Five members of the Calvin University women's volleyball team earned All-MIAA honors on Friday, including three individual award honorees in Most Valuable Player
Sarah Bradley, Defensive Player of the Year
Tryna Vander Zwaag and Freshman of the Year
Olivia Peterson.
Bradley (Clarkston, Mich./Everest Collegiate), Vander Zwaag (Hamilton, Mich./Holland Christian), Peterson (Muskegon, Mich./North Muskegon) and
Allison Moore (Jupiter, Fla./Jupiter Christian) were each named All-MIAA First Team while
Mary Boa (Atlanta, Ga./Riverwood International Charter) earned All-MIAA Second Team honors.
The individual awards came after a 23-3 regular season in which the Knights won the MIAA regular season championship with a perfect 8-0 league record. Calvin, ranked 14th in this week's AVCA-Taraflex top 25 poll, enter this weekend's MIAA Volleyball Tournament presented by Collegiate Credit Union as the top seed and will host both days, starting with a semifinal match up against St. Mary's College (Ind.) on Friday, November 13, at 7:00 PM at Van Noord Arena.
Sarah Bradley
Bradley won Most Valuable Player honors following a season in which she averaged 4.76 kills per set on .327 efficiency to go with 2.48 digs per set in MIAA play. Throughout the entire season, Bradley averaged 4.04 kills and 2.64 digs per set on the way to earning her second straight All-MIAA honor after being named All-MIAA Second Team and MIAA Freshman of the Year in 2025. She was also named AVCA National DIII Player of the Week earlier this season following the Knights' wins over Hope College and Albion College.
The sophomore outside hitter is the first Calvin volleyball player to win MIAA Most Valuable Player since Heidi Westra in 2022. This is the 16th time in the tenure of head coach Dr.
Amber Warners that a Calvin player has won league MVP honors.
Tryna Vander Zwaag
Vander Zwaag earned her second straight MIAA Defensive Player of the Year award after previously winning the honor last season. The senior libero is also a two-time All-MIAA honoree and earned First Team recognition for the first time this season. Vander Zwaag led Calvin during the regular season with an average of 4.19 digs per set and pushed that average to 4.59 digs per set in MIAA play. She also recorded 12 service aces in league play and averaged 0.34 aces per set for the season.
Olivia Peterson
Peterson followed Bradley as MIAA Freshman of the Year following a season in which she averaged 9.29 assists per set in league play. The freshman setter also averaged 0.93 kills, 1.79 digs and 0.71 blocks per set in MIAA matches while earning MIAA Specialist of the Week two times. For the season, Peterson averaged 9.48 assists, 1.0 kills and 0.45 blocks per set.
Allison Moore
Moore stepped up in her senior season as a major contributor and averaged 2.66 kills per set with a .308 attack efficiency as an outside hitter while playing in all 95 sets for the Knights. In league play, Moore averaged 3.17 kills per set with a .338 efficiency and earned MIAA Player of the Week honors once.
Mary Boa
Boa built off a strong junior season in 2025 to earn her first career All-MIAA honor as a senior in 2026. A middle blocker, Boa led the Knights with an average of 0.93 blocks per set during the regular season while also adding 2.05 kills per set on .289 efficiency. In league play, Boa averaged 1.14 blocks and 1.59 kills per set.