2025 BIG TEN VOLLEYBALL PRESEASON POLL
1. Nebraska
2. Penn State
3. Wisconsin
4. Minnesota
5. UCLA
6. USC
7. Purdue
8. Washington
9. Illinois
10. Michigan
11. Indiana
12. Oregon
13. Ohio State
14. Michigan State
15. Northwestern
16. Maryland
17. Iowa
18. Rutgers

2025 BIG TEN VOLLEYBALL PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM

Allison Jacobs, MICH, Gr., OH

Julia Hanson, MINN, Sr., OH

Mckenna Wucherer, MINN, Sr., OH

HARPER MURRAY, NEB, Jr., OH

ANDI JACKSON, NEB, Jr., MB

BERGEN REILLY, NEB, Jr., S

Rebekah Allick, NEB, Sr., MB

KENNEDY MARTIN, PSU, Jr., OPP

IZZY STARCK, PSU, So., S

Gillian Grimes, PSU, Sr., L

Cheridyn Leverette, UCLA, Sr., OH

Maggie Li, UCLA, Jr., OH

Marianna Singletary, UCLA, RS-Jr., MB

Phekran Kong, UCLA, Gr., MB

Adonia Faumuina, USC, Jr., OH

Kierstyn Barton, WASH, Jr., OH

Julia Hunt, WASH, So., MB

Carter Booth, WIS, Sr., MB

Mimi Colyer, WIS, Sr., OH

Charlie Fuerbringer, WIS, So., S

NOTE: Unanimous selections in ALL CAPS

 

The 2025 North Carolina high school volleyball season is around the corner.

Schools in the N.C. High School Athletic Association will officailly begin practice on July 30.

To help you prepare for the season, HighSchoolOT has poured through the stats for all of the returning players and broken them down into the new classifications.

Here are the returning stat leaders from teams in the 6A classification.

See the returning stat leaders in other classifications and other sports:

Note: Teams must have posted season stats to MaxPreps or sent them to us to be featured in this article

Returning 6A Volleyball Leaders: Total Kills

1. Bailey Dorman, senior, Harnett Central — 422
2. Clara Evans, senior, J.H. Rose — 402
3. Molly Gallagher, junior, Scotland — 335
4. Taylor Baggett, senior, Gray’s Creek — 332
5. Rosalie Sharp, senior, Asheville — 324
6. Riley Parker, senior, Sun Valley — 301
7. Mckenzy McDougald, senior, Lee County — 296
8. Samantha Chavis, junior, Northern Guilford — 288
9. Paxton Black, senior, Harnett Central — 280
10. Emma Kate Forester, senior, Asheboro — 266
11. Kate Wallen, junior, J.H. Rose — 255
12. Denet Houey, senior, Kings Mountain — 248
13. Roslyn Taylor, senior, Southern Alamance — 245
14. Lia George, senior, Asheboro — 240
15. Madeline Adair, junior, Union Pines — 236
16. Hayley Hooks, junior, A.C. Reynolds — 223
17. Kylee McArtan, junior, West Johnston — 219
18. Reagan Pierce, sophomore, Alexander Central — 216
19. Hallie Harrington, senior, Alexander Central — 212
20. Lakota Flatt, junior, Jacksonville — 208
21. Faith Raby, senior, South Caldwell — 202
22. Ava Faucette, senior, Harnett Central — 201
23. Mylee Mitchell, senior, Lee County — 199
24. Elli Feliciano, senior, Gray’s Creek — 186
25. Ruby Osborne, senior, Kings Mountain — 183

