Qualifiers for the 2025 NAIA Men's Volleyball Championship Announced
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – (Pool Play Schedule | Bracket) The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has officially announced the 2025 NAIA Men's Volleyball Championship qualifiers. The 12-team field will begin play on April 29 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa at the Alliant Energy PowerHouse.
This year's field includes eight automatic bids, three at-large selections and one host berth. The automatic berths are determined by conference/group regular-season or tournament winners. The remaining at-large bids were determined by a selection committee made up of coaches and administrators from across the nation.
Action inside the Alliant Energy PowerHouse will open with three days of pool play starting on April 29 and ending on May 1. The semifinals will take place on May 2 and the championship on May 3.
The 2025 NAIA Men’s Volleyball National Championship is broadcast FREE on the NAIA Channel of the Urban Edge Network and the newly redesigned NAIA Network for all matches at the final site in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. For more information and to pre-register, click HERE.
The Alliant Energy PowerHouse is a clear bag facility unless the bag is smaller than 5x8”. For more on what is allowed in the facility, CLICK HERE
Qualifier Highlights
- The Heart of America Athletic Conference qualified the highest number of teams at five: Grand View (Iowa), Missouri Baptist, Missouri Valley, Mount Mercy (Iowa) and Park (Mo.).
- St. Thomas (Fla.) and UC Merced (Calif.) are making their first appearance in the national championship.
- Grand View (Iowa) and Saint Xavier (Ill.) are the only teams in the field that have qualified for all six NAIA Championships.
- Three teams follow with five appearances in the tournament field: Benedictine Mesa (Ariz.), Georgetown (Ky.) and Park (Mo.).
- Grand View (Iowa) leads the field in titles with two in the back-to-back years of 2021 & 2022.
- The defending national champions, Georgetown (Ky.), return to the championship to defend their title.
- Benedictine Mesa (Ariz.) holds the best championship record of the field at 14-3 after winning the first championship title and competing in the championship match the following three years. The Redhawks boast an 0.824 win percentage in NAIA Championship play.
- The Master’s (Calif.) and Saint Xavier (Ill.) both boast an undefeated season to this point, with 23 and 28 wins, respectively.
- Six of the 12 teams in the field also competed in the 2024 championship.
Qualifiers
| INSTITUTION | QUALIFICATION | SEASON RECORD | LAST QUALIFIED | APPEARANCES | TITLES |
| Benedictine Mesa (Ariz.) | At-Large | 17-6 | 2023 | 5 | 1 |
| Georgetown (Ky.) | River States Conference Tournament Champion | 23-4 | 2024 | 5 | 1 |
| Grand View (Iowa) | Heart of America Athletic Conference Tournament Champion | 19-6 | 2024 | 6 | 2 |
| Lawrence Tech (Mich.) | Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference Tournament Champion | 26-2 | 2024 | 2 | 0 |
| Missouri Baptist | At-Large | 26-5 | 2021 | 3 | 0 |
| Missouri Valley | Heart of America Athletic Conference Regular-Season Champion | 21-3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Mount Mercy (Iowa) | Host Bid | 22-6 | 2024 | 2 | 0 |
| Park (Mo.) | At-Large | 19-6 | 2023 | 5 | 0 |
| Saint Xavier (Ill.) | Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference Tournament Champion | 28-0 | 2024 | 6 | 0 |
| St. Thomas (Fla.) | Appalachian Athletic Conference Tournament Champion | 23-1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| The Master's (Calif.) | Great Southwest Athletic Conference Tournament Champion | 23-0 | 2024 | 3 | 0 |
| UC Merced (Calif.) | California Pacific Conference Tournament Champion | 10-12 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Pool Assignments
| Pool A | Pool B | Pool C | Pool D |
| 1 The Master's (Calif.) | 2 Saint Xavier (Ill.) | 3 Lawrence Tech (Mich.) | 4 Missouri Baptist |
| 8 Park (Mo.) | 7 Grand View (Iowa) | 6 Missouri Valley | 5 St. Thomas (Fla.) |
| 9 Mount Mercy (Iowa) | 10 Benedictine Mesa (Ariz.) | 11 Georgetown (Ky.) | 12 UC Merced (Calif.) |
