When the 2026 PacWest volleyball regular season came to a close, Point Loma won the title for the third time in four years, which in some ways qualifies as business as usual—not much new under the sun.

What does qualify as mostly new is the 2026 PacWest All-Conference team. All the special award winners are first timers, and of the 24 players to earn all-league honors, only five of them have done so before.

The new look featured a pretty good balance. Champion Point Loma had three first-team members and four overall, Hawaii Hilo had three on the first team, Concordia had two first teamers and six overall, and Biola had two on the first squad and four overall.

Those are the four teams that will play in the PacWest Championship tournament that starts on Friday at Vanguard University, with PLNU as the No. 1 seed taking on No. 4 Hilo, while No. 2 Concordia and No. 3 Biola will square off.

The PacWest Player of the Year comes from conference runner-up Concordia. Emma Wegleitner had balanced numbers in nearly every category, listing third in the PacWest in kills (327), points (371.5) and service aces (44), while digging up 288 balls, seventh on the PacWest stat sheet. The junior, who was a Second Team All-PacWest pick in 2025 after transferring from Grand Canyon, had season single-game bests of six aces, 22 kills and 22 digs.

The Setter of the Year Sophia Baugh of Point Loma is the most decorated player on the list, making her third All-PacWest team. The senior, an All-American selection last year, joins the rare list of players who have been First Team members all three years. She is the setter for the PacWest's best offense in terms of kills per set (13.94), and she was second in the PacWest in assists (10.19) and 25th in NCAA DII. Baugh was seventh in the PacWest in service aces (35) and tenth in digs per set (3.02).

The Libero of the Year is also from Point Loma, Kira Federico. Federico is a four-time PacWest Defender of the Week, one of the highest season award totals in PacWest history. She is first in the PacWest among liberos with best passer rating of .15 reception errors per set and had a 2.25 passing rating on the 3-point scale on Volleymetrics. She is second in the PacWest in digs per set (4.94). She had a season-high 28 digs against Concordia.

Newcomer of the Year Haylee LaFontaine made an immediate impact on an Eagle team that made the postseason. The Cal Poly transfer averaged 2.72 kills per set (9th in the PacWest) and 3.16 points per set in her first season at Biola. The 6-foot outside hitter finished second on the team with 237 kills and 275 points while adding 90 digs, 24 aces and 26 blocks. She had double-figure kills in 12 matches and three double-doubles, including 17 kills, 11 digs and four aces in a comeback from two sets down against Westmont.

The Freshman of the Year is Livia Eyre of Concordia. The Utah native ranked sixth in kills in the PacWest, eighth in points and is the only freshman in Top 10 in points in conference play. She burst on to the scene as the PacWest Player of the Week after racking up 10 or more kills in each of her first four collegiate games. The 6-foot outside hitter reached double-digit kills 14 times and posted three double-doubles as a true freshman. Her 245 kills were second most on Concordia's squad and she racked up over 289 points in her first season.

Sharing the Coach of the Year award is Point Loma’s Jonathan Scott and Concordia’s Eryn Leja-Martin. Scott’s team won the PacWest title for the third time in the last four seasons, this time with a 21-5 overall record and a 16-2 conference mark. In his 13^th season (232-118), the Sea Lions are ranked No. 5 in the West Region and very likely will head to their fourth straight NCAA postseason. This is Scott’s second PacWest Coach of the Year award.

Leja-Martin led her team to a PacWest runner up standing, just one game back of PLNU, after being picked fifth in the preseason coaches poll. Ranked sixth in the west region, the Golden Eagles are 22-5 overall and were 15-3 in PacWest play, after winning just 12 matches overall in 2025. In her third season at Concordia, the former head coach at Vanguard and St. Katherine also spent time as the associate coach at Division I Houston Christian.

As mentioned earlier, Baugh earned her third All-PacWest honor, as did Concordia’s Kayden Croy. It was the second selection for Wegleitner, Chaminade’s Tabby Allen and Concordia’s Delaney Gregg.  
 

2026 Pacific West Conference Volleyball Awards
PLAYER OF THE YEAR	SETTER OF THE YEAR	LIBERO OF THE YEAR
Emma Wegleitner  Concordia	Sophia Baugh  Point Loma	Kira Federico  Point Loma
NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR	FRESHMEN OF THE YEAR	COACHES OF THE YEAR
Haylee LaFontaine  Biola	Livia Eyre  Concordia	Jonathan Scott, Point Loma  Eryn Leja-Martin, Concordia

 

2026 ALL-PACWEST VOLLEYBALL TEAM
Name	School	Pos.	Yr.	Hometown/Previous School
FIRST TEAM
Sophia Baugh**	Point Loma	S	Sr.	Poulsbo, Wash. / North Kitsap HS
Julianna Van Ommering	Biola	OPP	Jr.	Lakeside, Calif. / Foothills Christian HS
Alohi Garcia	Hawai`i Hilo	OH	Sr.	Hale`iwa, Hawai`i / Academy of Art
Emma Wegleitner*	Concordia	OH	Jr.	Boerne, Tex. / Grand Canyon Univ.
Chase Koepke	Hawai`i Hilo	MB	Sr.	Long Beach, Calif. / Los Alamitos HS
Kyra Miles	Point Loma	MB	So.	San Diego, Calif. / Helix Charter School
Nevada Knowles	Concordia	S	Gr.	Ventura, Calif. / UC San Diego
Savannah Simpson	Biola	MB	So.	La Mesa, Calif. / El Capitan HS
Kira Federico	Point Loma	L	Sr.	Peoria, Ariz. / Scottsdale CC
Logan Blutreich	Hawai`i Hilo	MB	Sr.	Eugene, Ore. / Univ. of Pacific
Audrey Hyde	Westmont	OPP	Jr.	Visalia, Calif. / Redwood HS
Alexis Schwartz	Dominican	OH	So.	Carlsbad, Calif. / San Marcos HS
SECOND TEAM
Tabby Allen*	Chaminade	OH	Sr.	Leander, Tex. / Rouse HS
Kayden Croy**	Concordia	OH	Sr.	Riverside, Calif. / Riverside Poly HS
Haylee LaFontaine	Biola	OH	So.	Huntington Beach, Calif. / Cal Poly
Anolani Santos	Hawai`i Hilo	S	Fr.	Hilo, Hawai`i / Hilo HS
Delaney Gregg*	Concordia	MB	Jr.	Chandler, Ariz. / Perry HS
Ella Schoene	Hawai`i Pacific	MB	Sr.	La Center, Wash. / La Center HS
Hailey Clark	Point Loma	MB	So.	Mapleton, Utah / Maple Mountain HS
Sophia Bernabe	Dominican	DS	So.	Vallejo, Calif. / American Canyon HS
Camila Cornejo-Farmer	Westmont	OPP	Jr.	Phoenix, Ariz. / Xavier College Prep
Sarah Guglielmana	Concordia	MB	Fr.	Madera, Calif. / Fresno Christian HS
Jordan Weston	Westmont	MB	Fr.	Bellflower, Calif. / Valley Christian HS
Livia Eyre	Concordia	OH	Fr.	Provo, Utah / Timpview HS

*Previous All-PacWest selection