High school: South Anchorage High School (Anchorage, Alaska), Accolades: AVCA Phenom List (2020), Class 4A state champion (2019). Farmington Hills Mercy9. Like Murray, Mruzik will continue her volleyball career at Michigan, after committing to the Wolverines during her freshman year, but she's also not looking past Tuesday's state quarterfinal matchup with Macomb L'Anse Creuse North. As a senior, she totaled 717 kills, 501 digs, 121 assists and 107 blocks. That's the kind of athleticism that elite Division I colleges are looking for. 4: Val Sterk, Grand Rapids South Christian, Class of 1993. 5: Carli Snyder, Macomb Dakota, Class of 2014. (Patrick Nothaft | MLive.com)(Patrick Nothaft | MLive.com). Elkhorn South has a great opportunity to repeat as state champions in 2021 with both Weeks and University of Missouri commit Estella Zatechka back. Silina Damuni led Timpview High to a Class 5A state championship in 2020 with 868 assists, 69 service aces, 60 blocks and 211 digs. High school: Elkhorn South High School (Elkhorn, Nebraska), Accolades: Class A state champion (2020), AVCA Phenom List (2020), PrepDig.Com No. 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). 25: Jenna Lange, Marlette, Class of 2008. 25 Michigan high school volleyball players to watch in state quarterfinals Published: Nov. 18, 2019, 11:13 a.m. Grand Rapids Christian's Addie VanderWeide (14) jumps to hit the ball against South. 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. The Miss Volleyball winner in 2011, Doyle helped Mercy to three consecutive district titles and a pair of final four appearances. Cheyenne Mountain has a good shot to win its first state title since 2015 with Pinell as a senior in 2021. As a senior, she had more than 325 kills, servedabove 95 percent and recorded more than 1,000 assists as one of two setters on the floor. The move paid off in a big way. 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 has 78 blocks over the last two seasons and saw her kills jump from 80 to 192 from her sophomore to her junior season. (MLive.com file), No. Middleton, a 6-foot-2 USC commit, had 20 kills in the state championship match against Perry High and led Hamilton with 286 kills and 141 digs. 2: Angie McGinnis, Fraser, Class of 2004. Coming from the small school in northern Michigan, Glass went on to a big stage. She was a finalist for the Gatorade Player of the Year in 2009-10. Accolades: AVCA Phenom List (2020), PrepVolleyball.com No. 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. Caitlinn Pistro swings at a ball from the outside during the district volleyball match hosted by Freeland against Swan Valley Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019. On a side note, Hedgesville's mascot is the Eagles. 5 Leland for a Division 4 state quarterfinal showdown. 5 Leland and No. Only seniors are considered for the award, sponsored by the Detroit Free Press since 2003. 2 recruit from the Class of 2022 by VolleyballMag.com and became the first Arizona Gatorade Player of the Year from Hamilton High in 2021. She earned all-state honors four consecutive seasons and Miss Volleyball as a senior in 2013. High school: Cardinal Spellman High School (Brockton, Massachusetts), Accolades: AVCA Phenom List (2020), Massachusetts Girls Volleyball Coaches Association Division 3 All-State (2020). High school: Mount de Sales Academy (Catonsville, Maryland), Accolades: AVCA Phenom List (2020), Baltimore Sun All-Metro Volleyball (2019). Angie McGinnis, far left, celebrates a point with her Fraser teammates in the 2002 Class A state finals. 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). No. These are the best high school girls volleyball player in all 50 states from the classes of 2022, 2023 and 2024. Committed to play for the University of Georgia, don't be surprised to see Harper's name popping up on All-SEC lists in a few years. That was an improvement from 11.2 to 12.0 assists per set. Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern4. Inquiring minds want to know. 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). Like many players on this list, Buckley is SEC-bound. 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. Bottom line: How good is Claire Little? Hudsonville8. 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. 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. Emil Lippe | MLive.com. Emil Lippe | MLive.com. North Branch3. 