NVC’s Avila-Navarro, Kenney named to All-Bay Valley Conference volleyball team

Posted: Nov 24, 2025

NVC's Avila-Navarro, Kenney named to All-Bay Valley Conference volleyball team

First photo: The Napa Valley College volleyball team is shown in a match against Mendocino College-Ukiah earlier in the season.

Photos by Marty James

By MARTY JAMES

martyjames.sports@gmail.com

Napa Valley College's Adelina Avila-Navarro, a sophomore libero/defensive specialist, and Caitlin Kenney, a sophomore middle blocker, were named to the All-Bay Valley Conference volleyball team, Storm head coach Scott Bishop announced this week.

Avila-Navarro was selected second team and Kenney was named honorable mention for the Storm (3-17 overall, 3-9 Bay Valley Conference).

They were the Storm's co-captains during the 2025 fall season.

"Both of them did a really good job with leadership, communication, organizing the team, as the season went along," Bishop said Wednesday.

"It's been a pleasure coaching both of them, and really enjoyed our time together."

Avila-Navarro, a two-year starter, had 354 digs, 12 service aces, 10 set assists and 13 points during the season.

"Adelina was one of our core ball control players," said Bishop. "She's done a really great job of anchoring our defense and just providing a lot of amazing defense, digs-wise and serve-receive. Everything kind of starts with that first touch, and you need it to be a quality one.

"I thought she had a great season this year. She was able to build on her previous year. Really proud of the growth and progress. Really fun to be a part of that two-year journey."

It was Kenney's second year serving as a team captain for Napa Valley.

She had 102 kills, 27 digs, two service aces, three blocks and 107 points during the season.

"Caitlin has played both middle and right side (hitter)," said Bishop. "She just brought a lot of maturity and just the ability to provide some steady play for us. She was leading our middle offense. She did a great job blocking and again, continued to grow over those two years of development."

Napa Valley lost its last three matches of the season and finished in sixth place in the Bay Valley Conference standings. Four of the Storm's losses were by 3-2 scores.

"This year we had a very strong preseason strength of schedule, and I think that prepared us pretty well for our conference and helped us figure out a lot of things, and really forced us to step up our game," said Bishop. "We had a number of very close matches."

Napa Valley lost to Yuba College-Marysville, 3-2, on Nov. 7. Yuba tied for second place in the Bay Valley.

"We really competed well. You walk away from that a little disappointed from the loss, but you're so proud of how the team played in the level of play," said Bishop.

The Storm averaged 6.86 kills per set, 5.66 assists per set, 2.43 service aces per set, and 16.55 digs per set.

"I think this team really took heart to that togetherness," said Bishop. "This team was really close. They had a lot of fun together. They worked hard together – good effort and energy. It was just a pleasure watching them interact together and just being able to have fun, at the same time that they're pushing each other and working hard, on and off the court."

Kaylie Reyes, a sophomore at Solano Community College-Fairfield (21-11 overall, 12-0 Bay Valley Conference), the league champion, was named as the Bay Valley's Most Valuable Player.

Napa Valley also got solid play from:

* Aly Watty, freshman, setter. Watty had 132 kills, 144 set assists, 34 service aces, 129 digs and 167 points.

"She was fantastic. She carried a really big role for us this year. She was one of our primary setters and one of our primary hitters in the front row," said Bishop. "She was all over the stat sheet as far as assists and kills, and she was one of our bigger blockers as well. She provided a great block on the right side and played some really good defense. She was one of our strong servers as well. So, coming in as a freshman, she really had a big impact, and was able to really just help us out a lot in multiple categories. As a freshman, just showed a lot of maturity."

* Rylee Santos, sophomore, setter. Santos had 37 kills, 238 set assists, 36 service aces, 261 digs and 73 points.

"Really a fantastic athlete. Covered the ground really well. Very smooth, consistent hands, and played a critical role in our offense. Also, has got a great serve and got a lot of aces and a bunch of digs. A really good defender as well," said Bishop.

* Ava Pendelton, sophomore, outside hitter/defensive specialist. Pendelton had 91 kills, 24 service aces, 97 digs and 116 points.

"Ava was fantastic for us as an outside hitter," said Bishop. "Great serve, good ball control, definitely one of our top kill contributors on the team. Another player, just a pleasure to coach. Always showed up early. Worked hard every time in practices. Gave her all in games. A pleasure to work with her."

* Keana Resultay, freshman, defensive specialist/outside hitter. Resultay had 79 kills, 31 service aces, 207 digs and 110 points.

