Accolades: VolleyballMag.com All-American (2020), AVCA Phenom List (2020), Class 5A state runner-up (2019), VolleyballMag.com No. All that being said, Ella Wrobel could be the best of the bunch. 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. High school: Mills Godwin High School (Henrico, Virginia), Accolades: Class 5 Region B Player of the Year (2019), AVCA Phenom List (2020), Richmond Times-Dispatch All-Metro (2019). A four-year starter, Booms was part of a Marysville dynasty that posted a 232-6-1 record during her high school career. 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. . Bottom line: Playing in the Milwaukee suburbs for Brookfield Central High, McKenna Wucherer was ranked the No. Bottom line: Newberg High star Sophia Gregoire-Salagean had her entire sophomore season wiped out due to strict health-related restrictions. She went on to a four-year career as a starting setter at Indiana-Purdue-Fort Wayne. Log in She already has 1,580 career kills and racked up 427 kills and 338 digs in just 57 sets as a sophomore. As a junior, she helped Churchill to the Class A state title and posted a championship game record with 35 kills. 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. In fact, she may have already been the best player in the nation at that point. It takes six players working in unison to have success on the volleyball court, but it always helps to have a big-time talent that can deliver clutch kills or diving digs when the game is on the line. She finished in the top three in four of the five major statistical categories for her team kills (192), service aces (34), blocks (23) and digs (141). 2023 www.detroitnews.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). 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. Bottom line: Skylar Yates became just the second player in Hedgesville High to earn West Virginia Gatorade Player of the Year honors in 2020 with some eye-popping stats 513 kills, 321 digs, 44 service aces and 39 blocks. 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. 2 Camden-Frontier at Climax-Scotts. She's increased both her kills and her kill percentage each of her first three seasons, including 432 kills at a 37 percent clip in 2020. 1 Recruit Nebraska (2022), Class A All-State (2020), AAU All-American (2020). 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. 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. 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. No. She earned all-MAC honors as an outside hitter for the Broncos. RELATED: Farmington Hills. 2 overall player in the Class of 2020 by VolleyballMag.com. Which ones will lead their team to Battle Creek's Kellogg Arena? 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. (Photo courtesy of Michigan State University), No. Michigan's top 25 running backs from the past 25 years, Michigan's top 25 quarterbacks from the past 25 years. Emil Lippe | MLive.com. Reitsma already has more than 1,300 career kills, including almost 800 this year, to go along with an impressive .358 hitting percentage. Val Sterk plays in an exhibition match for USA Volleyball against Michigan State in 1997. She had 595 kills and 101 blocks in her last full season in 2019 and has 1,370 career kills through three seasons. (Patrick Nothaft | MLive.com)(Patrick Nothaft | MLive.com). She holds the school's career record in kills with 1,810 and will take her talents to Texas A&M next season. Bottom line: Parkland High's Brynn Dreisbach has been a dominant outside hitter in Pennsylvania high school volleyball over the last two seasons. 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. Carlson is already a three-time MaxPreps All-American and was named National Freshman of the Year in 2018. 25: Jenna Lange, Marlette, Class of 2008. 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. SIGN IN. 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. One of the nation's elite liberos, Halter had exactly 766 digs each of the last two seasons and passed 2,000 digs for her career in 2020. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local. 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. Borellis has been dominant since she stepped on the court for Notre Dame Prep. 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. 15 in her class nationally by PrepVolleyball.com. High school: Roncalli High School (Indianapolis, Indiana), Accolades: Two-time Class 4A All-State (2019, 2020), AVCA Phenom List (2020), Class 4A All-Central District (2020), AAU All-American (2019). 5 on the all-time national list. 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). Averaged 5.3 kills per set last season. 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. 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. High school: John Burroughs School (St. Louis, Missouri). She went on to a standout career at the University of Akron. Lange broke the MHSAA record when she recorded 1,063 kills in the 2007 season. Bottom line: Tori Harper became the first Gatorade Player of the Year from Bishop Manogue High in 2020 despite only playing in 24 sets during a shortened season. High school: Mount de Sales Academy (Catonsville, Maryland), Accolades: AVCA Phenom List (2020), Baltimore Sun All-Metro Volleyball (2019). As a junior, she led Notre Dame Prep to the Class B state title. 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. Hayden had 401 kills in her last full season in 2019. (Courtesy photo), No. MP Stats for iPad Stat keeping for basketball teams. Traverse City St Francis10. 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. Caitlinn Pistro swings at a ball from the outside during the district volleyball match hosted by Freeland against Swan Valley Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019. 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. This year, the Michigan State commit has more than 1,000 assists to help guide the Marlins to their third consecutive regional title. She also improved her kill percentage over 10 whole points from her freshman to sophomore seasons, going from 35.3 to 46.6 percent. 