Connect with us
https://yoursportsnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/call-to-1.png

Sports

Foley Signs with VfB Suhl LOTTO Thüringen of VBL in Germany

SUHL, Germany – Former outside hitter Kenzie Foley (Sergeant Bluff, Iowa) has signed a professional contract with VfB Suhl LOTTO Thüringen of the Volleyball Bundesliga (VBL) in Germany, as announced by the organization on June 14. The 2021 American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) DII National Freshman of the Year and 2023 AVCA DII National Player […]

Published

on


SUHL, Germany – Former outside hitter Kenzie Foley (Sergeant Bluff, Iowa) has signed a professional contract with VfB Suhl LOTTO Thüringen of the Volleyball Bundesliga (VBL) in Germany, as announced by the organization on June 14. The 2021 American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) DII National Freshman of the Year and 2023 AVCA DII National Player of the Year, made an incredible impact during her four seasons with the program, helping guide the Huskies to four straight NCAA Tournaments for the first time in program history. Foley becomes the first St. Cloud State Volleyball alumna to sign a professional contract.

“We are very proud of Kenzie and everything she has accomplished in her volleyball career, playing professional is the logical next step for her,” said head coach Chad Braegelmann. “She’s a competitor and loves sports – the atmosphere, challenging herself and being part of a team are all very important to her.  This experience, and others like it will come from our team success. If we don’t win matches and have a competitive team these opportunities don’t present themselves as readily. We hope she’s one of many others going forward to get this opportunity.”
 
“This was one of her goals through the recruiting process,” said associate head coach Marci Taumalolo. “She has hit nearly every benchmark up until this point, so we are proud that she was able to reach this goal and are excited for her to live out her dreams over in Germany. We wish her the best of luck!”
 
The 2024 graduate helped bring the SCSU volleyball program to new heights in her four seasons in the black and red, being named the 2023 American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) and Division-II Conference Commissioners Association (D2CCA) DII National Player of the Year while earning four All-America honors, two Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) Player of the Year honors, four NSIC all-conference honors and many other accolades.
 
Foley made an immediate impact for the Huskies in her freshman campaign, earning 2021 AVCA DII National and Central Region as well as NSIC Freshman of the Year honors while leading the Huskies to the NSIC regular season and conference tournament championship titles. The pair of conference championships were the first since 1982 and began a run of five conference titles in four seasons for the Huskies, adding the 2022 and 2024 conference tournament titles and the 2024 regular season championship.
 
The outside hitter was named an AVCA First Team All-American three times in 2021, 2023 and 2024 while earning Second Team honors in 2022, was twice named the AVCA and D2CCA Central Regional Player of the Year (2023 and 2024), four times an AVCA first team all-region performer,  twice the NSIC Player of the Year (2023 and 2024), was named the 2023 DII National Player of the Year by the AVCA and D2CCA and was a 2023 Honda DII Athlete of the Year finalist.
 
Foley is the first four-time All-American, first player to earn region player of the year honors, second four-time all-region honoree (first player to be named to the First Team in all four years) and the first to be named conference player of the year. She became just the fifth female SCSU student-athlete and first volleyball player to be named a national athlete of the year, joining Madison Brinkman (WSD, 2021-22), Heather Miller (IDTF, 2009-10), Erika Quigley (WBB, 2006-07) and Mary Ahlin (WSD, 1998-99).
 
The Sergeant Bluff, Iowa native became the first player in program history to be named the NSIC Preseason Player of the Year and throughout her career, totaled 12 NSIC Offensive Player of the Week honors and three AVCA Division II National Player of the Week nods. She was also named to the NCAA Central Region All-Tournament Team twice (2022 and 2024) and the NSIC Tournament All-Tournament Team four times (2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024).
 
She was named the 2024-25 St. Cloud State Female Senior Athlete of the Year, which is awarded annually to the top female Husky with the most impressive comprehensive collegiate career who exhausted or concluded her collegiate eligibility.
 
