Seniors Returning For Fall 2021 Season

[vballfreak808]

Seniors Returning For Fall 2021 Season

Akron: Alexis Adleta, Taylor Sharrits, Emily Weigand
Alabama: Sarah Swanson (TCU xfer)
Albany: Danielle Tedesco
American: Chiara Bosetti
Arizona: Elena Shklyar (Michigan State xfer)
Arizona State: Jamye Cox (Michigan State xfer)
Auburn: Liz Reich (Portland xfer)
Austin Peay: Brooke Moore, Caroline Waite
Ball State: Jaclyn Bulmahn (Valparaiso xfer), Emily Hollowell (Illinois xfer)
Baylor: Yossiana Pressley, Preslie Anderson, Hannah Sedwick, Avery Skinner (Kentucky xfer)
Binghamton: Elis Gadelha
Boise State: Alli O'Harra (Pepperdine xfer)
Boston College: Amaka Chukwujekwu, Clare Naughton
Bowling Green: Katie Kidwell, Kerstie Shaw
BYU: Taylor Ballard-Nixon, Kennedy Eschenberg, Kenzie Koerber (Utah xfer), Gretchen Reinert (Santa Clara xfer)
Cal: Mima Mirkovic
Cal Baptist: Sydney Marks, Tessa Oaks
Cal Poly: Maia Dvoracek, Jamie Stivers
Cal State Fullerton: Brooke Parkman
Central Michigan: Grace Butler, Lisbeth Rosario-Martinez, Hannah Warners
Clemson: Kaylee Martin (Illinois State xfer)
Cleveland State: Erica Kostelac (Cleveland State xfer)
Coastal Carolina: Doris Carter (Alabama xfer), Cheyenne Jones (UTEP xfer), Ella Saada (Syracuse xfer)
Colorado: Leah Clayton
Colorado State: Alexa Roumeliotis
Creighton: Abby Bottomley (High Point xfer), Naomi Hickman
Dayton: Mahalia Swink
DePaul: Isabell De La Rosa, Mariah Robinson
Denver: Ellie Anderson, Erica Andrich, Lydia Bartalo, Tina Boe
Dixe State: Lizzy Clark, Jordyn Nelson, Megan Treanor
Drake: Kylee Macke, Emily Plock
East Carolina: Sydney Kleinman, Bri Wood
Eastern Michigan: April Houston, Franki Strefiling
Florida: Lauren Forte
Florida A&M: Dominique Washington (Georgia Tech xfer)
Florida Gulf Coast: Snowy Burnam, Cortney VanLiew
Florida State: Caroline Golden
Fresno State: Savanah Smith, Desiree Sukhov
Gonzaga: Brynn Chandler (Georgia xfer)
Grand Canyon: Teagan DeFalco
Hawaii: Kyra Hanawahine, Skyler Williams, Brooke Van Sickle
Illinois: Kylie Bruder, Megan Cooney
Indiana: Brooke Westbeld
Iowa State: Candelaria Herrera, Mariah Mitchell (Western Illinois xfer), Jaden Newsome (Missouri xfer), Marija Popovic (Pittsburgh xfer)
Kansas: Jenny Mosser, Sarah Nielsen
Long Beach State: Miranda Canez, Avery Nelson
Louisville: Tori Dilfer, Anna Stevenson
LSU: Taylor Bannister, Hannah Brister, Raigen Cianciulli, Kylie Deberg (Missouri xfer), Emmaline Walters
Manhattan College: Erie Hoener, Meagan Miller
Marquette: Kaitlyn Lines, Savannah Rennie, Hope Werch, Taylor Wolf
Marshall: Ciara DeBell, Destiny Leon, Sydney Lostumo
Maryland: Kaylee Thomas (Alabama xfer), Hannah Thompson (Notre Dame xfer)
Miami-FL: Tyanna Omazic (Missouri xfer)
Middle Tennessee: Urte Neimantaite
Minnesota: Airi Miyabe, Stephanie Samedy
Missouri: Nicole Alford (Maryland xfer), Brynn Carlson (Kansas State xfer)
Missouri State: Emelie Orlando
Montana: Peyten Boutwell
NC State: Melissa Evans
Nebraska: Lauren Stivrins, Lexi Sun