Returning 6A Volleyball Leaders: Total Blocks

1. Emma Kate Forester, senior, Asheboro — 178
2. Ady Scherer, junior, Asheboro — 160
3. Maggie Jewell, sophomore, East Chapel Hill — 118
4. Ramsey Hale, junior, Scotland — 109
5. Nora Teasley, sophomore, Scotland — 106
6. Sierrah Simmons, senior, Franklinton — 100
7. Chinenye Ejindu, senior, Northern Guilford — 92
8. Sofia Gryshaieva, junior, Terry Sanford — 69
9. Addison Granger, sophomore, St. Stephens — 62
10. Jazmin Mcneill, senior, Terry Sanford — 60
11. Denet Houey, senior, Kings Mountain — 59
12. Lauren Heafner, senior, Central Cabarrus — 58
13. Athena Teel, junior, Jacksonville — 56
14. Kora Knight, senior, Watauga — 55
15. Alyssa Carkhuff, senior, White Oak — 52
16. Kate Wallen, junior, J.H. Rose — 52
17. Elizabeth Miller, junior, Franklinton — 51
18. Savannah Mccaskill, senior, Union Pines — 49
19. Valor Jansen, junior, T.C. Roberson — 49
20. Ansley Stevenson, junior, Northern Guilford — 49
21. Kylie Sykes, senior, Franklinton — 46
22. Ruby Osborne, senior, Kings Mountain — 43
23. Molly Gallagher, junior, Scotland — 43
24. Cameron Bublitz, sophomore, East Chapel Hill — 43
25. Peyton Connolley, junior, Mount Tabor — 42

Returning 6A Volleyball Leaders: Total Assists

1. Camden Pasour, sophomore, Kings Mountain — 900
2. Olivia Bellamy, junior, South Johnston — 753
3. Kailey Ellis, junior, Harnett Central — 719
4. Maylee Garner, sophomore, Northern Nash — 614
5. Kaylan Watt, sophomore, T.C. Roberson — 576
6. Caroline Bayes, junior, J.H. Rose — 543
7. Samantha Chavis, junior, Northern Guilford — 538
8. Lainey Gragg, junior, Watauga — 522
9. Finley Brennan, sophomore, Middle Creek — 446
10. Kendall Smith, sophomore, Sun Valley — 418
11. Mackenzie Bulfer, sophomore, Asheville — 395
12. Eva Vuncannon, sophomore, Asheboro — 386
13. Madison Starkey, sophomore, Mount Tabor — 344
14. Mariah Reeves, sophomore, White Oak — 323
15. Sydney Bassett, sophomore, Northern Guilford — 321
16. Breanna Joyner, sophomore, J.H. Rose — 309
17. Caroline “Kiki” Shallal, junior, Charlotte Catholic — 303
18. Abigayle Hodges, junior, Terry Sanford — 301
19. Elli Feliciano, sophomore, Gray’s Creek — 293
20. Madelyn Perkins, junior, Union Pines — 292
21. Makayla Williams, sophomore, Alexander Central — 277
22. McCartney Harrington, sophomore, South Caldwell — 267
23. Lydia Church, sophomore, South Caldwell — 257
24. Mallory Corbett, junior, A.C. Reynolds — 239
25. Mckinnon Tatum, sophomore, A.C. Reynolds — 234

Returning 6A Volleyball Leaders: Total Digs

1. Emma Little, senior, Asheboro — 439
2. Lucy Tisch, junior, East Chapel Hill — 434
3. Piper Jones, junior, Northern Nash — 423
4. Saleece Crisafi, sophomore, Franklinton — 418
5. Mckayla Mcdougald, junior, Lee County — 414
6. Allie Williams, senior, Harnett Central — 397
7. Lakota Flatt, junior, Jacksonville — 385
8. Anna Preslee Warren, senior, South Johnston — 341
9. Teagan Rodulfo, junior, Northern Guilford — 330
10. Clara Evans, senior, J.H. Rose — 326
11. Mylee Scruggs, senior, Union Pines — 319
12. Caroline Childers, sophomore, Watauga — 313
13. Lia George, senior, Asheboro — 313
14. Emma Ingold, junior, Asheboro — 295
15. Cameron Gerber, sophomore, Middle Creek — 287
16. Samantha Chavis, junior, Northern Guilford — 275
17. Landis Williams, senior, West Johnston — 272
18. Olivia Bellamy, junior, South Johnston — 272
19. Ava Tipton, senior, Kings Mountain — 268
20. Riley Parker, senior, Sun Valley — 264
21. Kaylan Watt, senior, T.C. Roberson — 262
22. Anne Price Duke, senior, J.H. Rose — 255
23. Hallie Harrington, senior, Alexander Central — 252
24. Ady Mchenry, junior, St. Stephens — 249
25. Alyssa Carkhuff, senior, White Oak — 245