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). You must login to view this article or subscribe to PrepVolleyball.com! Phelan has 1,872 assists through her first two seasons of high school volleyball and would have easily cleared 2,000 if not for the shortened season in 2020. Volleyball in the United States is popular with both male and female participants of all ages. RELATED: Schoolcraft senior overcomes scoliosis to become Miss Volleyball finalist. A four-time all-state volleyball player for Pinconning, Gruszynski led her team to four league and district titles and a state runner-up finish in 1998. She was a four-time all-stater and a finalist for national player of the year honors as a junior and senior. Ardren was still able to dominate in the pandemic and was named the Gatorade Player of the Year for Vermont. The sisters were four-year starters and high school All-Americans during the dominating days of Portage Northern coached by their father, Jack. (Courtesy photo), No. 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. 22: Lauren Jones, East Kentwood, Class of 2007. Clarkston6. Olivia Lombardi, Des Moines Christian, Senior Des Moines Christian got 36 wins and made the Class 3A tournament in 2011. Ohio's best: The top 23 girls basketball players in the state ahead of the 2022-23 season. Jen was a member of four consecutive Class A state title teams from 1992-95 and went on to play at Indiana University. High school: Scarborough High School (Scarborough, Maine), Accolades: AVCA Phenom List (2020), Varsity Maine All-State (2019). As a junior, she helped Churchill to the Class A state title and posted a championship game record with 35 kills. In fact, she may have already been the best player in the nation at that point. 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. 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. The Super 7 highlights the top returning high school girls volleyball talent in Westchester, Rockland and Putnam. A year ago, top players from the state were narrowed to a list of 25 greats. 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. 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. She's now 6-foot-1, and opponents have to be terrified at what she might do the next two seasons. Before the start of her junior season, Bauer committed to Division-I Western Kentucky and made MaxPreps' pre-season All-American team, but those are in the past, and now the focus for Bauer and her Hudson teammates is a state quarterfinal matchup with Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central Tuesday at Adrian Madison. 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). 1: Alisha Glass, Leland, Class of 2006. The 6-foot-3 outside hitter is in her freshman season at Michigan State. (MLive.com file), No. 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). She followed that up with a basketball state championship a few months later. If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation. 2023 Advance Local Media LLC. Is she the best high school setter in the nation? 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. We'd like to point out this seems like a gigantic missed opportunity to be the Hedgesville Hedgehogs. Snyder is a senior starter at the University of Florida as an outside hitter. Wegener shined in Ida's five-set district championship win over Carleton Airport by tallying 34 kills, and she became the 24th player in state history to eclipse 2,000 career kills earlier this season. The Miss Volleyball winner in 2014, Carlson topped 1,000 kills in each of her final two seasons and more than 3,100 for her career. 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. She doubles as a setter and a middle blocker. 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. 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. Novi, Honorable Mention: Macomb Dakota, Saline, Coopersville, Lake Orion, Caledonia, Okemos, More:Metro Detroit volleyball notebook: Northville thrives with better chemistry, 1. 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. All rights reserved (About Us). (MLive.com file). High school: Burnt Hills-Balston Lake High School (Burnt Hills, New York), Accolades: New York Gatorade Player of the Year (2021), AVCA Phenom List (2020), Class A State Champion (2019), Class A State Tournament Most Valuable Player (2019), Times Union Volleyball Player of the Year finalist (2019), two-time Class A All-State (2019, 2020), Suburban Council championship (2020), Suburban Council Most Valuable Player (2020). Bottom line: Karlee Pinell helped lead Cheyenne Mountain to the Class 4A state semifinals in 2020. 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. Tabit broke the old mark of 1,063 set by Marlettes Jenna Lange in 2007. 2 overall player in the Class of 2020 by VolleyballMag.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. She led the Kicking Mules to a state title as a senior in 2001 and a state runner-up finish in 1999. Imlay City, Honorable Mention: Frankenmuth, Essexville Garber, Birch Run, Cadillac, Lansing Catholic, Wixom St Catherine, Grand Rapids West Catholic, 1. 