2025 Penn State Nittany Lions women's volleyball team

2025 Penn State Nittany Lions women's volleyball
2025 Penn State Nittany Lions women's volleyball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	19–13 (12–8 Big Ten)
Head coach	Katie Schumacher-Cawley (4th season);
Assistant coaches	Brian Toron (4th season); Megan Hodge Easy (3rd season); Michael Henchy (2nd season);
Captains	Gillian Grimes; Jordan Hopp; Emmi Sellman;
Home arena	Rec Hall

The 2025 Penn State Nittany Lions women's volleyball team will represent Pennsylvania State University in the 2025 NCAA Division I women's volleyball season. The Penn State Nittany Lions women's volleyball team will be led by 4th-year head coach Katie Schumacher-Cawley. The 2025 Penn State is the defending NCAA champions, having won the program's 8th national title in 2024.

They are members of the Big Ten Conference and play their home games at Rec Hall.

Season recap

Offseason

Outgoing departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Taylor Trammell	1	MB	6'2"	Graduate	Lexington, KY	Graduated
Camryn Hannah	8	OH	6'2"	Graduate	Lansing, IL	Graduated
Jess Mruzik	9	OH	6'1"	Graduate	Livonia, MI	Graduated
Anjelina Starck	10	OH	6'2"	Senior	Colorado Springs, CO	Graduated
Quinn Menger	24	DS/S	5'9"	Senior	Powhatan, VA	Graduated

Outgoing transfers

Name	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	New Team	Source
Alexa Markley	RS	6'2”	Junior	Peachtree City, GA	Washington	^[1]

Incoming transfers

Name	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous Team	Source
Addie Lyon	S	5'9”	RS Senior	O'Fallon, MO	Saint Louis	^[2]
Kennedy Martin	RS	6'6”	Junior	Fort Mill, SC	Florida	^[3]
Emmi Sellman	OH	6'4”	Sophomore	Burtonsville, MD	Ohio State	^[4]

Incoming recruits

2024 Penn State Recruits
Name	Pos.	Height	Hometown	High School
Marin Collins	OH	6'3"	Lake View, NY	Frontier Central
Alexis Ewing	OH	6'4"	Bethesda, MD	Bullis School
Lexi Gin	DS	5'6"	Indianapolis, IN	Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School
Ava Jurevicius	DS	5'9"	Lincoln, NE	Lincoln Lutheran
Gabrielle Nichols	MB	6'2"	Winston-Salem, NC	Reagan

Roster

2025 Penn State Nittany Lions Roster

Libero/Defensive Specialists

2 Ava Falduto – Sophomore
3 Gillian Grimes – Senior
6 Kate Lally – Junior
9 Lexi Gin – Freshman
10 Ava Jurevicius – Freshman
11 Jocelyn Nathan – Junior

Setters

7 Addie Lyon – Redshirt Senior
21 Izzy Starck – Sophomore †

Middle Blockers

5 Jordan Hopp – Senior
8 Gabrielle Nichols – Freshman
23 Catherine Burke – Junior
44 Maggie Mendelson – Senior

Outside Hitters

4 Karis Willow – Junior
13 Emmi Sellman – Sophomore
15 Marin Collins – Freshman
27 Alexis Ewing – Freshman

Opposite Hitters

8 Caroline Jurevicius – Redshirt Sophomore
18 Kennedy Martin – Junior

Coaches

2025 Penn State Nittany Lions Coaching Staff
Katie Schumacher-Cawley – head coach – 4th year Brian Toron – assistant coach – 4th year Megan Hodge Easy – assistant coach – 3rd year Michael Henchy – assistant coach – 2nd year

Support staff

2025 Penn State Nittany Lions Support Coaching Staff
Sarah Tischler – director of operations Sydnie Mabry – performance analyst Scott Campbell – athletic trainer Matt Dorn – athletic performance coach

† Sophomore setter Izzy Starck announced that she was stepping away from volleyball for the 2025 season on September 5, 2025. She was removed from the official 2025 Penn State roster shortly after.