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. 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. 16 overall recruit in the Class of 2022 by PrepVolleyball.com. Ackerman had a staggering 104 service aces in just 82 sets in 2020 to go with a team-high 323 digs and 104 assists. 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. These are the best high school girls volleyball player in all 50 states from the classes of 2022, 2023 and 2024. She was the first MSU volleyball player to earn All-Big Ten honors three times and the first to earn first-team All-America honors twice (1995-96). 8: Lindi Bankowski, Temperance Bedford, Class of 2001. 14 Overall (2023). Subscribe Already a subscriber? 1: Alisha Glass, Leland, Class of 2006. She led the Kicking Mules to a state title as a senior in 2001 and a state runner-up finish in 1999. She earned Miss Volleyball honors in 2005 and went on to become a three-time all-GLIAC player at Hillsdale College. She was selected the top setter in the Olympic tournament. (MLive.com file), No. . MaxPreps Follow your favorite high school teams and players. Hescott and teammate Libby Fischer combined for 20 kills in last weeks regional title win over Fowler, and the front row duo will need another big game on Tuesday at Remus Chippewa Hills, where No. The 5-foot-10 Borellis helped No. She went on to a stellar career as a setter at Penn State and was a part of three national titles. 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. (Patrick Nothaft | MLive.com)(Patrick Nothaft | MLive.com). 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. Video Center See top plays & highlights of the best high school sports. 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. The second-ranked Vikings take on honorable mention Ida in Tuesday's state quarterfinals, and O'Gorman figures to play a big role in Lakewood's push toward another trip to the state semifinals. (Patrick Nothaft | MLive.com)(Patrick Nothaft | 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. Any guesses on where Damuni might end up playing college volleyball? 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 . 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). 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. Averi Carlson Height: 5-11 Position: S Year: Senior High school: Lovejoy (Lucas, Texas) Bottom line: How good is Claire Little? Hillsdale Academy, Honorable Mention: Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes, McBain Northern Michigan Christian, St Joseph Michigan Lutheran, Source: Michigan High School Athletic Association. The public school handed out bachelor's degrees to 9,450 students in 2020-2021. 1 (2023), West Central Tribune All-Area (2020), U17 USA Volleyball National Development Team (2021). Bottom line: Logan Nissley led Bismarck Century High to its fifth state championship in the past six seasons in 2020. Grand Rapids South Christian6. SUBSCRIBERS: CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE!-----What other coverage am I missing by not subscribing? Bottom line: Julia Yurkovich is already a two-year starter for St. Mark's and a two-time DIAA All-State selection. In her first season with the team, she had 881 assists, 238 digs and 81 service aces. Michigan State University. 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. 12: Katherine Carlson, Pontiac Notre Dame Prep, Class of 2014. She led Rogers to the Division 3 state championship as a freshman and the state semifinals as a sophomore. Lauren Jones of East Kentwood waits to ball the play in a match against Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central. Hurm was a Division 3 All-State pick in 2019 as a sophomore with 350 kills, but her 46 service aces and 447 digs show she could be a defensive specialist/libero on the next level. She has Corunnas school records in kills, digs and aces and was MaxPreps All-American. 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. 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. 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. No. 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: Valley High School (West Des Moines, Iowa). Pontiac Notre Dame Prep4. 5 Michigan (2022), MaxPreps Freshman All-American (2018), PrepVolleyball.com All-American (2020), MIVCA Division I All-State (2020). 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. 9 Amanda McKinzie, Battle Creek St. Philip, Class of 2013. Grand Rapids Forest Hills. 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. Adrian Lenawee Christian2. Northville3. 25 . Yurkovich and St. Mark's exacted some revenge in the DIAA state championship match against Padua, which defeated St. Marks in the 2019 state final. High school: Porter-Gaud School (Charleston, South Carolina), Accolades: VolleyballMag.com No. Another state title for Hoover and McKinnon in 2021 answers that question for good. We don't have to worry about how she missed her entire sophomore season. Like many players on this list, Buckley is SEC-bound. The merch sales alone would pay for the athletics budget. Because they're going to have to deal with her for another three years. 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. Only time will tell, but it's very likely that the following 25 players will have a major say in how the state semifinal picture shakes out. 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. Bottom line: Rya McKinnon became the first Gatorade Player of the Year from Hoover High after leading her team to the first volleyball state championship in school history. "Adeline is an all-around great volleyball player," coach Mariah Moulton said. 