SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Following a 60-meter run equalled by nobody on the national scene, Stephen Clunis walks away from the opening week of indoor track season with some hardware, taking home the Kwik Star Summit League Men’s Track Peak Performer of the Week award. The senior sprinter showed off the burners last Saturday, darting a NCAA-leading 6.61 second time in the 60-meter dash at the Crimson & Gold Invitational.

Clunis’ 6.61 time was a historic one for Kansas City in a multitude of ways. Most notably, it marks the first time a KC athlete, male or female, has ever held the nation’s top time in any event in program history. Secondly, the time went down in the record books as a new Kansas City men’s indoor 60m record, breaking the old program-best he set at 6.65 seconds last indoor season. The Kingston, Jamaica native leads the country by a hair, running 0.01 seconds faster than Darien Lawrence from Florida A&M. Clunis also leads the Summit League by over a tenth of a second and is the only sprinter in the conference to crack the sub-6.7 mark in the 60m. 

For Clunis, it’s his first weekly conference award of the season and his third of his career. Clunis first broke out for the Roos at the season opening meet of the 2024-25 indoor campaign, running a then program-record 6.66 second time at the Bob Timmons Challenge and taking home his first Summit Peak Performer honor of his career. The senior broke this mark at the Tyson Invitational at Arkansas, coming in with a 6.65 second time to reset the program record at the time and earn his second and final weekly honor of the 2024-25 indoor season. 

Clunis will run at the Iowa State Holiday Invitational this weekend, hoping to potentailly be the first men’s runner in the country to break the sub-6.6 mark in the 60-meter dash this season. Kansas City will run at Iowa State and Nebraska, also competing in the Husker Holiday Invitational this weekend. 

The AVCA is proud to announce its 2025 Division I Women’s Volleyball All-Region teams and award winners.

There are 14 first-team All-Region members and an additional group of honorable mention selections for each of the 10 regions. A Player of the Year, Freshman of the Year, and Coach of the Year were selected for every region.

The 213 student-athletes who made All-Region represent 109 different schools. Nebraska leads the way with seven All-Region selections, followed by Pittsburgh and Stanford with six apiece. Florida,  Kentucky, Louisville, Minnesota, Texas A&M, and Wisconsin all have five All-Region first-team or honorable mention selections.

 

CENTRAL REGION

Player of the Year: Shaylee Myers, Kansas State University, OH, Sr.
Freshman of the Year: Jovanna Zelenovic, University of Kansas, RS
Coach of the Year: Bobbi Petersen, University of Northern Iowa

 

EAST COAST REGION

Player of the Year: Olivia Babcock, University of Pittsburgh, RS, Jr.
Freshman of the Year: Reagan Ennist, University of Virginia, OH
Coach of the Year: Dan Fisher, University of Pittsburgh

 

MIDWEST REGION

Player of the Year: Kenna Wollard, Purdue University, OH, Jr.
Freshman of the Year: Teodora Kričković, Indiana University, S
Coach of the Year: Dave Shondell, Purdue University

 

NORTH REGION

Player of the Year: Mimi Colyer, University of Wisconsin, Sr., OH
Freshman of the Year: Ava Poinsett, Yale University, OH
Coach of the Year: Kelly Sheffield, University of Wisconsin

 

NORTHWEST REGION

Player of the Year:Julia Hanson, University of Minnesota, OH, Sr.
Freshman of the Year: Alanah Clemente, University of Oregon, RS
Coach of the Year: Keegan Cook, University of Minnesota

 

PACIFIC REGION

Player of the Year: Elia Rubin, Stanford University, OH, Sr.
Freshman of the Year: Logan Parks, Stanford University, S
Coach of the Year: Kevin Hambly, Stanford University

 

SOUTH REGION

Player of the Year: Eva Hudson, University of Kentucky, OH, Sr.
Freshman of the Year: Kassie O’Brien, University of Kentucky, S
Coach of the Year: Craig Skinner, University of Kentucky

 

SOUTHEAST REGION

Player of the Year: Flormarie Heredia Colon, University of Miami, OH, Sr.
Freshman of the Year: Lily Hayes, University of Florida, L
Coach of the Year: Heather Gearhart, Winthrop University

 

