2025 Women's Volleyball Season Review
Ankeny, IA -- 2025 saw a level of continued success that has become a standard for the Faith women’s volleyball program
The Eagles continued to soar in 2025, earning their most wins in recent program history, repeating as MCCC runners-up, and taking their third straight North Region championship to finish the season at the NCCAA National Tournament.
The Eagles started the season on a roll, finishing September with a 12-3 record and finding themselves ranked in the coaches poll from start to finish. Faith swept their opponents 19 times in 2025, including victories over Emmaus, Maranatha, and their most exciting coming against North Central in the Regional Championship match. In a thrilling regular season finale, the Eagles earned their 20th win of the season against Trinity on October 25th. This marked the team's first 20+ win season since 2014, and their first time doing so in the regular season in recent history. Codie Wirges put down her 1,000th career kill in the effort to put an exclamation mark on the weekend.
The Eagles entered the postseason ready to keep building on their success from the past few seasons. For the second straight year, Faith entered the MCCC tournament as the #3 seed and finished as the runner-up, falling only to the eventual National Champs. The Eagles once again earned the #1 spot at Regionals, and completed their 19th sweep of the season to three-peat as North Region Champions! In their fourth national tournament appearance in five years, the Eagles fought well, finishing the week with a 1-2 record against some of the best teams in the nation. Faith finished out the historic season with a record of 27-9, their most wins in a season since 2000.
AVCA Awards:
AVCA 2nd Team All-American: Codie Wirges, Qwynn Nerem
NCCAA Awards:
Scholar-Athletes: Belle Wirges, Victoria Nerem, Alyssa Stephens, Grace Brower, Codie Wirges
2nd Team All-American: Codie Wirges, Qwynn Nerem
North Region Coach of the Year: Lanny Nihart
North Region Player of the Year: Codie Wirges
1st Team All-Region: Codie Wirges, Qwynn Nerem, Ellie Cooper
2nd Team All-Region: Morgan Fincham, Maddie Hofmann, Victoria Nerem
Honorable Mention: Belle Wirges, Reagan McPeek
MCCC Awards:
1st Team All-MCCC: Codie Wirges
2nd Team All-MCCC: Qwynn Nerem
Honorable Mention: Maddie Hofmann, Ellie Cooper
Team Awards:
Most Valuable Player: Codie Wirges
Most Improved: Mirelli Fritz
Coaches Award: Belle Wirges