Schedule

Date Time (ET)	Opponent	Rank	Arena City (Tournament)	Television	Score	Attendance	Record (Big Ten Record)
Regular Season
August 23 2:00 PM	vs. #12 Creighton	#2	Pinnacle Bank Arena (AVCA First Serve) Lincoln, NE	Fox Sports 1	W 3–0 (25–18, 25–22, 26–24)		1–0
August 25 6:30 PM	vs. #14 Kansas	#2	Sanford Pentagon (AVCA First Serve) Sioux Falls, SD	Big Ten Network	W 3–2 (25–22, 24–26, 16–25, 30–28, 15–12)	3,397	2–0
August 31 5:00 PM	vs. #13 Arizona State	#2	PPG Paints Arena (State Farm College Volleyball Showcase) Pittsburgh, PA	Fox	L 1–3 (25–21, 23–25, 20–25, 29–31)	7,723	2–1
September 1 5:00 PM	vs. #24 TCU	#5	PPG Paints Arena (State Farm College Volleyball Showcase) Pittsburgh, PA	Fox	L 2–3 (19–25, 15–25, 25–20, 25–19, 12–15)		2–2
September 5 TBA	vs. #4 Kentucky	#5	Rec Hall (Penn State Invitational) University Park, PA	Fox	L 0–3 (21–25, 16–25, 23–25)	6,031	2–3
September 7 TBA	vs. New Hampshire	#5	Rec Hall (Penn State Invitational) University Park, PA	BIG+	W 3–0 (25–11, 25–15, 25–20)	3,737	3–3
September 9 TBA	vs. Bucknell	#12	Rec Hall University Park, PA	BIG+	W 3–0 (25–19, 25–10, 25–20)	3,191	4–3
September 17 TBA	vs. #5 Pittsburgh	#13	Rec Hall University Park, PA	Big Ten Network	L 1–3 (23–25, 17–25, 25–23, 17–25)	5,211	4–4
September 19 TBA	vs. Princeton	#13	Rec Hall (Penn State Classic) University Park, PA	BIG+	W 3–2 (25–15, 20–25, 22–25, 25–16, 15–8)	3,335	5–4
September 21 TBA	vs. Central Michigan	#13	Rec Hall (Penn State Classic) University Park, PA	BIG+	W 3–0 (25–21, 25–20, 25–22)	3,313	6–4
September 26 TBA	vs #17 Southern California*	#15	Rec Hall University Park, PA	Big Ten Network	W 3–2 (25–13, 25–22, 19–25, 19–25, 15–13)	4,318	7–4 (1–0)
September 28 TBA	vs. UCLA*	#15	Rec Hall University Park, PA	Big Ten Network	L 1–3 (25–22, 19–25, 23–25, 23–25)	3,964	7–5 (1–1)
October 3 TBA	vs. #1 Nebraska*	#16	Rec Hall University Park, PA	Fox	L 0–3 (6–25, 15–25, 13–25)	6,257	7–6 (1–2)
October 5 TBA	at Maryland*	#16	Xfinity Center College Park, MD	Big Ten Network	W 3–2 (25–16, 25–20, 19–25, 23–25, 15–5)	5,093	8–6 (2–2)
October 10 TBA	vs. #7 Wisconsin*	#19	Rec Hall University Park, PA	Big Ten Network	W 3–0 (25–20, 25–21, 25–16)	5,311	9–6 (3–2)
October 11 TBA	vs. Northwestern*	#19	Rec Hall University Park, PA	BIG+	W 3–1 (25–18, 25–20, 20–25, 25–16)	3,643	10–6 (4–2)
October 17 10:00 PM	at Washington*	#17	Alaska Airlines Arena Seattle, WA	Big Ten Network	L 2–3 (11–25, 17–25, 25–23, 25–20, 13–15)	4,431	10–7 (4–3)
October 18 10:30 PM	at Oregon*	#17	Matthew Knight Arena Eugene, OR	Big Ten Network	W 3–1 (25–22, 23–25, 25–23, 27–25)	3,235	11–7 (5–3)
October 24 7:00 PM	vs. Rutgers*	#18	Rec Hall University Park, PA	BIG+	W 3–0 (25–23, 25–19, 25–13)	3,647	12–7 (6–3)
October 26 12:00 PM	at Ohio State*	#18	Covelli Center Columbus, OH	BIG+	W 3–1 (22–25, 25–23, 25–17, 25–18)	3,476	13–7 (7–3)
October 31 6:30 PM	at Michigan*	#19	Cliff Keen Arena Ann Arbor, MI	Big Ten Network	L 2–3 (25–21, 21–25, 28–26, 22–25, 12–15)	1,764	13–8 (7–4)
November 2 4:00 PM	vs. #24 Indiana*	#19	Rec Hall University Park, PA	Big Ten Network	L 0–3 (22–25, 15–25, 23–25)	3,651	13–9 (7–5)
November 7 7:00 PM	at #9 Purdue*	#25	Holloway Gymnasium West Lafayette, IN		L 0–3 (20–25, 21–25, 22–25)	2,415	13–10 (7–6)
November 9 4:30 PM	at Illinois*	#25	Huff Hall Champaign, IL	Big Ten Network	W 3–1 (25–23, 25–27, 25–23, 25–22)	3,753	14–10 (8–6)
November 14 7:00 PM	at #20 Minnesota*	#24	Maturi Pavilion Minneapolis, MN	Big Ten Network	L 0–3 (23–25, 23–25, 22–25)	4,486	14–11 (8–7)
November 16 2:00 PM	vs. Ohio State*	#24	Rec Hall University Park, PA		W 3–2 (25–22, 15–25, 29–31, 25–14, 15–12)	4,022	15–11 (9–7)
November 21 7:00 PM	vs. Michigan State*	#24	Rec Hall University Park, PA		W 3–0 (25–15, 25–19, 25–23)	3,679	16–11 (10–7)
November 23 2:00 PM	vs. Maryland*	#24	Rec Hall University Park, PA		W 3–0 (25–19, 25–15, 25–14)	3,237	17–11 (11–7)
November 28 6:30 PM	at #1 Nebraska*	#25	Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, NE	Big Ten Network	L 0–3 (14–25, 11–25, 14–25)	8,537	17–12 (11–8)
November 29 7:00 PM	at Iowa*	#25	Xtream Arena Coralville, IA	Big Ten Network	W 3–1 (25–22, 25–21, 22–25, 25–20)	723	18–12 (12–8)
2025 NCAA Tournament
December 6 5:30 p.m.	vs. South Florida	#25	Gregory Gymnasium Austin, TX (NCAA First Round)	ESPN+	W 3–1 (25–23, 12–25, 25–21, 25–19)	1,200	19–12
December 7 7:30 p.m.	vs. #3 Texas	#25	Gregory Gymnasium Austin, TX (NCAA Second Round)	ESPN+	L 0–3 (16–25, 9–25, 19–25)	3,918	19–13
* Indicates Conference Opponent, Times listed are Eastern Time Zone, Source^[5] *Total 2025 Attendance: 120,698

