CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – The coaches have selected the 2024 American Rivers Conference (A-R-C) Women’s Volleyball postseason award selections. These student-athletes have distinguished themselves through a challenging conference regular season schedule. 
 
Coaches from the conference nominated and selected this year's all-conference team, recognizing 15 student-athletes. In addition to honoring the all-conference team, the release also recognizes Most Valuable Player, Defensive Most Valuable Player, Rookie of the Year, and Coaching Staff of the Year.
 

2024 All-American Rivers Conference Volleyball Team
Most Valuable Player - Maddy Maahs, Coe
Defensive Player of the Year - Sara Hoskins, Loras
Rookie of the Year - Tessa Casebolt, Coe
Coaching Staff of the Year - Coe College (Head Coach: DeAnn Akins)
Most Valuable Player	School	Year	Position	Hometown/High School
Maddy Maahs @ $	Coe College	Jr.	S	Epworth, Iowa/Western Dubuque
Defensive Player of the Year	School	Year	Position	Hometown/High School
Sara Hoskins @ -h2 -h3	Loras College	Sr.	S	Bettendorf, Iowa/Pleasant Valley
All-Conference	School	Year	Position	Hometown/High School
Colleen Kenney ! @	Central College	Jr.	L	Taylor Ridge, Ill./Rock Island Alleman
Kaitlyn Mumm	Central College	So.	MH	Waukee, Iowa/Des Moines Christian
Gracie Pierson	Central College	Sr.	OH	Lake City, Minn./Lake City
Maggie Furlong	Coe College	Jr.	PIN	Galena, Ill./Galena
Kelsey Hansel	Coe College	Jr.	PIN	Edgewood, Iowa/Edgewood-Colesburg
Gracie Urbatsch @	Coe College	Sr.	MH	Grafton, Iowa/Saint Ansgar
Taylor Bechen	University of Dubuque	So.	DS/L	Ankeny, Iowa/Ankeny Centennial
Emma Powell @ $ % -h4	University of Dubuque	Gr.	OH	Eldridge, Iowa/North Scott
Autumn Finch @	Loras College	Jr.	MB	Marshalltown, Iowa/Marshalltown
Sophie Younkin -h1	Loras College	Jr.	PIN	Marshalltown, Iowa/Marshalltown
Sarina Stortz @ -h2 -h3	Luther College	Fifth Yr.	MB	Mabel, Minn./Mabel-Canton
Addie Thomas # @ $ -h3	Nebraska Wesleyan University	Sr.	OH	Elkhorn, Neb./Elkhorn
Elecea Saathoff @	Nebraska Wesleyan University	So.	S	Lincoln, Neb./Lincoln Lutheran
Allison Feigenbaum @ $	Wartburg College	Sr.	MH	Marion, Iowa/Linn-Mar
Emerson Kracht	Wartburg College	Fifth Yr.	RS/S	Grundy Center, Iowa/Grundy Center
Honorable Mention	School	Year	Position	Hometown/High School
Rachel Brockney $	Buena Vista University	Fifth Yr.	MB/OH	Urbandale, Iowa/Urbandale
Kaitlyn Koel	Central College	Fr.	RS	Sioux Falls, S.D./Lincoln
Tessa Casebolt	Coe College	Fr.	MH	Marion, Iowa/Linn Mar
Payton Uptagraft @	University of Dubuque	Jr.	MH	Oshkosh, Wis./Oshkosh North
Delainey Winkel	University of Dubuque	So.	OH	Ankeny, Iowa/Ankeny Centennial
Cat Meyer	Loras College	So.	PIN	Colgate, Wis./Catholic Memorila
Kobie Patten	Nebraska Wesleyan University	Jr.	OH/DS	Omaha, Neb./Omaha Duchesne
Molly Ramirez $	Nebraska Wesleyan University	So.	OP	Bettendorf, Iowa/Pleasant Valley
Ella Meyer	Simpson College	Fr.	DS	Epworth, Iowa/Western Dubuque
Emily Williams @	Simpson College	So.	OH	Malvern, Iowa/East Mills
Previous Honors
# - 2023 Most Valuable Player
! - 2023 Defensive Player of the Year
@ - 2023 All-Conference
-h1 - 2023 Honorable Mention
$ - 2022 All-Conference
-h2 - 2022 Honorable Mention
% - 2021 All-Conference
-h3 - 2021 Honorable Mention
-h4 - 2020 Honorable Mention

 
The American Rivers Conference (A-R-C) announced today that Coe College’s Maddy Maahs has been selected as the league’s Most Valuable Player. Loras College’s Sara Hoskins has been named Defensive Player of the Year and Coe’s Tessa Casebolt has earned the league’s Rookie of the Year honor. Coe College head coach DeAnn Akins, and assistant Joe Adams, earned Coaching Staff of the Year honors. In addition to the major awards, the conference also announced the 15-member All-Conference team. 
 
