HELENA -- Five Montana Tech volleyball players collected All-Frontier Conference accolades, the league office announced Wednesday ahead of this weekend's conference tournament in Helena. 

Junior Halle Moomaw led the way for the Orediggers with the Frontier's newcomer of the year award in addition to first-team all-league honors. Senior Rhys Layton and junior Payton Treadwell joined Moomaw on the first team. Sophomore Talan Dodson landed a second-team nod, and junior Brooklynn Hayes carried an honorable mention. 

The honorees were recognized Wednesday evening at the Frontier Conference volleyball awards banquet at Carroll College. 

Moomaw, an outside/right-side hitter from Stewardson, Ill., led the Orediggers with 324 regular-season kills in her first campaign with the program. The transfer from Heartland Community College in Normal, Ill., ranked sixth in the conference in kills and ninth in hitting percentage (.278). She added 73 blocks and 33 digs to her line. She was named the conference's offensive player of the week twice. 

Layton, a setter from Eagle, Idaho, ranked second in the conference with 972 assists. She also logged 210 digs and reached the double-double mark in those two categories in nine matches. She rounded out her stat line with 44 blocks, 39 kills, and 25 aces. Layton was the league's setter of the week honoree four times this season. It's the third time in four seasons that Layton garnered all-conference recognition; she was a second-teamer in 2024 and the freshman of the year in 2023. 

Treadwell, an outside hitter from Meridian, Idaho, ranked second on the team with 290 kills, hitting .203. She tacked on 135 digs, 53 blocks, 12 assists, and nine aces for the Orediggers. On four occasions, Treadwell logged double-doubles between kills and digs. Treadwell was the 2025 Frontier newcomer of the year and a second-team honoree. 

Dodson, an outside hitter from San Antonio, Texas, was third on the team and 14th in the league with 272 kills. She hit .207 in the regular season and also contributed 47 digs, 26 blocks, and six assists to the Orediggers' cause. Dodson was the Frontier's offensive player of the week November 9. 

Hayes, a defensive specialist from Tumwater, Wash., led the Frontier Conference with 55 service aces and was fifth on the league leaderboard with a career-high 522 digs. She also dished out 76 assists. Hayes won the conference's defensive player of the week award on September 21. It's the second-career all-conference recognition for Hayes, who was on the all-freshman team in 2024. 

The Orediggers' three first-team honors are the program's most since the 2022 season. 

Montana Tech heads into postseason play with a 22-6 record in 2026. The Orediggers' 17-5 Frontier Conference mark earned Tech the No. 2 seed in the upcoming conference tournament, which begins Thursday at Carroll College. Montana Tech will play seventh-seeded Bismarck State in the 5 p.m. quarterfinal match.
 

2026 FRONTIER CONFERENCE WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL AWARDS

Player of the Year:  Cabry Badley, Providence (Mont.), Graduate, Middle Blocker 
Setter of the Year:  Rylee Kogolshak, Dickinson State (N.D.), Senior, Setter 
Attacker of the Year:  Cabry Badley, Providence (Mont.), Graduate, Middle Blocker 
Defender of the Year:  Madisyn Frazier, Montana Western, Senior, Libero 
Newcomer of the Year:  Halle Moomaw, Montana Tech, Junior, Outside/Right-Side Hitter 
Freshman of the Year:  Caleigh Case, MSU-Northern, Freshman, Middle Hitter 
Coach of the Year:  Trish Siedlik, Bellevue (Neb.) 
Assistant Coach of the Year:  Sacha Simmons, Providence (Mont.)