Nevada: Kayla Afoa
New Mexico: Kassie McGill (Nevada xfer), Mmachi Nwoke (NC State xfer)
New Mexico State: Lia Mosher
North Carolina: Meegan Neelon (Alabama xfer), Emma Reynolds (Cal Poly xfer), Nia Robinson (Northwestern xfer), Emily Zinger
North Carolina A&T: Edie Brewer
North Florida: Dariana Hollingsworth-Santana (Missouri xfer), Gabby O'Connell
North Texas: Kaliegh Skopal
Northern Arizona: Heavven Harris
Northern Colorado: Daisy Schultz
Ohio: Maggie Nedoma, Macy Reining
Ohio State: Hannah Gruensfelder
Oregon: Taylor Borup
Oregon State: Maddie Goings, Grace Massey
Penn State: Erika Pritchard (Maryland xfer)
Pitt: Kayla Lund, Leketor Member-Meneh (Missouri xfer), Chinaza Ndee
Portland: Paloma Bowman (UC Davis xfer), Charity Bradley (Washington State xfer)
Presbyterian College: Allie Wright
Purdue: Caitlyn Newton, Jena Otec
Purdue Fort Wayne: Katie Crowe
Rice: Nicole Lennon
Rutgers: Kamila Cieslik, Beka Kojadnovic
Sacramento State: Cianna Andrews, Macey Hayden, Michelle Taynton
Saint Louis: Maya Taylor
San Diego State: Zoi Faki (Pitt xfer)
Seattle: Sierra Bartley (LMU xfer), Sam Hayward
SMU: Ali French (UNLV xfer)
South Alabama: Kennedy Wallace (Northern Illinois xfer)
South Carolina: Mallory Dixon, Kyla Manning, Mikayla Robinson
South Dakota: Sami Slaughter
South Dakota State: Chloe Stitt (Austin Peay xfer)
Southern Utah: Stacey Hone
Temple: Katerina Papazoglou
Tennessee: Nicole Shanahan (Wisconsin xfer)
Texas A&M: Macy Carrabine (Denver xfer), Camille Conner
Texas State: Jada Gardner (Maryland xfer), Brooke Johnson
Texas Tech: KJ Adams (Grand Canyon xfer)
Troy: Cheyenne Hayes
Tulane: Lexie Douglas, Danyelle Williams (Northwestern xfer)
Tulsa: Callie Cook, Maggie Hembree
UAB: Alex Kells
UC Riverside: Ayla Fresenius
UC San Diego: Isabella Dobra, Emily Hubbard, Cindy Tran
UC Santa Barbara: Rowan Ennis, Kobie Jimenez
UCLA: Shelby Martin (Kansas State xfer), Mac May
UConn: McKayla Wuensch (Wichita State xfer)
UMBC: Grace Rigsbee (Georgia Tech xfer)
UMES: Marina Cruz
UMKC: Ali Schomers
UNLV: Mariena Hayden
USC: Brooke Botkin, Candice Denny, Paige Hammons (Florida xfer), Sarah Nelson, Shannon Scully (Pepperdine xfer), Sabrina Smith (UCLA xfer)
Utah: Dani Drews, Stefanie Jankiewicz (Illinois State xfer)
Virginia Tech: Griere Hughes (Iowa xfer)
Valparaiso: Brittany Anderson, Rylee Cookerly, Peyton McCarthy
Villanova: Averi Salvador
Virginia Tech: Griere Hughes (Iowa xfer)
Washington: Emma Calle, Samantha Drechsel, Lauren Sanders
Washington State: Penina Tusa
Wake Forest: Andrea Fuentes (Missouri xfer), Kamryn Malloy (Indiana xfer)
West Virginia: Athena Ardija, Alexa Hasting, Briana Lynch
Western Kentucky: Taylor Bebout, Nadia Dieudonne, Kayland Jackson, Logan Kael, Hallie Shelton
Winthrop: Morgan Bossler, Nikkia Benitez
Wisconsin: Lauren Barnes, Giorgia Civita, Sydney Hilley, Grace Loberg, Dana Rettke
Wright State: Nysa Baker, Celia Powers, Teddie Sauer
Wyoming: Jackie McBride, Faith Waitsman
Xavier: Moriah Hopkins

