Recruits from Indiana, Reese Dunkle

• The NCAA women’s college volleyball transfer portal opened on December 7, with hundreds of athletes entering.
• Numerous Division I players with Indiana high school roots have entered the transfer portal.
• The current transfer window for athletes closes on January 5, with another window opening in May.

The women’s college volleyball transfer portal officially opened Dec. 7, and hundreds of names entered.

Here is a list of the Indiana products at the Division I level who are on the move. We’ll be updating this list as they find their new homes.

The portal window closes Jan. 5. The spring window is set for May 1-15.

Email Brian Haenchen (bhaenchen@usatodayco.com) or Aaron Ferguson (aferguson@usatodayco.com) with portal-related updates.

Molly Beatty, Central Michigan (Herron)

A 5-foot-11 setter, Beatty logged 46 sets over 19 matches, totaling 204 assists, five aces, 44 digs, seven blocks and a kill. She notched a career-high 24 assists at Milwaukee in September. Beatty has three years of eligibility remaining.

Elena Chappell, New Hampshire (Zionsville)

A 2025 Zionsville grad, the 6-foot middle appeared in four matches for the Wildcats. 

Reese Dunkle, Stanford (Center Grove)

A record-setting middle for the Trojans, the 6-3 Dunkle redshirted in her first season with the Cardinal.

Raegan Durbin, Middle Tennessee State (Western Boone)

An explosive pin hitter, Durbin was named to the Conference USA All-Freshman Team after collecting 339 digs, 254 digs, 27 total blocks and 37 service aces. She clocked 24-plus kills in three matches, including a career-high 26 terminations vs. Delaware, the fifth-best performance in CUSA this season.

Lauren Evans, Butler (Carmel)

Evans, a defensive specialist, appeared in 29 matches for a second consecutive season. She totaled 447 digs (717 career), 93 assists (152 career) and 36 aces (67 career). The former Greyhound has two years of eligibility remaining.

Addy Frye, Providence (Traders Point Christian)

Frye, a junior outside hitter and defensive specialist, played two seasons at Providence, accumulating 110 digs, 23 aces and 13 assists over 36 matches (119 sets).

Morgan Gaerte, Notre Dame (Angola)

Gaerte garnered first team All-ACC and AVCA Midwest Region first team plaudits in her second season with the Irish. She started all 28 matches, tallying 497 kills — the most by a Notre Dame player since 2008 and third most overall — 183 digs, 68 total blocks and 36 aces. She set a school record with 34 kills vs. Illinois and registered double-digit kills in 22 straight matches — the second longest streak in program history. 

Lilly Howell, Charlotte (Muncie Burris)

The freshman right side appeared in seven matches, picking up 12 kills, two aces, nine digs and 15 total blocks.

Audrey Hudson, Wright State (Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger)

Hudson was limited to five matches by injury last season as a freshman. She returned this season, totaling 42 sets over 18 matches. She posted 35 kills, four assists, an ace, 68 digs and a block.

Bella Humphrey, Auburn (McCutcheon)

The sophomore libero totaled 11 digs, 11 aces and four assists over 19 matches (59 sets) in her two seasons with the Tigers. 

Ava Hunter, Loyola Chicago (Hamilton Southeastern)

The freshman appeared in 72 sets nad made 10 starts over 21 matches. She totaled 10 kills, 414 assists, 14 aces, 130 digs and four blocks

Aniya Kennedy, Ball State (LaPorte)

A redshirt junior outside hitter/opposite, Kennedy did not appear in any matches this fall. She had 749 kills, 89 digs, 100 blocks, three assists and an ace in her two seasons at Ball State.

Maddie Kmetz, Western Michigan (Andrean)

A redshirt junior setter, Kmetz appeared in 19 matches in 2025, registering 39 assists, 106 digs, a block and a kill.

Kaleigh Meritt, Samford (Evansville Reitz)

The redshirt junior outside hits the portal with 1,143 career kills (.228 hit%), 766 digs, 107 total blocks and 78 aces to her name. She’s also tallied 29 assists. 

Ava Smith, Florida Gulf Coast (Park Tudor)

The 2022 Park Tudor graduate has seen action in two of her three seasons at FGCU, recording 215 kills, 48 digs, 47 blocks and six assists over her 44 matches played (130 sets).

Alaleh Tolliver, Butler (North Central)

A 5-10 sophomore from Indianapolis, Tolliver appeared in 56 matches across her two seasons, picking up 572 kills, 65 aces, 23 assists, 438 digs and 58 blocks.

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