2025 Penn State Nittany Lions women's volleyball team

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2025 Penn State Nittany Lions women's volleyball
Penn State wordmark.svg
Conference Big Ten Conference
Record2–0 (0–0 Big Ten)
Head coach
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
Seasons
  2024
2026 

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.

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

Season recap

Offseason

Outgoing departures

NameNumberPos.HeightYearHometownReason for departure
Taylor Trammell1MB6'2"Graduate Lexington, KY Graduated
Camryn Hannah8OH6'2"Graduate Lansing, IL Graduated
Jess Mruzik 9OH6'1"Graduate Livonia, MI Graduated
Anjelina Starck10OH6'2"Senior Colorado Springs, CO Graduated
Quinn Menger24DS/S5'9"Senior Powhatan, VA Graduated

Outgoing transfers

NamePos.HeightYearHometownNew TeamSource
Alexa MarkleyRS6'2”Junior Peachtree City, GA Washington [1]

Incoming transfers

NamePos.HeightYearHometownPrevious TeamSource
Addie LyonS5'9”RS Senior O'Fallon, MO Saint Louis [2]
Kennedy MartinRS6'6”Junior Fort Mill, SC Florida [3]
Emmi SellmanOH6'4”Sophomore Burtonsville, MD Ohio State [4]

Incoming recruits

2024 Penn State Recruits
NamePos.HeightHometownHigh School
Marin CollinsOH6'3" Lake View, NY Frontier Central
Alexis EwingOH6'4" Bethesda, MD Bullis School
Lexi GinDS5'6" Indianapolis, IN Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School
Ava JureviciusDS5'9" Lincoln, NE Lincoln Lutheran
Gabrielle NicholsMB6'2" 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.svg 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.svg Redshirt Sophomore
  • 18 Kennedy Martin – Junior

Coaches

2025 Penn State Nittany Lions Coaching Staff

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

Schedule

Date
Time (ET)
OpponentRankArena
City
(Tournament)
TelevisionScoreAttendanceRecord
(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)
3,3972–0
August 31
5:00 PM
vs. Arizona State PPG Paints Arena
(State Farm College Volleyball Showcase)
Pittsburgh, PA
September 1
5:00 PM
vs. TCU PPG Paints Arena
(State Farm College Volleyball Showcase)
Pittsburgh, PA
September 5
TBA
vs. Kentucky Rec Hall
(Penn State Invitational)

University Park, PA
September 7
TBA
vs. New Hampshire Rec Hall
(Penn State Invitational)

University Park, PA
September 9
TBA
vs. Bucknell Rec Hall
University Park, PA
September 17
TBA
vs. Pittsburgh Rec Hall
University Park, PA
September 19
TBA
vs. Princeton Rec Hall
(Penn State Classic)

University Park, PA
September 21
TBA
vs. Central Michigan Rec Hall
(Penn State Classic)

University Park, PA
September 26
TBA
vs Southern California*Rec Hall
University Park, PA
September 28
TBA
vs. UCLA*Rec Hall
University Park, PA
October 3
TBA
vs. Nebraska*Rec Hall
University Park, PA
October 5
TBA
at Maryland* Xfinity Center
College Park, MD
October 10
TBA
vs. Wisconsin*Rec Hall
University Park, PA
October 11
TBA
vs. Northwestern*Rec Hall
University Park, PA
October 17
TBA
at Washington* Alaska Airlines Arena
Seattle, WA
October 18
TBA
at Oregon* Matthew Knight Arena
Eugene, OR
October 24
TBA
vs. Rutgers*Rec Hall
University Park, PA
October 26
TBA
at Ohio State* Covelli Center
Columbus, OH
October 31
TBA
at Michigan* Cliff Keen Arena
Ann Arbor, MI
November 2
TBA
vs. Indiana*Rec Hall
University Park, PA
November 7
TBA
at Purdue*Holloway Gymnasium
West Lafayette, IN
November 9
TBA
at Illinois* Huff Hall
Champaign, IL
November 14
TBA
at Minnesota* Maturi Pavilion
Minneapolis, MN
November 16
TBA
vs. Ohio State*Rec Hall
University Park, PA
November 21
TBA
vs. Michigan State*Rec Hall
University Park, PA
November 23
TBA
vs. Maryland*Rec Hall
University Park, PA
November 28
TBA
at Nebraska* Bob Devaney Sports Center
Lincoln, NE
November 29
TBA
at Iowa* Xtream Arena
Coralville, IA
* Indicates Conference Opponent, Times listed are Eastern Time Zone, Source [5]
*Total 2025 Attendance:

Awards and honors

National Honors

Conference honors

References

  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.