2021 NAIA Women's Volleyball All-Americans and Special Awards
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The 2021 NAIA Women’s Volleyball All-Americans, Coach of the Year, Player of the Year, Attacker of the Year, Setter of the Year and Defender of the Year have been announced.
Nada Meawad of Park (Mo.) has been named the 2021 NAIA Player of the Year and Attacker of the Year. Meawad was also the player of the year in 2018 and 2020. The outside hitter recorded a total of 595 kills on the season for an average of 5.09 kills per set. The senior also posted a season-high of 28 kills vs Providence (Mont.) in the quarterfinals. Because of having the COVID year, Meawad is now a five-time first team All-America.
Manuela Vargas of Missouri Baptist has been named the 2021 NAIA Setter of the Year. Vargas recorded a total of 1,104 assists on the season in 89 sets played for an average of 12.4 assists per set. The setter posted a season-high 63 assists against Northwestern (Iowa) in the quarterfinals.
Ariana Macies of Missouri Baptist has been named the 2021 NAIA Defender of the Year. Macies recorded 87 digs on the season for an average of 5.77 digs per set. The libero set a season-high of 34 digs against Ottawa (Kan.).
Mike Talamantes of Park (Mo.) has been named the 2021 NAIA Coach of the Year. Talamantes led the Pirates to a 34-3 overall record and runner-up finish in his 11th season. The team advanced to the championship match for the third time in school history this season. Talamantes surpassed 300 wins at the end of the 2020 season and after the 2021 season has amassed a record of 342-59.
All of the selections are made by the All-America Committee that comprised a first, second, third and honorable mention teams. There are 14 members on each of the first three All-America teams.
Defender of the Year: Ariana Macies, Missouri Baptist
Setter of the Year: Manuela Vargas, Missouri Baptist
Attacker of the Year: Nada Meawad, Park (Mo.)
Player of the Year: Nada Meawad, Park (Mo.)
Coach of the Year: Mike Talamantes, Park (Mo.)
First Team
| First | Last | Institution | Pos | Yr | Hometown |
| Eve | Fountain** | Bellevue (Neb.) | OH | Fr | Omaha, Neb. |
| Olivia | Galas*^ | Bellevue (Neb.) | S | Jr | Bellevue, Neb. |
| Isabelle | North** | Bethel (Ind.) | MH | So | Fort Wayne, Ind. |
| Avari | Ridgway** | Corban (Ore.) | OH | Jr | McMinnville, Ore. |
| Ady | Dwight | Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) | MH | So | Langford, S.D. |
| Anna | Holen* | Jamestown (N.D.) | OH | Sr | LaMoure, N.D. |
| Skyler | Van Note*^ | Marian (Ind.) | OH | Sr | Muncie, Ind. |
| Hope | Leimbach | Midland (Neb.) | S | Jr | Lincoln, Neb. |
| Ariana | Macies | Missouri Baptist | L | Sr | Santa Fe, Argentina |
| Giovanna | Tapigliani* | Missouri Baptist | OPP | Sr | São Paulo, Brazil |
| Manuela | Vargas & | Missouri Baptist | S | Sr | Medellin, Colombia |
| Nada | Meawad*^&% | Park (Mo.) | OH | Sr | Cairo, Egypt |
| Bailey | Foy* | Texas Wesleyan (Texas) | MH | Sr | Paris, Texas |
| Miah | Garant | Viterbo (Wis.) | MH | Sr | Fort Atkinson, Wis. |
Second Team
