Salt Lake City, UTAH- Cameron Zajer was named the 2025 SWAC Volleyball Player of the Year. The freshman from Australia was a consistent performer all season for the Bruins. Zajer will enter the NJCAA National Tournament with 354 kills and 50 service aces. Cameron is averaging 3.31 kills per set and has played in 107 sets this year. Zajer posted a career-high 20 kills in the Bruins first match of the season and a career-high 22 digs in Salt Lake's District Match victory.
Middle blocker Shaylee Dahle made the SWAC first-team with an impressive sophomore campaign. Dahle had the second most kills for Salt Lake with 180. Shaylee was named the Region 18 Tournament MVP last week as Salt Lake beat USU Eastern and Snow College. Dahle from Blackfoot, Idaho led Salt Lake this year with a .385 hitting percentage and 63 blocks.
Freshman opposite hitter Lili Murase also made the SWAC first-team. Murase has 161 kills on the year and is hitting .303. The lefty from Osaka, Japan recorded a career-high 18 kills against Butler Community College.
Libero Daxlyn Gammell was named to the second-team. Gammell was the SWAC Defensive Player of the Week three times during the regular season. Dax led Salt Lake with 394 digs. Gammell is from Salem, Utah and has 20 aces this season. In Salt Lake's win over Central Arizona on November 10th Gammell had a career-high 33 digs.
Setter Myka Christensen earned second-team honors. Myka is averaging 6.46 assists per set and has 691 assists this season. Christensen is second on the team with 41 service aces. The setter from Lehi, Utah has 26 kills this year.
Salt Lake Head Coach Shay Goulding Meurer was named the Scenic West Coach of the Year. It has been a great year for the Bruins as No. 8 SLCC Volleyball (25-4) punched their ticket to the National Tournament with their win over Central Arizona on Monday. The Bruins won the SWAC regular season and became the 2025 Region 18 Champions last week. The last time the Bruins made it to Nationals was in 2023.
Up Next
Salt Lake will find out their seed at the selection show on Wednesday November 12th at noon. The NJCAA Tournament will begin on Wednesday November 19th in Clarksville, Tennessee.
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