FRISCO, Texas – UTRGV's Isabella Costantini is the Southland Conference Volleyball Student-Athlete of the Year, the league announced Friday in conjunction with the All-Academic Team.
Costantini earns student-athete of the year and a first-team all-academic selection with a 4.00 GPA in Multidisciplinary Studies. The junior from Curitiba, Brazil, was also named Southland Conference Setter of the Year for two straight season and earned first-team all-conference accolades in November. Costantini earned a spot on the 2025 Southland Volleyball All-Tournament team and was named setter of the week three time this season. She also earned a spot on the College Sport Communicators Academic All-District team.
She led the conference in aces (57), aces per set (.54) and assists per set (10.62) while also recording 10 double-doubles. She helped lead the Southland Volleyball regular-season co-champions led the conference in hitting percentage as the Vaqueros tabbed a program-record .275 efficiency in 2025, which was top 25 in the Nation during regular season.
Southland Conference All-Academic Teams and Student-Athlete of the Year are voted upon by the head coach, sports information director and an academic/compliance staff member from each school. Voting for one’s own athletes is not permitted.
To be eligible for all-academic distinction, an athlete must hold a minimum 3.25 cumulative grade point average in the semester of the sport’s championship at the nominating school, and participated in at least 50 percent of the team’s competitions during the most recently completed season. Student-Athlete of the Year nominees must have held at least a 3.50 GPA and have completed at least two years of athletic competition at the nominating school, including the current season.
First Team All-Conference athletes who meet all-academic nomination criteria are automatically named all-academic.
2025 Southland Volleyball Student-Athlete of the Year: Isabella Costantini, Jr., 4.00 GPA, Multidisciplinary Studies
2025 Southland Volleyball All-Academic Team
EAST TEXAS A&M
Gracie Campbell, Sr., 3.76 GPA, Business Administration
Rendi Fetty, Sr., 3.67 GPA, Communication Studies
Haley Mullaney, Jr., 3.64 GPA, Early Childhood Education
Jade Washington, So., 3.72 GPA, Psychology
HCU
Allana Archie, Jr., 3.52 GPA, Psychology
Katy Barger, So., 3.79 GPA, Allied Health
Joya Euhus, Fr., 3.83 GPA, International Business
Peyton Fadal, So., 4.00 GPA, Allied Health
Hannah Redrow, Jr., 3.46 GPA, Marketing
UIW
Alex Beauchamp, So., 3.25 GPA, Business Administration
Vanessa Eregie, So., 4.00 GPA, Nursing
Finley Evans, 3.72 GPA, Biology
Kyla Malone, Sr., 3.86 GPA, Healthcare Science
LAMAR
Alexa Gonzalez, So., 3.45 GPA, Marketing
Lyric Jordan, Jr., 3.27 GPA, Exercise Science
Hailey McEllrath, So., 3.30 GPA, Communication Broadcasting
Taisha Rhone, Jr., 3.53 GPA, Exercise Science
Daniella Udegbunam, R-Fr., 3.40 GPA, University Studies
MCNEESE
Neal Grace Berry, Fr., 4.00 GPA, Agricultural Sciences
Lauren Fuller, Sr., 3.77 GPA, Health & Human Performance
Ava Henry, Fr., 3.53 GPA, Marketing
Kinga Ziolkowska, Fr., 3.82 GPA, Marketing
NEW ORLEANS
Vanae Sapp, Gr., 4.00 GPA, Master’s Counselor Education
Alessandra Meoni, Gr., 4.00 GPA, Mathematics
Defne Eciroglu, Jr., 3.87 GPA, Chemistry
Lani Alleman, Jr., 3.60 GPA, Psychology
Courtney Roundtree, Sr., 3.34 GPA, Sociology
NICHOLLS
Tierney Terrell, Jr., 4.00 GPA, Psychology
NORTHWESTERN STATE
Olivia Bush, Jr., 3.39 GPA, Business
Julia Whitfield, Fr., 3.40 GPA, Business
Emmarie McFarland, Fr., 3.47 GPA, Criminal Justice
Samaya Wesson, Jr., 3.56 GPA, Marketing
Makenna Tryon, Jr., 3.82 GPA, Marketing
SOUTHEASTERN
India Bennett, R-Sr., 4.00 GPA, Integrated Science and Technology
Ainsley Driska, Jr., 4.00 GPA, Child Life
Lily Morgan, Sr., 3.75 GPA, Kinesiology
Alexis Logarbo, Sr., 3.54 GPA, Biological Sciences
Peyton Stokley, Sr., 3.70 GPA, Biological Sciences
SFA
Caroline Kahle, Sr., 4.00 GPA, Kinesiology Teaching
Kyanna Creecy, Jr., 3.79 GPA, Kinesiology Teaching
Jayden Flynn, Sr., 3.74 GPA, Communication Sciences and Disorders
Izabella Ortiz, Sr., 3.65 GPA, Kinesiology
Katherine Holtman, So., 3.85 GPA, Biology
TEXAS A&M-CORPUS CHRISTI
Brooklyn Jaeger, Jr., 4.00 GPA, Kinesiology
Virginia Van Der Werff, So., 3.84 GPA, Biomedical Studies
Kenna Buchanan, Jr., 3.81 GPA, Kinesiology
Katelyn Krienke, Sr., 3.94 GPA, Biomedical Sciences
Kaitlyn Baumann, Sr., 3.90 GPA, English
UTRGV
Isabella Costantini, Jr., 4.00 GPA, Multidisciplinary Studies
Martina Franco, So., 3.38 GPA, Kinesiology
Dimitra Nanou, Fr., 4.00 GPA, Biology
Julianna Bryant, Jr., 3.40 GPA, Criminal Justice
Valentina Sarti Cipriani, Sr., 3.33 GPA, Mass Communication