Pitt-Johnstown junior outside hitter Ellie Zuro Cirino was named a 2025 American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) when this year's honorees were announced on Wednesday.
 
The 2025 All-Americans include 42 players—14 on the first, second, and third teams—from 29 schools, and 117 honorable mention selections. Two programs have three players on those teams: Point Loma (one on the first-, second-, and third-team) and Missouri-St. Louis (two first-team picks and a third-team selection).
 
Freshman of the Year: Valeriya Kozlova, Barry University, OH
Player of the Year: Makenna Nold, Concordia University-St. Paul, RS, So.
 
Zuro Cirino, a Wadsworth, Ohio native and Wadsworth High School graduate, previously earned First-Team All-PSAC West, First-Team D2CCA, and First-Team AVAC All-Atlantic Region honors in 2025 to lead Pitt-Johnstown to its seventh overall and third straight appearance in the NCAA division II Atlantic Region Tournament.
 
Zuro Cirino led the PSAC in kills per set (4.10) and total kills (451) and was second in the conference in points per set (4.60).  Nationally, she ranked 17^th in total kills, 18^th in kills per set, and 21^st in points per set..
 
She also ranked second on the team in digs (255) and digs per set (2.32), and fifth in both service aces (31), and total blocks (35).