For Immediate Release
Monday, November 17, 2025
NSIC Media Relations
Media Packet

NSIC Offensive Player of the Week
#5 Delaney Miller (OH, 5-10, Fr., Ankeny, Iowa / Centennial HS) - Wayne State
- Averaged 5.71 kills per set and hit .333 in home wins over Jamestown and Northern State
- Had career-high 23 kills in Saturday’s 3-1 win over Northern State
- Added 17 kills in 3-0 sweep over Jamestown Friday
- Led NSIC with 5.71 kills and 6.00 points per set last week

NSIC Defensive Player of the Week
#3 Abby Schauer (DS/L, 5-6, Sr., Sioux Falls, S.D. / Harrisburg HS) - Northern State
- Led the NSIC averaging 6.13 digs per set in the final weekend of the regular season
- Tallied 49 total digs against Augustana and Wayne State
- Added two assists and two aces
- Recorded a weekend high 26 digs against the Wildcats, averaging 6.5 per set

NSIC Setter of the Week
#17 Molly Romano (S, 5-9, So., Council Bluffs, Iowa / Abraham Lincoln HS) - Wayne State
- Averaged 12.57 assists and 2.71 digs per set in home wins over Jamestown and Northern State
- Had double-double with 50 assists, 10 digs and career-high nine kills in 3-1 win over NSU
- Handed out 38 set assists with three service aces in 3-0 sweep over Jamestown
- Led NSIC in set assists during the week
- Named NSIC Setter of the Week for the third time this season (10/20/25 & 11/3/25)

Others Under Consideration
OFFENSE
Makenna Nold (Concordia-St. Paul) 
- Averaged 4.00 kills per set and 4.88 points per set in a 2-0 week for CSP
- Logged 14 kills, 11 digs, and five blocks in a sweep of BSU
- Finished with 18 kills, two aces, and nine digs in a win over UMD
Paige Decker (Minnesota Duluth)
- Hit .426 with a team-best 3.88 kills per set
- Her 31 kills were the fourth-most in the league this week
- Posted a career-high 21 kills on .500 hitting in the five-set thriller vs. No. 6 CSP
- Hit .304 with 10 kills in the sweep vs. Winona State on Friday night
Avery Klein (Minnesota State)
- Posted a .607 hitting percentage with 17 kills, 18 points, and no errors in a win over UMC
- Added two block assists against UMC, bringing her regular season total to 43
- Collected 20 digs across the two match weekends
- Recorded 12 kills in the matchup against MSU Moorhead
- Ranks 11th in the NSIC in points per set, averaging 3.75 on the season
- Leads the MSU offense this season with 279 kills averaging 3.07 kills per set
Leah Jones (Southwest Minnesota State)
- Led the Mustangs in kills with 23 in their sweeps over UMary and Minot State
- Averaged 3.83 kills per set, two digs per set, and .84 service aces per set
- Had 15 kills against UMary, hitting .519 on 27 swings
- Added five digs, two total blocks and a service ace
- Had eight kills against Minot State, hitting .389, with seven digs and four service aces
Ella Thompson (St. Cloud State)
- Led the NSIC in hitting percentage (.667) with 17 kills and one error on 24 total attempts
- Also ranked No. 3 in kills/set (4.25) and tied for No. 7 in points/set (4.50)
- Sent down seven kills on ten swings in one set in Friday’s sweep of UMC
- Her .700 hitting percentage was a new career high for a single match
- Contributed 10 kills on 14 swings (.643 hitting percentage) in a sweep of MSUM
- It was her 16th match of the season with 10+ kills

DEFENSE
Sophie Ketterling (Jamestown) 
- Had 45 total digs in a pair of matches for Jamestown 
- Set a new career high with 25 digs in a five-set win at Augustana
- Averaged 5.63 digs per set, the second best in the NSIC last week
Haley Wolfe (Sioux Falls)
- Put down 8 blocks on the weekend with six against UMary
- Secured three blocks in the opening set against UMary helping hold them to just 8 points
- Added 4 kills on a .400 attack
Laurin Hamann (St. Cloud State)
- Ranked fourth in the NSIC in digs/set (5.00)
- Posted 19 digs in Friday’s sweep of Minnesota Crookston
- Her 19 digs were the second most by a Husky in a three set match this season
- Recorded 11 digs and two aces in Saturday’s sweep of MSU Moorhead
Laney Kathol (Wayne State)
- Averaged 1.71 blocks per set with 1.43 kills in wins over Jamestown, Northern State
- Had six blocks and six kills vs. Jamestown in 3-0 sweep Friday
- Adds six blocks in Saturday's 3-1 win over Northern State

