TRAFFORD, Pa. (Aug. 26) -- Five members of the Thiel College Women's Volleyball team were named Players to Watch by the Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) ahead of the 2026 season.
Lyndzee Amory (Edinboro, Pa./Saegertown),
Arin DeLattre (Greensburg, Pa./Hempfield),
Caitlin Stephens (West Middlesex, Pa./West Middlesex),
Addilyn Vagi (Marysville, Mich./Marysville) and
Sarah Wilson (Rural Valley, Pa./West Shamokin) made the list for the Tomcats.
Amory appeared in all 26 matches last season and ranked third on the team with 165 kills, 1.94 kills per set and 40 total blocks (one solo, 39 assists). She recorded four matches with at least 10 kills, including a contest with a career-high 14 kills while hitting a career-best .500 at Grove City on Sept. 20.
DeLattre was an All-PAC First Team pick last season after garnering Second Team laurels in 2024 and Honorable Mention status in 2023. She was back-to-back PAC Player of the Week last season, collecting Defensive Player of the Week honors on Oct. 27 and Offensive Player of the Week honors on Nov. 3. She enters the season seventh in program history with 239 career blocks.
DeLattre ranked second in the PAC and led the team with a .319 hitting percentage, the fifth-best single-season mark in program history, as she became the sixth player in program history to hit over .300 in a season and was 1-of-2 PAC players to do so in 2025 ... She was ninth in the PAC with 2.78 kills per set, third in the league with 1.00 block per set and fifth in the PAC with 87 total blocks.
Stephens appeared in 25 matches, making 24 starts last season. She recorded 90 kills and hit .216 while averaging 1.06 kills per set. Stephens ranked second on the team with 41 total blocks (nine solo, 32 assists). She hit a career-best .545 at Penn State Behrend on Sept. 6.
Vagi, a freshman, was a four-year volleyball player in high school and was a two-time First Team MAC White selection. Vagi made the Division 2 All-Region team twice in addition to being an all-conference and all-region standout on the softball field.
Wilson appeared in 21 matches, making one start last year, as she logged 129 digs and averaged 2.02 digs per set. Wilson notched eight aces in Thiel's PAC Quarterfinal win over Franciscan on Nov. 11, which is tied for the third-most in a match in program history.