Players confirmed through articles, broadcasts, connections - More than like a majority of senior players who graduated last fall and transferred this spring and graduate students who came in last fall with two year grad programs will play in the fall as well

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Seniors NOT Returning For Fall 2021 Season
- Players that were honored on their teams senior day/night which does not rule out the possibility of them playing else where for their final season of eligibility, it means they may not return for their current team or it is not mentioned if they are in the transfer portal or not
- Players with a (*) next to their name means they have been confirmed they will be moving on from college volleyball after the Spring 2021 season

Air Force: Andi Ahlers, Jordan Daniels, Cambria Galloway, Alex King, Mackenzie Robertson
Akron: Shelby Fulmer, Taylor Kurozovich
American: Chiara Bosetti, Helena Elbaek
Arizona: Paige Whipple, Akia Warrior
Ball State: Kia Holder
Bowling Green: Jacqueline Askin, Tayler Haberland, Katie Kidwell, Kerstie Shaw
Cal Baptist: Cali Hoye
Cal Poly: Madilyn Mercer
Cincinnati: Ashley Kozer
Colorado: Rachael Fara
Colorado State: Alexa Roumeliotis, Breana Runnels
Creighton: Grace Nelson, Mahina Pua'a
DePaul: Avarie Evans-Allen, Isabelle Banez, Emma Price
Dixie State: Sydney Johnson
Drake: Riley Dolphin, Madi Ford, Gillian Gergen
Duke: Summer Brown, Franky Harrison, Payton Schwantz
East Carolina: Camryn Allen, Sydney Hall, Kaiya Heylinger-Powell, Alisi Motu'apuaka, Bri Wood
Eastern Michigan: Carissa Spalt
Eastern Washington: Catelyn Linke, ShaRae Niu, Puaoolelagi Sao, Alisha Straw, Ana Paula Bandana
Evansville: Allana McInnis
Florida: Holly Carlton (LSU beach xfer), Darrielle King, Mia Sokolowski
Fresno State: Reagan Leonard, Jocelyn Rodriguez, Amilya Thompson
George Washington: Callie Fauntleroy, Ashley Waggle, Sydney Welch
Gonzaga: Claire Barbe, Chapin Gray, Katelyn Oppio, Sarah Penner, Gretchen Rudel, Julia Talarico
Grand Canyon: Sarah Hagge, Kaira Moss, Yeny Murillo
Houston Baptist: Kelly Colwell, Makenna Davis, Morgan Dewyer, Megan Patella, Ashtyn Richey
Idaho: Avery Housley, Donnee Janzen
Illinois State: Sydney Holt, Stef Jankiewicz, Alyssa Kronberg, Kendal Meier
Indiana State: Mary Hannah Lewis
Kansas State: Abigail Archibong, Megan Vernon
Kent State: Ezri Edwards, Kayleigh Stang, Natalie Tagala
Kentucky: Gabby Curry, Madison Lilley, Kendyl Paris
LMU: Sierra Bartley, Meredith Teague
Louisville: Alexis Hamilton, Piper Roe
Maryland: Sam Burgio, Chloe Prejean, Hailey Rubino
Michigan: Kiara Shannon
Michigan State: Alyssa Chronowski, Julia Hatcher, Meredith Norris, Laura Swartz
Missouri State: Mary O'Brien
NC State: Mmachi Nwoke 
Nevada: Kassie McGill, Gabby Roberts, Brianna Souza
New Mexico State: Kiley Tonge
North Carolina: Aristea Tontai, Maddie Grace Hough
North Florida: Miriam Stingl
North Texas: Valerie Valerian, Barbara Martin, Miranda Yuma's
Northern Colorado: Lauren Hinrichs, Jadyn McCartney, Taylor Muff, Daisy Schultz
Northern Illinois: Destiny Deyro, Amanda Rullan Vilanova, Kelsy Turskey, Kennedy Wallace
Notre Dame: Monroe Olsen
Ohio: Vera Giacomazzi, Tia Jimerson
Portland: Kellie Hughes, Liz Reich, Carey Williams
Portland State: Maddy Reeb
Rutgers: Yana Kamshilina, Mary Kate Painter
Sacramento State: Paige Swinney
Saint Louis: Juliana Phillips
San Diego State: Camryn Machado
SMU: Meryn Kennedy
South Carolina: Kaelyn Ann Thompson
Southern Utah: Mckenzie Dowell, Stacey Hone, Elisa Lago
Stanford: Meghan McClure
St. John's: Tiziana Baumrukova, Jordan McCalla, Klara Mikelova, Maria Angelica Palacios, Kayley Wood
Temple: Baleigh Jean-Philippe, Selina Merfol, Katerina Papazoglou
Texas: Morgan O'Brien
Tulane: Mackenzie Benoit, Lexie Douglas, Nicole Levine, Mia Primavera
UConn: Ally Barrett, Genna Florig, Isabelle Peterson
UC Irvine: Sierra Davis, Chloe Owens, Cassie Stewart
UNLV: Jillian Berg, Erin Davis, Alison French, Thea Sweder
Utah: Alexa Von Komen
Utah State: Bailey Downing, Elle Nesbitt
Utah Valley: Seren Jardine
Valparaiso: Jaclyn Bulmahn, Ally Cummings, Melissa Flynders
Villanova: Sophia Howling
Washington: Maria Bogomolova
Washington State: Charity Bradley
West Virginia: Athena Ardila
Western Michigan: Charley Andrews, Rachel Bontrager, Cassandra Smigiel, Kaley Smith, Janell Williams
Wichita State: Brooke Smith, Emma Wright, McKayla Wuensch
Winthrop: Emily Wunder, Jessica Young
Xavier: Lauren Hanlon

