*Ardren is the only Class of 2021 player on the list. Is McKinnon the greatest high school volleyball player in Alabama history? (Rex Larsen | MLive.com file), No. Corunna's Meredith Norris drives home a spike in a district tournament game against Goodrich in 2015. (MLive.com file), No. The 5-foot-11 junior outside hitter led Lowell to consecutive OK White championships in 2018 and 2019, then helped the Red Arrows make program history this year by reaching the state quarterfinals for the first time with a 3-1 win over No. Which ones will lead their team to Battle Creek's Kellogg Arena? Finalists. The middle hitter was a dominating player in high school in the mid-1990s and went on to a standout career at Michigan State. Of course, state quarterfinal opponent Mount Pleasant will have something to say about that, but if Lake Orion is going to advance to Kellogg Arena, Robertson will play a vital role. 1 (2023), West Central Tribune All-Area (2020), U17 USA Volleyball National Development Team (2021). High school: Olathe Northwest High School (Olathe, Kansas), Accolades: Class 6A All-State (2020), PrepVolleyball.Com All-American (2020). Emil Lippe | MLive.com. Welcome to the first edition of PrepVolleyball.com's Top 150, the country's best volleyball players listed from No. Glass was a four-time all-stater and led Leland to a Class D state title in 2006. Olivia Lombardi, Des Moines Christian, Senior Des Moines Christian got 36 wins and made the Class 3A tournament in 2011. Heather played on three championship teams at Portage Northern from 1992-94 and for three seasons at IU and her final year at Western Michigan University. More Local News to Love Start today for 50% off Expires 3/6/23. Few players in the country can dominate at the net like Hendrickson, who had 512 kills, 92 digs, 35 service aces and 30 blocks as a junior. Wegener shined in Ida's five-set district championship win over Carleton Airport by tallying 34 kills, and she became the 24th player in state history to eclipse 2,000 career kills earlier this season. She's committed to play for the University of Missouri. She also was the teams most valuable player for three seasons and helped East Kentwood to a state title in 2006. Rutgers will play volleyball at Davenport University next year, but not before attempting to lead Mattawan to its first state semifinal appearance with a quarterfinal win on Tuesday against Lowell at Jenison High School. Bloomfield Hills Marian2. No. Yates was also named EPAC Player of the Year after leading Hedgesville to the Class AAA state semifinals. Cookie Settings/Do Not Sell My Personal Information. Tabit broke the old mark of 1,063 set by Marlettes Jenna Lange in 2007. All rights reserved. A year ago, Osorio tallied more than 400 digs, and her strong defensive play will be crucial in Tuesday's state quarterfinal showdown at Remus Chippewa Hills between No. Accolades: AVCA Phenom List (2020), PrepVolleyball.com No. MP Stats for iPad Stat keeping for basketball teams. Battle Creek St Philip8. She still holds the IU career record for service aces and ranks in the top 10 for kills and digs. Girls Youth National Team, but she also feels right at home in Battle Creek, where she tallied 27 kills in last year's state semifinal loss to eventual state champ Lake Orion. A MaxPreps All-American and state Gatorade recipient, Krause led the SkyHawks to a 34-5 mark and Class B title. 21: Sarah Tabit, Mount Morris, Class of 2016. She now has 1,040 career kills headed into her senior season. Grand Rapids Christians Addie VanderWeide (14) jumps to hit the ball against South Christian during the Division 2 district tournament championship at Grand Rapids Christian High School on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019. One of the obvious, main components for an elite outside hitter is leaping ability, and Gregoire-Salagean might be one of the best on this list at getting in the air. SMCC defeated Manchester, 3-2. Bottom line: At just 5-foot-4, Cardinal Spellman High's Elizabeth Hurm is one of the shortest outside hitters on this list, but that doesn't lessen her impact on the court. The 6-foot-1 right-side hitter was the only freshman to earn a first team spot on last year's Division 2 all-state list, and like her older sister, she's a dominant presence around the net. In a sad twist, Hurm's original high school, Sacred Heart High, closed its doors after the 2019-20 school year, and she was forced to find a new home and played her junior year at Cardinal Spellman High. The merch sales alone would pay for the athletics budget. The 5-foot-8 junior outside hitter earned third team all-state honors in 2018 by tallying 627 kills, 313 digs and 66 aces, but she has taken her game to a new level in 2019 and the result is Beaverton's first state quarterfinal trip in program history. From spikers to setters, Michigan has had plenty of talent the past 25 years in high school volleyball. Emil Lippe | MLive.com. Ardren was still able to dominate in the pandemic and