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. Bottom line: The West Coast is filled with up-and-coming volleyball phenoms California's Claire Little, Oregon's Sophia Gregoire-Salagean and Washington's Hailey Brockway, who was arguably the best player in her state as a freshman in 2019. Hillsdale Academy, Honorable Mention: Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes, McBain Northern Michigan Christian, St Joseph Michigan Lutheran, Source: Michigan High School Athletic Association. . Bottom line: Kamehameha High's Maui Robins kept up the family tradition by being named Gatorade Player of the Year in 2020. See first Michigan high school volleyball rankings for 2022. 1 (2023), West Central Tribune All-Area (2020), U17 USA Volleyball National Development Team (2021). Abby Cole drills a spike in a match against Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern during her high school career at Grand Haven. And that's probably where her future is. The merch sales alone would pay for the athletics budget. 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. (Don Campbell | MLive.com file), No. Bottom line: Is there a better high school libero (back-row player) playing the country right now than Hadlee Ackerman? (Courtesy photo), No. McKinzie led St. Philip to four consecutive Class D state titles from 2009-12 and capped her career as the Miss Volleyball winner. She also led Hamilton to the Class 6A state championship in 2020 the first state title in program history. Every High School Volleyball team in the nation is ranked. 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. All signs point to yes. Stoven went on to a four-year career as an outside hitter at Lake Superior State University. And in 2020, she played in just 52 sets. Stroven played from 2002-05 and owned the state record for kills in a match (35) and career (2,720) when she graduated from high school. Bottom line: At just 5-foot-4, Cardinal Spellman High's Elizabeth Hurm is one of the shortest outside hitters on this list, but that doesn't lessen her impact on the court. 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. Watervliet6. Strouse, who's 5-foot-11, was an All-State pick as a sophomore in 2019 with 140 kills in just 62 sets played. Posted 204 kills, 170 digs, and 28 aces for the Beavers. (Patrick Nothaft | MLive.com)(Patrick Nothaft | MLive.com). 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. She finished as runner-up for Miss Volleyball and was an Under Armour second-team All-American. Kyndra Abron was a top recruit coming out of Livonia Churchill and went on to play at Michigan State University. 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. Shelby8. Pinconning's Amy Gruszynski (Courtesy photo), No. Updated: Aug. 29, 2022, 1:12 p.m. |. 24: Brishia Stroven, St. Louis, Class of 2005. She also was the teams most valuable player for three seasons and helped East Kentwood to a state title in 2006. In her last full season of play in 2019, Wrobel was phenomenal with 373 kills, 64 service aces and 55 blocks. On Tuesday, Bishop and her Mercy teammates will face Macomb L'Anse Creuse North with another state semifinal berth on the line. Hoover went 50-1 behind McKinnon, who racked up an incredible 594 kills, 267 digs, 50 service aces and 29 blocks. North Branch had a 278-16-3 record during Kohlers prep career. Hendrickson's talent might be generational. Michigan State University. She's also led Lovejoy High to back-to-back state championships in 2019 and 2020. As a senior, the 6-2 outside hitter recorded 773 kills, 318 digs and 105 service aces and had a kill percentage of .657. Even more impressive was the lack of dropoff between Lindseth and the player she had to replace 6-foot-3 University of Utah signee Allie Olsen. OH Caroline Shantery, Sr., Riverside: Was named a second-team News-Herald all-star. Ackerman had a staggering 104 service aces in just 82 sets in 2020 to go with a team-high 323 digs and 104 assists. Michigan's top 25 running backs from the past 25 years, Michigan's top 25 quarterbacks from the past 25 years. 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. 2022 Volleyball Roster Choose a Player:Atkinson, Taylor Barrow, Christina Bryant, Madison Chang, Devon Fleming, Lizzie Iloh, Ngozi Johnson, Gracie Kadel, Rylie Keefe, Kerry Muir, Millie Nazor,. Weeks is a stathead's dream. This year, were taking it a step further. Rockford10. 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. 4 Hudsonville in the regional finals. 13: Jordan Fish, North Branch, Class of 2010. Bloomfield Hills Marian2. Jordan Fish was a three-time all-stater at North Branch. 