Former Irvine Valley standout beach volleyball player Sydney Dews was a star on and off the court again for the NAIA College of Idaho.
The senior established herself as a leader in the first-year of the Yotes beach program in 2024.
She earned all-Cascade Collegiate Conference honors as the team had a record of 7-9 overall and reached the NAIA West Quaifier before ending the year.
Dews built on her impressive foundation from Irvine Valley in 2023.
And this past season in 2025 at College of Idaho, she helped the team to a record of 10-8 overall and won a match in the CCC Championships. The team was ranked No. 9 in the NAIA.
Dews was a all-conference player again this season and finished 10-5 as a pair.
The Yotes' top pair of Haley Hoopes and Dews played exclusively at the No. 1 spot, posting a 10-5 record and collecting two wins over Southern Oregon's top pair during a pair of narrow 3-2 team defeats.
Dews was also selected to the 2025 College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District At-large Team alond with four of her teammates.
The at-large category of the CSC Academic All-District honors student athletes competing in the NAIA who maintain above a 3.5 GPA, be at least a sophomore academically and athletically, as well as meeting sport specific criteria. For beach volleyball, athletes had to be in the lineup for 70 percent of an institution's team scoring events.
Dews, out of Crean Lutheran High, was one of the top players for the Lasers in 2023.
She helped IVC to an Orange Empire Conference Eastern Division title.
And then she shined in the postseason.
At the California Community College Athletic Association Women's Beach Volleyball State Championship, Dews and partner Gabi Brown reached the round of 16 in the event at West Valley College in Saratoga.
The duo played in the No. 2 pairs lineup for Irvine Valley.
Brown and Dews entered the event as the No. 10 seed from the So. Cal. Region.
Dews was named a first team all-Orange Empire Conference player for the Lasers.
Irvine Valley finished the season with a record of 13-12 overall and 9-1 in the OEC.
