(UW ATHLETICS) – After a pair of stellar individual seasons, seniors Mimi Colyer and Carter Booth of the Wisconsin volleyball team each garnered All-America honors from the American Volleyball Coaches Association, as announced on Wednesday morning by the AVCA.
Colyer led the way with a First Team All-American award at outside hitter, followed by Booth with a Third Team All-American nomination at the middle blocker position. In head coach Kelly Sheffield‘s tenure, 21 individual athletes have garnered 47 separate All-American honors in 13 seasons.
Colyer joined that group of athletes, putting together one of the most impressive individual seasons in UW history en route to her fourth All-American award of her career. The Lincoln, California, native recently eclipsed the 2,000-kill mark in her career against No. 2 Stanford in the NCAA Regional Semifinal—combining for 50 kills over the Badgers’ pair of matches in Austin, Texas.
The outside hitter broke the school record for most kills in a season, as she enters this week’s National Semifinals with 566. Colyer has accumulated double-digit kill totals in every match except for one this season, as she currently holds a 19-match streak of 10 or more kills, good for the second-longest streak in program history.
In the national ranks, Colyer places third in kills per set at 5.39. No other Badger in the Rally Scoring Era (since 2008) has finished the season with over five kills per set. She also ranks third in points per set at 5.97.
In leading the Badgers to a second-place finish in the Big Ten Conference, Colyer broke the school record for most kills at 345. Sarah Franklin was the only other athlete at UW to surpass 300 kills in the 20-match span.
Colyer excelled on the defensive end as well, recently surpassing the 1,000-dig mark in her storied career. The senior accumulated nine double-doubles in digs and kills in the 2025 season.
Right by her side, Booth strung together another impressive campaign for the Badgers—notching her second-career All-American award.
Offensively, the 6-foot-7 middle blocker has been efficient in her attack, as she is currently on pace to shatter UW’s record for highest hitting percentage in a single season. Booth sits at .454 entering the National Semifinal match, good for second-highest in the country. She has turned in zero errors in 11 matches this year.
The Denver, Colorado, native recently put together her strongest weekend of the season, highlighted by a .700 (14 – 0 – 20) swinging percentage turned in against No. 2 Stanford. Her 14 kills tied a career-best, as she followed it up with 11 more versus No. 1 Texas to help punch the Badgers’ ticket to Kansas City.
The 6-foot-7 middle blocker currently leads the team in blocks (123) and blocks per set (1.17) as well—showcasing her continued physical presence at the net.
Booth and Colyer are set to be teammates next season for the Dallas Pulse of Major League Volleyball, as they were recently selected in the draft less than a month ago.
Badger fans can catch both All-Americans in action on Thursday, Dec. 18, as UW will look to continue their postseason run. The Badgers are slated to face No. 1 Kentucky at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, as first serve will take place 30 minutes after the conclusion of the first National Semifinal between No. 3 Texas A&M and No. 1 Pittsburgh, which is set to start at 5:30 p.m. CT. Both matches will be televised on ESPN.
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