Her marks for kills and career aces (447) remain in the top-five in the MHSAA record books. Freeland won in three sets, 25-17, 28-18, 25-22. OH Molly Stayer . 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 . Breean Walas, a junior on the 1996 team, averaged 13.3 ppg before playing . 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. Volleyball played at the highest level really is amazing. 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. Lange broke the MHSAA record when she recorded 1,063 kills in the 2007 season. 15 in her class nationally by PrepVolleyball.com. Averi Carlson Height: 5-11 Position: S Year: Senior High school: Lovejoy (Lucas, Texas) (Patrick Nothaft | MLive.com)(Patrick Nothaft | MLive.com). Her standout junior year earned New York Gatorade Player of the Year honors for Rzeszotarski. Is she the best high school setter in the nation? Hitter Sarah Tabit of Mount Morris attacks at the net. High school: Wilmar High School (Wilmar, Minnesota), Accolades: AVCA Phenom List (2020), PrepDig.com Minnesota No. McBain4. She was selected to the USA Volleyball National A2 team. 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). She earned Miss Volleyball honors in 2005 and went on to become a three-time all-GLIAC player at Hillsdale College. 2 Camden-Frontier faces No. Feel free to share your memories about the players in the comments section, and let us know of others worthy of recognition. Just look at her stats from her last full season as a sophomore in 2019, when she led Camden Catholic with 93 kills and 87 digs. Bottom line: University of Florida commit Carly Hendrickson might be the best girls volleyball player in high school today. 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. She led Rogers to the Division 3 state championship as a freshman and the state semifinals as a sophomore. Leland3. (Cory Morse | MLive.com file), Kristen Arthurs, Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central, 2007, Kamrin Gold, Flint Carman-Ainsworth, 2011, Linsey Taatjes, Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern, 2003, No. Accolades: VolleyballMag.com All-American (2020), AVCA Phenom List (2020), Class 5A state runner-up (2019), VolleyballMag.com No. Weve tweaked our original list after reader input and have ranked the players. High school: Olathe Northwest High School (Olathe, Kansas), Accolades: Class 6A All-State (2020), PrepVolleyball.Com All-American (2020). YouTubes privacy policy is available here and YouTubes terms of service is available here. She earned all-state honors four consecutive seasons and Miss Volleyball as a senior in 2013. Bottom line: Is there a better high school libero (back-row player) playing the country right now than Hadlee Ackerman? She also had 201 digs and 21 service aces. It's rare to earn Gatorade Player of the Year honors as an underclassmen, much less a sophomore, in any sport. Posted 204 kills, 170 digs, and 28 aces for the Beavers. East Lansing, Michigan is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. Accolades: AVCA Phenom List (2020), PrepVolleyball.com No. North Branch3. In fact, she may have already been the best player in the nation at that point. (MLive.com file), No. 6 Merrill. Northville3. She was a four-time all-stater and a finalist for national player of the year honors as a junior and senior. High school: Bishop O'Gorman High School (Sioux Falls, South Dakota), Accolades: South Dakota Gatorade Player of the Year (2021), Class AA Player of the Year (2020), AVCA Phenom List (2020), MaxPreps All-American (2020), Class AA State Champion (2020), USA Volleyball National Training Team (2020), PrepVolleyball.com No. 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. She was great in the postseason as well, leading Darien to the finals of the FCIAC West Region playoffs. (J. Scott Park | MLive.com). Jones had 808 assists in 72 sets in 2019 before putting up 275 assists in just 23 sets in 2020. Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central5. High school: Century High School (Bismarck, North Dakota), Accolades: NDHSCA Class A All-State (2020), North Dakota Gatorade Player of the Year, Basketball (2021), North Dakota MaxPreps Player of the Year, Basketball (2021). (Josh Mauser | MLive.com file), No. As a 6-foot-5 middle blocker and hitter, Cole earned all-Big Ten honors twice and served as a co-captain in her senior year at the University of Michigan. 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. (Patrick Nothaft | MLive.com)(Patrick Nothaft | MLive.com). She's already on the AVCA Phenom List for 2020. Through three seasons, Ackerman has 1,140 digs and 323 service aces. Emil Lippe | MLive.com. Whitehall's Melissa Griffin, right, hits a spike during the Class B state semifinals in 2004. You can't get around the fact that Thomas might be listed as a middle blocker but very much seems like she could be either that position or an outside hitter or right-side hitter at the next level. Michigan High School Athletic Association 1661 Ramblewood Drive, East Lansing, MI 48823 Office 517-332-5046 Fax 517-332-4071 info@mhsaa.com 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. In 2020, she had a whopping 183 kills in just 40 sets played in 2020. 17: Allison Doyle, Battle Creek St. Philip, Class of 2007. (Don Campbell | MLive.com file), No. Little had 461 kills, 247 digs and 35 blocks in 2019. 