SETTER
Jadyn Lester (Minnesota State)
- Reached a career-high 1,016 assists on the season in the win over UMC
- Continues to rank sixth in the NSIC with 11.04 assists per set
- Delivered five service aces across the two-match weekend
- Is NSIC leader with 60 aces on the year (0.65 per set)
- Posted a .429 hitting percentage against Minnesota Crookston, adding three kills
- Recorded a solo block in the match against MSU Moorhead
Ava Jones (Minnesota Duluth)
- Averaged 11.38 assists, 2.38 digs and 0.38 blocks per set in matches vs. WSU and No. 6 CSP
- Her 91 total assists led the NSIC last week
- Had 50 assists, eight digs and two service aces to help UMD notch a .244 team hitting percentage
- Posted her seventh double-double of the season with 41 assists and 11 digs against WSU
Sydney Thein (Southwest Minnesota State) 
- Had 67 assists in the Mustangs two sweeps over UMary and Minot State
- Averaged 11.16 assists per set
- Had 33 assists against UMary on Friday adding three digs
- Added 34 assists against Minot State with four digs and a service ace
Braya LaPlant (St. Cloud State)
- Ranked second in assists/set (12.00) among NSIC setters
- Helped guide the SCSU offense to an NSIC-leading .374 hitting percentage 
- Dished out 13 assists in one set in Friday’s sweep of Minnesota Crookston
- Contributed 35 assists, four digs and three kills (1.000 hitting percentage) in sweep of MSUM
- Surpassed 1,000 assists on the season on Saturday
 
NSIC Volleyball Players of the Week
9/8/25
O: #2 Madison Carsten – Minnesota Crookston
D: #6 Kailee Waasdorp  – Minnesota Crookston 
S: #9 Ava Jones – Minnesota Duluth 
9/15/25
O: #7 Abby Brooks – Northern State
D: #8 Maya Wente - Augustana
S: #4 Sydney Thein - SMSU
9/22/25
O: #4 Avery Rosenberg - Minnesota State
D: #3 Makenna Nold - Concordia-St. Paul
S: #10 Jadyn Lester - Minnesota State
9/29/25
O: #4 Chloe Hanel - Wayne State
D: #16 Emily Rohrer - SMSU
S: #14 Braya LaPlant - St. Cloud State
10/6/25
O: #3 Makenna Nold - Concordia-St. Paul
D: #11 Ellie Kline – Minnesota State
S: #9 Ava Nilsson – Northern State
10/13/25
O: #7 Abby Brooks – Northern State (2)
D: #4 Chloe Hanel - Wayne State
S: #9 Ava Nilsson – Northern State (2)
10/20/25
O: #15 Channatee Robles - Wayne State
D: #7 Cassie Sieling - Concordia-St. Paul
S: #17 Molly Romano  - Wayne State
10/27/25
O: #3 Sadie Voss - Sioux Falls
D: #7 Cassie Sieling - Concordia-St. Paul (2)
S: #14 Braya LaPlant - St. Cloud State (2)
11/3/25
O: #8 Maya Wente - Augustana
D: #7 Abby Brooks – Northern State
S: #17 Molly Romano  - Wayne State (2)
11/10/25
O: #10 Leah Jones - SMSU
D: #11 McKenzie Tolk - SMSU
S: #4 Sydney Thein - SMSU 
11/17/25
O: #5 Delaney Miller - Wayne State 
D: #3 Abby Schauer - Northern State
S #17 Molly Romano  - Wayne State (3)

About the NSIC
The NSIC is a 16-team, 18-sport, NCAA Division II conference with institutions located in Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota. The NSIC is a model Division II conference that uses high-level athletics competition to develop champions in the classroom and community while empowering student-athletes to be impactful and positive leaders. Formed in 1992 by the merger of the Northern Intercollegiate Conference (men’s league) and the Northern Sun Conference (women’s league), the NSIC has flourished over the past quarter century, maturing into a union of Upper Midwest colleges and universities. The NSIC has won 27 team national championships and crowned 122 individual national champions. For additional information, visit NorthernSun.org.

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