2025 NCVBCA Player & Coach of the Year

2025-26 NCVBCA PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARDS

This award represents the pinnacle of individual achievement for a student-athlete in North Carolina high school volleyball. It honors exceptional leadership, sportsmanship, superior volleyball skills, academic achievement, and a strong work ethic—nominated and selected by NCVBCA varsity head coaches.

To qualify for consideration, a student-athlete must be nominated by a NCVBCA/AVCA varsity member head coach and have received NCVBCA All-Region and All-State honors for the 2025-26 season. must be a NCVBCA/AVCA member, as well as have a successful record for the 2025-26 season.

Congratulations to the athletes recognized!!

• Class 1A – Maggie Penn, Falls Lake Academy
• Class 2A – Kaydee Hunter, Perquimans County High School
• Class 3A – Jansley Page, Wallace-Rose Hill High School
• Class 4A – Bailey Blackmon, Southwestern Randolph
• Class 5A – Emily Gambill, Hickory High School
• Class 6A – Emma Pastusic, Watauga High School
• Class 7A – Genevieve Harris, Cardinal Gibbons High School
• Class 8A – Lindley Miller, Green Level High School

2025-26 NCVBCA COACH OF THE YEAR

This award signifies outstanding coaching excellence. It celebrates a coach who guided their team to a successful season while demonstrating deep knowledge of the game, developing talent, and contributing to the volleyball community through leadership, mentorship, and volunteerism—chosen by fellow NCVBCA coaches.

Congratulations to the coaches recognized!!

• Class 1A – Corrinna Sammons, Falls Lake Academy
• Class 2A – Kristie Thach, Perquimans County High School
• Class 3A – Nicole Waters, Ayden-Grifton High School
• Class 4A – Lee Kennell, Uwharrie Charter Academy
• Class 5A – Helen May, Cedar Ridge High School
• Class 6A – Kim Pryor, Watauga High School
• Class 7A – Jennifer Gillikin, D.H. Conley High School
• Class 8A – Alston Godbold, Green Level High School