McBain4. Duke Volleyball Announces Four to 2022 Signing Class Already committed to play for BYU, Little was arguably the best player in California as a freshman, when she was named Inland Empire Player of the Year and National Freshman of the Year. She went on to earn all-GLIAC honor all four years at Northwood University. Bottom line: The daughter of former BYU safety Jack Damuni, Silina Damuni turned high school volleyball on its head in 2020 when her family moved from Hawaii to Utah after her father was hired as the BYU football team's on-campus recruiting coordinator and director of community/player relations. Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern4. 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. Olivia Lombardi, Des Moines Christian, Senior Des Moines Christian got 36 wins and made the Class 3A tournament in 2011. She also had 201 digs and 21 service aces. 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. A four-year starter, Booms was part of a Marysville dynasty that posted a 232-6-1 record during her high school career. High school: Maryville High School (Maryville, Tennessee), Accolades: AVCA Phenom List (2020), The Daily Times Volleyball Player of the Year (2020), Class 3A District Player of the Year (2020). 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: 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. 2 overall player in the Class of 2020 by VolleyballMag.com. 25 Michigan high school volleyball players to watch in state - mlive Welcome to the first edition of PrepVolleyball.com's Top 150, the country's best volleyball players listed from No. MaxPreps Follow your favorite high school teams and players. Accolades: PrepDig.com Missouri No. She was selected Miss Volleyball and set national records for aces in a season (296), career aces (937) and career kills (3,584). Brian Hayes | MLive.com. Here are Michigan's top high school girls basketball programs of all time She enjoyed a four-year career at the University of Minnesota and was academic-All Big Ten three times. 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. High school: Scarborough High School (Scarborough, Maine), Accolades: AVCA Phenom List (2020), Varsity Maine All-State (2019). In volleyball, she led the Bucs to a state semifinal berth as a senior in 2012. (MLive.com file). Indian River Inland Lakes7. (Patrick Nothaft | MLive.com)(Patrick Nothaft | MLive.com). Bottom line: One of the top players in the Class of 2023, Clinton High's Lakin Laurendine is already a two-time All-State pick and led her school into the Class 6A state playoffs in 2020. High school: La Cueva High School (Albuquerque, New Mexico), Accolades: AVCA Phenom List (2020), two-time NMHSCA Class 5A All-State (2019, 2020), two-time Class 5A State Champion (2018, 2019). Video Center See top plays & highlights of the best high school sports. (Josh Mauser | MLive.com file), No. 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. 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. Another state title for Hoover and McKinnon in 2021 answers that question for good. Here are the Michigan high school volleyball rankings as of Oct. 24: 1. She added 95 kills in an abbreviated junior season in which she was only able to play 19 sets. High school: Wilmar High School (Wilmar, Minnesota), Accolades: AVCA Phenom List (2020), PrepDig.com Minnesota No. She was a standout as a defensive specialist at George Washington University from 2012-15. Rockford10. 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. She was a three-time All-American and served as an alternate for the 2008 U.S. Olympic team. 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. Coming from the small school in northern Michigan, Glass went on to a big stage. That was an improvement from 11.2 to 12.0 assists per set. 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). 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. . 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. Emil Lippe | MLive.com. High school: Clinton High School (Clinton, Mississippi), Accolades: AVCA Phenom List (2020), three-time SBLive All-State (2018-2020), three-time Class 6A All-State (2018-2020), Class 6A state champion (2019). She has traveled the world to play with the U.S. Athens4. 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. 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. Blissfield7. 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. Carlson is already a three-time MaxPreps All-American and was named National Freshman of the Year in 2018. Rachel Ellis | MLive.com. She was the GLIAC Player of the Year in 2002 and a three-time All-American as a setter. 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. See first Michigan high school volleyball rankings for 2022. High school: Cardinal Spellman High School (Brockton, Massachusetts), Accolades: AVCA Phenom List (2020), Massachusetts Girls Volleyball Coaches Association Division 3 All-State (2020). Bottom line: Newberg High star Sophia Gregoire-Salagean had her entire sophomore season wiped out due to strict health-related restrictions. Best High School Girls Volleyball Player in Every State for 2021 The Miss Volleyball winner in 2016, Norris was a four-year captain and MVP at Corunna while recording more than 3,000 kills, including a state record 56 in a district finals match. 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. No. We already knew how good Harper is from what she did in 2019, when she had 528 kills and 40 blocks. Leland's Mia Osorio prepares to receive a serve during a Division 4 state semifinal match against Carney-Nadeau 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. Val Sterk plays in an exhibition match for USA Volleyball against Michigan State in 1997. 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. (Danny Miller | MLive.com file), No. Lange broke the MHSAA record when she recorded 1,063 kills in the 2007 season. 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). Best high school volleyball player in all 50 states - MaxPreps - 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. Here's an incredible stat to wrap your head around. Named Miss Volleyball in 2004, the 6-foot setter had a sterling career in high school and college. RELATED: Schoolcraft senior overcomes scoliosis to become Miss Volleyball finalist. *Ardren is the only Class of 2021 player on the list. Leland3. Pierce is really bad news for elite opponents in Kansas on the high school volleyball and Midwest club level. 13: Jordan Fish, North Branch, Class of 2010. See Michigan's 2020 all-state high school volleyball players This year, Christian has been Division 2's top-ranked team since the season started and Gates earned a spot as one of 10 finalists for the 2019 Miss Volleyball award. 3 Overall Underclassmen (2022), AVCA Phenom List (2020), SCISA Class 3A State Champion (2019), PrepVolleyball.Com All-American (2020). Last update: 11/28/2022, Minimum . 1: Alisha Glass, Leland, Class of 2006. Kyndra Abron was a top recruit coming out of Livonia Churchill and went on to play at Michigan State University. She ranked No. Schnichels is 6-foot-4 and was dominant in her first two seasons of high school volleyball with 376 kills in 119 sets. She finished her prep career as an AVCA High School Senior All-America and went on to a four-year career at Kent State. Schau was a first-team all-state player and Miss Volleyball finalist in 2012 and finished her prep career with nearly 5,000 assists. SMCC defeated Manchester, 3-2. Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart6. 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. Subscribe Already a subscriber? 18. These are the best high school girls volleyball player in all 50 states from the classes of 2022, 2023 and 2024. 2024 Michigan High School Volleyball Rankings | Prep Dig This year, were taking it a step further. Nation's best volleyball stars make up 2021 VolleyballMag.com Girls 2 Camden-Frontier at Climax-Scotts. She's already a Top 20 recruit in the Class of 2023, according to PrepVolleyball.com, and there aren't a lot of those coming out of South Dakota. 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. 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. Michigan high school volleyball rankings - detroitnews.com Rankings | Michigan High School Athletic Association 2022 Players | Prospects Nation Of course, state quarterfinal opponent Mount Pleasant will have something to say about that, but if Lake Orion is going to advance to Kellogg Arena, Robertson will play a vital role. MaxPreps High School Volleyball Rankings. Volleyball Rankings & Recruiting Tools - Vballrecruiter.com MaxPreps.com; High School Volleyball; Michigan; Michigan Rankings; MI High School Volleyball Rankings. 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.