2019 Grizzly Volleyball News

Members of the 2019 Grizzly Volleyball team include front row from left, Allisann Nichols, Strafford; Emily Moore, Aurora; Maria Julia Loureiro, Curitiba, Brazil; Allie Hall, Plato; and Priscilla Crowell, Houston, Texas. Second row: Graduate Assistant Coach Susannah Kelley; Head Coach Paula Wiedemann; Assistant Coach Briana Walsh; and Strength and Conditioning Coach Keri Elrod. Back row: Camilly Cristiny, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Najla Bray, Beachwood, Ohio; Julieta Campana, Bahia Blanca, Argentina; Nayla Watkins, Evanston, Illinois; and Kelly Wiedemann, West Plains. Also on the team are Julia Dunning, Queensland, Australia, and Daniela Poles, Codogne, Italy. (Missouri State-West Plains Photo)
Grizzly Volleyball team receives USMC/AVCA Team Academic Award

July 22, 2020

The Missouri State University-West Plains Grizzly Volleyball team has earned the 2019-2020 United States Marine Corps/American Volleyball Coaches Association (USMC/AVCA) Team Academic Award.

Kelly Wiedemann named to inaugural NATYCAA Scholar-Athlete Team
Kelly Wiedemann named to inaugural NATYCAA Scholar-Athlete Team

July 16, 2020

Missouri State University-West Plains (MSU-WP) Grizzly Volleyball standout Kelly Wiedemann continues to collect accolades.

Grizzly Volleyball standout Priscilla Crowell signs with Randall University
Grizzly Volleyball standout Priscilla Crowell signs with Randall University

June 18, 2020

Missouri State University-West Plains Grizzly Volleyball standout Priscilla Crowell join the Randall University volleyball team in Moore, Oklahoma, this fall.

Grizzly Volleyball standout Kelly Wiedemann signs with USC-Upstate
Grizzly Volleyball standout Kelly Wiedemann signs with USC-Upstate

May 27, 2020

Missouri State University-West Plains Grizzly Volleyball standout Kelly Wiedemann will become a Spartan for the next chapter of her collegiate career.

Grizzly Volleyball standout Julia Dunning signs with Old Dominion
Grizzly Volleyball standout Julia Dunning signs with Old Dominion

May 12, 2020

Missouri State University-West Plains Grizzly Volleyball standout Julia Dunning will travel to the east coast of the U.S. for the next chapter of her collegiate career.

Grizzly Volleyball standout Camilly Cristiny signs with UNC-Asheville
Grizzly Volleyball standout Camilly Cristiny signs with UNC-Asheville

May 07, 2020

Missouri State University-West Plains Grizzly Volleyball standout Camilly Cristiny has taken the next step in her collegiate career.

Grizzly Volleyball adds hitter from Texas to 2020 roster
Grizzly Volleyball adds hitter from Texas to 2020 roster

April 15, 2020

The Missouri State University-West Plains Grizzly Volleyball team has added an outside/right side hitter for the 2020 season.

Grizzly Volleyball adds Nixa standout for 2020 season
Grizzly Volleyball adds Nixa standout for 2020 season

March 06, 2020

The Missouri State University-West Plains Grizzly Volleyball team has added a standout from the 2019 state champion Nixa High School team to its roster for the 2020 season.

HONORED BY PROCLAMATION – 154th District State Rep. David Evans (R-West Plains), left, presents Grizzly Volleyball standout Kelly Wiedemann, second from left, a framed copy of the resolution approved by the Missouri House of Representatives honoring her for her athletic and academic achievements. With Evans and Wiedemann are her parents Paula and Warren Wiedemann and sisters, Emma and Lily, far right. (Missouri State-West Plains Photo)
Kelly Wiedemann honored with Missouri House resolution

March 02, 2020

Kelly Wiedemann, a sophomore outside attacker with the Missouri State University-West Plains Grizzly Volleyball team, has been recognized for her athletic and academic achievements by the Missouri House of Representatives.

Grizzly Volleyball adds libero for 2020 season
Grizzly Volleyball adds libero for 2020 season

March 02, 2020

The Missouri State University-West Plains Grizzly Volleyball team has added a libero for the 2020 season.

Angie Hardison, seated center, an outside hitter from Houston, Texas, has signed a letter of intent to play for the Missouri State University-West Plains Grizzly Volleyball team beginning this fall. With her above are her parents, Gretchen and Melvin Hardison, and her sister, Abbie, standing. (Photo provided)
Grizzly Volleyball adds outside hitter for 2020 season

February 11, 2020

The Missouri State University-West Plains Grizzly Volleyball team has added an outside hitter for the 2020 season.

IMANI NICHOLSON, left, a 5-foot, 9-inch outside attacker from Mobile, Ala., and Izabela Dos Santos, a 6-foot, 2- inch middle from Minas Gerais, Brazil, recently signed paperwork to join the Missouri State University-West Plains Grizzly Volleyball team in fall 2020. (Photos provided)
Grizzly Volleyball adds 2 more players for 2020 season

December 20, 2019

The Missouri State University-West Plains Grizzly Volleyball team has added two more players for the 2020 season.

Sophomore outside attacker Kelly Wiedemann goes up for a kill during a recent home game. (Missouri State-West Plains Photo)
Kelly Wiedemann named NJCAA All-American

December 06, 2019

Kelly Wiedemann, a sophomore outside attacker with the Missouri State University-West Plains Grizzly Volleyball team, has been named a National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) second team All-American.

Ashton Wildermuth, seated center, a setter from Willard, recently signed paperwork to join the Missouri State University-West Plains Grizzly Volleyball team in fall 2020. With her above are her father and mother, Kevin and Angela Wildermuth, seated left and right respectively, and, standing from left, Grizzly Graduate Assistant Coach Susannah Kelley, Head Coach Paula Wiedemann and Assistant Coach Briana Walsh. (Photo provided)
Grizzly Volleyball signs 1st player for 2020 season

November 14, 2019

Ashton Wildermuth, a 5-foot, 7-inch setter from Willard, has signed paperwork to join the Missouri State University-West Plains Grizzly Volleyball team next fall.

Grizzly sophomores Emily Moore, Kelly Wiedemann, Priscilla Crowell, Julia Dunning and Camilly Cristiny pose with the 2019  Region 16 Championship trophy.
Grizzly Volleyball season comes to heart-breaking end

November 12, 2019

The 2019 season has come to an end for the Missouri State University-West Plains Grizzly Volleyball team.

REGION 16 CHAMPIONS – The Missouri State University-West Plains Grizzly Volleyball team earned its 16th NJCAA Region 16 Championship Saturday with a hard-fought, five-set win over Jefferson College at the West Plains Civic Center. With their trophy are, front row from left, Allisann Nichols, Emily Moore, Priscilla Crowell, Allie Hall and Nayla Watkins. Back row: Assistant Coach Susannah Kelley, Strength and Conditioning Coach Keri Elrod, Daniela Poles, Kelly Wiedemann, Julia Dunning, Najla Bray, Maju Loureiro, Julieta Campana, Camilly Cristiny, Head Coach Paula Wiedemann and Assistant Coach Briana Walsh. (Missouri State-West Plains Photo)
Grizzlies capture 16th Region 16 title

November 05, 2019

“It wasn’t pretty, but we got it done! It always feels good to win a region championship!” That’s how Paula Wiedemann, head coach of the Missouri State University-West Plains Grizzly Volleyball team, summed up her team’s hard-fought, five-set win over Jefferson College Saturday in the NJCAA Region 16 Volleyball Championship at the West Plains Civic Center.