| First | Last | Institution | Pos | Yr | Hometown |
| Dani | Prusha | College of St. Mary (Neb.) | S | Sr | Papillion, Neb. |
| Rylee | Troutman | Corban (Ore.) | OH | So | Powell Butte, Ore. |
| Cambree | Scott** | Eastern Oregon | MH | Jr | Bend, Ore. |
| Hannah | Marchand | IU South Bend (Ind.) | OP | Sr | Sturgis, Mich. |
| Kalli | Hegerle* | Jamestown (N.D.) | OPP | Sr | West Fargo, N,D. |
| Hannah | Foecker | Mid-America Christian (Okla.) | OH | Sr | Sudlohn, Germany |
| Cristal | Carrizoza | Ottawa (Ariz.) | S | Sr | Nogales, Sonora, Mexico |
| Kate | Pestova*** | Ottawa (Ariz.) | OH | Sr | Tacoma, Wash. |
| Noura | Meawad | Park (Mo.) | OPP | Sr | Cairo, Egypt |
| Nadia | Atton | Saint Xavier (Ill.) | OH | Sr | Midland, Mich. |
| Emily | Mohs | Thomas More (Ky.) | OH | Sr | Cincinnatti, Ohio |
| Cydney | Finberg-Roberts** | Providence (Mont.) | S | Sr | Columbia Falls, Mont. |
| Sadie | Lott | Providence (Mont.) | MH | So | Idaho Falls, Idaho |
| Maya | Roberts**^^ | Viterbo (Wis.) | OPP | Sr | Watertown, Wis. |
Third Team
| First | Last | Institution | Pos | Yr | Hometown |
| Sierra | Athen^^ | Bellevue (Neb.) | OH | Jr | Red Oak, Iowa |
| Brianna | Rivera | Benedictine Mesa (Ariz.) | OH | Jr | Chandler, Ariz. |
| Maddy | Payne*** | Bethel (Ind.) | MH | So | Wakarusa, Ind. |
| Taelyr | Krantz | Carroll (Mont.) | MH | Sr | Helena, Mont. |
| Callie | Henson | Central Methodist (Mo.) | OPP | Jr | Jefferson City, Mo. |
| Maddie | Polzin*** | Dakota State (S.D.) | OH | Sr | Baltic, S.D. |
| Erinn | Adam** | IU Kokomo (Ind.) | MH | Sr | Bloomington, Ind. |
| Jessie | Prichard | Life (Ga.) | S | Gr | Corona, Calif. |
| Jodie | Kelly*^^ | Madonna (Mich.) | OH | Sr | Romeo, Mich. |
| Sara | Spangler | Marian (Ind.) | OP | Sr | Cedar Lake, Ind. |
| Taliyah | Flores** | Midland (Neb.) | OH | Jr | Papillion, Neb. |
| Raylyn | Dodd*** | Missouri Baptist | MB | Sr | Fredericktown, Mo. |
| Ayona | Tharps^^ | Ottawa (Kan.) | OPP | Sr | Collinsville, Ill. |
| Kenzie | Winker | Viterbo (Wis.) | OH | So | Holmen, Wis. |
Honorable Mention
| First | Last | Institution | Pos | Yr | Hometown |
| Haley | Fleischman | Bellevue (Neb.) | MH | Fr | Overton, Neb. |
| Leslie | Flores | Bluefield (Va.) | OH | Jr | South Charleston, Ohio |
| Makenna | Northern | Bushnell (Ore.) | S | Jr | Browsville, Ore. |
| Jordan | Wolfe | Central Methodist (Mo.) | OPP | Sr | Camdenton, Mo. |
| Rachel | Cushing | College of St. Mary (Neb.) | L | So | Council Bluffs, Iowa |
| Luisa | Ferreira***^^ | Columbia (Mo.) | S | So | Rio De Janeiro, Brazil |
| Kira | Rymer | Columbia International (S.C.) | OPP | So | China Grove, N.C. |
| Camryn | Opfer | Concordia (Neb.) | OH | Jr | Seward, Neb. |
| Kayla | Peters | Concordia (Mich.) | OH | So | Monroe, Mich. |
| Olivia | Keelan | Cornerstone (Mich.) | OH | Jr | Bailey, Mich. |
| Hannah | Viet | Dakota State (S.D.) | MH | Sr | Parker, S.D. |
| Breanna | Shaffer | Eastern Oregon | OH | Sr | Kennewick, Wash. |
| Tori | Lowry | Evangel (Mo.) | OH | Sr | Bentonville, Ark. |
| Emma | Noskey | Florida College (Fla.) | RS | Jr | Seffner, Fla. |
