ATLANTA — The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference announced its 2025 preseason all-conference women's volleyball teams, individual honors and predicted orders of finish on Monday, featuring six returning players from the 2024 All-SIAC lineup.
Preseason honors are as voted by the conference’s head coaches and sports information directors.
| FIRST TEAM |
| POSITION |
NAME |
SCHOOL |
CLASS |
HOMETOWN |
| Outside Hitter |
Jarianis Perez* |
Albany State |
Junior |
Jacksonville, Fla. |
| Outside Hitter |
Savannah Everett* |
Savannah State |
Senior |
Colorado Springs, Colo. |
| Outside Hitter |
Alexis Simpson* |
Edward Waters |
R-Senior |
Caledonia, Minn. |
| Middle Blocker |
Kyra Gaston* |
Lane |
Senior |
Detroit, Mich. |
| Middle Blocker |
Desire' Young* |
Benedict |
Junior |
Aurora, Colo. |
| Libero |
Ashlyn Whiteside* |
Spring Hill |
R-Sophomore |
Fairhope, Ala. |
| Setter |
Amiyah Walker |
Savannah State |
Sophomore |
Pleasant Grove, Ala. |
| – * RETURNING 2024 ALL-SIAC SELECTION |
| SECOND TEAM |
| POSITION |
NAME |
SCHOOL |
CLASS |
HOMETOWN |
| Outside Hitter |
Zahra Coates |
Central State |
Senior |
Pflugerville, Texas |
| Outside Hitter |
Dakotah Holmes |
Fort Valley State |
Sophomore |
Hampton, Ga. |
| Outside Hitter |
Sawyer Arbuckle |
Clark Atlanta |
Sophomore |
DeSoto, Texas |
| Middle Blocker |
Madison Spells |
Clark Atlanta |
Senior |
Dickinson, Texas |
| Middle Blocker |
Randi Neal |
Kentucky State |
Graduate |
Baltimore, Md. |
| Libero |
Nakayla James |
Clark Atlanta |
Junior |
Altamonte Springs, Fla. |
| Setter |
Willow Alls |
Benedict |
Junior |
Pickerington, Ohio |
| PRESEASON OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR |
| NAME |
SCHOOL |
CLASS |
HOMETOWN |
| Jarianis Perez |
Albany State |
Junior |
Jacksonville, Fla. |
| PRESEASON DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR |
| NAME |
SCHOOL |
CLASS |
HOMETOWN |
| Ashlyn Whiteside |
Spring Hill |
R-Sophomore |
Fairhope, Ala. |
| PREDICTED ORDERS OF FINISH (BY DIVISION) |
| EAST DIVISION |
| 1. Albany State |
| 2. Savannah State |
| 3. Fort Valley State |
| 4. Clark Atlanta |
| 5. Benedict |
| 6. Edward Waters |
| 7. Allen |
| WEST DIVISION |
| 1. Spring Hill |
| 2. Central State |
| 3. Lane |
| 4. Kentucky State |
| 5. Tuskegee |
| 6. Miles |
| 7. LeMoyne-Owen |
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ABOUT THE SOUTHERN INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE (SIAC)
The SIAC is a NCAA athletic conference consisting primarily of historically black colleges and universities with headquarters in downtown Atlanta, Georgia. The SIAC includes 15 member institutions (Albany State University, Allen University, Benedict College, Central State University, Clark Atlanta University, Edward Waters University, Fort Valley State University, Kentucky State University, Lane College, LeMoyne-Owen College, Miles College, Morehouse College, Savannah State University, Spring Hill College, and Tuskegee University), which are located within a contiguous seven-state footprint (Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, South Carolina, Tennessee and Ohio). The SIAC sponsors nine men's and seven women's sports and is a proud member of the NCAA Division II. For more information, visit
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