MS Coast superstar earns another statewide honor in chase for a fourth title
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- Myah Favre earned consecutive Miss 3A Volleyball honors and leads OLA quest.
- She posted career highs across kills, kill percentage, assists and digs.
- Our Lady Academy reached the Final Four and plays Oct. 13 and Oct. 17, 2025.
There’s an open spot on the wall next to the 2024 banner, and if Myah Favre notices it, she doesn’t let on.
The most dominant athlete for the Mississippi Coast’s most dominant athletic program earned her second consecutive Miss 3A Volleyball honor in the midst of what will be her final playoff run at Our Lady Academy.
“When I got it the first time, I was super excited,” Favre told the Sun Herald. “So to hear that I got it the second time, I literally started jumping up and down. I was so excited. It’s a big honor because I know not a lot of people get to experience that. I feel very lucky.”
Luck didn’t have much to do with this honor. Favre has enjoyed the best season of her career, an accomplishment in itself, given the numbers she’s put up over the years.
Favre has career-highs in kills, kill percentage and hit percentage. She has a career-best in digs and, perhaps most impressively, she’s also filled the box score with 579 assists. Her previous high was eight.
“She’s obviously an elite volleyball player,” OLA coach Mike Meyers said. “But she’s just as good or even better person.”
Meyers knows what an elite volleyball player looks like. He’s coached two Gatorade Players of the Year and won 14 state titles at OLA before retiring in 2020. His daughter, Emily, ran the program while he remained as the top assistant, and the two won another three state championships together.
When Emily resigned after completing a three-peat in 2024, Meyers stepped back into his old shoes. But having never truly left, he’s had a courtside view of Favre’s development since she began playing varsity volleyball in eighth grade.
“She’s matured through the years,” Meyers said. “Physically, she was always good. She’s learned to settle down a bit. She’s learned she doesn’t have to prove to people, she just has to play her normal game. And if she’s playing her normal game, we’re going to be fine.”
Favre has played in over 400 sets since her ninth grade season and has over 2,000 kills to her name. She just played in her 150th win since her freshman year when the Crescents handled St. Andrew’s Episcopal in straight sets in the second round of the 3A playoffs.
She’s on what may be the most talented team of her career. Our Lady has lost only nine sets in 42 matches.
Sophomore Taylor Henley has over 400 kills and three others have eclipsed 100. Evident by her 500-plus assists, Favre hasn’t minded sharing the fun. In OLA’s cruise-control win over St. Andrew’s, Favre was often used in a decoy role, while Henly landed 12 kills in only 15 attempts.
But she wouldn’t let the visiting Saints leave without a parting gift. Just a few points away from the third round, Favre floated and fired a searing kill at the feet of a frozen defender that would have left jaws on the floor if the home crowd hadn’t seen such flash for the last five years.
Now nearing another title appearance, Favre is focusing on the ride and enjoying her last opportunity to hang the school’s 18th banner.
“I’m very confident in my teammates because we’ve been working very hard this season,” Favre said. “I think if we keep doing what we’ve been doing then we have a fair chance.”
Our Lady is in the Final Four and will play Oct. 13 for a ticket to the state championship match on Oct. 17.
