Women's volleyball 2024 transfer class full of NCAA Division 1 talents
For the second straight year, more than 100 women's indoor and beach volleyball players who played at California Community Colleges have earned scholarships to play at 4-year universities in an announcement today by the California Community College Women's Volleyball Coaches Association (CCCWVCA).
A record 30 student-athletes from the 2023-24 class are heading to NCAA Division I programs, 10 more than the previous season. Thirty-seven colleges overall sent players to the next level.
Feather River, the 3C2A state champion last year, had the most scholarship transfers for the third consecutive year with eight, followed by American River, %Rio Hondo, Bakersfield, and Pasadena City with six each.
A group of 16 players from the 2023 All-State, All-Region teams gained scholarships, including seven AVCA All-Americans led by Feather River's 2023 state tournament MVP Kailyn Jager (UC Riverside), Fresno City's Druegan Davis (Cal State Bakersfield), Feather River's Katherine Gee (Saint Mary's College), and Ventura's Kayla Murdoch (Cal Poly San Luis Obispo).
Some of the D1 talents leaving California are Feather River's Keniya Cleveland to Washington State, San Diego Mesa's Jaelyn Douglas to Iowa State, and Lassen's All-State outside hitter Cayton White to Gardner-Webb in North Carolina.
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL
2023-2024 UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP CLASS
AMERICAN RIVER
Reese Ampi, LIB, Sacramento State (D1)
#Addison DeMarse, San Jose State (D1)
Marley Harrison, OH, Chico State
#Ella Harm, Wingate (North Carolina)
Allaina Houk, MB, Cal Poly Humboldt (Arcata)
Kylie Matthews, OH, Chico State
BAKERSFIELD
Brianna Bowyer, OH, UC Riverside (D1)
Nattelynn Burns, Central Christian College (Kansas)
*Aubree Dees, Northwest (Washington)
Kya Jones, LIB, Cal State Bakersfield (D1)
#Monet Panther, Bushnell (Oregon)
Haley Tedrow, OPP, Arizona Christian
CERRITOS
#Jayda Harris-Amete, Tarleton (Texas, D1)
COSUMNES RIVER
Antonique Coleman, MB, Fort Valley State (Georgia)
EAST LOS ANGELES
Kiara Davis, MB, Alabama State (D1)
Yarexy Luna, Ottawa (Kansas)
FEATHER RIVER
Autumn Bennett, OPP, Nicholls State (Louisiana, D1)
Anna Bolich, SET, Eastern Washington (D1)
Keniya Cleveland, MB, Washington State (D1)
*Emma Daugherty, OH, Texas A&M Kingsville
Kiyana Faupula, MB, San Jose State (D1)
Katherine Gee, LIB, Saint Mary's College (Moraga, D1)
Ashlee Kraft, OH, Montana Tech
Franchesca Martins, MB, Providence (Montana)
FRESNO CITY
Druegan Davis, OH, Cal State Bakersfield (D1)
Mia Dilley, LIB, Cal State Monterey Bay
*Melia Kamalani, SET, Simpson (Redding)
GROSSMONT
Chelsee Trendler, SET, Cal State Monterey Bay
#Hannah Werner, Brenau (Georgia)
HARTNELL
Jocelyn Hernandez, OPP, Life Pacific (San Dimas)
*Renee Nachtigall, OH, Saint Mary's College (Moraga, D1)
IRVINE VALLEY
*Natalia Brandlin, MB, Cal State Northridge (D1)
Ava Guenther, OH/OPP, La Verne
#Tessa Marocco, Hawaii (D1)
LASSEN
Presley Burrows, OH, Minnesota State
Jasmin Churchill, MB, Central State (Ohio)
Cayton White, OH, Gardner-Webb (North Carolina, D1)
LONG BEACH CITY
#Shayna Martinez, Ottawa (Arizona)
*Brandi Ramirez, Hope (Fullerton)
LOS MEDANOS
Grace Geisler, OH, Saint Mary's-of-the-Woods (Indiana)
Noelle Mixon, OH, Norfolk State (Virginia, D1)
MONTEREY PENINSULA