Maahs, in her junior season, becomes a three-time all-conference honoree. Maahs is just the third Kohawk in program history to be named Most Valuable Player with Elli Teeple earning the honor in 2020 (Spring 2021) season and Madi Parson in the 2022 season. She helped guide the Kohawks to their fifth conference title in program history. Maahs posted a prolific season. On the offensive side, she recorded 344 assists and 20 kills. On the defensive side, Maahs recorded 69 digs and 10 blocks. Maahs led the conference with assists per set (11.10). 
 
This year, Hoskins was named to the all-conference team for the second time while picking up A-R-C Defensive Player of the Year honor. Hoskins becomes the first Duhawk to earn Defensive Player of the Year since the award was added in 2019. She is the first student-athlete from Loras to earn a major award honor since 2015 when Claire Ritchie earned Freshman of the Year accolades. She recorded 128 digs (3.56/set) and 22 blocks through her 36 sets played in conference action. Hoskins had 379 assists this fall and added 26 kills on the offensive side of the net. 
 
The return of the Rookie of the Year honor went to Coe’s Casebolt this fall. Freshman of the Year was previously awarded from 2010-2018. Casebolt is the first Kohawk to earn this honor. This fall, she had a known presence on both sides of the net. She recorded 44 kills and three asissts offensively and added 17 digs and 10 blocks on the defensive side. 
 
In her 19th year at the helm of the Coe College volleyball program, Akins and assistant Adams led the Kohawks to their fifth A-R-C title in program history with a conference record of 7-1. In their 31 sets during league play, Coe topped the league in points per set (16.77), hitting percentage (.236), assists (380), kills per set (13.32), and service aces (66). Akins is earning her fifth Coaching Staff of the Year honor for the Kohawks. 
 
Along with Maahs, Maggie Furlong, Kelsey Hansel, and Gracie Urbatsch find themselves on the all-conference list this season. Furlong recorded 87 kills, six assists, and three service errors on the offensive side this fall. Defensively, she had 84 digs and added 16 blocks. Hansel was a known threat for the Kohawks with 93 digs, 90 kills, four assists, and 11 service aces through 31 sets. Urbatsch was a dominant offensive and defensive threat for the Kohawks this conference season with 105 kills,18 blocks, and 12 digs. 
 
Hoskins is joined for Loras by Autumn Finch and Sophie Younkin on this year’s all-conference team. Finch was circled on scouting reports for her ability to make her presence known on both sides of the net. She led the Duhawks with 118 kills, 40 digs, 33 blocks, and 16 service aces. Finch led the league with blocks pet set (0.92) and ranked second in points per set (4.42). Younkin recorded 67 kills, four service aces, and 42 digs. 
 
Sarina Stortz represents the Luther College Norse this season on the all-conference team. Stortz led the Norse with 133 kills, 20 blocks, 21 digs, and 11 service aces. Stortz led the conference in kills per set (4.29) and for points per set (5.11). 
 
Taylor Bechen and Emma Powell earned all-conference honors for the 2024 season for the University of Dubuque. Bechen had a standout sophomore season for Spartans as the defensive specialist and libero. She recorded 173 digs to lead a defensive front this season for the regular season runner-ups. Bechen led the conference in digs per set (5.77). Powell had another impressive season in a Dubuque uniform. She recorded 141 digs, 98 kills, nine service aces, and eight blocks. 
 
Wartburg College placed Allison Feigenbaum and Emerson Kracht on the all-conference team after making their return to the conference tournament after missing a year. Feigenbaum has been a known name around the league for a few seasons and she made her mark again this season. She recorded 85 kills, 15 digs, and 15 blocks. Feigenbaum led the A-R-C in hitting percentage (.470) over 33 sets during the conference season. 
 
Addie Thomas and Elecea Saathoff performed their way onto the all-conference team this fall for the Nebraska Wesleyan University Prairie Wolves. Thomas, the 2023 MVP, had another strong showing this season. She led the P-Wolves with 115 digs, 102 kills,10 service aces, and eight blocks to show her presence on both sides of the net. Saathoff added 69 digs, 15 blocks,  and three service aces as the setter. 
 
The trio from Central College of Colleen Kenney, Kaitlyn Mumm, and Gracie Pierson round out the all-conference team. Kenney, the 2023 Defensive Player of the Year, had another strong defensive season for the Dutch. Kenney led her team with 156 digs to average 5.57 per set. She additionally added six service aces over 28 sets played in conference action. Mumm broke out as a sophomore this season with 53 kills, 26 blocks, 23 digs, and four service aces to add to her stat line. Pierson recorded 87 kills, 79 digs, nine blocks, and eight service aces over 33 sets played this fall in a tough conference schedule.