Johns Creek will be returning Class of 2026 prospect Adonia Haile—who surpassed 1,000 career assists last September while starring for the Gladiators. Haile and Johns Creek finished 25-9 last season after dropping a tough 3-2 loss to Sequoyah in the first round. In that defeat, Haile matched her season-high with 28 assists. Haile finished her junior season with a team-high 556 assists and had just 16 ball handling errors in 88 sets played. The 5-foot-7 setter tallied 179 assists as a freshman and then posted 485 assists as a sophomore in 114 sets played. Haile has increased her impact, while decreasing the errors and will be a pivotal piece for Johns Creek this season with both Sara Buoni and Hana Catic returning after breakout sophomore campaigns where they led Johns Creek with 275 and 232 kills, respectively.

Similar to Johns Creek with Haile, Cartersville will return its own Class of 2026 standout with setter Aubree Barrett next season. Barrett finished this past season with a team-high 527 assists and has 1,179 career assists after posting a breakout sophomore season with 650. As a freshman, the 5-foot-5 Barrett contributed at the net and had 96 kills before transitioning into the team’s setter.

Class 4A state champion Pace Academy has a lot of talent returning from this past year’s 43-6 squad that closed out the year on a 10-match win-streak. Helping to lead the way will be Class of 2026 standout Britton McGurn—who led the Knights with 462 assists last season in 98 sets played with just 13 BHE. The 5-foot-6 setter is a multi-sport star that also plays soccer and basketball and is coming off her most productive volleyball season yet. After posting 96 assists and a freshman and 120 assists her sophomore year, McGurn made a major leap forward with 462 assists and is poised for an even bigger senior campaign.

Norcross had one of its best seasons in program history last season—compiling a 36-6 overall record and eventually falling to two-time defending state champion Alpharetta in the playoffs 3-1. The Blue Devils have plenty to be optimistic about this upcoming season and will have Ellie Ruth Blue back after her incredible 1,142-assist junior season. The 5-foot-6 setter and A5 Gwinnett standout is a three-year starter that surpassed 1,500 career assists last year and helped her team lock up the No. 1 seed. Notably, Blue led Norcross with 56 assists in the team’s 3-1 win over Denmark and she had 51 assists in the Blue Devils’ 3-2 win over Buford before she tallied 38 assists in the 3-1 defeat to Alpharetta.

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NORTHRIDGE, Calif.—CSUN’s senior duo of Dorottya Telek and Anna Pal were both placed on the 2025 All-Big West Team, as announced Friday by the conference office. Telek earned her fourth straight all-conference selection with a Second Team nod while Pal received a Honorable Mention for the second consecutive season.

“Dodi (Telek) and Nusi (Pal) have been the ultimate dynamic duo for the last four years, from there timely clutch play to their sense of humor, they have been the definition of dependable,” said head coach Matt Warshaw. “I couldn’t be prouder that they are leaving here near the top or at the top of the record books. They are athletes that come along seldom in a program’s history, but more importantly they are outstanding humans that people want to be around and are constantly striving for greatness in every aspect of their lives.”



A native of Budapest, Hungary, Telek wrapped up a historic and brilliant CSUN career this past season, leading the Big West in goals scored for a fourth straight season. The senior center shattered her own school record with a conference-best 104 goals on 58.1 percent shooting, surpassing the 101 she tallied in 2023. Telek also led the Matadors with 18 field blocks and 88 exclusions drawn while she ranked second in assists (45) and steals (47). On the year, Telek registered 23 multi-goal games and scored at least once in 26 of 29 contests. In Big West play, Telek finished with 19 goals and 11 assists for 30 total points, highlighted by a six-goal match at UC Santa Barbara.

Telek entered the 2025 season already CSUN’s all-time career goals leader and eventually finished with 376 total — 147 goals more than second place. She also holds the all-time school records in career field goal percentage (.537) and exclusions drawn (367) while she ranks fifth in field blocks with 61. Additionally, Telek leaves CSUN with the most goals scored in a season (104) and in a game (9).

A three-time All-American, Telek becomes the second Matador in program history to earn four All-Big West honors. During the season, Telek also set another Matador record by winning a fifth Big West Player of the Week award.



Pal, another Budapest native, topped the Big West with a career-high 67 assists while she also led CSUN with 51 steals and ranked second in goals (59) and points (126). In total, Pal recorded 20 games of two goals or more and recorded an assist in 25 of 29 contests. Pal would finish with 11 goals, 11 assists and 10 steals against BIg West opponents.

Pal also made her mark in the Matador record book in 2025, breaking the school’s all-time assist record and finishing with 209 total assists by season’s end. She would also become the founding member of the 200-200 club in CSUN history after she reached 200 goals and 200 assists for her career. Pal’s 200 goals are ranked sixth-most in school history while she sits in ninth place on the all-time field blocks list (34) as well.

With her Honorable Mention, Pal earned her third All-Big West honor of her career after she received the same award last season. In 2022, Pal also was placed on the Big West All-Freshman Team.

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LEXINGTON, Ky. — The Chattanooga beach volleyball team added one last program record to its belt before its 2025 season came to a close on Friday, as a total of four pairs received AVCA Top Flight status for their efforts during the year, the American Volleyball Coaches Association announced.

The following Chattanooga beach volleyball pairs received ‘Top Flight’ status for the 2025 season: Neva Clark/Corina Vale (Flight 1), McKenna Faychak/Maddie Lecik (Flight 2), Joy Courtright/Julia Lawrence (Flight 4) and Ansley Gulledge/Sydney Jackwin (Flight 5).

The Mocs are just one year removed from having the program’s first-ever pair receive AVCA Top Flight status. Now a year later, nearly the entire UTC lineup has received the honor following a record-setting year by the Sandy Mocs.

The AVCA’s Top Flight program, now in its seventh year, recognizes beach volleyball pairs who compete in at least 15 matches together at a specific flight and win at least 75 percent of their matches. This year, 88 pairs representing 45 schools – from all three NCAA divisions, NAIA and Two-Year Colleges – have earned Top Flight status.

Clark and Vale wrap up their 2025 season having amassed a record of 23-7 on the year including a perfect 10-0 OVC record. The back-to-back OVC Pair of the Year award-winners end the season having won 76.7 percent of their matches. This marks the first AVCA Top Flight award for Clark and Vale.

Faychak and Lecik end their season with a 23-6 record playing out of the No. 2 spot for the Mocs. The record saw the junior duo post a 79.3 win percentage enroute to each of them earning the very-first AVCA Top Flight honor of either of their careers as well.

On Court 4 for the Mocs, Courtright and Lawrence proved dominant over the course of the 2025 season aftering going 24-6 with an 80 percent win percentage as a pair. Courtright now wraps up her Chattanooga career with one last honor, her first AVCA Top Flight award. Lawrence, only a sophomore, was one half of the program’s first-ever AVCA Top Flight duo a season ago alongside UTC alum Morgan Romano. Lawrence now becomes the program’s first-ever two-time AVCA Top Flight honoree.

And last but not least, the Court 5 duo of Gulledge and Jackwin rounded out the Top Flight honorees for the Mocs after recording a 25-3 record for UTC this season. The pair, both of whom transferred to UTC ahead of the 2025 season, end the year with an impressive 89.3 win percentage out of the No. 5 spot. It marks the first AVCA Top Flight honor for either player.

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