2025 CAA Volleyball Postseason Awards Unveiled

2025 CAA Volleyball Postseason Awards Unveiled

11/19/2025 2:00:00 PM

Dylan Smith

RICHMOND, Va. – Following an exciting conclusion to the common season, the CAA unveiled its 2025 Volleyball Postseason Awards on Wednesday, as voted on by the league’s 11 head coaches.

 

Senior Izadora Stedile grew to become Hofstra’s fourth general Player of the Year and first since Kelsie Wills in 2014. The Pride’s outdoors hitter unloaded 4.06 kills per set (2^nd in CAA) on a .294 hitting proportion (9^th) to go along with 4.44 factors per set (3^rd) in league motion. Her offensive prowess additionally complemented her defensive skills in CAA play, rating seventh within the league with 3.62 digs per set. Stedile registered double-digit kills in 21 of her 22 matches performed, together with 4 efforts of 20-plus slams. She additionally notched 17 double-doubles in 2025.

 

Teammate Nina Jioshvili-Ravva arrange a big majority of Stedile’s kills en path to main {hardware} because the league’s Setter of the Year. Etching her identify within the CAA historical past books as the primary freshman to be named the convention’s high setter for the reason that award’s inception in 2002, the Pride’s newcomer is simply the third underclassman to garner the award, becoming a member of George Mason’s Jesica Umansky (2002) and Hofstra’s Shellane Ogoshi (2005), each of whom claimed the award as sophomores. Jioshvili-Ravva racked up 9.51 assists per set, good for second within the CAA. She was additionally important in serving to Hofstra to a top-10 mark nationally with 13.24 helpers per set (9^th in NCAA). The French product recorded eight matches with 40-plus assists and 9 contests with a double-double.

 

Hofstra’s Stedile and Jioshvili-Ravva are the primary set of teammates to safe Player and Setter of the Year since 2017, when Charleston’s Krissy Mummey and Allison Beckman took residence the respective honors. The duo can also be joined on the league’s first crew by fellow hitter Beatriz Braga, who averaged 3.81 kills per set (4^th in CAA).

 

Towson’s Sydney Stewart grew to become simply the second Tiger in program historical past to safe the league’s high defensive participant honor as Libero of the Year, becoming a member of Anna Holehouse (2015). The senior libero managed to string collectively 4.82 digs per set, good for second within the CAA and 21^st within the nation. The Elizabethtown, Pa., native additionally guided Towson to the highest mark within the convention and seventh in NCAA Division I with 1,784 complete digs, averaging 16.37 per set (24^th in NCAA).

 

Campbell Head Coach Greg Goral snagged his first CAA Coach of the Year, marking simply his second profession main award after being named the Big South’s high coach in 2022. The program’s longest-tenured coach led the Camels to a 21-6 general document, probably the most victories for the reason that 2021 season that noticed the crew declare the Big South Tournament Championship. The crew’s 13 wins in convention play additionally tied probably the most since Campbell joined the CAA, a mark that earned them a share of the CAA common season crown. Goral guided a pair of All-CAA First Team outdoors hitters, Maja Daca and Gwen Wolkow. The duo each completed high 10 in kills per set by way of convention play. Wolkow registered 3.48 per set (5^th in CAA) and Daca paced all freshmen with 2.72 per set, good for eighth general.

 

Charleston’s Caroline Noonan proved herself because the league’s Rookie of the Year in serving to the Cougars earn the No. 4 seed on this week’s CAA Volleyball Championship. The Charlotte, N.C., native led all freshmen in league motion with a .322 hitting proportion, good for fifth general. The Cougars’ freshman additionally logged 15 double-digit kill performances in 2025, together with a season-high 17 in opposition to Hofstra. The center blocker additionally averaged 1.09 blocks per set, totaling 71 stuffs throughout 65 units. Noonan was additionally joined on the convention’s high crew by teammate Izzy Marinelli. The fellow Cougar discovered herself ranked seventh within the CAA with 3.15 kills per convention set.

 

The CAA’s high squad additionally featured a pair of the league’s high outdoors hitters, North Carolina A&T’s Tyne Ross and Stony Brook’s Kali Moore. Ross unloaded a league-best 4.28 kills per set in convention motion, whereas posting 4.66 factors per set (3^rd in CAA). Moore rounded out the league’s solely 4 gamers to common greater than 4 kills per set in convention play with 4.10 slams and secured the highest spot with 4.67 factors per set.

 

The 2025 CAA Volleyball Championship opens motion on Thursday afternoon from SECU Arena in Towson, Md. The No. 4 seed Charleston (18-9, 12-4 CAA) will tackle No. 5 seed North Carolina A&T (14-11, 10-6 CAA) at 3 p.m. Following the opening match, third-seeded Towson (21-6, 12-4 CAA) will sq. off with sixth-seeded Stony Brook (11-14, 7-9 CAA) in a 6 p.m. tilt. The winner of every match will go on to face the Co-Regular Season Champions, No. 1 seed Hofstra and No. 2 seed Campbell.

 

2025 CAA VOLLEYBALL POSTSEASON AWARDS

 

CAA Player of the Year – Izadora Stedile, Hofstra

CAA Setter of the Year – Nina Jioshvili-Ravva, Hofstra

CAA Libero of the Year – Sydney Stewart, Towson

CAA Rookie of the Year – Caroline Noonan, Charleston

CAA Coach of the Year – Greg Goral, Campbell

 

2025 All-CAA First Team

 
2025 All-CAA Second Team

 
2025 CAA All-Rookie Team