was named the Gatorade Player of the Year for Vermont. Kelenna should return to the court in a big way after seeing her 2020 season wiped out. Osorio and the rest of her Leland teammates have rebounded from that disappointing finish to reach the state quarterfinals for the eighth time in nine years. You must login to view this article or subscribe to PrepVolleyball.com! Northville3. Strouse, who's 5-foot-11, was an All-State pick as a sophomore in 2019 with 140 kills in just 62 sets played. The Miss Volleyball winner in 2011, Doyle helped Mercy to three consecutive district titles and a pair of final four appearances. A member of the Legacy Volleyball Club, Mruzik helped her team register a 72-4 record over the summer and capture an AAU national championship in Orlando. Kyndra Abron was a top recruit coming out of Livonia Churchill and went on to play at Michigan State University. She's already a Top 20 recruit in the Class of 2023, according to PrepVolleyball.com, and there aren't a lot of those coming out of South Dakota. As a sophomore in last year's semifinal and championship game in Battle Creek, Robertson combined for 12 kills and five blocks playing next to star outside hitter Paige Briggs. Grand Rapids Christian7. She has 78 blocks over the last two seasons and saw her kills jump from 80 to 192 from her sophomore to her junior season. 2 overall player in the Class of 2020 by VolleyballMag.com. That was an improvement from 11.2 to 12.0 assists per set. Colorado Feature Players: Chris Hansen : 2023-01-03 07:30 : ELITE 30 Rankings - 2025 Class: Chris Hansen & Brandon Clay Russell High School (Great Falls, Montana), Accolades: Class AA Eastern Player of the Year (2020), two-time Class AA All-State (2019, 2020), Great Falls Tribune Super-State Team (2020), Class AA state runner-up (2020). Kalamazoo Christian5. She led the Kicking Mules to a state title as a senior in 2001 and a state runner-up finish in 1999. In her only full season as a freshman, Gregoire-Salagean racked up 172 kills, 136 and 21 service aces. High school: Burnt Hills-Balston Lake High School (Burnt Hills, New York), Accolades: New York Gatorade Player of the Year (2021), AVCA Phenom List (2020), Class A State Champion (2019), Class A State Tournament Most Valuable Player (2019), Times Union Volleyball Player of the Year finalist (2019), two-time Class A All-State (2019, 2020), Suburban Council championship (2020), Suburban Council Most Valuable Player (2020). PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) A Michigan judge has ruled that staff and administrators at Oxford High School cannot be sued for a mass shooting that left four students dead and seven others wounded. The state has a rich tradition of competitive volleyball, and many of the top teams in the nation have come from Michigan. High school: Hedgesville High School (Hedgesville, West Virginia), Accolades: West Virginia Gatorade Player of the Year (2021), AVCA Phenom List (2020), Eastern Panhandle Athletic Conference Player of the Year (2020), Class AAA state semifinals (2020), Class AAA All-State (2020). Val Sterk plays in an exhibition match for USA Volleyball against Michigan State in 1997. But don't overlook her talent. Bottom line: Colgate-bound Carlie Rzeszotarski can already make a case as one of the greatest high school volleyball players to come out of New York. 9 Amanda McKinzie, Battle Creek St. Philip, Class of 2013. RELATED: Miss Volleyball finalist Kendall Murray from Skyline ready to carry on family legacy at Michigan, Mercy's Jess Mruzik goes for a kill during a Division 1 state semifinal matchup with Lake Orion on Friday, Nov. 16 at Kellogg Arena. Will she play basketball for the Wave as well? The future Western Michigan Bronco makes it look easy on the volleyball court, but her path to becoming a Miss Volleyball finalist wasn't always a smooth one, as Simkins battled scoliosis early in her volleyball career. Her 5,760 career assists rank first in MHSAA history. We already knew how good Harper is from what she did in 2019, when she had 528 kills and 40 blocks. Hitter Sarah Tabit of Mount Morris attacks at the net. High school: C.M. Every High School Volleyball team in the nation is ranked. Jones had 808 assists in 72 sets in 2019 before putting up 275 assists in just 23 sets in 2020. Few players in the country can say they went on the volleyball odyssey Gravatt and her family embarked on in 2020. (Patrick Nothaft | MLive.com)(Patrick Nothaft | MLive.com). High school: Clinton High School (Clinton, Mississippi), Accolades: AVCA Phenom List (2020), three-time SBLive All-State (2018-2020), three-time Class 6A All-State (2018-2020), Class 6A state champion (2019). Temperance Bedford's Lindi Bankowski, right, is in the thick of the action at the net in the Class A state finals against Portage Northern in 1999. Volleyball in the United States is popular with both male and female participants of all ages. 5 Leland for a Division 4 state quarterfinal showdown. YouTubes privacy policy is available here and YouTubes terms of service is available here. A second team all-state selection in each of the past two years, the 5-foot-10 senior middle hitter leads Ida into its first state quarterfinal match since 2008, when the Blue Streaks meet Lake Odessa Lakewood on Tuesday at Dundee. Athens4. Orchard Lake St Mary's10. Only seniors are considered for the award, sponsored by the Detroit Free Press since 2003. Blissfield7. Bottom line: Sydney Schnichels' phone will be lighting up in the middle of June 2021 when Division I college coaches are allowed to make direct contact with the Willmar High superstar for the first time. High school: John Burroughs School (St. Louis, Missouri). 