digs during her senior season. Culicerto also earned all-region honors as a junior libero after leading her district in digs.
Culicerto enters her fourth year of full-time competitive beach volleyball with Virginia Beach-based 757 Beach after four years of indoor club volleyball. She chose South Florida over scholarship offers from North Florida, Florida Atlantic and South Carolina. She plans to major in health sciences.
Murtha is a two-time JVA Beach Watch List nominee in the class of 2027, receiving nominations in 2025 and 2026. She plays for MB Sand in Manhattan Beach, California, after competing for 692 Texas Beach Volleyball Club in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Murtha also lettered in varsity volleyball and track and field at Frisco High School and earned Defensive Player of the Year honors there in 2023.
Murtha is a senior at Palos Verdes High School after spending three seasons at Frisco High School in Frisco, Texas. She chose South Florida over scholarship offers from UC Davis and FIU. Murtha plans to study global and social studies through South Florida’s exploratory studies program.
Do Amaral brings Brazilian championship credentials
Do Amaral won the Santa Catarina state championship in the open category in 2025 while competing at the U17 level. She was named the 2025 U17 Season MVP and held the No. 1 spot in Santa Catarina’s U17 state rankings throughout the season. She also finished fifth at the 2025 U17 Brazilian National Championship and was invited to a Brazilian national team training camp in 2024.
Do Amaral took third at both the 2026 U21 and U19 Santa Catarina State Championships. She also finished third at the U19 Jogos Abertos de Santa Catarina and second at the Santa Catarina State School Games. She competes for AVP Piçarras in Balneário Piçarras, Brazil, and carries a 9.23 overall average on Brazil’s 10-point grading scale.
Do Amaral plans to major in computer science. Her results give South Florida a signee with experience across Brazilian age-group and open-category competition. She is listed as a blocker for the Bulls.
Snider adds AVP junior national experience
Snider finished ninth at the 2025 AVP Junior National Championships. She competes for the Silverbeach National Team in Austin, where she has trained under former AVP professionals Katie Dickens and Angela White. Snider has played beach volleyball since age 12.
Snider spent two semesters training at Altitude, a beach volleyball boarding school in Florida. She also made the varsity indoor volleyball team at Saint John Paul II Catholic High School as a freshman. She is listed as a defender for South Florida.
Kremer begins South Florida tenure with four signees
Kremer was named South Florida’s second beach volleyball head coach on May 30, 2026. Before joining the Bulls, she spent three seasons as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Stanford. She helped guide Stanford to the No. 1 overall seed in the 2026 NCAA Tournament and the program’s first appearance in the NCAA Championship Match.
Kremer coached 11 AVCA First Team All-Americans and reached the NCAA Tournament in each of her three seasons at Stanford. She also helped Stanford capture the 2025 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championship. South Florida beach volleyball joined Conference USA on July 1, 2025.
FSB Take
South Florida’s first class under Kremer covers several established development paths. Culicerto and Murtha provide indoor and junior beach volleyball experience, do Amaral brings Brazilian championship credentials and Snider adds a top-10 finish at the AVP Junior National Championships. That range gives the Bulls four distinct recruiting profiles as Kremer builds the program in Conference USA.
Source: Original report