MINNEAPOLIS – For the second straight year, Augsburg University setter Jovial King (SR, Caledonia, Minn./Caledonia HS) earned All-Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference honors, while Auggie right-side hitter Aloaha Ricke (FY, Hayfield, Minn./Kasson-Mantorville HS) earned All-MIAC Honorable Mention honors, as the 2026 conference volleyball awards were announced on Wednesday.

Playing in all 26 matches and all 106 sets for the Auggies in her senior season, King finished with 885 assists (8.35 per-set), leading the MIAC in total assists while ranking fourth in assists per-set. She also collected 323 digs, with 19 assist-dig double-doubles this season and 40 in her collegiate career. As a six-rotation setter, she added 27 service aces (0.25 per-set), 61 kills (0.58 per-set) and 47 blocks (six solo, 0.44 per-set). She had 30-plus assists in 21 matches this season.
 
King completed her 111-match (404-set) career with 2,704 assists (6.69 per-set), ranking sixth in school history in career assists and eighth in kills per-set. She added 939 digs (2.32 per-set), 205 kills (0.48 per-set), 96 service aces (0.24 per-set) and 135 total blocks (13 solo, 0.33 per-set).

Ricke was one of just two first-year players among the 30 individuals that earned MIAC postseason honors (one first-year among 22 All-MIAC honorees, one first-year among eight All-MIAC Honorable Mention honorees).

Playing in 23 matches and 81 sets in her inaugural college season, Ricke led the Auggies with 238 kills (2.94 per-set), ranking 15th among MIAC players in total kills and ninth in kills per-set. She added 16 total blocks (two solo, 0.20 per-set), 82 digs (1.01 per-set) and 11 service aces (0.14 per-set). She accumulated double-digit kill totals in 15 of her 23 matches.

Under second-year head coach Jay Kam, Augsburg finished the 2026 campaign with an overall record of 10-16 record, 5-6 in conference play.