The latest rankings from the Michigan Interscholastic Volleyball Coaches Association featured little change at the top of Divisions 1, 2, 3 and 4, with the first five spots all remaining . Log in When she left Marian, she had the school kills record for season (791) and career (2,095). The 5-11 outside hitter is currently playing at Valparaiso. Lindseth led C.M. 25 . Brockway has shot up two inches since her freshman season. 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. All rights reserved (About Us). High school: Camden Catholic High School (Cherry Hill, New Jersey), Accolades: New Jersey PrepDig.com No. 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 still racked up 116 kills and 13 blocks. Val Sterk plays in an exhibition match for USA Volleyball against Michigan State in 1997. 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). 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 . Bottom line: Parkland High's Brynn Dreisbach has been a dominant outside hitter in Pennsylvania high school volleyball over the last two seasons. 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. 12: Katherine Carlson, Pontiac Notre Dame Prep, Class of 2014. The public school handed out bachelor's degrees to 9,450 students in 2020-2021. A two-sport standout in volleyball and basketball, Cole was dominating around the net in both. Her older cousin Aloha Robins-Hardy was named Hawaii's Gatorade Player of the Year in 2014. 5 Leland for a Division 4 state quarterfinal showdown. Heather played on three championship teams at Portage Northern from 1992-94 and for three seasons at IU and her final year at Western Michigan University. 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. Pinconning's Amy Gruszynski (Courtesy photo), No. The sisters were four-year starters and high school All-Americans during the dominating days of Portage Northern coached by their father, Jack. (Danny Miller | MLive.com file), No. 1 to 150! Olivia Lombardi, Des Moines Christian, Senior Des Moines Christian got 36 wins and made the Class 3A tournament in 2011. (MLive.com file). In her last full season of play in 2019, Wrobel was phenomenal with 373 kills, 64 service aces and 55 blocks. Watervliet6. A second team all-state selection in 2018, the versatile 5-foot-6 Stump will play a key role in Tuesday's state quarterfinal showdown at Climax-Scotts, where 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. High school: Porter-Gaud School (Charleston, South Carolina), Accolades: VolleyballMag.com No. High school: Hoover High School (Hoover, Alabama), Accolades: Alabama Gatorade Player of the Year (2021), VolleyballMag.Com All-American (2020), AVCA Phenom List (2020), AL.com Super All-State Player of the Year (2020), Class 7A state champion (2020), Class 7A State Tournament MVP (2020), MaxPreps All-American (2020). 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. Novi, Honorable Mention: Macomb Dakota, Saline, Coopersville, Lake Orion, Caledonia, Okemos, More:Metro Detroit volleyball notebook: Northville thrives with better chemistry, 1. (Courtesy photo), No. As a sophomore in last year's semifinal and championship game in Battle Creek, Robertson combined for 12 kills and five blocks playing next to star outside hitter Paige Briggs. Her 5,760 career assists rank first in MHSAA history. Corunna's Meredith Norris drives home a spike in a district tournament game against Goodrich in 2015. This year, the Michigan State commit has more than 1,000 assists to help guide the Marlins to their third consecutive regional title. Jones was a three-time all-stater for the Falcons and named the states Miss Volleyball winner in 2007. 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. 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. RELATED: Schoolcraft senior overcomes scoliosis to become Miss Volleyball finalist. She has averaged 4.6 kills per set over her first three high school seasons. 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). She led Rogers to the Division 3 state championship as a freshman and the state semifinals as a sophomore. She's also led Lovejoy High to back-to-back state championships in 2019 and 2020. "She has been in the gym her whole life, and it shows on the court." S Natalie Perez, Westview, Sr. Perez is part of a deep senior class for the Wildcats which has helped the team start 17-3. Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern4. 16 overall recruit in the Class of 2022 by PrepVolleyball.com. Detroit Country Day2. Imlay City, Honorable Mention: Frankenmuth, Essexville Garber, Birch Run, Cadillac, Lansing Catholic, Wixom St Catherine, Grand Rapids West Catholic, 1. Log in (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. 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. Known for her power and all-around play that could take over games at Dakota, Snyder set school records for kills (2,703), digs (1,851) and aces (491). We already knew how good Harper is from what she did in 2019, when she had 528 kills and 40 blocks. She was an all-around stats-churning machine for her school. Paolini went on to earn All-America honors in her senior year at the University of Texas in 2008 and played in international events for the U.S. womens national team. 