One of the reasons Central Kitsap volleyball coach Katie Pasi is excited about the 2026 season is the strength of her current junior class.

One of those juniors, Elliana Smith, is the Kitsap Sun's pick for 2025 volleyball player of the year. The setter helped the Cougars finish 19-6, win the Puget Sound League 3A Narrows Division and place sixth at last month's state tournament in Yakima. Smith totaled 435 assists this fall with 161 digs, 49 kills, 35 aces and a 89.7 serve percentage.

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