INDIANAPOLIS – Setter Carly Fonda earned the 2025 GLVC Freshman of the Year Award, the league office announced on Thursday. Senior Paige Parlanti joined Fonda, earning All-GLVC First Team honors. Macy Bruton and Maddie Lynch were named Second Team All-GLVC and Senior Claire Morris earned the James R. Spalding Sportsmanship Award.

The All-Conference awards are nominated and voted on by league coaches, who, per GLVC Bylaws, are not permitted to vote for their own players.
 Freshman of the Year: Carly Fonda, Setter, Indianapolis

• Becomes Indianapolis' fifth Freshman of the Year.
• Earns sixth overall major award for the Greyhounds.
• Assisted the tied for first best hitting percentage offense in the league (.259)
• Placed third in the league with 989 total assists and 9.16 assists per set over 108 sets.
• Finished third in the league in 50 GLVC-only sets with 496 total assists, 9.92 per set. 

  
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