Hillsdale Academy, Honorable Mention: Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes, McBain Northern Michigan Christian, St Joseph Michigan Lutheran, Source: Michigan High School Athletic Association. Singletary, a 6-foot-4 middle blocker, led Porter-Gaud School to the SCISA Class 3A state championship in 2019 with 539 kills and 93 blocks and was just one of seven sophomores named a PrepVolleyball.Com All-American. (Patrick Nothaft | MLive.com)(Patrick Nothaft | MLive.com). Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement, Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement, and Your Privacy Choices and Rights (each updated 1/26/2023). 4: Val Sterk, Grand Rapids South Christian, Class of 1993. Kelenna should return to the court in a big way after seeing her 2020 season wiped out. Playing in a shortened season in 2021, Jones was still able to show the kind of improvement that makes her an elite setter. Bottom line: Valley High outside hitter Hayden Kubik is arguably the top recruit in the Class of 2022 and headed to the nation's No. 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. 6 Merrill. 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. Orchard Lake St Mary's10. Bottom line: Playing in the Milwaukee suburbs for Brookfield Central High, McKenna Wucherer was ranked the No. Abby Cole drills a spike in a match against Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern during her high school career at Grand Haven. Cass City, Honorable Mention: Bridgman, Calumet, Centreville, Manistique, Manton, Morley Stanwood, Kent City, Lake City, 1. . Bottom line: Arkansas commit Kylie Weeks led Elkhorn South to the first volleyball state championship in school history in 2020. MaxPreps Follow your favorite high school teams and players. Brian Hayes | MLive.com. Bottom line: Erin Jones teamed up with All-State outside hitter Sidney Mcintosh to help lead La Cueva High to back-to-back Class 5A state championships in 2018 and 2019 before narrowly missing out on the three-peat in 2020-21. And that's probably where her future is. Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern4. High school: Newberg High School (Newberg, Oregon), Accolades: PrepDig.com No.1 Overall (2023), AVCA Phenom List (2020), All-Three Rivers League (2019). High school: Maryville High School (Maryville, Tennessee), Accolades: AVCA Phenom List (2020), The Daily Times Volleyball Player of the Year (2020), Class 3A District Player of the Year (2020). O'Gorman was a bright spot in Lakewood's three-set loss to eventual state champ Grand Rapids Christian last year, finishing the match with a team-high 10 kills with a .250 hitting percentage. Only seniors are considered for the award, sponsored by the Detroit Free Press since 2003. Merrill's Ashtyn Hescott attacks a ball from the middle as Freeland's Elli Howard and Caroline Talaga block during the Freeland varsity volleyball quad meet on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019.Rachel Ellis | MLive.com. Our analysis found Michigan State University to be the best school for D1 Women's Volleyball athletes in Michigan in this year's ranking. Kyndra Abron was a top recruit coming out of Livonia Churchill and went on to play at Michigan State University. Olivia Lombardi, Des Moines Christian, Senior Des Moines Christian got 36 wins and made the Class 3A tournament in 2011. MaxPreps High School Volleyball Rankings. If you're interested in volleyball recruiting, the pursuit of Schnichels will be one of the big stories to follow over the next year. Another state title for Hoover and McKinnon in 2021 answers that question for good. 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. The 5-11 outside hitter is currently playing at Valparaiso. (Neil Ashler | MLive.com file), No. Hudsonville8. 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. 2 overall player in the Class of 2020 by VolleyballMag.com. Breitenbach led Rogers High into the state playoffs in 2020 and is already a two-time Providence Journal All-State pick headed into her senior season. The 6-foot-2 outside hitter led Mont Notre Dame High to a Division I state championship and 23-2 record in 2020. Her 5,760 career assists rank first in MHSAA history. The 5-foot-10 outside hitter logged her 1,000th career kill this season and is likely headed for all-state honors for the third consecutive year, after earning a spot on the second team in 2018 and the honorable mention squad in 2017. Reilly, 6-foot-1, earned those accolades by leading O'Gorman to an undefeated, 26-0 season and Class AA state championship with 400 