In her banner 2023 season, Foley led the NCAA in kills per set (5.00), ranked second nationally in points per set (5.51) and fourth in total kills (545). In 2024, she ranked top-five in kills, kills/set and points/set among all DII players, while also leading the NSIC in those categories. She holds four career program records, including kills (2,033), points (2,290) and sets played (455), the record for kills in a first season (451, 2021), four of the top eight marks for kills in a season, six of the top 11 spots for single-match kills, including the record of 34, set in 2024. She also is the all-time program leader in career double-digit kill matches (114), double-doubles (79) and 20+ kill matches (29) and one of just five players in program history to tally 1,000 kills and 1,000 digs.
 
In the classroom, Foley earned three Academic All-NSIC honors (2022, 2023, 2024) and twice earned College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District® and CSC First Team Academic All-America® honors (2023 and 2024). She became the first two-time Academic All-American in program history.
 
VfB Suhl LOTTO Thüringen Release
 
For all the latest on St. Cloud State Volleyball, stay tuned to SCSUHuskies.com and follow the team on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. 





Link

Continue Reading
Click to comment

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Sports

USTFCCCA Honors Seven CCIW Men’s Teams, 24 Student-Athletes as All-Academic

Story Links NAPERVILLE – Seven College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) men’s teams were honored by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) as All-Academic Teams and 24 CCIW student-athletes were selected All-Academic Athletes for the 2025 NCAA Division III Track & Field season on Monday.   […]

Published

on


NAPERVILLE – Seven College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) men’s teams were honored by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) as All-Academic Teams and 24 CCIW student-athletes were selected All-Academic Athletes for the 2025 NCAA Division III Track & Field season on Monday.
 
North Central, the league’s indoor and outdoor champion in 2025, led the conference with eight individual selections. Five CCIW programs had multiple honorees.
 
For teams to earn the honor, the cumulative team GPA of all student-athletes who used a season of eligibility must be at least a 3.10 on a 4.0 scale through the most recent semester/quarter. Graduate students must take all undergraduate plus graduate coursework into account.
 
Individuals must have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.30 on a 4.0 scale through the most recently completed grading period. Qualifiers must also meet one of the following athletic criteria: finish the season among the top 50 individuals or participate at the Indoor OR Outdoor National Championships.
 
Qualifiers could have also competed as a member of one of the top 35 relay teams. In addition, any athletes not among the top 35 relay teams, but who participated in the relay at the Indoor OR Outdoor National Championships. Graduate students must take all undergraduate plus graduate coursework into account.
 
2025 NCAA Division III Track & Field USTFCCCA Men’s All-Academic Teams
Augustana
Carroll
Carthage
Elmhurst
North Central
North Park
Wheaton
 
2025 NCAA Division III Track & Field USTFCCCA Men’s All-Academic Athletes

Augustana

AJ Banks
Mike Hudson
Joe Langridge
Daniel Prochaska
Magnus Wells
 
Carthage
Jacob Brost
Jacob Curulewski
 
Elmhurst
Logan Turney
 
Illinois Wesleyan
Carson Green
Ernie Waterson
 
North Central
Ben Balboa
Oscar Frontjes
Matthew Jett
Jayden Leise
Braden Nicholson
Connor Riss
BJ Sorg
Anthony Zajac
 
North Park
Jereme Ombogo
 
Wheaton
Ty Bova
Joshua Cross
Sam Elsen
Bradley Lauber
Sheldon Powell
 

Follow the CCIW
CCIW on X | CCIW Instagram | CCIW Facebook |
 
The College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) was founded in 1946 and currently services nine member institutions including Augustana College (Rock Island, Ill.), Carroll University (Waukesha, Wis.), Carthage College (Kenosha, Wis.), Elmhurst University (Elmhurst, Ill.), Illinois Wesleyan University (Bloomington, Ill.), Millikin University (Decatur, Ill.), North Central College (Naperville, Ill.), North Park University (Chicago, Ill.) and Wheaton College (Wheaton, Ill.).





