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After a strong 2024 fall season, high school girls volleyball on the South Shore had an even better one in 2025.
There were two local state-championship-winning teams on the court this year. Oliver Ames finished off the best season in program history by winning it’s first-ever Division 2 state title in it’s second ever appearance (which came last season). On the same day, East Bridgewater followed that up with a program-first of their own, winning it’s first-ever Division 4 state championship in it’s first appearance.
Jan. 7, 2026, 4:05 a.m. CT
The high school volleyball season in the Montgomery area ended in late October with two area teams making pushes for state finals in Class 4A and 5A.
Prattville Christian and Montgomery Catholic ultimately fell short in the respective title matches, but it highlighted what was a successful season in the Montgomery area.
What made the high school volleyball season successful in the Montgomery area was the talent on the court.
With the calendar year turning to 2026, the Montgomery Advertiser wants to hear from the readers on which player is the best in the Montgomery area. Voting will last through Jan. 14 till noon.
2025 Montgomery area volleyball player of the year nominees
Joi McGuire, Montgomery Catholic
McGuire recorded 448 kills in the 2025 season despite the fact that she’s considered undersized at her position at 5-foot-6. McGuire was a well-rounded player on the court, not only did she chip in on the offensive side, but she contributed 512 digs on the season.
Kaci Armistead, Montgomery Academy
Armistead reached the milestone of 1,000-career digs and broke the school record in the 2025 season. Her defensive expertise led to 648 digs and 70 assists on the year. From the serving line, Armistead landed 108 aces to round out her performance.
Baylee Rogers, Prattville Christian
Rogers became the first player in school history to record 5,000 assists, landing on the AHSAA leaderboard at sixth in career assists. In the 2025 season alone, Rogers contributed 1,247 assists along with three other state lines that touched triple digits.
Elaisa Vazquez, Pike Road
As a setter, Vazquez checked all the boxes necessary in the 2025 season, grabbing 405 assists and 206 digs. Vazquez chipped in on the scoreboard with 48 kills and 26 aces, winning Pike Road’s Hard Hat award for the 2025 season.
Ellie Causey, Trinity Presbyterian
Causey played her role as a setter for the Wildcats very well, notching 890 assists and 283 digs in the 2025 season. Causey brought her career totals to 1978 assists, 525 digs, 140 aces and 121 kills.
Kaylin Corley, St. James
Corley averaged 14.7 kills per match and 13.8 digs per match in the 2025 season, and is just shy of 2,000 career digs and has over 1,500 career kills after the 2025 season.
Vote for the 2025 Montgomery area volleyball player of the year
PORTLAND, Ore. — The Portland State volleyball program added an experienced setter to its 2026 roster in Asya Akbulut Tuesday.
Akbulut, a native of Ankara, Turkey, will be a senior for the Vikings this coming fall after spending her first three years at Southern Utah (one year) and Eastern Arizona (two years).
Akbulut led Southern Utah with 5.0 assists per set last season when she ranked seventh in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) in the category. As a sophomore at Eastern Arizona, Akbulut averaged 5.16 assists and 0.42 aces per set when she was named to the Arizona Community College Athletic Conference D1 All-Region First Team.
“Asya has the experience and skills to have an impact on our program immediately,” Portland State head volleyball coach Michael Seemann said. “She has reliable hands and location and understands how to put her hitters in good situations.”
Akbulut joins a setter group that includes returning starter Ava Blascziek and junior Elisabeth Levick.
2025 Big West Freshman of the Year
2025 All-Big West Second Team
2025 All-Big West Freshman Team
2025 AVCA Top Flight Award (Flight 5)
Long Beach State (2025): Named the Big West Freshman of the Year after an outstanding first season at Long Beach State … Earned Second Team All-Big west honors after going 20-5 in the fifth flight, earning an AVCA Top Flight Award … Posted a 28-10 record starting in all matches during her true freshman season … Earned nine wins over ranked opponents … Was the dual clinching point in the Big West Championship with Megan Widener.
Beach Volleyball: Played for Spiker Beach Volleyball … Won 3rd at Manhattan Beach BVCA and 1st at AVP Spiker Invitational.
