Stout Named Preseason Player of the Year; Chants Selected Third in East

CONWAY, S.C. – Coastal Carolina junior setter Jalyn Stout has been selected as the 2025 Sun Belt Conference’s overall Preseason Player of the Year, a year after being voted as its Preseason Offensive Player of the Year, the league announced Wednesday.  

Last season, Stout was named First Team All-Sun Belt after resetting the NCAA record for most triple-doubles in a season with 20. She posted double-digit assists in 29 of 30 matches, double-digit digs in 26 matches, and double-figure kills in 21 matches. Stout ranked third in the Sun Belt in points (457.5) and total kills (402), sixth in kills per set (3.41), and 11th in digs (392). She was the only Chanticleer named to the Preseason All-Sun Belt Team. 

Coastal was picked to finish third in the Sun Belt Conference East Division behind Georgia Southern and James Madison in the 2024 Sun Belt Conference Preseason Coaches Poll. The Chanticleers received a pair of first-place votes and 75 points in the preseason poll. Georgia Southern received nine first-place votes and collected 87 points, with JMU getting two first-place votes and 77 total points. 

Texas State was picked to win the West Division with 11 first-place votes and 95 points. Arkansas State was second with 81 points. 

2025 Sun Belt Conference Volleyball Preseason Awards

 

Preseason Player of the Year: Jalyn Stout, Coastal Carolina (Jr., S, Gainesville, Fla.)

Preseason Setter of the Year: Anna Loberg, South Alabama (RS Sr., S, Geneva, Ill.)

Preseason Libero of the Year: Sunni Sheppard, Southern Miss (Jr., L, Brandon, Miss.)

Preseason All-Sun Belt Team

Jalyn Stout, Coastal Carolina (Jr. S, Gainesville, Fla.)

Reagan Barth, Georgia Southern (Jr., OH, Lenexa, Kan.)

Samantha Wunsch, Texas State (RS Jr., OH, Austin, Texas)

Jade Defraeye, Texas State (Sr., MB, Dunkirk, France)

Maya Winterhoff, App State (Sr., MB, Charlottesville, Va.)

Sarah Gooch, South Alabama (Jr., OH, Apopka, Fla.)

Daedrianna Cail, Arkansas State (Sr., MB, Marion, Ark.)

Anna Loberg, South Alabama (RS Sr., S, Geneva, Ill.)

Kaitlin Whitlock, Arkansas State (Jr., OH, San Antonio, Texas)

Amiah Butler, Troy (Sr., OH, Pensacola, Fla.)

Addison Heidemann, App State (RS Sr., S, Diller, Neb.)

Kirsten Barrett, Georgia Southern (Sr., S, Cleveland, Ohio)

 

2025 Sun Belt Conference Volleyball Preseason Coaches Poll

 

East Division

1.     Georgia Southern (9) – 87

2.     James Madison (2) – 77

3.     Coastal Carolina (2) – 75

4.     App State (1) – 61

5.     Georgia State – 44

6.     Old Dominion – 27

7.     Marshall – 21

 

West Division

1.     Texas State (11) – 95

2.     Arkansas State (3) – 81

3.     South Alabama – 68

4.     Troy – 54

5.     Louisiana – 42

6.     Southern Miss – 38

7.     ULM – 14

 

Parenthesis indicate first-place votes

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