SUBSCRIBERS: CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE!-----What other coverage am I missing by not subscribing? On a side note, Hedgesville's mascot is the Eagles. Craig is listed as a defensive specialist/libero, but she also can play outside hitter if needed. Northville3. YouTubes privacy policy is available here and YouTubes terms of service is available here. MaxPreps Follow your favorite high school teams and players. Novi, Honorable Mention: Macomb Dakota, Saline, Coopersville, Lake Orion, Caledonia, Okemos, More:Metro Detroit volleyball notebook: Northville thrives with better chemistry, 1. In 2012, she earned the states Gatorade Player of the Year as Dakota won its first state title. They are future NCAA champions and gold medalists who will become household names in the next few years. Brian Hayes | MLive.com. Only seniors are considered for the award, sponsored by the Detroit Free Press since 2003. Michigan State: West Catholic High School (Grand Rapids, Michigan) 2022 : 40: G : Abby Graham: OR : 5' 10" North Dakota State: St. Mary Academy (OR) 2022 : 00: G . 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. 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. She led the team with 800 assists, 125 digs, 42 service aces and 32 blocks despite being just 5-foot-7. High school: Hamilton High School (Chandler, Arizona), Accolades: Arizona Gatorade Player of the Year (2021), VolleyballMag.Com All-American (2020), MaxPreps All-American (2020), Class 6A Player of the Year (2020), Class 6A state champion (2020). High school: Bedford High School (Bedford, New Hampshire), Accolades: New Hampshire Gatorade Player of the Year (2021), AVCA Phenom List (2020), Division I state champion (2020), two-time Division I All-State (2019, 2020). Lauren Paolini was a high school All-American at Saline and went on to play at Texas and in international events for Team USA. 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. 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. High school: Notre Dame Prep (Pontiac, Michigan), Accolades: MaxPreps All-American (2020), AVCA Phenom List (2020), three-time MLive.com Division I All-State (2019, 2020), PrepDig.Com No. Ardren was still able to dominate in the pandemic and was named the Gatorade Player of the Year for Vermont. DURHAM - The Duke volleyball program and head coach Jolene Nagel announced the addition of four players to the 2022 squad as Taylor Atkinson, Kerry Keefe, Millie Muir and Sydney Tomlakwill join. 2022 Volleyball Roster Choose a Player:Atkinson, Taylor Barrow, Christina Bryant, Madison Chang, Devon Fleming, Lizzie Iloh, Ngozi Johnson, Gracie Kadel, Rylie Keefe, Kerry Muir, Millie Nazor,. She went on to play at the University of Florida and completed her career as the schools all-time leader in assists. Bottom line: Jordan Middleton was named the No. . She also was part of the U18 gold medal team in Egypt last September while also landing on the Lincoln Journal Star Super-State first team and the Omaha World-Herald All . Inquiring minds want to know. While there are some schools that still offer the sport, there has not been a large presence of high school mens volleyball in . Our analysis found Michigan State University to be the best school for D1 Women's Volleyball athletes in Michigan in this year's ranking. Lansing Christian10. 2024 Michigan High School Volleyball Rankings | Prep Dig Michigan 2024 Rankings WL indicates Watch List Access all of Prep Dig Subscribe for access to all premium articles and rankings. She earned all-MAC honors as an outside hitter for the Broncos. Welcome to the first edition of PrepVolleyball.com's Top 150, the country's best volleyball players listed from No. She doubles as a setter and a middle blocker. Robins, at 5-foot-11, led the Warriors to an 8-2 record with 111 kills, 80 digs, 14 blocks and 11 service aces in their abbreviated season on the way to the Interscholastic League of Honolulu Tournament championship. 2 overall player in the Class of 2020 by VolleyballMag.com. Grand Rapids Forest Hills. She went on to a standout career at the University of Akron. Jones was a three-time all-stater for the Falcons and named the states Miss Volleyball winner in 2007. 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. Hudsonville8. The 6-foot outside hitter has more than 1,400 kills for her career and is just shy of 500 this season, including 15 in the Eagles' five-set win over third-ranked Coopersville in the regional finals. Volleyball in the United States is popular with both male and female participants of all ages. High school: Vista Murrieta High School (Murrieta, California), Accolades: CalHiSports State Freshman Player of the Year (2019), AVCA Phenom List (2020), Inland Empire Player of the Year (2019), PrepVolleyball.com National Freshman of the Year (2019). McNeel did a little bit of everything in 2019 with 303 kills, 69 service aces, 48 blocks and 141 digs. She also had 39 service aces, 24 blocks and 437 digs while being named one of the finalists for the Tulsa World's Volleyball Player of the Year the award her older sister won in 2019. She went on to earn all-GLIAC honor all four years at Northwood University. - Grand Rapids Christian's Olivia Nedd goes for a block against Lake Odessa Lakewood's Aubrey O'Gorman during a Division 2 state semifinal match on Thursday, Nov. 15 at Kellogg Arena. Marshall8. (MLive.com file). The 6-foot-2 outside hitter led Mont Notre Dame High to a Division I state championship and 23-2 record in 2020. 6 Merrill meets No. Here's an incredible stat to wrap your head around. Phelan has 1,872 assists through her first two seasons of high school volleyball and would have easily cleared 2,000 if not for the shortened season in 2020. High school: Kamehameha Kapalama (Honolulu, Hawaii), Accolades: Hawaii Gatorade Player of the Year (2021), Honolulu Star-Advertiser All-State (2019), two-time All-Interscholastic League of Honolulu (2019, 2020), Division I State Champion (2019), All-Division I State Tournament Team (2019). The 6-foot-2 DeWeese is a terror at the net, and her athleticism also shows up in her distinguished careers on the basketball court and on the track, where she set a Kingsley record by high jumping 5 feet, 6 inches last spring. 