OLIVIA FOLEY, JUNIATA COLLEGE, GR., S

• She has helped the Eagles back to the NCAA Championship Elite Eight with a perfect 32-0 record in 2024.
• Juniata has been the No. 1-ranked team in every AVCA/TARAFLEX Division III Poll this season.
• She’s led the Juniata attack to the second-best hitting percentage in the country at .317, and a Division III-best 14.40 kills per set average.
• The setter surpassed 4,000 career assists and 1,000 career digs earlier this season.
• Foley, who shared the 2023 Division II Player of the Year honor, also was a first-team All-America pick for the second-straight season; she was a second-teamer the first two years of her career.
• This is the sixth time a Juniata player has earned the award.

Stats (as of Dec.2) : 967 Assists, 11.94 A/S, 232 Digs, .317 Team Hitting %

 

 

NCAA DIVISION III PLAYERS OF THE YEAR

1985: Sherri Petrick, Illinois Benedictine University
1986: Anne Westerkamp, Illinois Benedictine University
1987: Janet Hughes, UC San Diego
1988: Lori Nishikawa, Washington University-St. Louis
1989: Lori Nishikawa, Washington University-St. Louis
1990: Kathy Bersett, Washington University-St. Louis
1991: Elizabeth Tan, UC San Diego
1992: Lisa Becker, Washington University-St. Louis and Anastasia Nikas, Stony Brook University
1993: Amy Albers, Washington University-St. Louis
1994: Amy Albers, Washington University-St. Louis
1995: Shelley Swan, Washington University-St. Louis
1996: Amy Ward, Wisconsin-Oshkosh
1997: Jennifer Martz, Washington University-St. Louis
1998: Abbie Brown, Central College
1999: Abbie Brown, Central College
2000: Candace Wilson, Central College
2001: Allison Erickson, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
2002: Rebecca Rotello, Washington University-St. Louis
2003: Amy Smith, University of La Verne
2004: Carli Dale, Juniata College
2005: Courtney Rose, Emory University
2006: Stephanie Kines, Juniata College
2007: Amber Thomas, Juniata College
2008: Amber Thomas, Juniata College
2009: Christina Cahoon, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
2010: Amelia McCall, Emory University
2011: Rebecca Kamp, Calvin College
2012: Lizzie Kamp, Calvin College
2013: Megan Rietema, Calvin College
2014: Maggie Kamp, Calvin College
2015: Allison Zastrow, Washington University-St. Louis
2016: Lindsey Peterson, Northwestern University-St. Paul
2017: Anna Kamp, Calvin College
2018: Sarah DeVries, Calvin College
2019: Sarah DeVries, Calvin University
2021: Heidi Westra, Calvin University
2022: Jenna Holmes, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
2023: Olivia Foley, Juniata College and Addie VanderWeide, Hope College
2024: Olivia Foley, Juniata College