ST. LOUIS – The No. 25 University of Missouri-St. Louis volleyball team had six players earn All-Great Lakes Valley Conference honors and collected three of the four major awards, it was announced by the league office on Thursday evening. The annual awards were presented at a ceremony on the eve of the GLVC Volleyball Championship Tournament.

Senior setter Caitlin Bishop was named the GLVC's Player of the Year for the second time in her career. It marks the fifth time in the last six years the Tritons have had the Player of the Year in the conference. Junior libero Skylar Weaver was named the Libero of the Year and joins Megan Woll in winning that honor. Head Coach Ryan Young was selected by his peers as the GLVC Coach of the Year for the third time in four years and fourth in his career.

Bishop and Weaver were two of five UMSL players to earn First-Team All-GLVC accolades. Senior middle hitter Iyannah Jackson, sophomore rightside hitter Alayna Santel and sophomore outside hitter Maggie Johnson joined Bishop and Weaver on the first team, while senior middle hitter Hannah Copeland landed on the second team.

Bishop won seven GLVC Setter of the Week awards this season including five in a row. She joins Charlotte Richards as the only Triton player to be named Player of the Year multiple times in their career. Bishop currently leads Division II in assists per set at 12.39 and is third in total assists (1,177) in 95 sets played. She quarterbacks the top offense in the GLVC with UMSL first in points per set (18.28), kills per set (14.92) and assists per set (14.09) as well as tied for first in hitting percentage (.259).

Bishop led the league in GLVC-only matches with 637 assists (13.27 per set) in 48 sets played. She registered 12 double-doubles this season including six in Conference play. Bishop achieved 50 or more assists in eight matches, including six in league matches and had 60 or more assists four times with all being in GLVC matches. She holds 22 GLVC Setter of the Week awards in her career. Bishop is a four-time All-GLVC First Team honoree.

Weaver is the second UMSL player to win Libero of the Year honors. She ranks 13th in Division II in digs per set (5.44) and leads the GLVC in digs per set and ranks second in total digs (528) in 97 sets played. In GLVC-only matches she was fourth in the conference in total digs (254) and sixth in digs per set (5.29) through 48 conference sets. Weaver has added 109 total assists (1.12/set) and had 19 aces in conference play.

Weaver was named GLVC Defensive Player of the Week thrice this season and holds five Defensive Player of the Week awards in her career. This is her first All-GLVC First Team honor in her career and second overall after earning Second Team accolades in 2024.

Young earns his fourth GLVC Coach of the Year in the last seven seasons. The 15th-year headman guided the Tritons to a 23-4 record including 13-0 in the GLVC and the GLVC Regular Season championship. It's the second time in the last three years he's guided UMSL to a perfect conference mark. The Tritons earned the number one seed in this week's GLVC Tournament for the second time in three seasons.

Santel ranks second in the conference in points (4.89/set), kills (4.09/set) and aces (0.47/set). She was named the GLVC Offensive Player of the Week and AVCA Division II National Player of the Week this season. Santel earns her second First Team All-GLVC honor and was the GLVC Freshman of the Year in 2024.

Johnson ranks seventh in the league in kills per set with 3.45 and was named the GLVC's Offensive Player of the Week on Oct. 13. This is the first All-GLVC honor of her career.

Jackson ranks second in the conference in hitting percentage at .365 and was named the GLVC Offensive Player of the Week and AVCA National Player of the Week after her performances against Missouri S&T and Maryville at the end of October. This is her first All-GLVC First Team honor in her career and second overall after earning Second Team accolades in 2024.

Copeland is fourth in the league in hitting percentage at .344 and is fourth on the team in total kills with 216, in points scored with 255.5 and points per set with 2.66. She is fifth in kills/set with 2.25. She is tied with Jackson for the team lead blocks with 64 total and is averaging 0.67 per set. This is the second All-GLVC accolade of her career.

Senior Rylee Edson was also named UMSL's recipient of the GLVC James R. Spalding Sportsmanship Award. Each of the 14 conference schools chose one student-athlete who has distinguished themselves through sportsmanship and ethical behavior. These individuals must also be in good academic standing and have demonstrated good citizenship outside the sports-competition setting. Edson is now eligible to become one of UMSL's two Spalding Sportsmanship Award winners, which will be announced at the end of the academic year.

UMSL takes on No. 8 seed Lewis at 11:30 a.m. on Friday in the first of four quarterfinal round matches at Williamsville High School Fieldhouse in Williamsville, Ill.

A complete list of the 2025 All-GLVC Team and postseason honors can be found below.

PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Caitlin Bishop, Sr., S, Missouri-St. Louis
LIBERO OF THE YEAR: Skylar Weaver, Jr., Missouri-St. Louis
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR: Carly Fonda, S, Indianapolis
COACH OF THE YEAR: Ryan Young, Missouri-St. Louis
 

FIRST TEAM	SECOND TEAM
Ella Rademaker, Sr., Att., DU	Makenna Cox, R-So., Att., UIS
Carly Fonda, Fr., S, UINDY	Erica Sledge, Sr., S, UIS
Paige Parlanti, Sr., Att., UINDY	Macy Bruton, Jr., L, UINDY
Ella Brinkmann, Sr., Att., MU	Maddie Lynch, So., Att., UINDY
Olivia Klump, Sr., L, MU	Sarah Newberry, Jr., Att., LEWIS
Caitlin Bishop, Sr., S, UMSL	Emma O'Neill, Sr., Att., LEWIS
Iyannah Jackson, Sr., Att., UMSL	Destiny Gray, Sr., Att., MCK
Maggie Johnson, So., Att., UMSL	Hannah Copeland, Sr., Att., UMSL
Alayna Santel, So., Att., UMSL	Janelle Pye-Blacknard, Sr., Att., QU
Skylar Weaver, Jr., L, UMSL	Molly Trachta, Jr., S, RU
Susanna Beretti, Jr., Att., QU	Tori Creason, Jr., S, TSU
Elena Kasavica, So., S, QU	Autumn Erickson, So., Att., TSU
Sarah Pyle, Sr., Att., RU	Michaela Goad, So., Att., TSU
Delaney Hope, So., Att., RU	Addy Janssen, So., L, TSU

 
 
JAMES R. SPALDING SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD HONOREES
Kim Quinit, DU
Tuana Yuce, UIS
Claire Morris, UINDY
Olivia Opstad, LEWIS
Lily Brown, MU
Corinne Leech, MCK
Elise Mehaffy, S&T
Rylee Edson, UMSL
Shelby Fabbri, QU
Carly Rolf, RU
Gabriela Dupree, SBU
Lily Porter, TSU
Lydia Imbrogno, UIU
Alexis Nunn, WJC
 
JAMES R. SPALDING SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD TEAM WINNER
William Jewell