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Tendai Titley earned Second Team All-MVC recognition after posting a team-leading 329 kills at 2.99 per set and adding 321 digs, cementing herself as one of the Valleyβs most complete six-rotation players. Congratulations, Tendai!
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Maria Drapp is the 2025 MVC Setter of the Year after leading the Valley with 1,091 assists and 9.92 per set. She finished first in the conference and 10th nationally in total assists. Drapp also secured a spot on the Second Team All-MVC.
Volleyball All-Conference TeamsβοΈ
π Player of the Year: Cassidy Hartman @UNIVolleyball
π Libero of the Year: Emma Hickey @VU_VB
π Setter of the Year: Maria Drapp @BRADLEYvolley
π Freshman of the Year: Gracie Furlong @BRADLEYvolley
π Coach of the Year: Bobbi Petersen @UNIVolleyball
Read More: https://t.co/XcovzbDeXD
#TheValleyRunsDeep
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Gracie Furlong is the 2025 MVC Freshman of the Year! Sheβs the first Brave to earn this honor since 2019. Furlong also secured Second Team All-MVC recognition and the MVC All-Freshman Team.
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Mairen Mannon has been named the MVC Player of the Week for recording 34 kills and hitting .604 on the weekend!
This week I sat down with Bradley volleyball player Mairen Mannon, and she told me about her journey to Bradley.
From a state-ranked junior, to JUCO and now Division I volleyball for the Braves, her path was anything but easy.
But sheβs persevered.
Link to the story below ‡οΈ