1 Mendon with a state semifinal berth on the line. She has averaged 4.6 kills per set over her first three high school seasons. 2023 Advance Local Media LLC. Bottom line: Vermont made the unusual decision to play their volleyball season outdoors in 2020-21, and we had to make an exception and include Essex High setter Molly Ardren as the only Class of 2021 player on our list. She went on to a standout career at the University of Akron. That makes sense, because older sister Madi Kubik was the Big Ten Freshman of the Year and National Freshman of the Year for the Cornhuskers in 2020. Bottom line: The big story in Connecticut high school volleyball in 2020 was Guilford's Emma Appleman, but Darien's Aerin Bowman was almost as good and set herself up for a breakout senior season one where she'll be the odds-on favorite to bring home Gatorade Player of the Year honors. SUBSCRIBERS: CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE!-----What other coverage am I missing by not subscribing? Here are the Michigan high school volleyball rankings as of Oct. 24: Division1 1. Cass City, Honorable Mention: Bridgman, Calumet, Centreville, Manistique, Manton, Morley Stanwood, Kent City, Lake City, 1. Averi Carlson Height: 5-11 Position: S Year: Senior High school: Lovejoy (Lucas, Texas) When it was clear that her native California wasn't going to have high school sports in the fall, Gravatt's family moved almost 2,000 miles to Maryville so she could play. Pennsylvania High School Volleyball: Top Passers in 2026. . SMCC's Mikayla Haut (8) blocks a shot during the high school volleyball Class C state quarterfinal match between Manchester and St. Mary Catholic Central at Ann Arbor Huron High School, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018 in Ann Arbor. The Super 7 highlights the top returning high school girls volleyball talent in Westchester, Rockland and Putnam. She already has 1,580 career kills and racked up 427 kills and 338 digs in just 57 sets as a sophomore. Ohio's best: The top 23 girls basketball players in the state ahead of the 2022-23 season. (Photo courtesy of University of Florida), No. A first team all-state selection the past two years, Simkins is likely to make it three in a row, after leading top-ranked Schoolcraft to a regional semifinal sweep over four-time defending Division 3 champ Bronson, then following it up with another strong effort against Niles Brandywine to capture the Eagles' first regional championship since 2014. Bottom line: There aren't a lot of top-level Division I athletes who come out of Wyoming regardless of the sport but Laramie High's Alexis Stucky is one of them. Photos by Ben Allan SmithPhotos by Ben Allan Smith, Mikayla Haut, Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central. Caitlinn Pistro swings at a ball from the outside during the district volleyball match hosted by Freeland against Swan Valley Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019. High school: Fayetteville High School (Fayetteville, Arkansas), Accolades: AVCA Phenom List (2020), Class 6A state champion (2020), All-NWADG (2020), Class 6A All-State (2020). As a senior, the 6-2 outside hitter recorded 773 kills, 318 digs and 105 service aces and had a kill percentage of .657. Schnichels is 6-foot-4 and was dominant in her first two seasons of high school volleyball with 376 kills in 119 sets. She was ranked No. She had a whopping 384 kills in just 79 sets in 2020. 25 Michigan high school volleyball players to watch in state quarterfinals Published: Nov. 18, 2019, 11:13 a.m. Grand Rapids Christian's Addie VanderWeide (14) jumps to hit the ball against South. She also led Hamilton to the Class 6A state championship in 2020 the first state title in program history. A first team all-state selection as a sophomore, the 5-foot-11 setter has built off an impressive 2018 season that saw her collect 1,373 assists and help Mercy reach the state semifinals, where she logged five kills, 44 assists, eight digs and three blocks in a five-set loss to Lake Orion. Check out the Michigan Player Database to find a comprehensive collection of Michigan high school volleyball player profiles But that's behind her now, and the main challenge ahead for Simkins and the rest of her Schoolcraft teammates is Tuesday's state quarterfinal matchup with