kills, 260 digs and 131 assists. Strouse, who's 5-foot-11, was an All-State pick as a sophomore in 2019 with 140 kills in just 62 sets played. St. Mary's went 31-2 with Baker on the way to its state title, and she now has 2,741 assists and 1,164 digs for her career. RELATED: Schoolcraft senior overcomes scoliosis to become Miss Volleyball finalist. Rockford10. Bottom line: Having an elite, 6-foot setter is like having a 6-foot-9 point guard in basketball, which is what Baylor has on the way in Lovejoy High superstar Averi Carlson. Northville3. A two-time all-state pick, she also played for the Michigan Elite club team that won a USA Volleyball national championship. RELATED: Michigan high school volleyball quarterfinal brackets, RELATED: See Michigans final set of high school volleyball state rankings for 2019, RELATED: See Michigans 10 finalists for the 2019 Miss Volleyball award, Lake Orion's Kendall Robertson (19) celebrates a point during a 2018 Division 1 state semifinal matchup with Mercy on Friday, Nov. 16 at Kellogg Arena. 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. 17: Allison Doyle, Battle Creek St. Philip, Class of 2007. Henrie's 2020 numbers were outstanding. (T.J. Hamilton | MLive.com file), No. Bottom line: Julia Yurkovich is already a two-year starter for St. Mark's and a two-time DIAA All-State selection. Brian Hayes | MLive.com. The talented 5-foot-10 junior outside hitter earned first team all-state honors in each of her first two years of high school competition, and this year she's once again a big part of a SMCC team looking to reach the state semifinals for the 14th time in school history. 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. Milana led Romeo to a Class A state title as a junior and earned Miss Volleyball honors as a senior in 2015. Holland Christian9. Brockway has shot up two inches since her freshman season. Like many players on this list, Buckley is SEC-bound. 8: Lindi Bankowski, Temperance Bedford, Class of 2001. MaxPreps Follow your favorite high school teams and players. Detroit Country Day2. High school: John Burroughs School (St. Louis, Missouri). The only libero chosen as a Miss Volleyball finalist, Wiese is in her fourth year as a starter for a Mattawan, and through her relentless defensive effort, she has helped the third-ranked Wildcats reach the Division 1 state quarterfinals for just the second time in program history. High school: Camden Catholic High School (Cherry Hill, New Jersey), Accolades: New Jersey PrepDig.com No. High school: Rogers High School (Newport, Rhode Island), Accolades: Two-time Providence Journal All-State (2019, 2020), Division 3 State Champion (2018), Division 3 Most Valuable Player (2018). (J. Scott Park | MLive.com). YouTubes privacy policy is available here and YouTubes terms of service is available here. Few players in the country can say they went on the volleyball odyssey Gravatt and her family embarked on in 2020. Mattawan won the game in straight sets. High school: Laramie High School (Laramie, Wyoming), Accolades: Wyoming Gatorade Player of the Year (2021), AVCA Phenom List (2020), Wyoming Class 4A state champion (2020), Class 4A Player of the Year (2020), three-time Class 4A All-State (2018-20), MaxPreps All-American (2020). The senior setter led Christian to its first volleyball state championship in program history last year by tallying 38 assists and 29 digs in the 2018 state finals matchup with Pontiac Notre Dame Prep. She went on to play at Michigan State and the 6-foot-2 outside hitter was selected honorable mention all-Big Ten in 2011. No. Go ahead and compare those numbers to any of the best players in the country. High school: Lovejoy High School (Lucas, Texas), Accolades: Dallas Morning News Setter of the Year (2020), AVCA Phenom List (2020), VolleyballMag.com All-American (2020), MaxPreps National Freshman of the Year (2018), three-time MaxPreps All-American (2018-20), two-time Class 5A State Champion (2019, 2020). Val Sterk plays in an exhibition match for USA Volleyball against Michigan State in 1997. Playing at 5-5 height, Meyer had 474 digs and served 23 aces as a junior, a year after getting 431 digs as a sophomore. High school: Mount Notre Dame High School (Cincinnati, Ohio), Accolades: VolleyballMag.Com All-American (2020), Division I State Champion (2020), Cincinnati Enquirer Division I Co-Player of the Year (2020), All-Ohio (2020), AVCA Phenom List (2020), MaxPreps All-American (2020), U19 USA National Development Team (2021). 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). Weeks is a stathead's dream. 