SOUTHWEST REGION

Player of the Year: Torrey Stafford, University of Texas, OH, Jr.
Freshman of the Year: Cari Spears, University of Texas, RS
Coach of the Year: Sam Erger, Southern Methodist University

 

WEST REGION

Player of the Year: Bergen Reilly, University of Nebraska, S, Jr.
Freshman of the Year: Suli Davis, Brigham Young University, OH
Coach of the Year: Dani Busboom Kelly, University of Nebraska

 

2025 AVCA DIVISION I REGION COACHES OF THE YEAR

The following coaches have been selected as this year’s AVCA Region Coaches of the Year. Each of the honorees can be considered for the AVCA National Coach of the Year, and the awards will be presented at the Coaches Honors Luncheon in Kansas City on Dec. 18, at the 2025 AVCA Convention.

CENTRAL REGION COACH OF THE YEAR

Bobbi Petersen, University of Northern Iowa
2025 Record (as of Dec. 9): 26-6
Petersen was named the Missouri Valley Coach of the Year for a conference-record, fourth-straight season. She helped UNI win 20 or more matches for the 22nd time in her 26-year career, and the squad gave her a 13th MVC regular-season championship and a third-consecutive undefeated conference season.

EAST COAST REGION COACH OF THE YEAR

Dan Fisher, University of Pittsburgh
2025 Record (as of Dec. 9): 28-4
Pittsburgh has been a force again this season under Fisher, who is in his 13th season on the sidelines for the Panthers. Fisher guided his 2025 squad to the school’s fourth-straight ACC title, and they are 28-4 heading into the regional round of this year’s NCAA Championship. He picked up his 400th win as a head collegiate coach in early September.

MIDWEST REGION COACH OF THE YEAR

Dave Shondell, Purdue University
2025 Record (as of Dec. 9): 26-6
The 24-year coaching veteran is enjoying another very successful season. In addition to notching career coaching win No. 500, he weathered losing a number of key transfers and kept Purdue playing at an elite level in 2025. Among his squad’s many accomplishments, they have recorded nine wins over ranked teams so far this season.

NORTH REGION COACH OF THE YEAR

Kelly Sheffield, University of Wisconsin
2025 Record (as of Dec. 9): 26-4
Another year, another stellar season for Sheffield and the Badgers. The veteran coach’s team is finding its stride at the right time, as they rolled through the early rounds of the 2025 NCAA Championship with a pair of sweeps and head into this week’s regional on an 11-match win streak. Early this season, he earned his 600th career coaching victory.

NORTHWEST REGION COACH OF THE YEAR

Keegan Cook, University of Minnesota
2025 Record (as of Dec. 9): 24-9
Cook has done a lot of impressive things in his career, but the fact that his team is in the Sweet 16 of the 2025 NCAA Championship is remarkable. His Gophers, who began the season ranked 12th, lost four starters to season-ending injuries early in the year. The team persevered, stayed in the poll all season, and got sixth in the Big Ten.

PACIFIC REGION COACH OF THE YEAR

Kevin Hambly, Stanford University
2025 Record (as of Dec. 9): 29-4
Despite losing a number of key players from last season, Hambly and the Cardinal have enjoyed a very successful campaign so far in 2025. His ninth season at Stanford included an Atlantic Coast Conference title and another NCAA Championship Sweet Sixteen appearance. Late this season, he earned his 400th career coaching victory.

SOUTH REGION COACH OF THE YEAR

Craig Skinner, University of Kentucky
2025 Record (as of Dec. 9): 27-2
Skinner more than earned his second-consecutive Region Coach of the Year award, as his team has taken no prisoners in 2025. They enter the Sweet 16 on a 24-match winning streak and ran the table in the Southeastern Conference, earning both the regular-season title—the school’s ninth in a row—and SEC Tournament championship.

SOUTHEAST REGION COACH OF THE YEAR

Heather Gearhart, Winthrop University
2025 Record (as of Dec. 9): 18-7
Gearhart made her third season as the head coach at Winthrop a memorable one. She helped the Eagles take home the 2025 Big South Conference regular-season title, after they went 12-2 in league play and closed the regular-season with a 10-match winning streak. The team had five players on the 2025 All-Big South teams.

