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Two Camels earn CAA preseason honors
BUIES CREEK – Two Camels earn preseason all-CAA honors in 2025 preseason voting. Gwen Wolkow was tabbed all-conference while Maddie Lambers was selected as preseason honorable mention.
Wolkow is poised for a big senior year after leading the Camels in kills (250) and finishing second in digs (200) a season ago. The Downers Grove, Ill. natitve now has back-to-back seasons with 200+ kills and digs, despite missing five matches in 2024.
This marks the second straight year Wolkow has been tabbed preseason all-conference, and the second year in a row she represents Campbell’s leading returner in both kills and digs.
Maddie Lambers will look to build on a stellar freshman campaign that landed her on the CAA all-rookie team in 2024. The Cincinnati, Ohio product led the Camels, and all CAA freshmen, with a .289 hitting percentage last year. The mark was good for eighth overall in the league. Her hitting percentage was also the second-best in program history by a freshman.
The 6-3 middle blocker also posted 49.0 blocks, third best on the squad.
The Camels were picked tenth in the CAA preseason poll. Full voting results are below.
2025 CAA VOLLEYBALL PRESEASON POLL
| Team (1st Place Votes) | Points |
| Charleston (5) | 92 |
| Hofstra (4) | 90 |
| Towson (1) | 88 |
| North Carolina A&T (1) | 68 |
| Stony Brook | 62 |
| William & Mary | 55 |
| Northeastern | 47 |
| Elon | 34 |
| UNCW | 30 |
| Campbell | 29 |
| Hampton | 10 |
2025 CAA VOLLEYBALL PRESEASON AWARDS
CAA Preseason Player of the Year
Tyne Ross, North Carolina A&T
Preseason All-CAA Team
| Player | Team | Pos. | Class | Hometown |
| Clara Bal | Hofstra | RS | Sr. | Riom, France |
| Erin Brothers | Towson | MB | Sr. | Grove City, Ohio |
| Olivia Esposito | William & Mary | MB | Sr. | Carversville, Pa. |
| Cameron Lanier | Elon | MB/RS | Jr. | Chapel Hill, N.C. |
| Kali Moore | Stony Brook | OH | Sr. | Brooklyn, N.Y. |
| Tyne Ross | North Carolina A&T | OH | So. | Cameron, N.C. |
| Nicole Smith | William & Mary | OH | Sr. | Peachtree City, Ga. |
| Izadora Stedile | Hofstra | OH | Sr. | Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil |
| Sydney Stewart | Towson | DS/L | Sr. | Elizabethtown, Pa. |
| Gwen Wolkow | Campbell | OH | Sr. | Downers Grove, Ill. |
Honorable Mentions: Caroline Berlekamp, MB, Elon; Deanna Dollar, OH, Charleston; Maddie Lambers, MB, Campbell; Valentina Meirelles, OH, Northeastern; Leonor Polezzi, S, North Carolina A&T; Catherine Rucker, MB, Elon