2 Camden-Frontier at Climax-Scotts. 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. She was selected Miss Volleyball and set national records for aces in a season (296), career aces (937) and career kills (3,584). Silina Damuni led Timpview High to a Class 5A state championship in 2020 with 868 assists, 69 service aces, 60 blocks and 211 digs. Lange broke the MHSAA record when she recorded 1,063 kills in the 2007 season. (MLive.com file), No. Feel free to share your memories about the players in the comments section, and let us know of others worthy of recognition. All rights reserved (About Us). 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. Almost every team still competing in the Michigan high school volleyball playoffs has at least one difference maker on its roster, so we're taking a look at 25 players to watch in Tuesday's state quarterfinals and beyond. A dominant force on offense and defense, Foster has helped the Wildcats hold a top-five state ranking all season and has them in the quarterfinals for the first time since 2015 and the second time in program history. 6: Amy Gruszynski, Pinconning, Class of 1998. As a junior, she led Notre Dame Prep to the Class B state title. . She was an all-around stats-churning machine for her school. 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. That was an improvement from 11.2 to 12.0 assists per set. O'Connell has 1,319 career assists headed into her senior season. Bottom line:Mount de Sales outside hitter Kelenna Onukwugha didn't play in the shadow of older sister Chidinha Onukwugha for very long in 2019, racking up 194 kills, 83 digs and 58 service aces on the way to being named to the Baltimore Sun's All-Metro squad. A second team all-state pick as a middle hitter in 2018, the 5-foot-7 Hescott has taken her game to a new level this year, which has resulted in Merrill's first regional championship since 1978. At 5-foot-7, the senior outside hitter doesn't have the height of some of the other elite net players still in the postseason, but she makes up for it with an impressive 24-inch vertical that has allowed her to collect 451 kills with a .413 hitting percentage. 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 6-foot-5 senior and future Wichita State middle/right-side hitter could easily have joined her teammate on the list of Miss Volleyball finalists, after tallying 1,173 kills and 205 total blocks heading into her senior year. The middle hitter was a dominating player in high school in the mid-1990s and went on to a standout career at Michigan State. 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. Leland's Mia Osorio prepares to receive a serve during a Division 4 state semifinal match against Carney-Nadeau on Friday, Nov. 16 at Kellogg Arena. The move paid off in a big way. Already committed to play for BYU, Little was arguably the best player in California as a freshman, when she was named Inland Empire Player of the Year and National Freshman of the Year. She went on to a stellar career as a setter at Penn State and was a part of three national titles. Few players can match the impressive stats the 5-foot-11 outside hitter has collected over the last three years, especially her 1,800 kills, but the big story coming out of Hudson this year is the fact that the Tigers are regional champs for the first time in program history. Lansing Christian10. OH Caroline Shantery, Sr., Riverside: Was named a second-team News-Herald all-star. 9 Amanda McKinzie, Battle Creek St. Philip, Class of 2013. WATCH. Tabit closed out her high school career in 2015 in a big way, setting a national record for kills in a season in a state tournament match against North Branch. 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. As a setter and outside hitter in Camden-Frontier's lineup, Stump led her team last year to its first league title in more than a decade, and 2019 has been another historic one for the Redskins, who captured their first regional title in program history. She's now 6-foot-1, and opponents have to be terrified at what she might do the next two seasons. She went on to a four-year career as a starting setter at Indiana-Purdue-Fort Wayne. While there are some schools that still offer the sport, there has not been a large presence of high school mens volleyball in . 1 (2022), All-Olympic Conference Freedom Division (2019), two-time Olympic Conference Freedom Division champion (2018, 2019). Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern4. High school: University High School (Orlando, Florida). She added 95 kills in an abbreviated junior season in which she was only able to play 19 sets. Bottom line: Kamehameha High's Maui Robins kept up the family tradition by being named Gatorade Player of the Year in 2020. Grand Rapids South Christian6. Bottom line: If you're in the betting pool for who will be the Tennessee Gatorade Player of the Year next season, the smart money is on 5-foot-10 Maryville High setter Liv Gravatt. She has traveled the world to play with the U.S. Notre Dame Prep's Katherine Carlson hits a spike in the Class B state finals against Grand Rapids South Christian in 2013. Players float in the air while they spike the ball and carve up chunks of real estate to dig out balls that appear impossible to return. Welcome to the first edition of PrepVolleyball.com's Top 150, the country's best volleyball players listed from No. From hammering outside hitters, brick-wall middle blockers and relentless liberos, see the best high school volleyball players Michigan had to offer in 2020. Pinconning's Amy Gruszynski (Courtesy photo), No. 1 Recruit Nebraska (2022), Class A All-State (2020), AAU All-American (2020). Fish was the team captain of a national club tournament team and finished her career ranked fifth on the Virginia Tech record list for assists. She went on to a standout career at the University of Akron. She still racked up 116 kills and 13 blocks. In volleyball, she led the Bucs to a state semifinal berth as a senior in 2012. Monroe St Mary Catholic Central2. (Patrick Nothaft | MLive.com)s(Patrick Nothaft | MLive.com). 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. Elite high school girls volleyball players across the country represent the future of the sport. From spikers to setters, Michigan has had plenty of talent the past 25 years in high school volleyball. The 5-foot-10 Borellis helped No. Bottom line: Bella Wakley will try to win a fourth consecutive state championship for herself and fifth overall for Victory Christian School in the fall of 2021. 14: Katie Schau, Richland Gull Lake, Class of 2013. High school: Bishop Manogue Catholic High School (Reno, Nevada), Accolades: Nevada Gatorade Player of the Year (2021), AVCA Phenom List (2020), Class 5A Northern Region champion (2020), two-time All-Sierra League (2019, 2020). Tabit, a 5-9 hitter, finished the season with 1,076 and her career with 2,855 kills, No. 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. All that being said, Ella Wrobel could be the best of the bunch. RELATED: Freeland, Caitlinn Pistro jump past Swan Valley for district title, Grand Rapids Christians Jordyn Gates (1) sets the ball against Grand Rapids South Christian during the Division 2 district tournament championship at Grand Rapids Christian High School on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019. Bottom line: Karlee Pinell helped lead Cheyenne Mountain to the Class 4A state semifinals in 2020. Tabit, who also holds a national record in the discus, is playing volleyball at Saginaw Valley. Even more impressive was the lack of dropoff between Lindseth and the player she had to replace 6-foot-3 University of Utah signee Allie Olsen. Bottom line: Is there a better high school libero (back-row player) playing the country right now than Hadlee Ackerman? Stephanie Storen, who played college volleyball at Louisville, was the standout on the 1992 team, averaging 10.0 ppg. She was selected all-state three times and earned second-team All-American honors from Volleyball Magazine. The sisters were four-year starters and high school All-Americans during the dominating days of Portage Northern coached by their father, Jack. . She finished her career with 2,979 kills, 19-5 digs and 679 blocks. The 6-foot outside hitter finished her college career last season at Virginia Tech and is one of six players in school history to record 1,000 kills, 1,000 digs and 100 service aces. Shelby8. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local. The senior middle hitter and future Central Michigan Chippewa has Kingsley in the state quarterfinals for the second consecutive year, and the Stags can reach the state semifinals for the second time in program history with a win over Freeland on Tuesday at Ionia. We released the Classes of 2021 Top 150 and 2022 Top 150 and will continue with 2024 next . She went on to earn all-GLIAC honor all four years at Northwood University. Bottom line: Bishop O'Gorman High's Bergen Reilly started breathing some rare air in 2020, when she was named South Dakota's Gatorade Player of the Year as a sophomore. Bottom line: With one season of high school volleyball left, Caleigh O'Connell already has a state championship and the school career assists record under her belt. With Smith back in the fold, the top-ranked Hornets are on a mission to defend their state title, and that starts with Tuesday's state quarterfinal showdown against No. Muoneke was among the nation's leaders in kills in 2022, blasting 810 of them. She already has 1,580 career kills and racked up 427 kills and 338 digs in just 57 sets as a sophomore. Bottom line: Jordan Middleton was named the No. As a junior, she helped Churchill to the Class A state title and posted a championship game record with 35 kills. Pennsylvania High School Volleyball: Top Passers in 2026. . 