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. Meyer was a Class 4A All-State pick in 2021 after the team won the state title. She added 95 kills in an abbreviated junior season in which she was only able to play 19 sets. Hayden had 401 kills in her last full season in 2019. 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. Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart6. Only seniors are considered for the award, sponsored by the Detroit Free Press since 2003. The 6-foot-3 O'Gorman has plenty of experience on the big stage, tallying 26 kills in three matches at Kellogg Arena over the past two years, and she'll need to have another big game if the Vikings hope to defeat Ida in Tuesday's Division 2 quarterfinal matchup. 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). We don't have to worry about how she missed her entire sophomore season. Alaska actually has a pair of NCAA Division II schools with volleyball programs University of Alaska-Anchorage and University of Alaska-Fairbanks. All signs point to yes. Stucky, 6-foot-2, led Laramie to an undefeated season and Class 4A state championship as a junior, racking up 419 kills, 371 digs, 35 service aces and 32 blocks on the way to Class 4A Player of the Year honors. 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. The only sophomore to earn first team all-state honors in Division 4 last year, the 5-foot-9 outside hitter tallied more than 600 kills, including 18 in Mendon's three-set state championship win over Leland. Michigan's top 25 running backs from the past 25 years, Michigan's top 25 quarterbacks from the past 25 years. 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. 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. YouTubes privacy policy is available here and YouTubes terms of service is available here. YouTubes privacy policy is available here and YouTubes terms of service is available here. Leland's Alisha Glass hits a spike in the 2006 state finals against Adrian Lenawee Christian. 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). As a junior, she helped Churchill to the Class A state title and posted a championship game record with 35 kills. 14 Overall (2023). 1: Alisha Glass, Leland, Class of 2006. 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. 18. Few players in the country can say they went on the volleyball odyssey Gravatt and her family embarked on in 2020. No. She finished her prep career as an AVCA High School Senior All-America and went on to a four-year career at Kent State. One of the top recruits coming out of high school, Abron was named Miss Volleyball in 2007. 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. Here's a countdown of the top 25 volleyball players in Michigan from the past 25 years. 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). High school: Wilmar High School (Wilmar, Minnesota), Accolades: AVCA Phenom List (2020), PrepDig.com Minnesota No. 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. Marshall8. Subscribe Already a subscriber? She has Corunnas school records in kills, digs and aces and was MaxPreps All-American. 2 overall player in the Class of 2020 by VolleyballMag.com. Is McKinnon the greatest high school volleyball player in Alabama history? If opposing hitters can get the ball past Mattawan's blocks, rest assured the 5-foot-6 Wiese will be diving around the court doing everything she can to dig a ball and save a point. While many areas of the country are forming male teams and development programs, there are still fewer opportunities for . 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. It shouldn't go without saying that Hayden Kubik seems like she might be even better than her older sister. 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. Northville3. Pennsylvania High School Volleyball: Top Passers in 2026. . (Mike Mulholland | MLive.com file), No. Here is MLive's latest top 25 boys basketball rankings for the state of Michigan. OH Molly Stayer . 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 had 201 digs and 21 service aces. At last check, the 6-foot-1 outside hitter can touch 10-foot-1 on a jump approach. (Patrick Nothaft | MLive.com)(Patrick Nothaft | MLive.com). 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). From hammering outside hitters, brick-wall middle blockers and relentless liberos, see the best high school volleyball players Michigan had to offer in 2020. Coming from the small school in northern Michigan, Glass went on to a big stage. 14: Katie Schau, Richland Gull Lake, Class of 2013. Meredith Norris, Corunna, Class of 2017. High school: University High School (Orlando, Florida). Northville3. Angie McGinnis, far left, celebrates a point with her Fraser teammates in the 2002 Class A state finals. 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). 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. 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. Mendon5. She was a finalist for the Gatorade Player of the Year in 2009-10. 