[Deleted]

Good thread. Not early. Most of these decisions have already been made.

[snickers]

It was stated in the Minneapolis newspaper today that our AD said 'no' to extending scholarships for athletes, except for a few scholarships in football.

[stevehorn]

Dec 15, 2020 16:37:11 GMT -5 snickers said:

It was stated in the Minneapolis newspaper today that our AD said 'no' to extending scholarships for athletes, except for a few scholarships in football.

I suspect this will be the most common outcome.   

[Wiswell]

I'd have to think that for those players on teams that have no real shot at a championship (either national or conference), they might be thinking they would rather move in. By all accounts the academic year has been mentally exhausting, and while we can only hope the pandemic is receding by next fall, some might just be ready to be done. I would certainly see a greater desire to stay among those who thinking they have something meaningful to play for (whatever meaningful means to them.) Certainly there are a number of players whose opportunity to play volleyball in college is more about scholarship support and the overall athletic experience. If they have had plenty of both and can graduate, they probably will.

[Deleted]

Dec 15, 2020 17:55:19 GMT -5 Wiswell said:

I'd have to think that for those players on teams that have no real shot at a championship (either national or conference), they might be thinking they would rather move in. By all accounts the academic year has been mentally exhausting, and while we can only hope the pandemic is receding by next fall, some might just be ready to be done. I would certainly see a greater desire to stay among those who thinking they have something meaningful to play for (whatever meaningful means to them.) Certainly there are a number of players whose opportunity to play volleyball in college is more about scholarship support and the overall athletic experience. If they have had plenty of both and can graduate, they probably will.

This is it. Coaches that have a strong roster with one or two high level seniors are making every effort to bring them back for fall 2021. Some, like Minnesota, that don't have the money, might have to let them move on but if the contenders can bring back their AAs they will.

