Women's Volleyball | 11/19/2025 10:28:00 AM
OKLAHOMA CITY — Elena Kagiali of Oklahoma Panhandle State headlined the 2025 SAC Volleyball Awards, announced Wednesday, by taking home the honors of Player of the Year, Attacker of the Year and Newcomer of the Year.
Joining Kagiali in securing all-conference accolades from OPSU were setter
Mia Sanchez and libero
Winiffer Rodriguez, who both achieved second-team status, as well as middle blocker
Skyla Stark, who nabbed a spot on the third team. In addition to her superlative awards, Kagiali was also named First-Team All-SAC.
Kagiali led the Sooner in total points (514.0), total kills (456) and kills per set (4.06), all of which shattered Panhandle State's single-season records since the program returned to the NAIA in 2017. She took home all four of the SAC's Attacker of the Week honors across the final month of the regular season, including one NAIA National Attacker of the Week Award.
Kagiali tallied three matches of at least 30 kills, and she swept all six of the highest single-match kill totals in the SAC this season. The redshirt senior from Piraeus, Greece, was dominant all over the court, finishing second on the team with 375 digs, third in blocks with 44.0 and second in aces with 35.
Sanchez finished second in the conference with 1,091 total assists, coming within 100 of a 2,000-assist career at OPSU. Her seven matches with at least 44 assists were four more than any other SAC player had, as Sanchez also notched the highest single-match total of 53 assists. She paced the offense all year while accumulating 299 digs, 21.0 blocks and 94 kills – all career-bests. The Edmond, Oklahoma, native's season also included two SAC Setter of the Week honors, and her all-conference award marked her second as she was named Honorable Mention All-Conference in 2023.
Rodriguez, a transfer libero from Albright College, sits at first in the SAC in digs per set with 4.74. The senior was at her best when it was required of her, notching a single-match conference-high with 32 digs in OPSU's opening round win over Wayland Baptist on Nov. 11. She had four of the top six single-match dig totals this year in the conference, and she added 71 assists and 21 service aces to her season totals. The Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, native claimed one SAC Defender of the Week Award for her play from Oct. 6-12.
Stark earned a SAC Attacker of the Week honor early in the season, and her play in the middle was among the most efficient in the conference throughout the season. She had the conference's highest single-match attack percentage of .750, while her season long kill rate stood at .297, good for fourth in the SAC. Stark, a junior from Abilene, Texas, was second on the team with 65.0 blocks and third with 207 kills.
The Aggies' four all-conference members are the most the program has had since 2022, when it also had four honorees. Kagiali's Player of the Year honor is the first such award for Aggie volleyball in the SAC.
2025 SAC Volleyball Awards