10 overall (2022). Report any updates to japurcell@mlive.com or tag/DM @JaredPurcellDET on Twitter with your missing scores. Log in WATCH. In fact, she may have already been the best player in the nation at that point. A first team all-state selection in 2018, Van Dyke capped her junior season with more than 500 kills, including 13 in last year's state semifinal matchup with Mendon, but it wasn't quite enough, as the Hornets swept Southfield Christian en route to the Division 4 state title. On a side note, Hedgesville's mascot is the Eagles. High school: Elkhorn South High School (Elkhorn, Nebraska), Accolades: Class A state champion (2020), AVCA Phenom List (2020), PrepDig.Com No. Glass was a four-time all-stater and led Leland to a Class D state title in 2006. Bottom line: Kennedy Phelan was a dynamo for Fayetteville on the way to winning the Class 6A state championship in 2020. The 6-foot-1 senior outside hitter signed her letter of intent to play volleyball at Michigan last week, but before she looks ahead to her future as a Wolverine, Murray is looking to keep Skyline's historic run rolling during the program's first state quarterfinal match Tuesday against Livonia Churchill. She's already a two-time All-State pick who still averaged 4.3 kills per set despite playing in just 49 sets in 2020. 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. Little had 461 kills, 247 digs and 35 blocks in 2019. 2: Angie McGinnis, Fraser, Class of 2004. Meredith Norris, Corunna, Class of 2017. Grand Rapids Forest Hills. Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site. She finished her prep career as an AVCA High School Senior All-America and went on to a four-year career at Kent State. She's committed to play for the University of Missouri. The 5-foot-3 Osorio earned second team all-state honors as a sophomore libero in 2018 after helping Leland reach the state finals, where she tallied five digs in a three-set championship game loss to Mendon. She was selected the top setter in the Olympic tournament. High school: Cheyenne Mountain High School (Colorado Springs, Colorado), Accolades: Class 4A All-State (2020), AVCA Phenom List (2020), MaxPreps All-American (2020). Rzeszotarski made the best of a less-than-ideal situation in 2020, guiding her school to an undefeated, 20-0 season and the Suburban Council championship with 290 kills, 141 digs and 40 service aces. She played her best in the biggest match of the season, racking up 21 kills in the state championship match victory over Papillion-La Vista South. She still holds the IU career record for service aces and ranks in the top 10 for kills and digs. Her father, Garrett Wrobel, played for Ohio State and her older sister, Jenna Wrobel, was a four-time All-Big Ten pick at Michigan State and an All-American in 1998. 11: Abby Cole, Grand Haven, Class of 2013. A four-time all-state volleyball player for Pinconning, Gruszynski led her team to four league and district titles and a state runner-up finish in 1998. 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. 15 in her class nationally by PrepVolleyball.com. 4 Hudsonville in the regional finals. RELATED: Former Lowell athlete returns to coach volleyball team, and the Red Arrows are soaring, Mattawan senior Alli Wiese high fives Mattawan sophomore Rachel Meininger following the MHSAA Division 1 Volleyball Regional Final game between Mattawan High School and Northwest High School at Lakeview High School in Battle Creek, Michigan on Thursday, November 14, 2019. Accolades: Louisiana Gatorade Player of the Year (2021), AVCA Phenom List (2020), Division I State Champion (2020), Division I State Tournament MVP (2020), Louisiana Volleyball Coaches Association Division I Player of the Year (2020), two-time Division I All-State (2019, 2020). She doubles as a setter and a middle blocker. 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.
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