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Volleyball Earns AVCA Team Academic Award

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PISCATAWAY, N.J. – The Rutgers volleyball program was honored with the AVCA Team Academic Award sponsored by INTENT.

The Scarlet Knights were among the more than 1,450 collegiate and high school volleyball programs that maintained a year-long grade-point average of at least a 3.3 on a 4.0 scale to earn the award for their classroom excellence during the recently completed academic year. RU boasted a 3.553 GPA during the 2024-25 academic year.

Eight Scarlet Knights were named Academic All-Big Ten in the fall with a cumulative GPA over a 3.0, while two members of the squad, including rising junior Kenzie Dyrstad, were bestowed with Big Ten Distinguished Scholar accolades for attaining a 3.7 GPA or higher during the 2024-25 year.

About the American Volleyball Coaches Association

The association’s mission is to advance the sport of volleyball with AVCA coaches at the epicenter of leadership, advocacy, and professional development. The membership includes more than 10,000 collegiate, professional, high school, club, and youth volleyball coaches—primarily in the United States. The AVCA represents women’s volleyball, men’s volleyball, and beach volleyball coaches, and works to increase exposure and recognition for the sport of volleyball.

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Meet the Journal’s 2025 All-Metro volleyball team

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Three future Division I players are among the first and second teams

Swingers, blockers, diggers and facilitators. The Journal’s 2025 All-Metro volleyball team has it all.

The Journal’s choices include three future Division I players among the top 12 (six first-team choices, six more on the second team).

Cleveland’s Azlynn Tittmann, who has signed with Boise State, is one of this season’s three first-team hitters. 

The 6-foot-1 senior registered 332 kills, an average of 4.6 kills per set.

Joining Tittmann as hitters on the first team are La Cueva junior Jula Utash and St. Pius senior Alyssa Bendinskas.

The 5-8 Bendinskas had nearly 300 kills for the Class 4A state champion Sartans, plus 49 aces and 251 digs. She is headed to Austin Peay to play beach volleyball at the next level.

Utash is the latest in a long line of dynamic hitters to put on the La Cueva colors. The junior powered her way to 370 kills last season as the Bears reached the Class 5A state championship game.

Bendinskas was not the only St. Pius Sartan to make the first team. Senior Maya Perea is generally regarded as the top libero in New Mexico, and she makes a return appearance on the Journal’s All-Metro group following a season in which she dug 331 balls.

And Utash was one of two Bears to make the first team. Her setter, freshman Charlie Ferguson, is the first-team choice this season. Ferguson did a brilliant job of feeding her hitters in the La Cueva attack, averaging over 9 assists per set. She finished with an impressive 758 assists for the season.

The first team is rounded out by Albuquerque Academy middle Kiara Brown. The sophomore was a six-rotation player for the Chargers, and finished the year with 341 kills, 223 digs and 60 blocks.

The third of the D1 signees this season is Albuquerque High hitter Kaelynn Ashley, who also is headed for Austin Peay in Tennessee, but to play on the hard courts. Her younger sister, Ayva, is the second-team setter.

Rounding out the second team are sophomore outside hitters Avery Steele from Hope Christian and Rowan Jaime from Academy, plus senior middle Aaliyah Simpson from Cleveland, and La Cueva libero Embrey Eisele, also a sophomore.

ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL
2025 ALL-METRO VOLLEYBALL TEAMS

FIRST TEAM

  • Jula Utash, 5-8, jr., OH, La Cueva
  • Azlynn Tittmann, 6-1, sr., OH, Cleveland
  • Alyssa Bendinskas, 5-8, sr., OH, St. Pius
  • Kiara Brown, 6-0, soph., MB, Albuquerque Academy
  • Maya Perea, 5-5, sr., libero, St. Pius
  • Charlie Ferguson, 5-9, fresh., setter, La Cueva

SECOND TEAM

  • Kaelynn Ashley, 5-10, sr., OH, Albuquerque High
  • Avery Steele, 5-9, soph., OH, Hope Christian
  • Rowan Jaime, 5-10, soph., OH, Albuquerque Academy
  • Aaliyah Simpson, 5-11, sr., MB, Cleveland 
  • Embrey Eisele, 5-4, soph., libero, La Cueva
  • Ayva Ashley, 5-9, jr., setter, Albuquerque High



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The Kentucky Wildcats volleyball team won their 26th straight match on Saturday, and none are bigger than this one. The Wildcats are on their way to the Final Four after beating Creighton 3-0 (25-19, 25-13, 25-18).

Brooklyn DeLeye and SEC Player of the Year Eva Hudson were fantastic once again for Kentucky. Both had some huge kills at key moments in the match. DeLeye totaled 18 kills and 12 digs, while Hudson added 13 kills of her own.

The rest of the Wildcats roster was huge as well. Molly Tuozzo had a plethora of big-time digs that kept rallies going. Kassie O’Brien had a big day as well, setting up her teammates.



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