Link

Continue Reading

Sports

SCSU Volleyball Receives AVCA Team Academic Award

Story Links  Full AVCA Team Academic Award Release LEXINGTON, Ky. – Southern Connecticut women’s volleyball received the 2025 American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Team Academic Award, sponsored by INTENT, as announced by the AVCA on Tuesday, July 22, 2025. This is the eighth time that the Owls have received the Team […]

Published

on


 Full AVCA Team Academic Award Release

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Southern Connecticut women’s volleyball received the 2025 American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Team Academic Award, sponsored by INTENT, as announced by the AVCA on Tuesday, July 22, 2025. This is the eighth time that the Owls have received the Team Academic Award. 

The award, which was created during the 1992-93 academic year, honors volleyball teams that maintain a grade-point average of at least 3.3 on a 4.0 scale, throughout the year, to earn the 2025 AVCA Team Academic Award.

In the spring semester, volleyball was one of the five teams at Southern to achieve a 3.5 GPA or higher, as a team. Jalie Miller and Madi Roar both recorded perfect 4.00 GPAs for the spring semester. Sarah Stark, Sydney Bennett and Madi Roar were named to the 2024-25 CSC Academic All-District Women’s Volleyball Team. Additionally, 27 student-athletes were named to the NE10 Academic Honor Rolls, during the fall and spring semesters. 

 



Link

Continue Reading

Sports

Foytack, Shoemaker, Zultevicz, and Track and Field Teams Earn USTFCCCA All-Academic Honors

Story Links NEW ORLEANS, LA (July 22, 2025) — On Monday, the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) released its 2025 Track and Field All-Academic Awards. In the classroom, on the track, and in the field, student-athletes who stood out in all areas of the student-athlete experience […]

Published

on



NEW ORLEANS, LA (July 22, 2025) — On Monday, the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) released its 2025 Track and Field All-Academic Awards. In the classroom, on the track, and in the field, student-athletes who stood out in all areas of the student-athlete experience during the 2025 collegiate track and field seasons were honored with this year’s release. Among the honorees were seniors Owen Foytack and Victoria Zultevicz and junior Katey SHoemaker who earned All-Academic Athlete recognition, while bot the King’s College men’s and women’s track and field programs were recognized as All-Academic Teams.

Foytack earns his first USTFCCCA All-Academic Athlete honor for his career as the seventh men’s track and field student-athlete to collect the recognition. Zultevicz also picks up her first career accolade as an All-Academic Athlete as the fifth Monarch women’s track and field athlete to appear on the list, while Shoemaker tabs her second consecutive honor and becomes the second women’s track and field athlete to earn the award twice in her career. USTFCCCA All-Academic Athlete is awarded to all nominated student-athletes who maintained a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.30 on a 4.0 scale, either finished the season among the top 50 individuals as listed on the descending order lists on TFRRS, competed at the Indoor or Outdoor National Championships, or competed as a member of one of the top 35 relay teams on the descending order list on TFRRS.

Both the King’s men’s and women’s track and field teams collected USTFCCCA All-Academic Team recognition for the eighth time out of a possible 10 years as a varsity program under head coach Mike Kolinovsky. The men’s team submitted a 3.37 team GPA and finished among eight men’s programs in the Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) on this year’s list. The women’s team posted a 3.63 team GPA and finished as one of 11 women’s programs from the MAC to be recognized in 2025. All-Academic Team is awarded to all nominated teams who had a cumulative team GPA of all student-athletes who used a season of eligibility of at least a 3.10 on a 4.0 scale.


–MONARCHS–



Link

Continue Reading

Sports

WSSU Rams Volleyball Unveils 2025 Schedule

Story Links WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Winston-Salem State University Volleyball has officially announced its 2025 schedule, featuring a slate of competitive matchups including invitationals, conference showdowns, and the highly anticipated CIAA tournament. The Rams open the season on Saturday, August 30 with a preseason scrimmage against either Tuskegee or Lees-McRae before heading […]

Published

on


WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Winston-Salem State University Volleyball has officially announced its 2025 schedule, featuring a slate of competitive matchups including invitationals, conference showdowns, and the highly anticipated CIAA tournament.

The Rams open the season on Saturday, August 30 with a preseason scrimmage against either Tuskegee or Lees-McRae before heading into regular-season play.

