She had a whopping 384 kills in just 79 sets in 2020. Leland3. . High school: Timpview High School (Provo, Utah), Accolades: Deseret News Class 5A Most Valuable Player (2020), Class 5A state champion (2020), Class 5A All-State (2020). Joel Bissell. Northville3. She's already on the AVCA Phenom List for 2020. 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. Doyle also set the schools scoring record in basketball and went on to play volleyball at Western Michigan University. Ardren was still able to dominate in the pandemic and was named the Gatorade Player of the Year for Vermont. Jordan Fish was a three-time all-stater at North Branch. (Patrick Nothaft | MLive.com)s(Patrick Nothaft | MLive.com). Named one of the countrys top 59 freshmen by PrepVolleyball.com in January after her rookie season, the versatile sophomore is more than capable of setting for the Irish or providing an intimidating presence at the net. She also was the teams most valuable player for three seasons and helped East Kentwood to a state title in 2006. Because Rhode Island is off the beaten trail for many college volleyball recruiters, it would be smart of the in-state Division I schools to try and land Breitenbach and keep her in-state. Bottom line: Is there a better high school libero (back-row player) playing the country right now than Hadlee Ackerman? Get the latest Michigan high school girls volleyball news, rankings, schedules, stats, scores, results & athletes info for high school football, soccer, basketball, baseball, and more at MLive.com. High school: Marist School (Atlanta, Georgia), Accolades: Class 4A Player of the Year (2020), Class 4A All-State (2020), Class 4A State Champion (2020), two-time Class 4A All-Region 7 (2019, 2020), AVCA Phenom List (2020). 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 Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site. High school: Darien High School (Darien, Connecticut), Accolades: GameTimeCT All-State (2020), AVCA Phenom List (2020), two-time All-FCIAC (2019, 2020). Michigan State University. Kalamazoo Christian5. Is McKinnon the greatest high school volleyball player in Alabama history? Caitlinn Pistro swings at a ball from the outside during the district volleyball match hosted by Freeland against Swan Valley Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019. Here's a countdown of the top 25 volleyball players in Michigan from the past 25 years. Melanie Laughman Shelby Dermer Dan Kadar Dave Purpura Jarrod Ulrey. Bottom line: Get ready to watch Amaya Thomas dominate in the SEC sooner than later. High school: Elkhorn South High School (Elkhorn, Nebraska), Accolades: Class A state champion (2020), AVCA Phenom List (2020), PrepDig.Com No. Feel free to share your memories about the players in the comments section, and let us know of others worthy of recognition. While there are some schools that still offer the sport, there has not been a large presence of high school mens volleyball in . 14 on PrepVolleyball.coms Senior Aces list. High school: Valley High School (West Des Moines, Iowa). RELATED: Farmington Hills. Alaska actually has a pair of NCAA Division II schools with volleyball programs University of Alaska-Anchorage and University of Alaska-Fairbanks. Grand Rapids Christian is loaded with talented front row players, but VanderWeide is the top returner, after tallying 17 kills in last year's state championship match against Notre Dame Prep. She earned all-state honors four consecutive seasons and Miss Volleyball as a senior in 2013. (Courtesy photo), No. These are the best high school girls volleyball player in all 50 states from the classes of 2022, 2023 and 2024. She had 208 kills in 131 sets as a sophomore in 2019 and 178 kills in just 46 sets as a junior in 2020 and saw her kill percentage leap up from 30.9 percent to 34.6 percent. An all-state selection in each of her first two years with Lakewood, the junior middle hitter earned first team honors in Division 2 last year and is poised for more postseason recognition, as she leads the Vikings into the state quarterfinals for the sixth consecutive year. Brockway has shot up two inches since her freshman season. 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. Schnichels is 6-foot-4 and was dominant in her first two seasons of high school volleyball with 376 kills in 119 sets. 5 Leland and No. Watervliet6. Traverse City St Francis10. Bottom line: The only player from the Class of 2024 to make the list is Olathe Northwest's Skylar Pierce, a 6-foot-1 outside hitter who was named Class 6A All-State as a freshman in the largest division in Kansas. That's because of what she did as a freshman in 2019, leading Vista Murrieta High to the CIF Division I state championship. (Patrick Nothaft | MLive.com)(Patrick Nothaft | MLive.com). 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. Lake Odessa Lakewood's Maradith O'Gorman goes for a kill over Grand Rapids Christian's Addie VanderWeide during a 2018 state semifinal match at Battle Creek's Kellogg Arena. 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. (Danny Miller | MLive.com file), No. Log in Plymouth Christian Academy9. 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 was ranked No. Ann Arbor Skyline7. Carlson is already a three-time MaxPreps All-American and was named National Freshman of the Year in 2018. 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. Cass City, Honorable Mention: Bridgman, Calumet, Centreville, Manistique, Manton, Morley Stanwood, Kent City, Lake City, 1. 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. Our analysis found Michigan State University to be the best school for D1 Women's Volleyball athletes in Michigan in this year's ranking. She enjoyed a four-year career at the University of Minnesota and was academic-All Big Ten three times. We already knew how good Harper is from what she did in 2019, when she had 528 kills and 40 blocks. The rules for varsity play are a little different in Mississippi, and Laurendine has been on the Clinton High varsity since she was an eighth-grader. 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). Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern4. MP Stats for iPad Stat keeping for basketball teams. 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). Mendon5. 