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. Bottom line:University of Wisconsin commit will be the third member of her family to play volleyball in the Big Ten and at the third different school. But she still put up impressive numbers. She also had 201 digs and 21 service aces. Averi Carlson Height: 5-11 Position: S Year: Senior High school: Lovejoy (Lucas, Texas) Jen was a member of four consecutive Class A state title teams from 1992-95 and went on to play at Indiana University. Battle Creek St Philip8. McKinzie led St. Philip to four consecutive Class D state titles from 2009-12 and capped her career as the Miss Volleyball winner. NRCA went 17-1 and won the North Carolina Independent Schools Athletic Association Class 4A state championship in 2020 as Buckley racked up 235 assists, 151 digs, 136 kills and 24 service aces with an out-of-sight 57.1 kill percentage. Bottom line: Julia Yurkovich is already a two-year starter for St. Mark's and a two-time DIAA All-State selection. Bottom line: Kaitlin McNeel led Godwin High to an undefeated regular season as a sophomore in 2019 on the way to Class 5 Region B Player of the Year and All-State honors. 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. She also was the teams most valuable player for three seasons and helped East Kentwood to a state title in 2006. The Vikings won three consecutive state titles and reached the state semifinals in her senior year. Marysville's Stephanie Booms was a standout at Marysville and went on to play at Hillsdale College. Averaged 5.3 kills per set last season. Leland3. After reaching the state semifinals the past two years, the top-ranked Marlins are among the favorites to capture the 2019 Division 1 crown, and a big part of that is Mruzik, who was not only named Michigan's Gatorade Player of the Year in 2018, but also the national Girls Club Player of the Year by VolleyballMag.com. This year, were taking it a step further. She was a four-time all-stater and a finalist for national player of the year honors as a junior and senior. Pierce is really bad news for elite opponents in Kansas on the high school volleyball and Midwest club level. Adrian Lenawee Christian2. Network: 2022 Volleyball Finals Highlights After 2021 Runner-Up Finish, North Branch Ends 2022 Back On Top P-W Volleyball Adds to School's Championship Tradition with 1st Finals Win Marian Avenges Season's Lone Loss in Clinching 3rd-Straight Title 2023 Road to the Finals Practice Begins -- Aug. 7 First Contest -- Aug. 16 She was listed as an All-American by Prepvolleyball.com. High school: Mount de Sales Academy (Catonsville, Maryland), Accolades: AVCA Phenom List (2020), Baltimore Sun All-Metro Volleyball (2019). As a senior, she totaled 717 kills, 501 digs, 121 assists and 107 blocks. 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. No. As a junior, she helped Churchill to the Class A state title and posted a championship game record with 35 kills. Glass was a four-time all-stater and led Leland to a Class D state title in 2006. And that's probably where her future is. 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. She's committed to play for the University of Missouri. She was a finalist for the Gatorade Player of the Year in 2009-10. Carli Snyder was the Miss Volleyball winner at Macomb Dakota in 2013. PaPreps resolves that question now! Wyoming Tri-unity Christian9. (Photo courtesy of Michigan State University), No. Ackerman led Marist to the Class 4A state championship in 2020 and was named Class 4A Player of the Year in the process. Heather coached four seasons at East Kentwood and is in her second season as the volleyball coach at Portage Northern. As a junior, she led Notre Dame Prep to the Class B state title. Amanda McKinzie helped Battle Creek St. Philip to four consecutive state titles from 2009-12. While many areas of the country are forming male teams and development programs, there are still fewer opportunities for . 5 Notre Dame Prep capture its third consecutive regional title last week, and all that's standing in the way of Battle Creek is Tuesday's state quarterfinal matchup with Warren Regina. Bottom line: Kate Baker was the best player in Louisiana as a junior and one of the best setters in the nation when she led St. Mary's to the Division I state championship with 957 assists, 357 digs, 173 kills, 64 service aces and 33 blocks. Stroven played from 2002-05 and owned the state record for kills in a match (35) and career (2,720) when she graduated from high school. She enjoyed a four-year career at the University of Minnesota and was academic-All Big Ten three times. High school: University High School (Orlando, Florida). The merch sales alone would pay for the athletics budget. 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. Committed to play for the University of Georgia, don't be surprised to see Harper's name popping up on All-SEC lists in a few years. 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. Bottom line: The No. 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. A middle blocker, Paolini starred in high school from 2001-05 and was ranked seventh in the nation among incoming college freshmen by Prepvolleyball.com. 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. 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. Hillsdale Academy, Honorable Mention: Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes, McBain Northern Michigan Christian, St Joseph Michigan Lutheran, Source: Michigan High School Athletic Association. Cass City, Honorable Mention: Bridgman, Calumet, Centreville, Manistique, Manton, Morley Stanwood, Kent City, Lake City, 1. OH Molly Stayer .