Beach Bits:
• In Huntington Beach 2019 Kraft and Dalaynie Maple became the youngest team to ever advance from the qualifier on the AVP Tour. The high school teammates (and later college teammates) were both 16 years old. The duo beat three tandems of sisters, including two sets of twins, and placed 13th.
• Entering the 2026 season, Kraft has played 20 times in the USA (19 AVP events excluding the League plus one international event) in five different states, and 42 international events (including NORCECA) in 21 different countries.
2025: Kraft and Cannon played in two AVP events and placed second each time, including in Manhattan Beach. They again competed in the AVP League but this time playing for the Los Angeles Launch. They went 5-3 in the regular season but lost in the quarterfinals of the League Championships. Internationally Kraft and Cannon played nine tournaments, ending with two silvers, one bronze, one fourth, four fifths, and a 17th in the World Championships in Australia.
2024: Kraft and Terese Cannon teamed up on the AVP Tour, where they finished in fifth place in all three tournaments. In the AVP League the duo competed for the Brooklyn Blaze and had a 3-5 match record in the regular season. Internationally Kraft and Cannon began the season with a pair of losses in qualifiers despite being seeded in the top three each time. Then in their next four events they won three silvers and one bronze, with one of the silver medals coming in the BPT Finals.
2023: Kraft and Stockman played in four AVP tournaments with a best of third in Manhattan Beach. Internationally they played seven events together with a best of fifth. Kraft then played with Terese Cannon for three international events, getting their best of fifth in their last outing. The duo won a NORCECA event in December.
2022: Kraft teamed with Emily Stockman, and in their first tournament Kraft reached her first AVP semifinal, finishing in third place. The duo played four times, with their next best finish being a fifth in Manhattan Beach. Internationally Kraft played once with Savvy Simo, winning a gold medal in a Futures Event in Turkiye. Kraft and Stockman played 11 times, the most of any American duo. The pair won a gold medal in a Futures Event in Poland and advanced to two other semifinals.
2021: Kraft played twice on the AVP Tour, advancing from the qualifier in Atlanta with Savvy Simo to place seventh, then finishing ninth in Manhattan Beach with Tina Graudina. Kraft placed ninth on the World Beach Pro Tour with Sara Hughes, and then lost in the qualifier with Kimberly Hildreth. Kraft and Delaynie Maple won the FIVB U-19 World Championships in Thailand, going 8-0 in matches including the qualifier.
2020: Kraft played in one international event, advancing from the qualifier and placing fourth in Guam alongside Delaynie Maple.
2019: Kraft and Delaynie Maple advanced from the qualifier in Huntington Beach in the season opener and placed 13th. After losing in the qualifier in Seattle, the duo earned a wildcard into Hermosa Beach and finished in fifth place.
2018: Kraft made her AVP debut at the age of 15, losing in the qualifier in Hermosa Beach alongside 16-year old Delaynie Maple, her high school teammate. Kraft and Maya Harvey advanced from the qualifier and placed ninth in the FIVB U-19 World Championships in China.
College: Kraft finished her freshman season playing beach volleyball at Southern Cal with a 30-3 match record with half of the matches coming on court 1. She went 14-1 in matches alongside 2020 Tokyo Olympian Tina Graudina (who placed fourth while representing Latvia). As a sophomore she had a 31-2 match record, mostly at the number two position with Sammy Slater.
Personal: Kraft has a twin brother (Brian) and a sister (Kathleen). Her father, Mike, was a member of the heavyweight crew team at Navy, while her aunt (Terese Kraft) played volleyball at Cal State-Dominguez Hills. Kraft was Volleyball Magazine's number one rated beach recruit.