Barton's Stamenkovic adds AVCA honor to standout freshman season #GoBarton
Freshman standout earns national recognition across all two-year divisions
The accolades continued Thursday for Stasa Stamenkovic of the Barton Community College volleyball team, as the freshman was named to the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Two-Year College Volleyball All-America Second Team.
Earlier this week, Stamenkovic earned NJCAA Division I Volleyball All-America First Team honors, adding to a decorated postseason resume that also included KJCCC/Region 6 Freshman of the Year recognition.
While the NJCAA All-America list recognizes only Division I athletes, the AVCA Two-Year College team spans all levels of two-year volleyball, with just forty-five selections across NJCAA Divisions I, II, and III, the California Community College Athletic Association (3C2A), and the Northwest Athletic Conference (NWAC).
Complete list of 2025-26 AVCA Two-Year College Volleyball All-America Teams available at AVCA.org.
Stamenkovic's AVCA selection marks the program's third consecutive year with national recognition from the association, joining Phoebe Reyes' back-to-back honors in 2023 and 2024.
The decorated freshman helped lead Barton through a dominant stretch run, closing the regular season on a ten-match winning streak to secure the program's third straight KJCCC title, followed by a second consecutive Region 6/Plains District championship and the Cougars' 25th NJCAA Division I National Tournament appearance. Barton capped the season at 31–7 with a final No. 5 national ranking.
Earlier this fall, Stamenkovic also became the program's 25th NJCAA All-America First Team recipient, the fourth in the last six years and the second straight, again joining Reyes among Barton's recent national honorees.
A native of Bor, Serbia, the two-time KJCCC Player of the Week emerged as one of the nation's premier two-way players. She averaged 3.16 kills per set during postseason play while recording four double-doubles in five matches, highlighted by a 19-kill, 17-dig performance on .313 hitting in Barton's national tournament finale.