The Indy Ignite are a women's professional indoor volleyball team based in the Indianapolis metropolitan area that competes in Major League Volleyball (MLV). The team plays its home games at Fishers Event Center. The Ignite began play as an expansion team in the 2025 season.
History Founding On December 7, 2023, the Pro Volleyball Federation announced that an expansion team was coming to Indianapolis, Indiana. On January 28, 2024, the ownership group of Indy Pro Volleyball publicly released the name and logo for Indiana's first professional volleyball team. The team was to play in the Fishers Event Center, a 7,000-seat entertainment and sporting venue in Fishers, Indiana, where the Ignite would split time with the Indy Fuel and Fishers Freight. The Ignite debuted a navy blue, light blue, orange, yellow and white colorway with their mascot Pepper.
2025 season The Ignite earned the 1st overall pick in the 2025 PVF draft held on November 25, 2024, before the 2025 PVF season. On draft night, the Ignite traded the 1st overall pick (Merritt Beason) to the Atlanta Vibe in exchange for the 2nd and 9th overall picks where the franchise selected Anna DeBeer and Elena Scott respectively. On January 14, 2025, Leketor Member-Meneh earned PVF Player of the Week Award. On May 7, Sydney Hilley was named PVF Setter of the Year while both Hilley and Azhani Tealer were named PVF All-League First Team. The franchise qualified for the 2025 PVF Playoffs as the 4th seed with a 13–15 record, hosted at Lee's Family Forum in Las Vegas. In the franchise's first playoff debut, the Ignite upset the 1st seed Omaha Supernovas 3–2 in the semifinals, before advancing to the 2025 PVF finals against the Orlando Valkyries. George Padjen served as the head coach for the inaugural season before his resignation at the end of the season.
2026 season
On July 2, 2025, the team announced that Lauren Bertolacci would be the head coach for the upcoming season. In August 2025, the PVF and MLV struck a deal to both merge and expand, starting in the 2026 MVL season.
Seasons +Indy Ignite season overviewsSeason League Finish Wins Losses Pct. Playoffs Head coachIndy Ignite2025 PVF 4th 13 15 Won semifinals (Omaha Supernovas) (3–2)Lost finals (Orlando Valkyries) (1–3) George Padjen2026 MLV 1st 23 5 TBD semifinals (Omaha Supernovas) (0–0) Lauren Bertolacci Regular season 36 20 2025–present Playoffs 1 1 2025–present
2025 roster Current as of February 2, 2026. NumberPlayerPositionCollege/clubHeight2 Emma HalterLiberoTexas5'5"4 Emoni BushOutside hitterWashington/Oklahoma6'3"7 Leketor Member-MenehOutside hitterMissouri/Pittsburgh5'8"8 Camryn HannahOpposite hitterClemson/Penn State6'2"9 Elena ScottLiberoLouisville5'9"11 Ainise HaviliSetterKansas5'10"12 Taylor LandfairOutside hitterMinnesota/Nebraska6'5"13 Cara CresseMiddle blockerLouisville6'6"14 Anna DeBeerOutside hitterLouisville5'11"17 Blake MohlerMiddle blockerPurdue6'1"19 Azhani TealerOpposite HitterKentucky5'9"22 Lydia MartynMiddle blockerLiberty/Oklahoma6'3"23 Kayla LundOutside hitterPittsburgh6'0"28 Alexandra BotezatMiddle blocker6'6"91 Mia TuanigaSetterUSC5'9"
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