2025 CAA Volleyball Postseason Awards Unveiled
Dylan Smith
CHAMPIONSHIP CENTRAL
RICHMOND, Va. – Following a thrilling conclusion to the regular season, the CAA unveiled its 2025 Volleyball Postseason Awards on Wednesday, as voted on by the league’s 11 head coaches.
Senior
Izadora Stedile became Hofstra’s fourth overall Player of the Year and first since Kelsie Wills in 2014. The Pride’s outside hitter unloaded 4.06 kills per set (2
nd in CAA) on a .294 hitting percentage (9
th) to go with 4.44 points per set (3
rd) in league action. Her offensive prowess also complemented her defensive abilities in CAA play, ranking seventh in the league with 3.62 digs per set. Stedile registered double-digit kills in 21 of her 22 matches played, including four efforts of 20-plus slams. She also notched 17 double-doubles in 2025.
Teammate
Nina Jioshvili-Ravva set up a large majority of Stedile’s kills en route to major hardware as the league’s Setter of the Year. Etching her name in the CAA history books as the first freshman to be named the conference’s top setter since the award’s inception in 2002, the Pride’s newcomer is just the third underclassman to garner the award, joining George Mason’s Jesica Umansky (2002) and Hofstra’s Shellane Ogoshi (2005), both of whom claimed the award as sophomores. Jioshvili-Ravva racked up 9.51 assists per set, good for second in the CAA. She was also vital in helping 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 nine contests with a double-double.
Hofstra’s Stedile and Jioshvili-Ravva are the first set of teammates to secure Player and Setter of the Year since 2017, when Charleston’s Krissy Mummey and Allison Beckman took home the respective honors. The duo is also joined on the league’s first team by fellow hitter
Beatriz Braga, who averaged 3.81 kills per set (4
th in CAA).
Towson’s
Sydney Stewart became just the second Tiger in program history to secure the league’s top defensive player honor as Libero of the Year, joining Anna Holehouse (2015). The senior libero managed to string together 4.82 digs per set, good for second in the CAA and 21
st in the nation. The Elizabethtown, Pa., native also guided Towson to the top mark in the conference and seventh in NCAA Division I with 1,784 total digs, averaging 16.37 per set (24
th in NCAA).
Campbell Head Coach
Greg Goral snagged his first CAA Coach of the Year, marking just his second career major award after being named the Big South’s top coach in 2022. The program’s longest-tenured coach led the Camels to a 21-6 overall record, the most victories since the 2021 season that saw the team claim the Big South Tournament Championship. The team’s 13 wins in conference play also tied the most since Campbell joined the CAA, a mark that earned them a share of the CAA regular season crown. Goral guided a pair of All-CAA First Team outside hitters,
Maja Daca and
Gwen Wolkow. The duo both finished top 10 in kills per set through conference play. Wolkow registered 3.48 per set (5
th in CAA) and Daca paced all freshmen with 2.72 per set, good for eighth overall.
Charleston’s
Caroline Noonan proved herself as the league’s Rookie of the Year in helping the Cougars earn the No. 4 seed in this week’s CAA Volleyball Championship. The Charlotte, N.C., native led all freshmen in league action with a .322 hitting percentage, good for fifth overall. The Cougars’ freshman also logged 15 double-digit kill performances in 2025, including a season-high 17 against Hofstra. The middle blocker also averaged 1.09 blocks per set, totaling 71 stuffs across 65 sets. Noonan was also joined on the conference’s top team by teammate
Izzy Marinelli. The fellow Cougar found herself ranked seventh in the CAA with 3.15 kills per conference set.
The CAA’s top squad also featured a pair of the league’s top outside 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 conference action, while posting 4.66 points per set (3
rd in CAA). Moore rounded out the league’s only four players to average more than four kills per set in conference play with 4.10 slams and secured the top spot with 4.67 points per set.
The 2025 CAA Volleyball Championship opens action on Thursday afternoon from SECU Arena in Towson, Md. The No. 4 seed Charleston (18-9, 12-4 CAA) will take on 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 square off with sixth-seeded Stony Brook (11-14, 7-9 CAA) in a 6 p.m. tilt. The winner of each 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
| Player |
Team |
Pos. |
Class |
Hometown |
| Beatriz Braga |
Hofstra |
OH |
Jr. |
Uberlândia, Brazil |
| Maja Daca |
Campbell |
OH |
Fr. |
Warsaw, Poland |
| Nina Jioshvili-Ravva |
Hofstra |
S |
Fr. |
La Roquette-sur-Siagne, France |
| Izzy Marinelli |
Charleston |
OH |
Gr. |
Yardley, Pa. |
| Kali Moore |
Stony Brook |
OH |
Sr. |
Brooklyn, N.Y. |
| Caroline Noonan |
Charleston |
MB |
Fr. |
Charlotte, N.C. |
| Tyne Ross |
N.C. A&T |
OH |
So. |
Cameron, N.C. |
| Izadora Stedile |
Hofstra |
OH |
Sr. |
Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil |
| Gwen Wolkow |
Campbell |
OH |
Sr. |
Downers Grove, Ill. |
2025 All-CAA Second Team
| Player |
Team |
Pos. |
Class |
Hometown |
| Clara Bal |
Hofstra |
RS |
Sr. |
Riom, France |
| Erin Brothers |
Towson |
MB |
Sr. |
Grove City, Ohio |
| Lauren Dow |
Charleston |
S |
Jr. |
Pickens, S.C. |
| Jumana Martin |
Charleston |
DS |
Fr. |
Fort Mill, S.C. |
| Leonor Polezzi |
N.C. A&T |
S |
Jr. |
Cortona, Italy |
| Emma Rowell |
Northeastern |
S/RS |
Fr. |
Torrance, Calif. |
| Ella Sanders |
Towson |
OH |
R-So. |
Albuquerque, N.M. |
| Sydney Stewart |
Towson |
DS/L |
Sr. |
Elizabethtown, Pa. |
| Ava Zamora |
Stony Brook |
S |
Fr. |
San Diego, Calif. |
2025 CAA All-Rookie Team
| Player |
Team |
Pos. |
Class |
Hometown |
| Maja Daca |
Campbell |
OH |
Fr. |
Warsaw, Poland |
| Nina Jioshvili-Ravva |
Hofstra |
S |
Fr. |
La Roquette-sur-Siagne, France |
| Jumana Martin |
Charleston |
DS |
Fr. |
Fort Mill, S.C. |
| Caroline Noonan |
Charleston |
MB |
Fr. |
Charlotte, N.C. |
| Emma Rowell |
Northeastern |
S/RS |
Fr. |
Torrance, Calif. |
| Zariah Winton |
N.C. A&T |
OH |
Fr. |
Crete, Ind. |
| Ava Zamora |
Stony Brook |
S |
Fr. |
San Diego, Calif. |