Returning 6A Volleyball Leaders: Total Aces

1. Riley Parker, senior, Sun Valley — 91
2. Clara Evans, senior, J.H. Rose — 88
3. Samantha Chavis, junior, Northern Guilford — 86
4. Paxton Black, senior, Harnett Central — 74
5. Caroline Bayes, junior, J.H. Rose — 74
6. Ryann Marsh, senior, Asheville — 69
7. Kailey Ellis, junior, Harnett Central — 63
8. Chinenye Ejindu, senior, Northern Guilford — 62
9. Rosalie Sharp, senior, Asheville — 60
10. Faith Raby, senior, South Caldwell — 58
11. Anna Preslee Warren, senior, South Johnston — 57
12. Abigail Hedgepath, senior, Kings Mountain — 55
13. Taylor Baggett, senior, Gray’s Creek — 55
14. Madison Starkey, senior, Mount Tabor — 55
15. Mylee Scruggs, senior, Union Pines — 54
16. Eva Vuncannon, senior, Asheboro — 53
17. Lucy Tisch, junior, East Chapel Hill — 53
18. Molly Gallagher, junior, Scotland — 52
19. Sarah Bouchard, senior, Kings Mountain — 49
20. Mariah Reeves, senior, White Oak — 49
21. Kaylan Watt, senior, T.C. Roberson — 47
22. Landis Williams, senior, West Johnston — 47
23. Grace Horne, senior, South View — 46
24. Camden Pasour, senior, Kings Mountain — 45
25. Katie Burley, senior, Union Pines — 44

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NEW ORLEANS–Westminster College rising sophomore Rylan Dye (Hermitage, Pa., Hickory) was recently named a 2025 NCAA Division III Men’s Track and Field All-Academic Athlete by the U.S. Track and Field & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) for his performances during the 2024-25 indoor and outdoor track and field seasons. 

Dye and W&J’s Brock Pennington were the only two recognized from the Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC).

Dye, a business administration major, carries a 3.50 cumulative grade-point average (GPA). He has been named to the Dean’s List once and the PAC Academic Honor Roll one time. At the PAC Indoor Championships, Dye won the high jump with a career-best mark of 1.99 meters (6-06.25). It was the No. 2 mark in the Mid-Atlantic Region. At Slippery Rock’s John Papa Invitational on April 17, Dye tied for fifth place after clearing a season-best 1.95 meters (6-04.75). The mark tied for the fourth-best in the Mid-Atlantic region. He posted a runner-up finish at the PAC Outdoor Championships after clearing 1.86 meters (6-01.25).

Led by 18th-year head coach Tim McNeil, Westminster finished fourth at this year’s PAC Indoor Championships with 81 points and fifth at the PAC Outdoor Championships after racking up 89 points. 

Awarded to all nominated student-athletes who meet ALL the following criteria:

1. Minimum cumulative GPA of 3.30 on a 4.0 scale through the most recently completed grading period. Institutions utilizing a different GPA scale must convert the GPA to a 4.0 scale using the standard conversion method [GPA/Scale x 4.0]. Data must be certifiable by the institution’s registrar.
2. Meet one of the following athletic criteria:
   1. Must have finished the season among the top 50 individuals as listed on the descending order lists on TFRRS. In addition, any athletes not among the top 50, but who participated at the Indoor OR Outdoor National Championships, are eligible.
   2. Must have competed as a member of one of the top 35 relay teams as listed on the descending order list on TFRRS. In addition, any athletes not among the top 35 relay teams, but who participated in the relay at the Indoor OR Outdoor National Championships, are eligible. Finally, any competing relay team member on an expanded descending order list to include 35 institutions (1 relay team per institution) is eligible.
3. Graduate students must take all undergraduate plus graduate coursework into account.

