LEXINGTON, Ky. - The awards keep flooding in for University of Northwestern Volleyball's
Marley Aune (New Brighton, Minn./Avail Academy) and
Addeson Jenniges (Walnut Grove, Minn./Westbrook-Walnut Grove), as the American Volleyball Coaches Association announced Wednesday that the pair have received Division III All-America recognition. This comes one week after the duo was named to the AVCA All-Region 9 Team. Aune received Third Team All-America recognition, while Jenniges was named Honorable Mention.
The full AVCA press release can be found
here.
This is Aune's second appearance on the AVCA All-America Third Team, previously making it in 2023. The senior, who was named 2025 UMAC Player of the Year following the conclusion of the regular season, finished the season with team highs in points per set (3.84), blocks (148) and blocks per set (1.33), adding 293 kills (2.64 per set) and 25 aces. As of the start of the NCAA Tournament, she was also second in all of Division III in total blocks, as well as the active leader in career total blocks (542), where she also ranks second in program history.
Jenniges burst onto the scene in 2025 as the full-time setter, finishing the season with 1,145 assists and 10.5 per set. As of the start of the NCAA Tournament, she ranked ninth in the country in total assists and was tied for fifth in assists per set. The sophomore led the UMAC in both categories as well, and was named UMAC Setter of the Week eight times, including the final six weeks of the regular season. In addition to her assist prowess, the First Team All-Conference selection also tallied 194 digs, 25 blocks and 22 aces on the season.