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. Lauren Jones of East Kentwood waits to ball the play in a match against Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central. 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. Need proof? She also was the teams most valuable player for three seasons and helped East Kentwood to a state title in 2006. She was an alternate on the U.S. Olympic team in 2016. Hitter Sarah Tabit of Mount Morris attacks at the net. 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. It's crazy how often that doesn't happen. We released the Classes of 2021 Top 150 and 2022 Top 150 and will continue with 2024 next . Hoover head coach Chris Camper called McKinnon a "generational player," which might be the highest praise you could ever give to a prep athlete. Tabit broke the old mark of 1,063 set by Marlettes Jenna Lange in 2007. 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. 25: Jenna Lange, Marlette, Class of 2008. Tabit, who also holds a national record in the discus, is playing volleyball at Saginaw Valley. All that being said, Ella Wrobel could be the best of the bunch. An all-around player, Gallinger finished with 294 kills, 198 digs, 19 blocks . Jordan Fish was a three-time all-stater at North Branch. And in 2020, she played in just 52 sets. 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. 7: Stephanie Booms, Marysville, Class of 2005. Yates was also named EPAC Player of the Year after leading Hedgesville to the Class AAA state semifinals. 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. 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. As a senior, the 6-2 outside hitter recorded 773 kills, 318 digs and 105 service aces and had a kill percentage of .657. A 5-foot-5 setter, Kohler stood out for her all-around ability and earned Miss Volleyball as a senior in 2008. Brian Hayes | MLive.com. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local. Video Center See top plays & highlights of the best high school sports . The 6-foot-3 middle blocker is the No. 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. (Linsey Wuepper | MLive.com file), No. 6: Amy Gruszynski, Pinconning, Class of 1998. 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). She went on to earn all-GLIAC honor all four years at Northwood University. Will Bella Wakley add another to the family's trophy case in 2021? 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. 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. Osorio and the rest of her Leland teammates have rebounded from that disappointing finish to reach the state quarterfinals for the eighth time in nine years. 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. Polk is committed to play college volleyball for Pepperdine, and on that note, doesn't going to college in Malibu sound pretty amazing? High school: Olathe Northwest High School (Olathe, Kansas), Accolades: Class 6A All-State (2020), PrepVolleyball.Com All-American (2020). She's now 6-foot-1, and opponents have to be terrified at what she might do the next two seasons. 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: St. Mark's High School (Wilmington, Delaware), Accolades: Two-time DIAA All-State (2019, 2020), AVCA Phenom List (2020), two-time All-Catholic Conference (2019, 2020), DIAA state champion (2020), DIAA state runner-up (2019). Melanie Laughman Shelby Dermer Dan Kadar Dave Purpura Jarrod Ulrey. Elkhorn South has a great opportunity to repeat as state champions in 2021 with both Weeks and University of Missouri commit Estella Zatechka back. Bottom line: The No. She went on to a standout career at the University of Akron. High school: Mount de Sales Academy (Catonsville, Maryland), Accolades: AVCA Phenom List (2020), Baltimore Sun All-Metro Volleyball (2019). Tabit, a 5-9 hitter, finished the season with 1,076 and her career with 2,855 kills, No. 5 Michigan (2022), MaxPreps Freshman All-American (2018), PrepVolleyball.com All-American (2020), MIVCA Division I All-State (2020). Michigan High School Athletic Association 1661 Ramblewood Drive, East Lansing, MI 48823 Office 517-332-5046 Fax 517-332-4071 info@mhsaa.com Freeland won in three sets, 25-17, 28-18, 25-22. 14 on PrepVolleyball.coms Senior Aces list. Shelby8. Photos by Ben Allan SmithPhotos by Ben Allan Smith, Mikayla Haut, Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central. High school: C.M. Pistro will continue her career at Saginaw Valley State, but before she becomes a Cardinal, she'll try to get Freeland into the state semifinals for the first time since 2005, when they meet Kingsley at Ionia on Tuesday. High school: Skyview High School (Nampa, Idaho), Accolades: AVCA Phenom List (2020), Idaho Press Volleyball Player of the Year finalist (2021), Class 5A SIC Player of the Year (2020), Class 5A state champion (2020). 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. She earned all-MAC honors as an outside hitter for the Broncos. The Vikings won three consecutive state titles and reached the state semifinals in her senior year. Top Players by Position (2026) Blockers - 2/27. 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. 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.