Boys Volleyball

2026 Season Review

The Roncalli boys volleyball just continues to win, win, win! The Royals won their 5th-consecutive state championship this year after going 33-3 on the season. They did not lose a match to an Indiana team all season, while also only dropping one set to an Indiana school all season. The Royals secured their second-straight Marion County tournament championship along the way to the state title. In the national rankings, the Royals reached as high as number 3 in the USA Today poll and number 9 on MaxPreps. They held the number one ranking in the state all season long.

The Royals were led by senior captains Jack Hovanec, Xavier Lawrie, Noah Meyer and AJ Morris. All four athletes were named to the Circle City All-Conference team and 1st team All-Region. Lawrie also earned the Mel Young Award for his excellence in play and leadership, and he broke the school record for career kills with 1,032. This is the first Royal to ever break 1,000 career kills. Noah Meyer broke the school digs record with 440 digs on the year. For the first time in school history, two Royals had over 500 assists with Morris having 549 and junior Brennan Pierle adding 550.

Additional recognition went to these Royals for earning Academic All-State honors: seniors Charlie Coffman, Hovanec, Lawrie, Gavin Louthain, Meyer and Morris and juniors Mitchell Mader, Ben Pierce and Brennan Pierle.

End-of-season Roncalli awards went to the following Royals: 

MVPs: Xavier Lawrie and Noah Meyer

Mental Attitude Award: AJ Morris and Jack Hovanec

Leadership Award: AJ Morris

Sportsmanship Award: Jack Hovanec