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. High school: Brookfield Central High School (Brookfield, Wisconsin), Accolades: MaxPreps All-American (2020), AVCA Phenom List (2020), U18 Youth National Team (2021), two-time WVCA Division I All-State (2019, 2020). High school: John Burroughs School (St. Louis, Missouri). A two-time all-state pick, she also played for the Michigan Elite club team that won a USA Volleyball national championship. She has Corunnas school records in kills, digs and aces and was MaxPreps All-American. 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. 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. The merch sales alone would pay for the athletics budget. She helped lead them to a state runner-up finish in 2019 and an undefeated season and state championship in 2020, which was the first state title for St. Mark's since 2011 and 11th in school history. An all-around player, Gallinger finished with 294 kills, 198 digs, 19 blocks . Glass was a four-time all-stater and led Leland to a Class D state title in 2006. Bloomfield Hills Marian2. 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. 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). She's committed to play for the University of Missouri. 16 overall recruit in the Class of 2022 by PrepVolleyball.com. In her first season with the team, she had 881 assists, 238 digs and 81 service aces. MP Stats for iPad Stat keeping . She was an alternate on the U.S. Olympic team in 2016. Snyder is a senior starter at the University of Florida as an outside hitter. Cass City, Honorable Mention: Bridgman, Calumet, Centreville, Manistique, Manton, Morley Stanwood, Kent City, Lake City, 1. Kalamazoo Christian5. Bottom line: Marianna Singletary is one of the top volleyball recruits in the country for the Class of 2022, and it won't be long before the Texas-bound player is popping up on ESPN highlight reels for her above-the-net play. 18. 22: Lauren Jones, East Kentwood, Class of 2007. Metro Detroit volleyball notebook: Northville thrives with better chemistry, Michigan High School Athletic Association, Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. 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. 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. 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. Olivia Lombardi, Des Moines Christian, Senior Des Moines Christian got 36 wins and made the Class 3A tournament in 2011. 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. 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. 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. Vermont doesn't do a great job of keeping up-to-date statistics for its high school volleyball players so information on players from the Classes of 2022, 2023 and 2024 weren't readily available. Bottom line: Hanna Henrie had South Anchorage among the state's elite teams again in 2020 after helping lead her school to a Class 4A state championship in 2019. High school: Mount de Sales Academy (Catonsville, Maryland), Accolades: AVCA Phenom List (2020), Baltimore Sun All-Metro Volleyball (2019). High school: Essex High School (Essex Junction, Vermont), Accolades: Vermont Gatorade Player of the Year (2021), two-time Burlington Free Press All-State (2019, 2020). 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). She finished her prep career as an AVCA High School Senior All-America and went on to a four-year career at Kent State. Lake Odessa Lakewood5. Skyline's Kendall Murray (8) spikes the ball during Skyline's regional volleyball championship game against Novi at Howell High School on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019.Jacob Hamilton | MLive.com. Marysville's Stephanie Booms was a standout at Marysville and went on to play at Hillsdale College. 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. In her only full season as a freshman, Gregoire-Salagean racked up 172 kills, 136 and 21 service aces. Bottom line: Eden Bower led Skyview High to the school's first volleyball state championship in 2020 and was never better than in the state championship match, when the 6-foot-3 outside hitter had 25 kills and 17 digs against Boise High. She was selected a Mizuno High School All-American and the Michigan Gatorade Player of the Year. Lauren Jones of East Kentwood waits to ball the play in a match against Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central. All signs point to yes. We'd like to point out this seems like a gigantic missed opportunity to be the Hedgesville Hedgehogs. 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. 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. 6: Amy Gruszynski, Pinconning, Class of 1998. She led Burnt Hills-Balston Lake High to a state championship as a sophomore and was named Class A State Tournament MVP. MaxPreps Follow your favorite high school teams and players. Weeks is a stathead's dream. MaxPreps.com; High School Volleyball; Michigan; Michigan Rankings; MI High School Volleyball Rankings. 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. 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. More Local News to Love Start today for 50% off Expires 3/6/23. Imlay City, Honorable Mention: Frankenmuth, Essexville Garber, Birch Run, Cadillac, Lansing Catholic, Wixom St Catherine, Grand Rapids West Catholic, 1. 2 Camden-Frontier at Climax-Scotts. 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. - Mercy's Julia Bishop serves the ball during a 2018 Division 1 state semifinal matchup with Lake Orion on Friday, Nov. 16 at Kellogg Arena. 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. Will she play basketball for the Wave as well? Bottom line: Julia Yurkovich is already a two-year starter for St. Mark's and a two-time DIAA All-State selection. Every High School Volleyball team in the nation is ranked. 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.