Awards and honors

National Honors

National Awards & Honors
Player	Position	Class	Award	Ref.
Kennedy Martin	OPP	Junior	1st Team All-American	^[6]
Gilliam Grimes	L	Senior	Honorable-Mention All-American	^[6]
Kennedy Martin	OPP	Junior	1st Team All-East Region	^[7]
Gillian Grimes	L	Senior
Maggie Mendelson	MB	Senior

Conference honors

Conference Awards
Player	Position	Class	Team/Award	Ref.
Gillian Grimes	L	Senior	Libero of the Year	^[8]
Kennedy Martin*	OPP	Junior	1st
Gillian Grimes	L	Senior	1st
Maggie Mendelson	MB	Senior	2nd
Addie Lyon	S	Senior	Sportsmanship Honoree

*Indicates Unanimous Selection

References

^ "Washington volleyball lands two players from transfer portal". Daily UW. February 28, 2025. Retrieved June 4, 2025.
^ Will Hortsman (January 18, 2025). "Former Saint Louis setter Addie Lyon transfers to Penn State women's volleyball". PSU Collegian. Retrieved June 4, 2025.
^ Kumar, Aishwarya (May 7, 2025). "Penn St. volleyball lands All-American Kennedy Martin from portal". ESPN. Retrieved June 4, 2025.
^ Kasales, Ethan (December 16, 2024). "Emmi Sellman Transfers To Penn State Volleyball". Dig Nittany. Retrieved June 5, 2025.
^ "2025 Volleyball Schedule". PSU Sports. Retrieved June 4, 2025.
^ "Martin Named First Team All-American, Grimes Selected as Honorable Mention". GOPSUSPORTS.com.
^ "2025 AVCA Divisional Awards". AVCA.org.
^ "Big Ten Announces 2025 Volleyball Postseason Honors". RRSN.COM.

[1] "Washington volleyball lands two players from transfer portal". Daily UW. February 28, 2025. Retrieved June 4, 2025.

[2] Will Hortsman (January 18, 2025). "Former Saint Louis setter Addie Lyon transfers to Penn State women's volleyball". PSU Collegian. Retrieved June 4, 2025.

[3] Kumar, Aishwarya (May 7, 2025). "Penn St. volleyball lands All-American Kennedy Martin from portal". ESPN. Retrieved June 4, 2025.

[4] Kasales, Ethan (December 16, 2024). "Emmi Sellman Transfers To Penn State Volleyball". Dig Nittany. Retrieved June 5, 2025.

[5] "2025 Volleyball Schedule". PSU Sports. Retrieved June 4, 2025.

[6] "Martin Named First Team All-American, Grimes Selected as Honorable Mention". GOPSUSPORTS.com.

[7] "2025 AVCA Divisional Awards". AVCA.org.

[auto-8] "Big Ten Announces 2025 Volleyball Postseason Honors". RRSN.COM.

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