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. While many areas of the country are forming male teams and development programs, there are still fewer opportunities for . YouTubes privacy policy is available here and YouTubes terms of service is available here. Polk is committed to play college volleyball for Pepperdine, and on that note, doesn't going to college in Malibu sound pretty amazing? If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation. OH Caroline Shantery, Sr., Riverside: Was named a second-team News-Herald all-star. Jordan Fish was a three-time all-stater at North Branch. The 6-foot-2 outside hitter led Mont Notre Dame High to a Division I state championship and 23-2 record in 2020. She went on to earn all-GLIAC honor all four years at Northwood University. A four-year starter in high school, Fish was a three-time all-stater and led North Branch to a state championship as a senior in 2009. Harper, who is 6-foot-3, also led Bishop Manogue to a 7-1 record and the Class 5A Northern Region championship in 2020. 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 doubles as a setter and a middle blocker. The Vikings won three consecutive state titles and reached the state semifinals in her senior year. McNeel did a little bit of everything in 2019 with 303 kills, 69 service aces, 48 blocks and 141 digs. Imlay City, Honorable Mention: Frankenmuth, Essexville Garber, Birch Run, Cadillac, Lansing Catholic, Wixom St Catherine, Grand Rapids West Catholic, 1. Trump played considerably less sets in 2020 than she did in 2019 like a lot of players on this list going from 101 to 71 sets played. 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. But she still put up impressive numbers. Melanie Laughman Shelby Dermer Dan Kadar Dave Purpura Jarrod Ulrey. 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. From hammering outside hitters, brick-wall middle blockers and relentless liberos, see the best high school volleyball players Michigan had to offer in 2020. 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). 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. 1-ranked recruit from the Class of 2022 in all of New Jersey, Camden Catholic High's Bella Craig is one of the shortest players to make the list at just 5-foot-3. Orchard Lake St Mary's10. 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. 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. It shouldn't go without saying that Hayden Kubik seems like she might be even better than her older sister. 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. 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: Is there a better high school libero (back-row player) playing the country right now than Hadlee Ackerman? Stoven went on to a four-year career as an outside hitter at Lake Superior State University. The state has a rich tradition of competitive volleyball, and many of the top teams in the nation have come from Michigan. Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart6. 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. She led Burnt Hills-Balston Lake High to a state championship as a sophomore and was named Class A State Tournament MVP. High School Best High School Girls Volleyball Player in Every State for 2022 By Tony Adame on August 18, 2022 NDCL Athletics The future of volleyball in the United States like any other sport is usually first discovered in the high school ranks. High school: Marian (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan) The landslide winner of the MIVCA Miss Volleyball honor and two-time Gatorade Michigan state player of the year recipient had 602 kills for in Marian's 53-1 state champion run. The Kestrels fell to eventual state champ Bronson last year in a five-set state semifinal thriller, and Haut showed she's very comfortable on the big stage, tallying 18 kills and 18 digs in front of a raucous crowd at Kellogg Arena. (MLive.com file) By Mark Opfermann | mopferma@mlive.com From spikers to setters, Michigan has had. It's rare to earn Gatorade Player of the Year honors as an underclassmen, much less a sophomore, in any sport. 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. Metro Detroit volleyball notebook: Northville thrives with better chemistry, Michigan High School Athletic Association, Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. 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. All rights reserved. And in 2020, she played in just 52 sets. A two-sport standout in volleyball and basketball, Cole was dominating around the net in both. Grand Rapids Christian7. 1 Overall (2022). High school: Cheyenne Mountain High School (Colorado Springs, Colorado), Accolades: Class 4A All-State (2020), AVCA Phenom List (2020), MaxPreps All-American (2020). She was a three-time All-American and served as an alternate for the 2008 U.S. Olympic team. Log in 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. 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. 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. (Rex Larsen | MLive.com file), No. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local. She enjoyed a four-year career at the University of Minnesota and was academic-All Big Ten three times. Hudsonville8. The move paid off in a big way. Milana is a sophomore starter at the University of Maryland this season. That's the kind of athleticism that elite Division I colleges are looking for. 2 Camden-Frontier faces No. PaPreps resolves that question now! Pewamo-Westphalia3. Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central5. Hoover went 50-1 behind McKinnon, who racked up an incredible 594 kills, 267 digs, 50 service aces and 29 blocks. Bottom line: Notre Dame Prep outside hitter Alyssa Borellis is already a two-time All-State selection and headed to the SEC and Ole Miss after posting 447 kills, 239 digs, 51 blocks and 44 service aces in 2020. She was an all-around stats-churning machine for her 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. On a side note, Hedgesville's mascot is the Eagles. Monroe St Mary Catholic Central2. Is McKinnon the greatest high school volleyball player in Alabama history? She was also third on the team with 24 service aces. The 6-foot-2 junior middle hitter helped the defending champs capture consecutive regional titles, and although Lake Orion never cracked the top 10 in the Michigan Interscholastic Volleyball Coaches Association's state rankings, the Dragons are on the cusp of their third semifinal appearance in program history.