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) – Three Nebraska volleyball star players are hosting a youth camp in Lincoln this week.

Andi Jackson, Harper Murray, and Bergen Reilly welcomed roughly 1,000 youngsters to Speedway Sports Complex on Wednesday, with an equal amount expected Thursday. The camp is being run by FlexWork Sports, a national company that organized Dylan Raiola’s youth football camp on Saturday.

Because of demand, the volleyball camp is offering four sessions of approximately 500 participants each. At the camp, youngsters get to work with the Husker trio, as well as take pictures and receive autographs.

Jackson, Murray, and Reilly are all returning AVCA All-Americans. Each of the players are on the preseason watch list for college volleyball’s Division I Player of the Year.

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Her honors are extensive and her accomplishments historic: 41 years after Flo Hyman was part of a medal-winning U.S. Olympic volleyball team and 39 years after her untimely death, she has been inducted into the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Hall of Fame.

Hyman’s honor was accepted by Ruth Nelson, who was a teammate and then coached her at the University of Houston, where Hyman was the first female student-athlete to receive an athletic scholarship. “She was offered the first scholarship at Houston and she said, ‘I need to share it with everyone,’” said Nelson. “That’s the kind of person she was.”

After three collegiate seasons, Hyman focused her attention on the U.S. national team. The squad failed to qualify for the 1976 Olympics and set their sights on the 1980 Summer Games, held in Moscow, the capital of the then-Soviet Union, but the United States boycott of the games due to the Soviet Union’s invasion of Afghanistan, which was launched in February of 1979 and didn’t end until March of 1989, delayed Hyman’s Olympic debut.

By the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, the team was internationally ranked. At 6-foot-5 and 30 years old, Hyman was the tallest and oldest member of the team, capturing attention for her dynamic play and personality. People across the U.S. stayed up to watch women’s volleyball live. The team earned a silver medal.

 “She was very humble,” said Nelson. “[This honor] was a long time coming. All these years have gone by, and I’ve kept up her website (flohyman.com) and social media because I believe that it’s very important for people to understand the history and how the ’84 medal really set the stage and foundation for volleyball’s development.”

Four-time Olympic beach volleyball medalist Kerri Walsh Jennings, who played indoor volleyball at Stanford, was also among the inductees. “The idea of both of them being inducted sets the stage for so much larger growth for volleyball,” said Nelson.

Nelson noted that Hyman had a considerable impact on diversity in volleyball, due not only to her athletic prowess, but also her dynamic personality. “She wanted to meet everybody,” Nelson recalled. “National Girls and Women in Sports Day is named after her.”

Hyman died on January 24, 1986, while playing professionally in Japan. It was disclosed that the cause was Marfan syndrome. Extensive research has been done in her memory, and the Marfan Foundation holds her name in a place of honor.

The other female hall of fame inductees were Gabby Douglas, Anita DeFrantz, Allyson Felix, Susan Hagel, Marla Runyan, Serena Williams, and the 2004 women’s Paralympic wheelchair basketball team.

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The Spanish water polo team are the new world champions in water polo, for the fourth time in history, after defeating the Hungarians in the final of the world championship in Singapore, with a score of 15:13 (5:5, 2:1, 2:4, 6:3).

The Spanish led 7:6 at half-time, but the Hungarians opened the second half with a 3:0 series. Spain led 11:10 at the beginning of the last period, and soon after 13:11, then 14:11, thus resolving the question of the winner.

Bernat Sanahuja and Alvaro Granados led Spain to the title with five goals each, while Felipe Perone and Alberto Munariz scored two each. Gergeli Burian was the most effective for the Hungarians with three goals, reports Tanjug.

The bronze medal at the World Championship, held in Singapore, was won by Greece, which defeated Serbia today with a score of 16:7.

Photo: World Aquatics/Platform X