First Team

Name	School	Pos.	Ht.	Class	Hometown
Bentlee Kollbaum &	Bellevue (Neb.)	OH	5-11	So.	Elk Point, S.D.
Sophia McIntyre	Bellevue (Neb.)	RS	5-10	Sr.	Overland Park, Kan.
A'Lailah Perry	Bellevue (Neb.)	RS	5-10	Jr.	Algona, Iowa
Birdie Heuiser	Carroll (Mont.)	MH	6-2	So.	Helena, Mont.
Lauren Heuiser &	Carroll (Mont.)	MH	6-0	Sr.	Helena, Mont.
Rylee Kogolshak #	Dickinson State (N.D.)	S	5-10	Sr.	Hardin, Mont.
Caleigh Case	MSU-Northern	MH	6-1	Fr.	Billings, Mont.
Rhys Layton ^	Montana Tech	S	6-2	Sr.	Eagle, Idaho
Halle Moomaw	Montana Tech	OH/RS	6-3	Jr.	Stewardson, Ill.
Payton Treadwell %	Montana Tech	RS	5-11	Jr.	Meridian, Idaho
Cabry Badley #$	Providence (Mont.)	MB	6-2	Gr.	White Sulphur Springs, Mont.
Martyna Fiedler &	Providence (Mont.)	OH	5-11	Sr.	Poznan, Poland
Madisyn Frazier	Montana Western	L/DS	5-5	Sr.	Kalispell, Mont.
Kennedy Lingenfelter %	Montana Western	MB	6-0	So.	Clovis, Calif.

Second Team

Name	School	Pos.	Ht.	Class	Hometown
Zoie Roghair	Bellevue (Neb.)	L	5-6	So.	Sioux Falls, S.D.
Reese Duchsherer	Bismarck State (N.D.)	OH	5-8	Jr.	Bismarck, N.D.
Aislyn Hogan	Bismarck State (N.D.)	S	5-10	Jr.	Fort Wayne, Ind.
McKaila Balcom #	Carroll (Mont.)	RS	5-10	Sr.	Pasco, Wash.
Lauryn Kloth	Dakota State (S.D.)	MH	6-1	So.	Brandon, S.D.
Kaedyn Sapp	Dakota State (S.D.)	OH	5-11	So.	Volga, S.D.
Kate VanRooyan &	Dakota State (S.D.)	L/DS	5-5	Sr.	Dakota Dunes, S.D.
Carmen Pallone &	Dickinson State (N.D.)	MB/Pin	5-10	Jr.	Hardin, Mont.
Aubrey Allison %	Dickinson State (N.D.)	Pin	5-7	Sr.	Shepherd, Mont.
Kambria Maloy	MSU-Northern	L	5-3	Jr.	Florence, Ariz.
Talan Dodson	Montana Tech	OH	5-10	Jr.	San Antonio, Texas
Savana Warburton	Montana Western	OH	5-10	Jr.	Joliet, Mont.
Bree MacDonald	Providence (Mont.)	OH	5-11	Fr.	Great Falls, Mont.
Madysen Geist	Valley City State (N.D.)	MB	5-11	Fr.	Moorehead, Minn.

Honorable Mention 

Name	School	Pos.	Ht.	Class	Hometown
Payton Dzingle	Bellevue (Neb.)	MB	5-10	So.	Kearney, Neb.
Piper Harris &	Bismarck State (N.D.)	L/DS	5-5	R-Jr.	Mandan, N.D.
Kaylen Hay	Carroll (Mont.)	OH	5-11	R-So.	Pocatello, Idaho
Macey Wathen %	Dakota State (S.D.)	MH	5-9	Sr.	Rapid City, S.D.
Geraldyne Fernandez	Dickinson State (N.D.)	L/DS	5-6	Sr.	Eagle Mountain, Utah
Tori Richter %	Mayville State (N.D.)	L/DS	5-5	Sr.	Casselton, N.D.
Josie Hasler	MSU-Northern	OH	5-7	Gr.	Huntley, Mont.
Brooklynn Hayes	Montana Tech	L/DS	5-5	Jr.	Tumwater, Wash.
Jayda Ward	Montana Western	S	5-5	So.	Pocatello, Idaho
Kyra Saiers %	Providence (Mont.)	L/DS	5-3	Sr.	Valley Springs, Calif.
Kaitlyn Wood &	Rocky Mountain (Mont.)	MB	5-11	Sr.	Eugene, Ore.
Gracie Schumacher	Valley City State (N.D.)	S	5-6	Sr.	Linton, N.D.

# 2025 Frontier Conference All-Conference First Team 
% 2025 Frontier Conference All-Conference Second Team 
& 2025 Frontier Conference All-Conference Honorable Mention 
$ 2024 Frontier Conference All-Conference First Team 
^ 2024 Frontier Conference All-Conference Second Team

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