Women's Volleyball | 11/19/2025 2:00:00 PM

(Arlington, Texas - Nov. 19, 2025) - Four Trailblazers earned All-WAC honors and head coach Camilla Hafoka was named the WAC Coach of the Year, the conference announced on Wednesday afternoon.

Senior middle blocker Casidy Fried earned First Team honors while senior outside hitter Kennedi Knudsen and senior middle blocker Taylor Snow were named to the Second Team.

Freshman setter Tehanie Waters rounded out the award winners being named to the All-WAC Freshman Team.

Hafoka in her fifth season leading the Trailblazers and leading Utah Tech to its first-ever WAC regular season championship. She becomes the second head coach in the NCAA era to earn a conference coach of the year honor joining Robyn Felder who earned a pair of PacWest Coach of the Year honors in 2013 & 2015 and added one more in the RMAC in 2018. 

The Trailblazers enter this week's WAC Tournament leading the WAC in assists per set (12.14), digs per set (14.70), hitting percentage (.226), kills per set (13.38), opponent hitting percentage (.145 - 5th nationally) & team attacks per set (35.98). Utah Tech is also second in the conference & eighth nationally in blocks per set (2.88) & is second in total blocks (248.0).

Leading the way individually is Fried who earned first team honors after tying for second in the conference in hitting percentage (.323) and ranks third in blocks per set (1.40) & is fourth in blocks (120). Sharing or tying for the team lead in 17 of the Trailblazers' 24 matches, Fried set a career high with 11 blocks in a five-set win over California Baptist on Nov. 8 and totaled over five blocks in 12 matches.

Making her return to the lineup last Saturday for the first time since Oct. 4, Knudsen earned her second career WAC postseason honor after being named to the first team a season ago. Knudsen continues to lead the WAC in kills per set (4.66) and her 261 kills are good for seventh in the conference. Earning WAC Player of the Week honors for the first four weeks of the season, Knudsen became the program's all-time leader in kills on Sept. 19 against Northern Colorado and led the Trailblazers in kills in 14 matches this season.

Joining Knudsen on the second team is Snow who checks in fifth in the WAC in both blocks (101) and blocks per set (1.20). Leading the Trailblazers in blocks in eight matches, Snow tallied a season-best nine blocks against Sacramento State on Sept. 6 and also had eight apiece at Air Force on Sept. 20 and at home against Abilene Christian on Oct. 23. The Salem, Utah native also reached double figures in kills in six matches and notched a career-high 16 kills at California Bapitst on Nov. 8.

Finally, Waters was tabbed to the All-Freshman Team after tallying 348 assists in 85 sets in her first season as a Trailblazer. The St. George native ranked 10th in the WAC in assists per set (4.09) reaching double figure assists in 23 of 24 matches this season and added 156 digs. Waters notched a season-high 20 assists against Denver (Sept. 19) and Utah Valley (Oct. 4).

The four postseason honors are the most for Utah Tech since the 2019 season when the Trailblazers had five honorees in the RMAC.

WAC 2025 Postseason Conference Awards
Player of the Year: Avery Page, Utah Valley
Setter of the Year: Evalyn Chism, Utah Valley
Libero of the Year: Morgan Carter, Tarleton State
Freshman of the Year: Alyssa Dinh, Tarleton State
Coach of the Year: Camilla Hafoka, Utah Tech

All-WAC First Team
Hannah Gonzalez, MB, Abilene Christian
Emery DeJong, OH, California Baptist
Morgan Carter, L, Tarleton State
Casidy Fried, MB, Utah Tech
Sami Blackett, OH, Utah Valley
Evalyn Chism, S, Utah Valley
Avery Page, OH, Utah Valley
Bella Wooden, MB, Utah Valley

All-WAC Second Team
Rachel Koss, S, Abilene Christian
Emma Burke, MB, Tarleton State
Madison Frank, MB/OPP, Tarleton State
Jalie Tritt, OH, UT Arlington
Kennedi Knudsen, OH, Utah Tech
Taylor Snow, MB, Utah Tech
Alyvia Jaffa, MB, Utah Valley
Lani Matavao, L, Utah Valley

All-WAC Freshman Team
Brennan Ramirez, L, Abilene Christian
Hadlee Welch, OH/RS, Abilene Christian
Bella Breuer, MB, California Baptist
Kaitlyn Hoelker, OH, Southern Utah
Alyssa Dinh, MB, Tarleton State
Sophia Krichev, MB, UT Arlington
Camryn McMinn, OH, UT Arlington
Tehanie Waters, S, Utah Tech