AMC Season Preview: 2025 Women's Volleyball
August 12, 2025
ST. LOUIS, Mo. - The Columbia College Cougars have been picked to win the American Midwest Conference, earning eight first-place votes in the preseason coaches' poll. Stephens and Mission follow closely behind, with the Stars receiving two first-place votes.
The Cougars finished second in the 2024 AMC Volleyball Tournament while Stephens fell in the semifinals.
2025 AMC Coaches' Preseason Poll
2024 NAIA Coaches' Poll
Returning All-Conference Players
New Coaches
AMC Volleyball Tournament
The 2025 AMC Volleyball Tournament will follow a single-site format, held at the Beal Center (Chesterfield Sports Complex) in Chesterfield, Mo. The two-day event will feature quarterfinal and semifinal matches on the first day, with the championship match taking place on Saturday.
AMC Conference Schedule
Beginning this fall, the Conference schedule will be a double round robin. One match-up between schools will follow the regular home/road rotation. Teams will play their travel partner a second time as a standalone match at the opposite location from the other match. The remaining Conference matches will be played in a pod format, with each school hosting one pod throughout the season and traveling to three pods. Pods will include three to five schools, each school playing two matches on that date.
Pod dates, locations and participating teams are:
The Cougars finished second in the 2024 AMC Volleyball Tournament while Stephens fell in the semifinals.
2025 AMC Coaches' Preseason Poll
| Rank | Team (1st place votes) | Points |
| 1 | Columbia (8) | 89 |
| 2 | Stephens (2) | 83 |
| 3 | Mission | 66 |
| 4 | Crowley's Ridge | 64 |
| 5 | Central Baptist | 58 |
| 6 | Williams Baptist | 56 |
| 7 | Cottey | 42 |
| 8 | Hannibal-LaGrange | 32 |
| 9 | Harris-Stowe | 26 |
| 10 | Health Sciences & Pharmacy | 24 |
2024 NAIA Coaches' Poll
| Aug. 14 | Sep. 4 | Sep. 18 | Oct. 2 | Oct. 16 | Oct. 30 | Nov. 13 | Dec. 18 | |
| Columbia | 7 | 18 | 25 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV |
Returning All-Conference Players
| School | Name | Award |
| Central Baptist | Aubree Ruggles | AMC Honorable Mention |
| Central Baptist | Madeline Freeman | AMC First Team |
| Columbia | Hannah Vogt | AMC Freshman of the Year AMC Second Team |
| Cottey | Magdalen Dougherty | AMC Honorable Mention |
| Crowley's Ridge | Brooklyn Cross | AMC Honorable Mention |
| Hannibal-LaGrange | Delaney Eggemeyer | AMC Honorable Mention |
| Health Sciences & Pharmacy | Jenna Brinson | AMC Honorable Mention |
| Mission | Rylea King | AMC Honorable Mention |
| Stephens | Jatnna Pena-Perez | AMC Defensive Player of the Year AMC First Team |
| Stephens | Emma Whitson | AMC First Team |
| Stephens | Amari Branch-Autman | AMC Second Team |
| Stephens | Makenna Bollinger | AMC Honorable Mention |
| Williams Baptist | Tinleigh Ruhman | AMC Honorable Mention |
New Coaches
| School | Name |
| Hannibal-LaGrange | Kelsey Pollard |
| Mission | Taylor Baker |
| Williams Baptist | Justin Dee |
AMC Volleyball Tournament
The 2025 AMC Volleyball Tournament will follow a single-site format, held at the Beal Center (Chesterfield Sports Complex) in Chesterfield, Mo. The two-day event will feature quarterfinal and semifinal matches on the first day, with the championship match taking place on Saturday.
AMC Conference Schedule
Beginning this fall, the Conference schedule will be a double round robin. One match-up between schools will follow the regular home/road rotation. Teams will play their travel partner a second time as a standalone match at the opposite location from the other match. The remaining Conference matches will be played in a pod format, with each school hosting one pod throughout the season and traveling to three pods. Pods will include three to five schools, each school playing two matches on that date.
Pod dates, locations and participating teams are:
- Sept. 20 at Stephens - Cottey, Health Sciences & Pharmacy, Stephens and Williams Baptist
- Sept. 20 at Harris-Stowe - Central Baptist, Columbia, Hannibal-LaGrange, Harris-Stowe and Mission
- Oct. 4 at Cottey - Cottey, Harris-Stowe, Mission and Williams Baptist
- Oct. 18 at Central Baptist - Central Baptist, Crowley's Ridge and Stephens
- Oct. 18 at Hannibal-LaGrange - Columbia, Hannibal-LaGrange, Harris-Stowe and Williams Baptist
- Oct. 25 at Williams Baptist - Central Baptist, Cottey and Williams Baptist
- Oct. 25 at UHSP - Crowley's Ridge, Harris-Stowe, Health Sciences & Pharmacy, Mission and Stephens
- Nov. 1 at Crowley's Ridge - Columbia, Crowley's Ridge, Hannibal-LaGrange and Health Sciences & Pharmacy
- Nov. 8 at Columbia - Central Baptist, Columbia, Health Sciences & Pharmacy and Stephens
- Nov. 8 at Mission - Cottey, Crowley's Ridge, Hannibal-LaGrange and Mission