| Joanne | Dania | Florida National (Fla.) | OH | Jr | Willemstad, Curacao |
| Alexa | Aldrich-Ingram | Grand View (Iowa) | OPP | Sr | Iowa City, Iowa |
| Jenna | Wagemester | Grand View (Iowa) | OH | Sr | Cedar Rapids, Iowa |
| Myrnaliz | Perez | Hannibal-LaGrange (Mo.) | OH | Sr | Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico |
| Ana | Collar | Indiana Wesleyan | OP | Sr | Cicero, Ind. |
| Jessica | Swimm | IU East (Ind.) | OH | So | Hagerstown, Ind. |
| Julie | Brown | IU South Bend (Ind.) | MH | Sr | Whitehall, Mich. |
| McKenzie | Powell | IU South Bend (Ind.) | S | Sr | Rolling Prairie, Ind. |
| Corina | Huff | Jamestown (N.D.) | MH | Sr | Pequot Lakes, Minn. |
| Elizabeth | Hardacre | Kansas Wesleyan | MH | Jr | Kensington, Kan. |
| Emily | Monson | Kansas Wesleyan | L | Sr | Cheney, Kan. |
| Marin | Black | Life (Ga.) | L | Sr | Cumming, Ga. |
| Lena | Pucnik** | Life (Ga.) | OH | Jr | Celje, Slovenia |
| Hannah | Caddow | Life Pacific (Calif.) | OH | Jr | Valencia, Calif. |
| Sydney | Culpepper | Life Pacific (Calif.) | Lib | Sr | Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. |
| Camryn | Rich | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | SET | Jr | Louisville, Ky. |
| Radaisy | Valdez | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | MH | So | Bani, Dominican Republic |
| Simone | Tyson | Loyola (La.) | OH | So | Cleveland, Ohio |
| Elora | Passa | Mayville State (N.D.) | S/OH | Jr | Barnesville, Minn. |
| Aidan | Brown | McPherson (Kan.) | OH | So | Sterling, Ill. |
| Maureen | Jessop | Montana Tech | OH | Jr | Corvallis, Mont. |
| Abi | Broussard | Northwest (Wash.) | MH | Jr | Lynden, Wash. |
| Bekah | Horstman | Northwestern (Iowa) | MH | Sr | Pella, Iowa |
| Sophia | Salak*^^ | Oklahoma City | S | Sr | McKinney, Texas |
| Essence | West | Oklahoma Panhandle | OH | Jr | Dallas, Texas |
| Nicole | Reyes | Oregon Tech | OH | Sr | Fairfield, Calif. |
| Debora | Bernardi | Park (Mo.) | MH | Fr | Ponta Grossa, Brazil |
| Amanda | Jonovich | Park-Gilbert (Ariz.) | OH | So | Mesa, Ariz. |
| Ayla | Embry | Rocky Mountain (Mont.) | L | Jr | Bozeman, Mont. |
| Kaleigh | Ritter | Saint Xavier (Ill.) | S | Fr | Tinley Park, Ill. |
| Sandy | Cao | Southeastern (Fla.) | OH | Fr | Clearwater, Fla. |
| Alexis | Mealer | SAGU (Texas) | OH | Jr | Arlington, Texas |
| Destiny | Williams | St. Katherine (Calif.) | MH | Sr | Stockton, Calif. |
| Stephaney | Fifield | Taylor (Ind.) | L | Jr | Fostoria, Mich. |
| Veronika | Webb | Texas Wesleyan | MH | Sr | Arlington, Texas |
| Jenna | Thorne | Providence (Mont.) | OH | So | Karitane, New Zealand |
| Katie | Frohmader^ | Viterbo (Wis.) | OH | Sr | Fort Atkinson, Wis. |
| Adrianna | Reinhart | Viterbo (Wis.) | L | Jr | Caledonia, Minn. |
| Lucie | Mahelova | Wayland Baptist (Texas) | S | Sr | Znojmo, Czech Republic |
| Taylor | Dilley | William Jessup (Calif.) | OH | Jr | Clovis, Calif. |
| Carly | Rodman | Rochester (Mich.) | L | So | Rochester Hills, Mich. |
*1st team in 2020
**2nd team in 2020
***3rd team in 2020
^1st team in 2019
^^2nd team in 2019
^^^3rd team in 2019
& 1st team in 2018
% 1st team in 2017
