BROOKINGS, S.D. – The South Dakota State volleyball team has announced the addition of Patrycja Labucka to its roster, beginning with the upcoming sprint semester. Labucka, a 6-foot-5-inch rightside, will join the Jackrabbits in January and has two seasons of eligibility remaining.

Labucka will transfer to SDSU after two seasons at Florida Southwestern State College, where she made two NJCAA national championship game appearances with the Buccaneers. The Bucs won the national title in 2024 and were the runner-up team in 2025. Labucka also helped FSW to multiple district championships and a state title during her time with the Buccaneers. Prior to her stint at FSW, Labucka spent one season at Middle Tennessee State, where she did not appear in any matches.

At home in Poland, Labucka was a member of the U16 Polish National Team. She also finished in the top-three at the Cadets Polish National Championship in three straight seasons from 2019-2021.

Labucka plans to major in entrepreneurship at SDSU.

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SAINT PETER, Minn. – The Gustavus Track & Field Elite Prospect Camp is set for Jan. 11 at Lund Center. The camp is available for high school juniors and seniors who are looking to gain exposure and are wanting to compete at the collegiate level. 

Itinerary:

12:15 p.m. Check-in

12:45 p.m. Warm-up

1:00 p.m. Session I (hurdles, long jump/triple jump, pole vault, discus)

12:00-2:00 p.m. Time available to meet with an admissions counselor (parents and/or participants)

2:45 p.m. Break or warm-up

3:00 p.m. Session II (sprints, high jump, shot put)

5:00 p.m. Conclusion/Dinner with the team (parents dinner with coaches)

$50 to do one session or $65 to do an event in each session. More details will come after registration and as it gets closer to the camp date.

Included: 

Elite prospect camp t-shirt

Dinner

Video analysis, individualized coaching and instruction

Campus tour and a meeting with an admissions counselor are available

Session I (1:00pm): Hurdles, Long Jump/Triple Jump, Pole Vault, Discus

Session II (3:00am): Sprints, High Jump, Shot Put

 

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By Paula Pyzik Scott

Bluffton High School senior Kain Wright has signed a National Letter of Intent with Ashland University Track and Field. Wright plans to major in actuarial science.

Kain is the son of Kerris and Krista Wright and is an active member of Emmanuel Church in Columbus Grove.

The ceremonial signing took place on Friday, December 19 at the BHS gym with family, friends and teammates on hand.

In track and field at Bluffton, Wright qualified for the Division II State Meet in the 4×200 relay and finished 3rd in the state in the 400 meters with a time of 48.30  seconds.

In football, Kain earned All-NWC honors and Second Team All–Northwest Ohio as a receiver. He is also a member of the Varsity Basketball team.

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HONOLULU — University of Hawai’i women’s volleyball head coach Robyn Ah Mow announced the additions of two productive pin hitters who will join the Rainbow Wahine as transfers for the 2026 season.
 
Maëli Cormier, a 6-foot-2 opposite/outside hitter who spent her freshman year at Oregon State, and Panna Ratkai, a 5-foot-10 outside hitter who played at Dayton last season, have signed with the Rainbow Wahine and will enroll at UH for the spring semester. Cormier will have three seasons of eligibility remaining while Ratkai will spend her senior season at UH and both bring international experience with them to Mānoa.
 
“Both Maëli and Panna add a lot of maturity and competitiveness that will immediately upgrade our gym and culture the moment they step foot on campus,” Ah Mow said. “We are very excited to add them both to our ‘ohana and can’t wait to get to work when spring training begins.”
 
Cormier, originally from Les Îles de la Madeleine, Quebec, Canada, earned a spot on the West Coast Conference’s All-Freshman Team after averaging 2.63 kills per set for Oregon State in the 2025 season. She played in 28 matches with 12 starts and finished second on the team with 266 total kills. She posted double-figure kills in 13 matches with a season-high 20 in a five-set win over Saint Mary’s. She hit better than .300 in 10 matches and went over .400 five times. She was also the starting opposite with Canada’s U-21 team at the 2024 NORCECA Continental Championship in Toronto and led the team with 35 kills in the tournament. She also played with Canada’s U19 team in 2022 and was selected to the National Excellence Program in 2022 and ’23. She played club volleyball for Élans de Garneau and was a 2025 Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association All-Canadian selection.
 
Ratkai, originally from Budapest, Hungary, was a two-time Horizon League Offensive Player of the Year at Purdue Fort Wayne before spending the 2025 season at Dayton. After redshirting in 2022, Ratkai put away 1,048 kills and averaged 4.62 per set over her two seasons at Purdue Fort Wayne. She finished the 2024 season ranked 15^th in the nation with 4.57 kills per set and 19^th with 5.17 points per set and was an AVCA All-America Honorable Mention selection. She also had 586 digs and recorded 30 double-doubles in her two seasons with the Mastodons. Ratkai competed with the Hungarian National Team last summer and played in 41 sets and posted 82 kills and 71 digs at Dayton this past season.
 
Cormier and Ratkai join incoming freshmen Cameron Holcomb and Rachel Purser in UH’s signing class for the 2026 season.
 
2026 University of Hawai’i Women’s Volleyball Signees

Name	Pos.	Ht.	Yr.	Hometown (High School/Last School)
Maëli Cormier	OH/OPP	6-2	So.	Les Îles de la Madeleine, Quebec, Canada (Cegep Garneau/Oregon State)
Cameron Holcomb	L/DS	5-8	Fr.	San Marcos, Calif. (San Marcos HS)
Panna Ratkai	OH	5-10	Sr.	Budapest, Hungary (Gödölloi Török Ignác Gimnázium/Dayton)
Rachel Purser	MB	6-3	Fr.	Henderson, Nev. (Coronado HS)

 

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