Each Wednesday throughout the highschool season, offered there are sufficient nominees from varsity coaches, VolleyballMag.com will acknowledge a Dream Staff of highschool volleyball gamers who have been standouts the weekend earlier than.
Most weeks, the eight-girl Dream Staff will include the next:
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Our staff this week consists of two setters, three outsides, two middles and a libero, as a result of no defensive specialists have been nominated.
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THIS WEEK ONLY, we included nominated gamers who’ve stood out because the inception of the season. Beginning subsequent week, a participant must play exceptionally throughout a particular Monday-through-Saturday interval to be thought of.
Word to coaches and administrators: whereas there isn’t a science to how we select members of our Dream Staff, acting on greater phases will give gamers an edge, as will nomination varieties that describe with specificity how nicely a participant carried out the earlier weekend.
VolleyballMag.com HIGH SCHOOL DREAM TEAM for Aug. 23 2023
S/RS: Avery Hamlin, 6-2 Sr., Lake Travis (Austin, Texas) – Hamlin, a Duke recruit, capped an MVP efficiency on the Fraulein Volleyfest with seven kills, 14 assists, 12 digs and two aces in a 2-1 win over nationally-ranked Dripping Springs.
S: Megan Hawkins, 5-9 Sr., Canyon (New Braunfels, Texas) – Hawkins earned All-tournament recognition for the third straight yr on the Katy/Cy-Truthful Event. She had 129 assists, 82 digs and 67 kills to assist her staff go 7-1. Hawkins, a Louisiana Lafayette recruit, now has greater than 3,000 assists and 1,000 digs for her profession.
OH: Brooklyn Drumwright, 6-1 Jr., Santa Margarita Catholic (Rancho Santa Margarita, California) – Drumwright had six kills, 10 digs and three blocks in a 2-0 win over state-ranked Beckman because the Eagles gained the Tesoro Event on Monday. Santa Margarita gained 3 times over ranked opponents in the course of the match. Drumwright was named match MVP.
OH: MaryKate Scheumann, 5-9 Soph., Bellmont (Decatur, Indiana) – Scheumann is averaging greater than 4 kills per set via a 4-0 begin, together with a 22-kill, 16-dig efficiency in a large four-set win over Yorktown.
OH: Charlotte Vinson, 6-2 Jr., Yorktown (Indiana) – The go-to hitter on the most effective groups in Indiana, the longer term Hoosier tallied 88 kills over 4 matches final week, together with 34 in a four-set loss to Bellmont. She additionally had 34 digs, seven aces and 7 blocks over the identical span.
MB: Finn Higginbotham, 6-2 Sr., Savannah Arts Academy (Savannah, Georgia) – The senior had 64 kills within the Tsunami Volleyball Event on Aug. 11, the place the Panthers gained the Silver Bracket. She at the moment is hitting .517 on the yr, which places her first amongst gamers in Class 2A.
MB: Olivia Miller, 6-0 Jr., Oconee County (Watkinsville, Georgia) – Oconee defeated three defending state champions final week. In these wins, Miller had 12 blocks and hit over .400 in opposition to two of them. For the week, the junior amassed 42 kills and 21 blocks.
Libero: Avery Energy, 5-3 Jr., Brandon (Mississippi) – Energy has placed on a present within the again row for the Bulldogs early within the season. She is the state’s present digs chief with 139. Brandon is off to an 11-1 begin to the season.
Additionally thought of (by place, so as of consideration):
S: Lexi Jodie, 5-9 Soph., River Bluff (Lexington, South Carolina) – The Gators positioned second final weekend within the North-South Event, which hosted 40 groups from each side of the Carolina border. Jodie amassed 135 assists, 29 digs and 13 kills over six matches. She is the only real returning full-time starter from final yr’s 38-win staff.
S: Madeline Le Francois, 5-9 Sr., Mammoth (Mammoth Lakes, California) – Le Francois helped the Huskies win their season-opening set, 25-0, by serving 24 straight factors, together with eight aces. She helped lead Mammoth to a 3-0 mark on the primary day of the Yerington Event, ending with 56 assists, 10 aces and 6 kills.
S: Isabel Miller, 5-7 Sr., Oconee County (Watkinsville, Georgia) – The GVCA AAA POY in 2022, Miller began 2023 off strongly with 44 assists and 10 digs in a season-opening win. Two days later she was sidelined by damage, however returned to the court docket two days later to have 20 assists and serve 10 factors (on 13 makes an attempt) in a Silver Bracket championship sweep of a a lot bigger college.