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. Will she play basketball for the Wave as well? Cookie Settings/Do Not Sell My Personal Information. OH Molly Stayer . Lauren Paolini was a high school All-American at Saline and went on to play at Texas and in international events for Team USA. 15 in her class nationally by PrepVolleyball.com. High school: Kamehameha Kapalama (Honolulu, Hawaii), Accolades: Hawaii Gatorade Player of the Year (2021), Honolulu Star-Advertiser All-State (2019), two-time All-Interscholastic League of Honolulu (2019, 2020), Division I State Champion (2019), All-Division I State Tournament Team (2019). Indian River Inland Lakes7. Jones had 808 assists in 72 sets in 2019 before putting up 275 assists in just 23 sets in 2020. She enjoyed a four-year career at the University of Minnesota and was academic-All Big Ten three times. Brian Hayes | MLive.com. McNeel did a little bit of everything in 2019 with 303 kills, 69 service aces, 48 blocks and 141 digs. Hoover head coach Chris Camper called McKinnon a "generational player," which might be the highest praise you could ever give to a prep athlete. Rutgers will play volleyball at Davenport University next year, but not before attempting to lead Mattawan to its first state semifinal appearance with a quarterfinal win on Tuesday against Lowell at Jenison High School. It shouldn't go without saying that Hayden Kubik seems like she might be even better than her older sister. She was selected to the USA Volleyball National A2 team. After reaching the state semifinals the past two years, the top-ranked Marlins are among the favorites to capture the 2019 Division 1 crown, and a big part of that is Mruzik, who was not only named Michigan's Gatorade Player of the Year in 2018, but also the national Girls Club Player of the Year by VolleyballMag.com. Bottom line: Jordan Middleton was named the No. Bottom line: Arkansas commit Kylie Weeks led Elkhorn South to the first volleyball state championship in school history in 2020. She was selected Miss Volleyball and set national records for aces in a season (296), career aces (937) and career kills (3,584). 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). Last update: 11/28/2022, Minimum . (Rex Larsen | MLive.com file), No. As a setter and outside hitter in Camden-Frontier's lineup, Stump led her team last year to its first league title in more than a decade, and 2019 has been another historic one for the Redskins, who captured their first regional title in program history. Playing in a shortened season in 2021, Jones was still able to show the kind of improvement that makes her an elite setter. Northville3. 11: Abby Cole, Grand Haven, Class of 2013. 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. Here's an incredible stat to wrap your head around. Grand Rapids Forest Hills. Welcome to the first edition of PrepVolleyball.com's Top 150, the country's best volleyball players listed from No. 16: Heather and Jennifer Magelssen, Portage Northern, Classes of 1994-95. She went on to play at Michigan State and the 6-foot-2 outside hitter was selected honorable mention all-Big Ten in 2011. Kelenna should return to the court in a big way after seeing her 2020 season wiped out. 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. In last week's regional championship sweep over Manton, Gerow tallied 24 kills and 10 digs, and she'll need to have another strong performance in Tuesday's quarterfinal showdown with Traverse City St. Francis at Houghton Lake. 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. But don't overlook her talent. 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. Bottom line: Parkland High's Brynn Dreisbach has been a dominant outside hitter in Pennsylvania high school volleyball over the last two seasons. 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. In her first season with the team, she had 881 assists, 238 digs and 81 service aces. 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. 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. 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). 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. One of the top recruits coming out of high school, Abron was named Miss Volleyball in 2007. (MLive.com file) By Mark Opfermann | mopferma@mlive.com From spikers to setters, Michigan has had. High school: Newberg High School (Newberg, Oregon), Accolades: PrepDig.com No.1 Overall (2023), AVCA Phenom List (2020), All-Three Rivers League (2019). 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. Cass City, Honorable Mention: Bridgman, Calumet, Centreville, Manistique, Manton, Morley Stanwood, Kent City, Lake City, 1. Bottom line: There's not much Notre Dame-bound Lucy Trump can't do on a volleyball court. 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). 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. Bottom line: C.M Russell High's Lauren Lindseth Lolo if you know what's up came out of nowhere to win Eastern AA Player of the Year honors in 2020, aided by a growth spurt that saw her go from a 5-foot-5 libero as a sophomore to a 5-foot-9 outside hitter as a junior. Athens4. She also had 201 digs and 21 service aces. 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). Amanda McKinzie helped Battle Creek St. Philip to four consecutive state titles from 2009-12. She had a whopping 384 kills in just 79 sets in 2020.