High School: Played with Norco High School Indoor and Beach Volleyball…Was named to the Al-Academic League and First Team All-League in girl’s volleyball all three years … Earned Offensive Player of the Year three times … In Beach, earned First Team All-League and All-Academic Team honors as a junior.
Major: Kinesiology- Exercise Science
LBSU Career Record: 28-10
Record by Flight:
1:
2: 3-3
3: 4-0
4: 1-2
5: 20-5
The Supernovas signed 10 new players this offseason, including former Husker Merritt Beason. The Nebraska All-American spent a season playing back home with the Atlanta Vibe and said being back in the “volleyball state” feels amazing.”It’s already been so cool being back. I truly like believe that Nebraska has become my second home, and I felt that the minute that I stepped back into the state. And we all know that Nebraska loves their volleyball and Nebraska celebrates their volleyball players. So I’m just so excited to be back in that environment and in a state that’s like our biggest fans,” she said.Beason will make her debut with the Supernovas on Thursday in Omaha’s season-opening match against San Diego Mojo.Make sure you can always see the latest news, weather, sports and more from KETV NewsWatch 7 on Google search.NAVIGATE: Home | Weather | Local News | National | Sports | Newscasts on demand |
The Supernovas signed 10 new players this offseason, including former Husker Merritt Beason.
The Nebraska All-American spent a season playing back home with the Atlanta Vibe and said being back in the “volleyball state” feels amazing.
“It’s already been so cool being back. I truly like believe that Nebraska has become my second home, and I felt that the minute that I stepped back into the state. And we all know that Nebraska loves their volleyball and Nebraska celebrates their volleyball players. So I’m just so excited to be back in that environment and in a state that’s like our biggest fans,” she said.
Beason will make her debut with the Supernovas on Thursday in Omaha’s season-opening match against San Diego Mojo.
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BEREA, Ohio – The Baldwin Wallace University men’s volleyball team, led by sixth-year head coach Kyle Mars, has been voted No. 15 in the American Volleyball Coaches Association Division III Preseason Poll and second in the Midwest Collegiate Volleyball League Preseason Coaches Poll.
AVCA
The Yellow Jackets ranked as high as No. 12 in the 2025 season after only receiving votes in the 2025 preseason poll. That was their highest ranking in program history. BW will start this season ranked ahead of every MCVL team. However, the Jackets will face six ranked non-conference opponents before they begin conference play; No. 17 St. John Fisher (N.Y.), No. 13 UC Santa Cruz (Calif.), No. 20 Misericordia (Pa.), No. 3 Juniata (Pa.), No. 5 Messiah (Pa.), and No. 16 Hobart (N.Y.).
MCVL
BW was ranked first in the preseason poll for the 2024 and 2025 seasons after winning the MCVL title in 2023 and losing in the MCVL postseason to the champion in 2024. The 2025 Yellow Jackets fell to the Mount Union Purple Raiders in the MCVL Championship 2-3. Mount Union is ranked first with 75 points and five first-place votes, and BW came in very closely behind with 74 points and three first-place votes. Wittenberg also received first-place votes with two while getting 68 points for third place. The Brown and Gold finished runner-up in the MCVL Championship with a 19-11 regular season record and 6-2 conference record in 2025.
2026 Midwest Collegiate Volleyball League Preseason Coaches Poll
| Place | Team | Points (1st-Place Votes) |
| 1. | Mount Union | 75 (5) |
| 2. | Baldwin Wallace | 74 (3) |
| 3. | Wittenberg | 68 (2) |
| 4. | Trine (Ind.) | 55 |
| 5. | Wabash (Ind.) | 49 |
| 6. | Adrian (Mich.) | 39 |
| 7. | Calvin (Mich.) | 31 |
| 8. | Mount St. Joseph | 30 |
| 9. | Olivet (Mich.) | 18 |
| 10. | Spalding (Ky.) | 11 |
Up Next
- Men’s volleyball will kick off their season at the Grove City (Pa.) College Tri-Match against Grove City and Elizabethtown (Pa.) in a double-header on Saturday, January 17.
South Shore High School Girls Volleyball All-Scholastics for 2025
Who is the volleyball player of the year in the Montgomery area, vote
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