Three From Volleyball Earn AVCA All-Region Honors

This is the first such honor in all three of their careers. It is the first time three Tar Heels earn All-Region honors since 2021 and the first time multiple Tar Heels are on the All-Region team since 2016.

Hampton earns the honor after being named to the AVCA Player Of The Year Watchlist. Hampton led the team in points (404.5), points per set (3.86), kills (399) and kills per set (3.50). Hampton was also named ACC Offensive Player of the Week after sweeping Duke in the beginning of October. Hampton totaled 28 kills on a .509 hitting percentage with only one error. Her 16-kill, zero-error performance against Duke saw her hit a career-best .615 guiding the Tar Heels to a sweep on the road.

May has been the definition of reliable for Carolina and closes her career out with All-Region honors. She played in every set (445) of every single match (118) over her four-year career. May sits in third all-time in program history with 1,622 digs.

Thorpe had an impressive 2025 campaign racking up a single season career-high in kills (318), kills per set (2.72), blocks (90), blocks per set (0.77), digs (76), digs per set (0.65), assists (13), points (365.5), and points per set (3.12).