KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Jennies volleyball sophomore Elinor Engel, outside hitter Maya Fergerson, and junior Rachel Ziesman earned Second Team All-MIAA honors for their performances on the court during the 2024 season, the conference office announced on Wednesday, Nov. 20.
 
Engel, a native of Shawnee, Kan. earns her second consecutive All-MIAA selection after being named a First Team honoree in 2023. The middle blocker leads the Jens with 367 points (second in the conference) while her 309 kills (sixth in the MIAA) and 80 total blocks are second-most. Elinor has posted double-digit kills in 20 matches this season including a 14-match consecutive streak while collecting a career-best 22 against Drury (Sept. 20) and has recorded six matches with five or more blocks in 2024.


 
Fergerson, a sophomore outside hitter earns her first All-MIAA selection after leading the team with 314 kills (fourth in the MIAA) averaging 3.57 kills per set (second in the conference) while having the second-most points for the Jens with 338.5. The Independence, Mo. native has double-digit kills in 20 matches this season including three matches with 20 or more highlighted by a career-high 23 against Pittsburg State (Nov. 16) before earning the MIAA's Offensive Athlete of the Week honors this past Monday (Nov. 18).  
 


Ziesman, a native of Shawnee, Kan. earns her second consecutive All-MIAA selection after being named to the First Team in 2023. Rachel leads the team with 101 total blocks (fifth in the MIAA) and 1.06 blocks per set (sixth in the conference) in the front row while posting the third-most points (321.5) and kills (266). Rachel recorded a career-best 20 kills against Pittsburg State (Oct. 11) and has double-digit kills in 11 matches this season is one of two players to start all 25 matches for Central Missouri in 2024.


 
No. 7 Central Missouri (11-14, 7-9 MIAA) returns to the court on Thursday, Nov. 21, as they take on No. 2 Missouri Western (22-6, 12-4 MIAA) in the 2024 MIAA Volleyball Championship quarterfinals beginning at noon from the St. Joseph Civic Arena in downtown St. Joseph, Mo.
 
  
MIAA VOLLEYBALL POSTSEASON AWARDS & ALL-MIAA TEAMS 
PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Addison Wimmer, Central Oklahoma, OH, Sr.
CO-DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Lily Kurz, Missouri Western, MB, Sr.
CO-DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Alli Wiess, Nebraska Kearney, L, Gr.
HITTER OF THE YEAR: Mia Berg, Nebraska Kearney, So.
SETTER OF THE YEAR: Peyton Neff, Nebraska Kearney, Gr.*
LIBERO OF THE YEAR: Alli Wiess, Nebraska Kearney, Gr.
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR: Rayishon Jackman, Emporia State, OH
COACH OF THE YEAR: Rick Squiers, Nebraska Kearney
*Indicates Unanimous Selection

ALL-MIAA FIRST TEAM
OH     Sydney Huck – Central Oklahoma
OH     Asha Regier – Nebraska Kearney
OH     Jalyn Stevenson – Washburn
OH     Addison Wimmer – Central Oklahoma*
OH     Weronika Wrzesinska – Emporia State*
RS     Taylor Russell – Missouri Western*
MB     Mia Berg – Nebraska Kearney
MB     Abby Brunssen – Northwest Missouri*
MB     Jenna Karp – Central Oklahoma
S        Lindsey Houran – Central Oklahoma
S        Nessa Johnson – Missouri Western
S        Peyton Neff – Nebraska Kearney*
L/DS   L/DS   Katie Le – Central Oklahoma
L/DS   Alli Wiess – Nebraska Kearney*
*Indicates Unanimous Selection

ALL-MIAA SECOND TEAM
OH     Maya Fergerson – Central Missouri
OH     Holly Heldt – Missouri Western
OH     Rayishon Jackman – Emporia State
OH     Payton Kirchhoefer – Northwest Missouri
OH     Emilee Lane – Nebraska Kearney
OH     Gracie Rains – Fort Hays State
MB     Alex Dvorak – Washburn
MB     Elinor Engel – Central Missouri
MB     Emma Salker – Missouri Western
MB     Rachel Ziesman – Central Missouri
S        Corinna McMullen – Washburn
L/DS   Kyah Luhring – Northwest Missouri
L/DS   Taylor Rottinghaus – Washburn
L/DS   Anna Weberg – Missouri Western
 
ALL-MIAA HONORABLE MENTION
Arkansas Fort Smith – Morgan Creer, RS; Caelyn Gunn, OH; Nyia Anderson, OH; Kaelyn McDonald, MB
Central Oklahoma – Mikaela Garvin, OH; Lari Migliorino, MB
Emporia State – Camilla Ossola, OH/RS; Brailee Bogle, S
Fort Hays State – Caiya Stucky, S
Missouri Southern – Kyla Randall, L
Missouri Western – Emily Loy, OH/RS
Nebraska Kearney – Lauren Taubenheim, OH; Abby Rose, MB
Newman – Oziomia Ajekwu, MB
Northwest Missouri – Ella Caffery, S
Pittsburg State – Josie McCroskey, L/DS
Washburn – Austin Broadie, OH; Bella Limback, MB