SOUTHWEST REGION COACH OF THE YEAR

Sam Erger, Southern Methodist University
2025 Record (as of Dec. 9): 27-5
Erger and the Mustangs have solidified their place in the upper echelon of Division I volleyball in 2025. The fourth-year SMU coach has her team is in the Sweet Sixteen for the first time in program history. In the NCAA Championship second-round sweep of Florida over the weekend, she picked up her 100th career win at SMU.

WEST REGION COACH OF THE YEAR

Dani Busboom Kelly, University of Nebraska
2025 Record (as of Dec. 9): 32-0
Replacing a legend is never easy, but Busboom Kelly has proven that she’s up to the challenge in her first year as head coach at Nebraska. Her 2025 team has made history with a 30-0 regular-season record and 20-0 mark in Big Ten play. How dominant have the Huskers been? They enter the Sweet 16 having dropped only seven sets this season.

 

Check out the Division I Awards Archives, which include the All-Region Teams and Award Winners history.

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Sophomore Ariella Rogahn-Press (Albuquerque, N.M./Bosque School) was named the MIAC Women’s Indoor Track Athlete of the Week for the week ending Dec. 7, the conference announced today. Rogahn-Press won the 400 meters at the University of Minnesota’s M City Indoor Classic on Dec. 5 in her first competition of the new season.

Rogahn-Press, who was an All-American in the 400 both indoors and outdoors last year, won the 400 on Friday by over five seconds with a time of 57.43. The converted time currently ranks third in Division III. At this same meet a year ago, she broke the school record in the 400 with a time of 57.34 in her first collegiate competition.

This is the sixth MIAC Athlete of the Week award for Rogahn-Press, who earned the award three times during the indoor season and twice during the outdoor season last year. The MIAC Rookie of the Year both indoors and outdoors, she was sixth at the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships and fourth at outdoor nationals in the 400 meters to garner All-American honors.

Macalester resumes competition in January by hosting the Vanessa Seljeskog Classic on Jan. 24 in the Leonard Center Fieldhouse.

 

ATLANTA – Head coach Beth Van Fleet and the Georgia State Beach Volleyball team unveils its spring 2026 schedule, featuring a competitive slate of home events, marquee tournaments and postseason opportunities as the Panthers prepare for another championship-contending season.
 
The spring opens on Feb. 20–21 with a road competition at Florida State, where the Sandy Panthers will see matchups against Bakersfield, North Alabama, UAB and Florida State. 
Georgia State then travels to the University of Arizona on Feb. 27-28, where they will face off against Arizona State, Oregon, Arizona and Grand Canyon. 
 
March opens with a conference matchup at Coastal Carolina on March 6-7. The Sandy Panthers are set to face its first conference matchup against Coastal, as well as contests against Florida Atlantic, Cal Poly and Tulane.
 
After starting the first month on the road, the Georgia State Beach Volleyball team will return to Atlanta to host the annual Day of Duals on March 11. Head coach Beth Van Fleet and the Sandy Panthers will host Austin Peay, Eastern Kentucky and Tennessee Tech. 
 
The team will enjoy a bye week on March 14-15 before traveling to Baton Rouge, La., to face off in the East Meets West tournament at LSU. The Panthers are slated for contests against Cal, Arizona State, Grand Canyon and Boise State. 
 
The Sandy Panthers close out March hosting the Sun Belt Mid-Season tournament on March 27-28. 
 
Georgia State stays at home to begin April, hosting the GSU Diggin’ Duals tournament on April 3-4. The Sandy Panthers will host a conference matchup against Mercer, along with contests against UAB, North Alabama and South Florida. 
 
Following its last home tournament of the season, Georgia State hits the road once again for a one-day tournament at Chattanooga on April 11. The Sandy Panthers are slated for contests against Chattanooga, Eastern Kentucky, Berry and UT-Martin. 
 
The Sandy Panthers close out the regular season at Stetson on April 17-18. In addition to a matchup against Stetson, Georgia State is also set to face South Carolina and conference opponent UNC-Wilmington.
 
The Panthers head to the Sun Belt Championship tournament on April 23-25 to battle for a change at the NCAA tournament on May 1-3.  
 
All dates, times and opponents are subject to change. For the complete 2026 Georgia State beach volleyball schedule and updates throughout the season, fans are encouraged to follow the program’s official channels and visit GeorgiaStateSports.com.