2026 Penn State Nittany Lions women's volleyball team

2026 Penn State Nittany Lions women's volleyball
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record0–0 (0–0 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Brian Toron (5thth season)
  • Megan Hodge Easy (4th season)
  • Michael Henchy (3rd season)
Home arenaRec Hall

The 2026 Penn State Nittany Lions women's volleyball will represent Pennsylvania State University in the 2026 NCAA Division I women's volleyball season. The Penn State Nittany Lions women's volleyball team will be led by 5th-year head coach Katie Schumacher-Cawley.

They are members of the Big Ten Conference and play their home games at Rec Hall.

Offseason

Outgoing departures

Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for departure
Jordan Hopp 5 MB 6'2" Graduate Alliance, NE Graduated
Addie Lyon 7 S 5'9" Graduate O'Fallon, MO Graduated
Maggie Mendelson 44 MB 6'5" Senior North Ogden, UT Graduated

Outgoing transfers

Name Pos. Height Year Hometown New Team Source
Catherine Burke MB 6'3” RS Sophomore Glenview, IL Wake Forest [1]
Marin Collins OH 6'3” Freshman Lake View, NY Georgia [2]
Kate Lally DS 5'9” RS Sophomore State College, PA TBD
Izzy Starck S 6'1” Sophomore Viera, FL Pittsburgh [3]
Karis Willow OH 6'4” Junior Arlington, OH TBD

Incoming transfers

Name Pos. Height Year Hometown Previous Team Source
Ryla Jones MB 6'2” Junior Oxon Hill, MD Pittsburgh [4]
Whitney Lauenstein OH 6'2” RS Senior Waverly, NE Texas [5]
Alexis Stucky S 6'2” RS Senior Laramie, WY Florida [6]

Incoming recruits

2026 Penn State Recruits
Name Pos. Height Hometown High School
Hayley Burgdorf OH 6'0" St. Charles, IL St. Charles North
Finley Krystkowiak OH 6'4" San Diego, CA Torrey Pines
Kendall Northern MB 6'1" Cincinnati, OH Summit Country Day School
Danielle Whitmire S 6'2" Prosper, TX Walnut Grove

Roster

2026 Penn State Nittany Lions Roster
 

Libero/Defensive Specialists

  • 2 Ava Falduto – Junior
  • 9 Lexi Gin – Sophomore
  • 10 Ava Jurevicius – Sophomore
  • 11 Jocelyn Nathan – Senior

Setters

  • 5 Alexis Stucky – Redshirt Senior
  • Danielle Whitmire – Freshman
  

Middle Blockers

  • Ryla Jones – Junior
  • 8 Gabrielle Nichols – Sophomore
  • Kendall Northern – Freshman
  

Outside Hitters

  • Hayley Burgdorf – Freshman
  • Finley Krystkowiak – Freshman
  • Whitney Lauenstein – Redshirt Senior
  • 13 Emmi Sellman – Junior
  • 27 Alexis Ewing – Sophomore

Opposite Hitters

  • 8 Caroline Jurevicius – Redshirt Junior
  • 18 Kennedy Martin – Senior

Coaches

2026 Penn State Nittany Lions Coaching Staff

Support staff

2026 Penn State Nittany Lions Support Coaching Staff
  • Sarah Tischler – director of operations
  • Sydnie Mabry – performance analyst
  • Scott Campbell – athletic trainer
  • Matt Dorn – athletic performance coach

Schedule

TBD

References

  1. ^ "Former Penn State middle blocker Catherine Burke transfers to Wake Forest". The Daily Collegian. December 17, 2025. Retrieved December 24, 2025.
  2. ^ "Georgia Adds Marin Collins from Penn State". Georgia Bulldogs. February 28, 2025. Retrieved June 4, 2025.
  3. ^ "Pitt volleyball lands huge transfer from Penn State". MSN. December 23, 2025. Retrieved December 24, 2025.
  4. ^ "Penn State volleyball-Nittany Lions add former Pitt MB Ryla Jones". The Tribune-Democrat. December 24, 2025. Retrieved December 24, 2025.
  5. ^ "Whitney Lauenstein Transfers To Penn State Volleyball". DigNittany. December 24, 2025. Retrieved December 24, 2025.
  6. ^ "Laramie grad Alexis Stucky transfers to Penn State". ESPN. December 14, 2025. Retrieved December 24, 2025.
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