#Ella Mitchell, Ottawa (Kansas)
Alexandra Scheele, MB, Life (Georgia)
MT. SAN ANTONIO
Andrea Brewer, OH, UC Riverside (D1)
Leia Campbell, MB, La Verne
#Elizabeth Ortiz, U. Portland (Oregon, D1)
*Capri Salmon, SET, College of Idaho
MT. SAN JACINTO
Lauren Cummings, MB, Hope International (Fullerton)
#Brooklynn Thomas, Cal State Bakersfield (D1)
ORANGE COAST
#Rachel Blair, Vanguard (Costa Mesa)
#Elodie Danet, Ottawa (Arizona)
Joceline Martinez, MB, William Penn (Iowa)
Kingsley Mason, OPP, St. Martin's (Washington)
Cassie Smits Van Oyen, SET, Vanguard (Costa Mesa)
PASADENA CITY
Makayla Chiechi, LIB, Azusa Pacific
Lindsay Delgadillo, SET, La Sierra (Riverside)
Ashley Gilbert, MB, Cal State Dominguez Hills (Carson)
Ariana Pedroza, MB, La Sierra (Riverside)
Reese Roper, OH, College of Idaho
Emma Yogan, OH, Cal State East Bay (Hayward)
PALOMAR
Kaihla Granger, OH/OPP, Simpson (Redding)
Hope Ihem, MB, Benedictine (Illinois)
#Mayara Swillens, Texas Wesleyan
RIO HONDO
Maria Bejines, OH, Cal State Dominguez Hills (Carson)
Loren Forster, OH, Cal State Dominguez Hills (Carson)
Jade Fuentes, OH, Cal State Dominguez Hills (Carson)
Carly Kejmar, SET, Cal State Dominguez Hills (Carson)
Jasmine Miramontes, OH, La Sierra (Riverside)
Jaida Zuniga, LIB, Cal State Dominguez Hills (Carson)
#Maleia Petterez, Hope International (Fullerton)
#Daniela Sanchez, Hope International (Fullerton)
#Isabell Villavicencio, Hope Interational (Fullerton)
RIVERSIDE CITY
Esmeralda Aguilar, MB, La Sierra (Riverside)
Lanah Bergen, OH, La Sierra (Riverside)
Nina Peay, OPP/OH, Ottawa (Arizona)
Kaylee Torres, LIB, La Sierra (Riverside)
SACRAMENTO CITY
Abigail Shackelford, SET/OPP, Simpson (Redding)
SADDLEBACK
#Eva Gardner, Concordia Irvine
Sarah Patin, SET, La Sierra (Riverside)
SAN DIEGO MESA
Jaelyn Douglas, MB, Iowa State (D1)
Emily Eltrich, OH, Cal Poly Humboldt (Arcata)
Kailyn Jager, OH, UC Riverside (D1)
#Olivia Ostler, Cal State Bakersfield (D1)
SAN JOAQUIN DELTA
Kiyah Irby, Pacific (Stockton, D1)
COLLEGE OF SAN MATEO
Jordan Flowers, OH, Clark Atlanta
Olivia Harrison, MB, Chapman (Orange)
SANTA ANA
Karen Salazar, OH, Westcliff (Irvine)
SANTA BARBARA CITY
Heidi Collins, OH, UC Santa Cruz
#Birdie Zevenbergen, Cal State Northridge (D1)
SANTA MONICA
Mia Paulson, SET, Saint Mary's College (Moraga, D1)
Natalie Fernandez, OH, Cal State Fullerton (D1)
Maiella Riva, OH, Florida Tech
*Madison Schweitzer, OH, Hope International (Fullerton)
COLLEGE OF THE SEQUOIAS
Yajaira Gahagan, MB/OH, Fresno Pacific
Daniela Gonzalez, OH, Saint Martin's (Washington)
SHASTA
#Jacie Clavelle, Arizona Christian
#Brooke Vaughan, Catawba College (North Carolina)
SIERRA
#Alexis Adebodun, Corban (Oregon)
Alexis Boccia, OH/RS, Oregon Tech
#Kaitlyn Shilling, Southern Oregon
COLLEGE OF THE SISKIYOUS
*Ashley Quizon, DS/LIB, Florida Memorial
SOLANO
Hannah Del Rio, MB, Western New Mexico
TAFT
Kailee Wakatake, LIB, Taft, UC San Diego (D1)
VENTURA
*Kayla Murdoch, OH, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo (D1)
Autumn Rojelio, LIB, Cal State Northridge (D1)
Kylie Ibbotson, OPP, Whitter College
#Alba Romanos-Gracia, New College of Florida
WEST VALLEY
Maggie Carroll, OH, Academy of Art (San Francisco)
Taylor Vales, LIB, San Francisco State
*-Indoor and Beach
#-Beach only
%-Rio Hondo had late additions reported July 17 to total nine overall with three beach only.
Release by Robert Lewis, CCCWVCA Publicist