"She's got a big jump and a big arm," said Bishop. "She's been kind of a primary ball control player for most of her career, but we asked her to play in the front row as well this year. She really took on that role. Incredibly fast. One of the fastest players, if not the fastest player, on the team, and really contributed heavily to our ball control and defense, and did a really good job of just controlling the ball in the front row. Another big-time server for us. Really fun watching her play, because she's incredibly dynamic."

* Willow Diamond, sophomore, middle blocker/right-side hitter. The two-year starter had 59 kills, 27 service aces, 27 digs and 87 points.

"At the college level, you really need to step up your performance. Everything just requires a higher level of physicality. She really built on her freshman year, and came in, ready to play as a sophomore. Just really improved in all categories," said Bishop.

* America Hernandez, freshman, libero/defensive specialist. Hernandez had nine set assists, four service aces, 83 digs and four points.

"She's always hustling after the ball. Really scrappy, and contributed hugely in our back row at serve-receive. Did a great job as a freshman, coming in and contributing a lot," said Bishop.

* Sydnee Coulthrust, sophomore, setter. Coulthrust had six kills, 18 set assists, eight service aces, 36 digs and 14 points.

"She battled through a number of injuries this year. She has a drive to compete and train, so nothing was going to slow her down. She put everything into our season. One of our vocal leaders on the team this year. She played some front row, but it was mainly setter and serving specialist. Another really good server."

Last 5 matches of season

In their last five matches of the season, the Storm went 1-4.

They lost to College of Marin-Kentfield, 3-2; beat Los Medanos College-Pittsburg, 3-0; lost to Mendocino College-Ukiah, 3-0; lost to Yuba College-Marysville, 3-2; and lost to Solano Community College-Fairfield, 3-0.

Napa Valley lost to Marin, 25-15, 15-25, 27-25, 22-25, 15-12, on Oct. 29.

The Storm was led by America Hernandez (seven digs), Keana Resultay (four kills, two service aces, 18 digs, six points), Adelina Avila-Navarro (24 digs), Rylee Santos (two kills, 16 set assists, two service aces, 20 digs, four points), Aly Watty (17 kills, six set assists, six service aces, eight digs, 23 points), Willow Diamond (two kills, two digs, two points), Caitlin Kenney (13 kills, 14 points), Sydnee Coulthrust (eight digs), and Ava Pendelton (four kills, five digs, four points).

Napa Valley beat Los Medanos, 25-23, 25-15, 25-21, on Oct. 31.

The Storm was led by America Hernandez (two service aces, four digs, two points), Keana Resultay (five kills, 10 digs, six points), Adelina Avila-Navarro (three service aces, 10 digs, three points), Rylee Santos (10 set assists, 17 digs), Aly Watty (nine kills, six set assists, five digs, nine points), Willow Diamond (six kills, two service aces, five digs, eight points), Caitlin Kenney (eight kills, eight points), Sydnee Coulthrust (seven set assists, two service aces, two digs, two points), and Ava Pendelton (two service aces, three digs, two points).

Napa Valley lost to Mendocino, 25-17, 25-18, 25-16, on Nov. 5.

The Storm was led by America Hernandez (four digs), Keana Resultay (seven kills, five service aces, 13 digs, 12 points), Adelina Avila-Navarro (28 digs), Rylee Santos (four kills, 24 set assists, six service aces, nine digs, 10 points), Aly Watty (14 kills, 14 set assists, two service aces, seven digs, 16 points), Willow Diamond (five kills, six service aces, three digs, 11 points), Caitlin Kenney (seven kills, three digs, seven points), and Ava Pendelton (six kills, four service aces, five digs, 10 points).

Napa Valley lost to Yuba, 26-24, 28-26, 20-25, 16-25, 18-16, on Nov. 7.

Napa Valley lost to Solano Community College, 25-14, 25-10, 25-7, on Nov. 14.

The Storm was led by America Hernandez (five digs), Keana Resultay (two kills, seven digs, two points), Adelina Avila-Navarro (13 digs), Rylee Santos (three kills, five set assists, 14 digs, three points), Aly Watty (two kills, two set assists, nine digs, three points), Willow Diamond (two kills, two points), Sydnee Coulthrust (three digs), and Ava Pendelton (three digs).

* Marty James is a freelance writer who makes his home in Napa. He retired on June 4, 2019 after spending 40 years as a sports writer, sports editor and executive sports editor for the Napa Valley Register, a daily newspaper in Napa County. He is a 1979 graduate of Sacramento State and a member of the California Golf Writers & Broadcasters Association. He was inducted into the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section Hall of Fame in 2016, the Vintage High School Athletic Hall of Fame in 2019, and the Napa High School Athletic Hall of Fame in 2022.