BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. — The Mountain East Conference announced the 2025 Volleyball individual award-winners and all-conference teams on Wednesday afternoon. The top honors and All-MEC teams were chosen by a vote of league head coaches.
The 2025 MEC Player of the Year is Joey Borelle of Fairmont State. The senior from Norton, Ohio, enters this week’s MEC Tournament leading the league in kills, kills per set, points, and points per set. A two-time MEC Offensive Player of the Week this season, Borelle is tied for No. 29 nationally in kills per set, ranks eighth in the MEC in digs per set, and her 19 kills in three sets against Texas A&M International were tops in the league this season.
The 2025 MEC Libero of the Year is Josie Skinn, also of Fairmont State. The senior from Norwalk, Ohio, is a two-time MEC Defensive Player of the Week this season who helped lead the Falcons to a share of the MEC North Division title. Skinn enters tournament play averaging 5.54 digs per set, which leads the MEC and is ranked No. 11 nationally. She recorded 40 digs in a match against West Virginia State, the top performance in that category this season.
The 2025 MEC Freshman of the Year is Camryn Matus of Wheeling. The native of Brunswick, Ohio, made an immediate impact on the Cardinals, leading the team in sets played (103) while starting all 29 matches. Matus captured an MEC Offensive Player of the Week honor this season, and recorded team highs in points (347), points per set (3.37), kills (287), kills per set (2.79), and service aces (24).
The 2025 MEC Coach of the Year is Nancy Wheeler, who led West Virginia Wesleyan to a share of the MEC South Division title and the No. 1 overall seed in this week’s MEC Tournament. The Bobcats will host the eight-team event after finishing the regular season 19-8 overall and 11-4 in MEC play, and carry a six-game winning streak into the tournament.
Wheeler has orchestrated a remarkable turnaround in Buckhannon, West Virginia, improving from seven to 15 wins a season ago, and from 15 to 19 in 2025. West Virginia Wesleyan won a combined 10 conference games the previous three seasons, surpassing that total this season alone. The Bobcats took a pair of matches against defending champion West Virginia State, beat University of Charleston at home and on the road, and swept Wheeling in three sets in the teams’ lone matchup.
| 2025 MEC Individual Awards |
Player of the Year: Joey Borelle (Fairmont State)
Libero of the Year: Josie Skinn (Fairmont State)
Freshman of the Year: Camryn Matus (Wheeling)
Coach of the Year: Nancy Wheeler (West Virginia Wesleyan) |
| 2025 All-MEC First Team |
| Pos. |
Name |
School |
| S |
Abby Avila |
Charleston |
| RS/S |
Camryn Matus |
Wheeling |
| OH |
Joey Borelle |
Fairmont State |
| OH |
Ashley Cudnik |
West Liberty |
| MB |
Katie Wilking |
Wheeling |
| OH |
Meg Williams |
Concord |
| L |
Josie Skinn |
Fairmont State |
| MB |
Bhrooke Axe |
West Virginia Wesleyan |
| MB |
Nicole Gartner Custodio |
West Virginia State |
| 2025 All-MEC Second Team |
| Pos. |
Name |
School |
| S |
Dakoda Keni |
West Liberty |
| L |
Allie Davis |
Concord |
| MH |
Paige Mock |
Frostburg State |
| RS |
Divine Muo |
Charleston |
| OH |
Cami Black |
Wheeling |
| M |
Kate Strong |
Charleston |
| RS/OH |
Josie Nobbe |
Fairmont State |
| L |
Alexis Moeschler |
West Virginia Wesleyan |
| 2025 All-MEC Honorable Mention |
M: Sophia Knowles (Charleston),
MB: Emily Denison (West Virginia Wesleyan), Alexa Martin (Fairmont State)
RS: Alyssa Hill (West Virginia State)
OH: Dani Kunkle (Frostburg State), MacKenna Halfin (West Virginia Wesleyan)
L: Lilly Adkins (West Virginia State), Chloe Fortner (Charleston)
OH/DS: Cali Queen (Glenville State) |
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| 2025 MEC All-Freshman Team |
| Pos. |
Name |
School |
| RS/S |
Camryn Matus |
Wheeling |
| MB |
Addison Adkins |
Concord |
| OH |
MacKenna Halfin |
West Virginia Wesleyan |
| L |
Lilly Adkins |
West Virginia State |
| OH |
McKenzi Martin |
Fairmont State |
| L |
Lexi Duplessis |
Wheeling |