Penn State Altoona men’s volleyball’s sophomore opposite hitter Caleb Fries was voted to the first team of the All-Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference squad this week.

Fries, an Altoona graduate, played in all 26 matches for the Lions in his sophomore season, appearing in 92 of the team’s 94 sets. Among all players in the AMCC, he ranks first in service aces (49) and aces per set (0.53), second in attacks per set (8.22), third in points (357.0), points per set (3.9), and kills (280), fourth in kills per set (3.04) and total attacks (756).

Fries was voted the AMCC Preseason Player of the Year heading into 2026, and he also picked up one conference Offensive Player of the Week award during the season.

Wyant recognized

LATROBE — Zeb Wyant, a member of the Saint Vincent College men’s volleyball team, was named first-team all-conference in the Presidents Athletic Conference.

A graduate of Central, Wyant, an outside hitter, is a senior at Saint Vincent. This season, he had 59 service points and 200 kills.

Saint Vincent finished at 14-5.

Pitt frosh selected

PITTSBURGH — Pitt freshman Ayanna Watson was selected to the U.S. Women’s U21 national team, USA Volleyball announced this week.

The selection marks back-to-back international appearances for Watson, who competed with the U19 National Team last summer.

One of 27 selected players, Watson will train for a pair of major NORCECA age-group events this summer. Twenty of the 27 athletes will train for the 2026 NORCECA Women’s U21 Pan American Cup, and 14 of those 20 will be selected to compete.

Seven will train alongside select U19 National Team athletes for the opportunity to compete at the 2026 NORCECA Women’s U23 Pan American Cup. Due to an overlap with the NCAA season, many U.S. women’s athletes in the U21 and U23 age group are unable to attend the U23 Pan Am Cup.