SPRINGFIELD – Missouri State head volleyball coach Steven McRoberts announced the addition of transfers Ashlyn Blazer and Halle Kerkman to the program on Tuesday.
 
Ashlyn Blazer • 6-0 • OH • Shawnee, Kan. • Mill Valley High/Mavs KC 18/FIU
Blazer redshirted the 2025 season at Florida International before joining the Bears this spring. She helped the Mill Valley High Jags to back-to-back Kansas state championships in 2023 and 2024, earning honorable mention all-state and second-team all-Sunflower League honors as a junior with 203 kills, 85 blocks, 78 digs and 32 aces. Blazer tallied 153 kills and 80 blocks as a sophomore and was a four-time KVA All-Academic Team honoree.
 
Halle Kerkman • 6-0 • OH • Omaha, Neb. • Millard West High/Premier Nebraska 18 Gold/San Jose State
Kerkman spent her true freshman season at San Jose State in 2025, recording two kills on .667 hitting with an assist and a dig in four matches with the Spartans. She was a two-year starter in high school for the Millard West in suburban Omaha and averaged 3.4 kills on .209 hitting as a junior in 2023. As senior in 2024, Kerkman helped the Wildcats to a third-place state finish, earning second-team all-state, first-team all-metro, AVCA All-Region and Academic All-State honors after piling up 344 kills and a 3.6 per set average on .241 hitting.