fourth-ranked Muskegon Western Michigan Christian at Hudsonville Unity Christian. Weve tweaked our original list after reader input and have ranked the players. What that 2020 performance also did for Dreisbach was prove that 2019 wasn't a fluke, when she racked up 515 kills, 342 digs and 29 blocks and was the runner-up for The Morning Call All-Area Player of the Year honors an award she will have her sights squarely on in 2021. Almost all high schools and colleges in the United States have female volleyball teams, and most regions of the country have developmental programs for girls of all ages as well. (Courtesy photo), No. Rachel Ellis | MLive.com. She'll play college volleyball at Vassar. Bottom line: C.M Russell High's Lauren Lindseth Lolo if you know what's up came out of nowhere to win Eastern AA Player of the Year honors in 2020, aided by a growth spurt that saw her go from a 5-foot-5 libero as a sophomore to a 5-foot-9 outside hitter as a junior. 3 Mattawan on Tuesday at Jenison. Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart6. High school: Hoover High School (Hoover, Alabama), Accolades: Alabama Gatorade Player of the Year (2021), VolleyballMag.Com All-American (2020), AVCA Phenom List (2020), AL.com Super All-State Player of the Year (2020), Class 7A state champion (2020), Class 7A State Tournament MVP (2020), MaxPreps All-American (2020). Taylor Rutgers (3) hits the ball over the net during a volleyball match between Bronson High School and Mattawan High School at Gull Lake High School in Richland, Michigan on Tuesday, October 8, 2019. Before the start of her junior season, Bauer committed to Division-I Western Kentucky and made MaxPreps' pre-season All-American team, but those are in the past, and now the focus for Bauer and her Hudson teammates is a state quarterfinal matchup with Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central Tuesday at Adrian Madison. Here are the Michigan high school volleyball rankings as of Oct. 24: 1. Marshall8. High school: Mount de Sales Academy (Catonsville, Maryland), Accolades: AVCA Phenom List (2020), Baltimore Sun All-Metro Volleyball (2019). Stucky, 6-foot-2, led Laramie to an undefeated season and Class 4A state championship as a junior, racking up 419 kills, 371 digs, 35 service aces and 32 blocks on the way to Class 4A Player of the Year honors. As a senior, she totaled 717 kills, 501 digs, 121 assists and 107 blocks. Russell to a state runner-up finish in 2020, and her team should be the favorite to win it all in 2021 with another returning Class AA All-State pick in Tennisen Hiller. Stucky, who is committed to Minnesota, is ranked the No. Last update: 11/28/2022, Minimum . 14 Overall (2023). Muoneke was among the nation's leaders in kills in 2022, blasting 810 of them. All rights reserved (About Us). She was selected a Mizuno High School All-American and the Michigan Gatorade Player of the Year. Named Miss Volleyball in 2004, the 6-foot setter had a sterling career in high school and college. An all-around player, Gallinger finished with 294 kills, 198 digs, 19 blocks . High school: Plainfield North High School (Plainfield, Illinois), Accolades: AVCA Phenom List (2020), VolleyballMag.com Top 25 Underclassmen (2020), Bugle News All-Area Volleyball (2020), Illinois Prep Volleyball All-State (2019). Eden Bower is one of seven sisters and is the third of those who will play volleyball for BYU, following older sisters Morgan Bower and Whitney Bower, who are currently on the Cougars' roster. A big source of pride comes from the talented individuals who took the court this season, and the Michigan Interscholastic Volleyball Coaches Association honored more than 200 of the state's. 3 Overall Underclassmen (2022), AVCA Phenom List (2020), SCISA Class 3A State Champion (2019), PrepVolleyball.Com All-American (2020). Who are the top volleyball players within the Class of 2026? Little had 461 kills, 247 digs and 35 blocks in 2019. Amanda McKinzie helped Battle Creek St. Philip to four consecutive state titles from 2009-12. Like Murray, Mruzik will continue her volleyball career at Michigan, after committing to the Wolverines during her freshman year, but she's also not looking past Tuesday's state quarterfinal matchup with Macomb L'Anse Creuse North. While Trump's total kills dropped from 436 to 366 in 2020, her kills per set jumped from 4.3 to 5.2, and her kill percentage jumped from 40.4 to 44.4 percent. Bottom line: Maine high schools didn't get to play football or volleyball in the fall of 2020, making this one of the more difficult states to pick a player for, but Scarborough High's Madeline Strouse seemed like the obvious pick. The 6-foot-3 outside hitter is committed to play for the University of Dayton, one of the best teams in the Atlantic-10. Bottom line: Sophie Breitenbach has been a star for Rogers High School in Newport, Rhode Island, since her family moved to the area from Florida before her freshman year of high school.
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