S: Madison Brown, 5-9 Soph., Noblesville (Indiana) – After accumulating 815 assists as a freshman, Brown is at it once more for the Millers. The sophomore opened with 43 and 48 assists over 9 units in Noblesville’s first two matches of the season, each wins.
S: Kamryn Utley, 5-8 Sr., Cathedral (Indianapolis, Indiana) – Utley, a Lehigh recruit, is averaged greater than 9 assists per set over a 7-1 begin for the Irish.
S: Mia Scott, 5-9 Sr., Legion Collegiate (Rock Hill, South Carolina) – Scott contributed 63 assists, 17 digs and 7 aces for the Lancers on the North-South Event over the weekend. Her staff went 3-1 and completed fifth total.
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OH: Eliana Urzua, 6-3 Jr., Bishop Diego (Santa Barbara, California) – The bodily UCLA recruit had an enormous week for the Cardinals. She contributed 19 kills and 6 aces in a 3-1 loss to Oak Park, turned in 14 kills in opposition to Santa Barbara and rounded out the week on Friday with a 28-kill, four-block efficiency in an enormous five-set win over Valencia.
OH: Addie Lowe, 6-0 Jr., Lexington Catholic (Lexington, Kentucky) – Lowe has began for the varsity within the center since she was an eighth grader, however is shining in her first season taking part in exterior. She had 26 kills and 12 digs in LexCath’s first match versus Bryan Station. One night time later, she amassed 17 kills, 16 digs and three aces in a five-set loss to undefeated Nice Crossing.
OH: Gabby DiVita, 6-1 Soph., Grosse Pointe South (Grosse Pointe, Michigan) — Grosse Pointe South competed within the East vs West Showdown and hung powerful in opposition to a number of top-ranked groups because of DiVita, who put down 62 kills at a .386 hitting effectivity (common 5.17 kills/set), handed a 2.04 and had 27 digs.
OH: Cate Palmi, 5-7 Soph., Osceola (Kissimmee, Florida) – Palmi began her sophomore marketing campaign with 20 kills on Monday in a sweep of 2022 6A runner-up Viera.
OH: Jordan Griffin, 5-11 Sr., Hough (Cornelius, North Carolina) – Griffin was dominant on assault in main undefeated Hough to the title within the North-South Event in Rock Hill.
OH: Hanna McGinest, 5-10 Fr., Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth, California) – The primary matches of McGinest’s highschool profession got here on the powerful Ann Kang Invitational in Honolulu and the freshman killed it. She performed fearless ball and led the staff in kills in opposition to vaunted Cornerstone Christian in a good loss.
OH: Caroline Tucker, 5-10 Soph., River Bluff (Lexington, South Carolina) – Tucker had 71 kills over six matches for River Bluff, which went 5-1 and completed second on the North-South Event over the weekend.
OH: Reese Jones, 5-10 Jr., Shiloh Christian (Springdale, Arkansas) – Jones had a match-high 13 kills and hit .579 on Monday because the 4A Saints swept 6A Rogers of their season opener. “She was a pressure on the web, terminating the ball at will,” famous coach Denise Bonanno.
OH: Jizelle Castellanos, 5-6 Jr., Indian Springs (San Bernardino, California) – Castellanos served 30 aces and added 14 kills in three wins final week, the primary three-match successful streak at school historical past. Mentioned coach Leo Chrisman: “The junior captain leads by instance, maintaining hings calm and managed when she is on the ground.”
OH: Parker Stearns, 6-1 Sr., Benton (Arkansas) – A component-time starter a yr in the past for the 2022 5A state champions, Stearns began her senior season off with a bang on Tuesday versus Greenbrier. She had 9 kills in a three-set win whereas hitting .563. She assaults have been so spectacular that they elicited “ooohs” from the appreciative crowd after each swing.
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Libero: Hannah Brady, 5-7 Jr., Oaks Christian (Westlake Village, California) – Brady handed a 2.1 in the course of the season-opening Ann Kang Invitational in Hawaii and was instrumental in main the Lions all weekend together with her constant play and communication.
Libero: Maslyn McClanahan, 5-6 Jr., River Bluff (Lexington, South Carolina) – McClanahan recorded 63 digs over six matches to assist River Bluff place second on the North-South Event. She additionally handed a 2.2 and added 15 assists on out-of-system units.
Libero: Anya Pershin, 5-7 Sr., Legion Collegiate (Rock Hill, South Carolina) – Pershin had eight aces, 21 digs, 46 receptions and three assists for the Lancers, who went 3-1 (fifth total) on the North-South Event over the weekend.
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