2023 Advance Local Media LLC. The merch sales alone would pay for the athletics budget. One of several players on the list committed to play for the University of MInnesota, Wucherer is already a two-time All-State pick and racked up 421 kills with a hitting percentage just over 40 percent as a junior, when she was one of three unanimous picks for the All-State team. After four seasons on Bedfords varsity from 1998-2001, Bankowski graduated with school records for digs (680) and service points (554) in a season and career service points (1,200). Leland's Alisha Glass hits a spike in the 2006 state finals against Adrian Lenawee Christian. She was great in the postseason as well, leading Darien to the finals of the FCIAC West Region playoffs. All rights reserved (About Us). A MaxPreps All-American and state Gatorade recipient, Krause led the SkyHawks to a 34-5 mark and Class B title. 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). No. 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). 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). No. She ranked No. High school: Ryle High School (Union, Kentucky), Accolades: Northern Kentucky Athletic Conference Division I Most Outstanding Player (2019), AVCA Phenom List (2020), USA Volleyball A1 National Training Program (2019), PrepDig.Com No.1 Kentucky (2022). Lauren Paolini was a high school All-American at Saline and went on to play at Texas and in international events for Team USA. Hendrickson's talent might be generational. (Patrick Nothaft | MLive.com)(Patrick Nothaft | MLive.com). RELATED: Schoolcraft senior overcomes scoliosis to become Miss Volleyball finalist. Jen was a member of four consecutive Class A state title teams from 1992-95 and went on to play at Indiana University. Schau was a first-team all-state player and Miss Volleyball finalist in 2012 and finished her prep career with nearly 5,000 assists. Corunna's Meredith Norris drives home a spike in a district tournament game against Goodrich in 2015. McBain4. We released the Classes of 2021 Top 150 and 2022 Top 150 and will continue with 2024 next . Volleyball in the United States is popular with both male and female participants of all ages. O'Connell became the first Gatorade Player of the year from Bedford High in 2020 after the 5-foot-11 setter led her school to a 13-0 record and the Division I state title. WATCH. Pierce is really bad news for elite opponents in Kansas on the high school volleyball and Midwest club level. Hoover went 50-1 behind McKinnon, who racked up an incredible 594 kills, 267 digs, 50 service aces and 29 blocks. The Miss Volleyball winner in 2011, Doyle helped Mercy to three consecutive district titles and a pair of final four appearances. 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. Borellis has been dominant since she stepped on the court for Notre Dame Prep. High school: St. Mary's Dominican High School (New Orleans, Louisiana). 5 Michigan (2022), MaxPreps Freshman All-American (2018), PrepVolleyball.com All-American (2020), MIVCA Division I All-State (2020). Which is a little bit of everything. A 5-foot-5 setter, Kohler stood out for her all-around ability and earned Miss Volleyball as a senior in 2008. Henrie's 2020 numbers were outstanding. 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. 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. Brian Hayes | MLive.com. While many areas of the country are forming male teams and development programs, there are still fewer opportunities for . Nissley led Century to an undefeated season and state championship in 2021, when she averaged 21.4 points and 3.6 steals, and seems headed for a top-level Division I program. Weve tweaked our original list after reader input and have ranked the players. (Linsey Wuepper | MLive.com file), No. SMCC defeated Manchester, 3-2. 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. This year, the 5-foot-11 outside hitter and Albilene Christian University commit has Southfield Christian back in the state quarterfinals for the third consecutive season, and she figures to play a big role in Tuesday's matchup at Mayville between the fourth-ranked Eagles and unranked Ubly. At last check, the 6-foot-1 outside hitter can touch 10-foot-1 on a jump approach. Bottom line: Newberg High star Sophia Gregoire-Salagean had her entire sophomore season wiped out due to strict health-related restrictions. Schoolcraft senior Andelyn Simkins (5) looks to spike the ball against Kalamazoo Christian during the district championship at Kalamazoo Christian High School in Kalamazoo, Michigan on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019. (MLive.com file). She was selected a Mizuno High School All-American and the Michigan Gatorade Player of the Year. (Courtesy photo), No. Gravatt led Maryville to the state tournament for the first time since 1984 and quickly established herself as one of the best players in Tennessee. The Miss Volleyball winner in 2009, Cocklin was named all-state all four years of high school. YouTubes privacy policy is available here and YouTubes terms of service is available here. 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. YouTubes privacy policy is available here and YouTubes terms of service is available here. Glass has gone on to play for the U.S. womens national team, including the bronze-medal winning team in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio. 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. Because they're going to have to deal with her for another three years. (Photo courtesy of Michigan State University), No. 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. Jones had 808 assists in 72 sets in 2019 before putting up 275 assists in just 23 sets in 2020. Her 5,760 career assists rank first in MHSAA history. Halter finished the season with 2,212 career digs and has a shot at passing 3,000 digs for her career in her senior season. As a senior, she totaled 717 kills, 501 digs, 121 assists and 107 blocks. Need proof? (MLive.com file) By Mark Opfermann | mopferma@mlive.com From spikers to setters, Michigan has had. 14: Katie Schau, Richland Gull Lake, Class of 2013. Playing in a shortened season in 2021, Jones was still able to show the kind of improvement that makes her an elite setter. 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. Battle Creek St Philip8. Marysville's Stephanie Booms was a standout at Marysville and went on to play at Hillsdale College. 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).