2025 AVCA NAIA All-Region Teams
SEWARD, Neb. – A trio of Bulldog student-athletes joined assistant coach Angie Boldt on the 2025 NAIA All-Region honor roll announced on Friday (Dec. 5) by the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA). Mid-North All-Region team accolades went to Concordia University, Nebraska Volleyball standouts Ava Greene, Ashley Keck and Ella Waters. Meanwhile, Angie Boldt was named the Mid-North Region Assistant Coach of the Year.
Angie Boldt and the Concordia staff have led the Bulldogs to the final site of the NAIA National Championship for the seventh straight year. The ’25 team enters its second national tournament pool play match with an overall record of 26-3. Concordia entered the national tournament as the No. 3 overall seed. This season’s accomplishments also include a 15-1 GPAC regular season mark and a fifth consecutive appearance in the GPAC Championship Match. Angie has served as Ben Boldt’s lead assistant since the husband-wife duo took the reins of the program beginning in 2018. Angie was also named the 2025 GPAC Assistant Coach of the Year and was an AVCA Region Assistant Coach of the Year honoree in 2022.
Greene, Keck and Waters picked up all-region awards after each landing 2025 First Team All-GPAC honors. As of Friday, Greene had totaled a team high 125 blocks (1.25 per set) in 29 matches this season. Offensively, she has totaled 150 kills while hitting .307 as a middle blocker. The Papillion, Neb., native has been a major reason why the Bulldogs rank top 10 nationally in blocks per set (2.46). Greene has amassed 261 kills and 198 blocks in her Concordia career.
A two-time First Team All-GPAC honoree and 2024 NAIA First Team All-American, Keck starred in Wednesday’s five-set pool play win over Dakota Wesleyan as she notched 27 kills and 29 digs. On the year, Keck (Kearney, Neb.) has piled up 428 kills (4.16 per set) and 442 digs (4.29 per set) while hitting .241 from the outside. Both totals are career highs for a season. In 119 career matches, Keck has racked up 1,407 kills, 1,215 digs and 116 blocks. On the program’s all-time lists, Keck ranks fifth in kills and ninth in digs.
A Hickman, Neb., native, Waters has garnered First Team All-GPAC honors in each of her first two years as a Bulldog. Waters ranks second to Keck on the team with 256 kills (2.51 per set). She is hitting .250 from the right side and has added 79 blocks and 71 digs this 2025 season. In her two seasons at Concordia, Waters has totaled 549 kills and 142 blocks in 59 matches.
Keck and Waters are repeat all-region honorees from last season while Greene has earned her first career all-region award. The three Bulldogs will join their teammates in pool play action at the national tournament on Friday (Dec. 5). First serve versus No. 14 The Master’s University (Calif.) is set for 6:30 p.m. CT.