Burnsville, Minn. – The Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference released it's 2026 Volleyball All-Conference Team Thursday. Gracie Adamson, Sophie Ketterling, and Charlotte Lempka were all members of the Second Team All-Conference.

2026 NSIC Volleyball All-Conference Teams Release
 
Adamson put together a stellar season on both sides of the ball, improving in just about every single way from her 2025 season. The senior outside hitter ranks seventh in the conference in kills per set at 3.46 and 10^th in digs per set with 3.47. The Brookings, S.D. native is just one of two players in the NSIC to rank inside the top 10 in both kills and digs per set. In addition to this, Adamson also has posted 42 blocks and 28 service aces.
 
Adamson's season got off to a fast start after she earned the Hardrocker Volleyball Tournament MVP where she had 36 kills (3.6 per set) and 45 digs (4.5 per set) to led Jamestown to a 4-0 weekend. In their second four-match weekend down in Kenosha, Wis., Adamson earned herself Hampton Inn Invitational All-Tournament Team honors after averaging 3.81 kills per set and 2.81 digs per set.
 
In conference play, the 5-10 outside hitter slammed down a career-high 22 kills against No. 19 University of Minnesota Duluth (10/30) and two matches before that, had 20 kills on .326 (20-5-46) attacking as well as 11 digs and four service aces against No. 7 Concordia University St. Paul (10/24). As a starter in all 26 matches so far this season, Adamson has finished 18 of her 26 matches with at least 10 kills while posting 13 double-doubles as well.
 
On the defense side, Sophie Ketterling has been a mainstay as the Jamestown libero and has proven to be one of the top defensive players in Division-II volleyball this season. Ketterling has been busy keeping balls alive with a season average of 5.54 digs per set as well as 543 digs overall. Her digs per set average ranks atop the NSIC and eighth in the nation. In addition to the digs, Ketterling also has posted 108 assists, 21 service aces, and a .956 reception percentage.
 
The senior from Napoleon, N.D. started her season with 82 total digs and 5.86 digs per set at the Hardrocker Volleyball Tournament as she gathered herself All-Tournament Honors alongside Adamson. During that time, Ketterling posted a then career-high 29 digs in only a three-set match (9.67 digs per set) as the Jimmies took down Chadron State College (8/28). This performance put her at the top of the NSIC podium in digging numbers where she has remained the entirety of the season.
 
Ketterling has won NSIC Defensive Player of the Week three times (8/31, 9/8, 10/26), joining Ashlynn Schroeder of SMSU as the only two player to earn that award more than once in 2026. In only one of the 26 matches the 5-4 libero has played, has she not recorded at least 10 digs. Ketterling has surpassed 20 digs in 15 matches and reached 30 twice against Northern State University (9/24) and Winona State University (10/23). Most recently, on her senior day, Ketterling had one of her best performances against Bemidji State University (10/31) where she posted 28 digs in just a three-set win (9.3 per set).
 
Lempka has been another offensive force for the Jimmies, putting together powerful kills up the middle while also being a serious blocking threat for opposing hitters. Lempka averages 2.51 kills per set while her .349 (233-64-484) attacking percentage ranks atop the team and ninth in the NSIC. The middle hitter has 85 total blocks on the season while only recording one blocking error. Her 0.91 blocks per set are 10^th in the Northern Sun on a UJ team that ranks third in the conference in 2.26 blocks per set.
 
Along with Adamson, Lempka earned Hampton Inn Invitational All-Tournament Team after posting 39 kills (2.44 per set) and leading the team with 15 blocks. Most impressively, the Alexandria, Minn. native attacked a blistering .493 (39-5-69) over that weekend which led the Jimmies to a 3-1 record in Kenosha and two wins over teams receiving votes in the AVCA Top 25.
 
The 6-3 middle has caught fire towards the end of the season with double figure kill numbers in four of her last five matches. Against the University of Mary (10/27), Lempka had 11 kills, attacked .563 (11-2-16) and recorded six blocks. One match after that, she set a new career-high in kills with 15 against Minnesota Duluth (10/30). Lempka is one of four players for the Jimmies to start in all 26 matches, posting at least a .400 attacking percentage 12 times. 
 
The three All-Conference players and the rest of the Jamestown women's volleyball team have two more regular season matches against the University of Minnesota Crookston (11/6) and Minnesota State University Moorhead (11/7) before NSIC playoffs begin on the next week.