[stevehorn]

Dec 15, 2020 18:38:19 GMT -5 @bigwestfan2 said:

Dec 15, 2020 17:55:19 GMT -5 Wiswell said:

I'd have to think that for those players on teams that have no real shot at a championship (either national or conference), they might be thinking they would rather move in. By all accounts the academic year has been mentally exhausting, and while we can only hope the pandemic is receding by next fall, some might just be ready to be done. I would certainly see a greater desire to stay among those who thinking they have something meaningful to play for (whatever meaningful means to them.) Certainly there are a number of players whose opportunity to play volleyball in college is more about scholarship support and the overall athletic experience. If they have had plenty of both and can graduate, they probably will.

This is it. Coaches that have a strong roster with one or two high level seniors are making every effort to bring them back for fall 2021. Some, like Minnesota, that don't have the money, might have to let them move on but if the contenders can bring back their AAs they will.

One consideration in whether to bring back seniors is that the scholarship will be for just one semester in practically all cases. 

I think there will be even tougher decisions to make in 2022.   Since this year's juniors will also have the same eligibility opportunity to return in 2022, schools will have to make those same decisions but will also have to fit them in under the scholarship limit unlike next year.   Will be interesting to see what recruiting decisions are made this spring.

[Brutus Buckeye]

Are they all free to transfer without consequence?

[n00b]

Dec 15, 2020 19:13:05 GMT -5 Brutus Buckeye said:

Are they all free to transfer without consequence?

Grad students? Yes.

The only difference is that 5th year players will not count against scholarship limits in Fall 21 if they stay at their current school. If they transfer, they WILL count as one of the 12.

[volley5ive]

yossiana pressley is coming back for fall 2021

[Disc808]

Dec 16, 2020 4:10:37 GMT -5 volley5ive said:

yossiana pressley is coming back for fall 2021

Yup I did see that on Instagram earlier... haven’t been keeping up with AVCA but will they award All Americans/POYs/COYs for the spring season assuming things are still on? If so, she could win 3 in a row lol

[jwvolley]

Dec 16, 2020 4:10:37 GMT -5 volley5ive said:

yossiana pressley is coming back for fall 2021

I, for one, am not mad about this. Will enjoy watching that athleticism as long as I can.

[northwoods]

Dec 15, 2020 16:37:11 GMT -5 snickers said:

It was stated in the Minneapolis newspaper today that our AD said 'no' to extending scholarships for athletes, except for a few scholarships in football.

iIs the financial situation at Minnesota that dire? I saw a 60 Minutes piece that featured the elimination of men’s gymnastics (which didn’t seem to be a big expense by BIG standards). Funding 2-3 volleyball seniors for a semester shouldn’t break the bank?

[eotexas5]

Dec 16, 2020 4:21:26 GMT -5 Disc808 said:

Dec 16, 2020 4:10:37 GMT -5 volley5ive said:

yossiana pressley is coming back for fall 2021

Yup I did see that on Instagram earlier... haven’t been keeping up with AVCA but will they award All Americans/POYs/COYs for the spring season assuming things are still on? If so, she could win 3 in a row lol

Considering that she's not even going to win POY for the Big 12, I don't think this'll happen.

I was most curious to hear her plans for the next year. Would've been interesting to see her transfer to a different school for her final year of eligibility, say a Wisconsin/UCLA/Penn State type of place. I don't know their situations or anything but would be cool to see her join a team that might have a few more pieces in place compared to Baylor to potentially win a championship. Just a thought!

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Dec 16, 2020 13:14:00 GMT -5 eotexas5 said:

Dec 16, 2020 4:21:26 GMT -5 Disc808 said:

Yup I did see that on Instagram earlier... haven’t been keeping up with AVCA but will they award All Americans/POYs/COYs for the spring season assuming things are still on? If so, she could win 3 in a row lol

Considering that she's not even going to win POY for the Big 12, I don't think this'll happen.

I was most curious to hear her plans for the next year. Would've been interesting to see her transfer to a different school for her final year of eligibility, say a Wisconsin/UCLA/Penn State type of place. I don't know their situations or anything but would be cool to see her join a team that might have a few more pieces in place compared to Baylor to potentially win a championship. Just a thought!

she LOVES Baylor. There is no chance she leaves