WSSU hits the road for its official opener at Catawba College on Tuesday, September 9 in Salisbury, N.C. The team will then compete in back-to-back invitationals, beginning with the Greenwood Invitational from September 12–13, featuring matchups against Chowan, Young Harris, Saint Anselm, and host Lander University.

The following weekend, WSSU travels to Athens, West Virginia for a four-match stretch in the Athens Invitational, facing off against Rollins, Concord, Davis & Elkins, and West Virginia Wesleyan from September 19–20.

Conference play begins on Thursday, September 25 as the Rams visit Fayetteville State, followed by a road trip to Shaw University on September 29.

The CIAA Round-Up series kicks off with Round-Up #1 on October 4–5, with locations and matchups to be announced. WSSU returns home on October 9 to face Johnson C. Smith, followed by a Livingstone College visit on October 13.

CIAA Round-Up #2 is set for October 18–19, again with details to be finalized. WSSU resumes home action against Shaw (Oct. 23) and Claflin (Oct. 27), before wrapping up the regular season with three road matches against Johnson C. Smith (Oct. 30), Livingstone (Nov. 3), and Claflin (Nov. 6).

The Rams close the regular season at home on Monday, November 10 against Fayetteville State, setting the stage for postseason play.

The CIAA Tournament returns to Bowie, Maryland, from November 21–23, where the Rams will look to make a deep run in the quarterfinals, semifinals, and championship rounds.

Head Coach Christa Brown and the Rams are ready to build on last season’s momentum and make their mark in the CIAA and beyond.

For updates and more, follow WSSU Volleyball on Instagram at wssuvolleyball and visit our website at www.wssurams.com.

 



Link

Continue Reading

Sports

Latest newsletter for Club Welfare Officers

Club Welfare Officers at Volleyball England clubs may be interested to know they can download the latest Sport Welfare Officer newsletter from the Sport Welfare Officer Network. The newsletter provides stories about the work they do with clubs, and examples of best practice. It also has a list of upcoming forums, events and Facebook groups […]

Published

on


Club Welfare Officers at Volleyball England clubs may be interested to know they can download the latest Sport Welfare Officer newsletter from the Sport Welfare Officer Network.

The newsletter provides stories about the work they do with clubs, and examples of best practice.

It also has a list of upcoming forums, events and Facebook groups available locally for Club Welfare Officers and other volunteers.

Click here to download the newsletter.

 



Link

Continue Reading

Sports

Nine Owls Earn USTFCCCA All-Academic Honors

HOUSTON – The Rice men’s and women’s track and field teams had a combined nine student-athletes named to the U.S. Track & Field Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-Academic Team, an award that honors those who excel both in meets and in the classroom, the organization announced.   The men’s and women’s track and field […]

Published

on


HOUSTON – The Rice men’s and women’s track and field teams had a combined nine student-athletes named to the U.S. Track & Field Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-Academic Team, an award that honors those who excel both in meets and in the classroom, the organization announced.
 
The men’s and women’s track and field programs were both recipients of the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team awards. The women’s team under head coach Jim Bevan posted a 3.7305 GPA, which ranks sixth among all qualified teams, while the men’s team under head coach Jon Warren posted a 3.495 GPA.
 
In order to qualify for an individual athlete recognition, the athlete must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.25 (4.0 scale) and be within the top 96 (indoors) or regional top 48 (outdoors) in their respective events. In order to qualify for team recognition, a program must finish with at least a 3.0 cumulative GPA (4.0 scale).
 
This year’s Rice honorees on the women’s team are Saniya Friendly (sports medicine and exercise physiology), Riana Green (sport management), Julia Johannesdottir (undeclared), Alice Taylor (sports medicine and exercise physiology), Josie Taylor (earth, environmental & planetary sciences) and Mckyla Van der Westhuizen (sports medicine and exercise physiology).
 
The Rice men receiving recognition are Cal Abdulky (business), Jack Greaves (mechanical engineering) and Juan Marais (biosciences).
 



Link

Continue Reading

Most Viewed Posts

Trending