Bazemore and Rodrigue earn First-Team All-Conference

TAMPA, Fla. – The 2026 All-Sun Conference Beach Volleyball Teams were announced Thursday morning, and the Loyola Wolf Pack pair of Amaya Bazemore and Isabella Rodrigue earned a First Team selection. 

Bazemore, a graduate student from Panama City, Florida, and Rodrigue, a junior from Pearl River, Louisiana, are making their second appearance on an All-Sun Conference team after receiving Second Team honors last season. Both also received Academic All-Conference honors from the Sun Conference for the second year in a row.  

Loyola has put together a 13-3 overall record this season, going 8-2 in the team's 10 Sun Conference matches. Bazemore and Rodrigue had a 12-1 record, splitting time between the No. 3 and No. 4 position, and they finished the conference schedule 10-0. They are one of just three pairs to go undefeated in Sun Conference matches.

Bazemore and Rodrigue are one of the winningest pairs in the four-year history of Wolf Pack beach volleyball. After tying for the single-season record with a 15-6 mark last year, they now have a 27-7 overall record across two seasons.

The Sun Conference also released its Spring Academic All-Sun Conference recipients this week, which requires student-athletes to have a cumulative GPA of at least a 3.5. In addition to Bazemore and Rodrigue, Loyola's honorees also included Ellie Connor, Madeline Corrall, Kala Emanuelli, Samantha Guillotte, Kiarelis Martinez, Alexa Palmer, Juliet Petruzelli, and Belén Puche Laguna. 

The Wolf Pack will be the No. 3 seed in the 2026 Sun Conference Beach Volleyball Championship, which begins on Friday in Sarasota, Florida, on the campus of New College of Florida. The team's first-round matchup pits Loyola against No. 6 seed Webber International, which has won the tournament in four consecutive years. 

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2026 Sun Conference Beach Volleyball Awards

Pair of the Year: Cassidy Casey & Olivia Fenstermaker, New College of Florida
Player of the Year: Cassidy Casey, New College of Florida
Freshman of the Year: Olivia Fenstermaker, New College of Florida
Champion of Character: Leah Cooley, Warner
Coach of the Year: Alison Denney, New College of Florida

First-Team All-Conference
Amaya Bazemore & Isabella Rodrigue, Loyola
Cassidy Casey & Olivia Fenstermaker, New College of Florida
Jayden Ponsford & Kayla Gentry, New College of Florida
Beatriz Rissi & Maria Teixeira, Ave Maria
Camilla Vaerini & Maria Luiza Barreis, New College of Florida

Second-Team All-Conference 
Rachel Dunaway & Jaci Drinnon, Mobile
Abbey Grose & Maylis DeTar, Ave Maria
Skye McDermott & Antonia Amer, Warner
Serena Ramirez & Carolina Cruz, St. Thomas
Maria Eduarda Ferreira Ramos & Maite Solabarrieta, St. Thomas