MYA RAY, UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE, SR., OH

• She becomes La Verne’s first AVCA Player of the Year in 22 years; Amy Smith (2003) was the school’s other recipient.
• The Player of the Year award adds to Ray’s long list of accomplishments, which include becoming the program’s first three-time, first-team AVCA All-American and its first four-time, first-team All-SCIAC pick.
• Her name is all over the Division III stat leader lists this season, as she ranks first in kills, points, and points-per-set average.
• She has 12 matches with 20 or more kills, including a career-best 37 in the NCAA Regional Final to help the Leopards get the reverse sweep at No. 6 Johns Hopkins to punch their to the 2025 Elite Eight.
• The outside hitter helped La Verne earn the No. 1 ranking in the AVCA/TARAFLEX Division III Poll for seven-consecutive weeks this season, which marks the longest streak in school history.
• Ray holds the school record for career kills (with 1,923 entering next week’s NCAA Championship quarterfinals).

Stats (as of Nov. 26) : 550 Kills, 4.95 K/S, , 5.81 P/S, .331 Hitting %, 306 Digs, 79 Blocks, 45 Aces

 

 

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
2025: Mya Ray, University of La Verne