MaxPreps 2012 Volleyball Medium Schools All-American teams

Lindsey Owens did what her coach thought she would ... lead.

And that she did, as the 6-foot-1 outside hitter for unbeaten and MaxPreps No. 1-ranked Bishop Moore (Orlando, Fla.) led the Hornets to the Florida 4A state championship and an unbeaten 32-0 record.

For her efforts, Owens is honored as the MaxPreps Medium Schools National Player of the Year.

Owens, who will play next for Virginia Tech, showed how dominant she had been all season in the semifinals of the Florida state tournament when she registered 37 kills in a 3-2 win over Ransom (25-21, 20-25, 25-22, 22-25, 15-11).



In the title match 3-0 sweep over defending state champion Berkeley Prep (Tampa), Owens totaled 14 kills. For the season, she totaled 469 kills (48 percent hitting percentage), 41 aces (91 percent serving percentage), 297 digs, 50 assists and 25 blocks.

Bishop Moore coach Tanya Jarvis said Owens is the team leader.

"She's just such a dynamic physical leader for us out on the court. Everyone notices her hitting, but her passing is also the best on the team as well. I think what people don't realize is that her most important thing on this team – above her offense, her passing and her serving – is that she doesn't stop. It's the same tempo in practice and matches and it's contagious to the entire team."

As a junior in 2011, Owens led her team to a 32-2 record with nearly identical statistics and was named Central Florida's Most Outstanding Player. She was recently named Florida's 4A Player of the Year, the overall Player of the Year and a finalist for Florida's Miss Volleyball honor.

Other nominees for Player of the Year included: Eve Davis of Charlotte Latin (N.C.), Makayla Lindburg of Crook County (Prineville, Ore.), Katherine Carlson of Notre Dame Prep ( Pontiac, Mich.) and Tatiana Durr of Cathedral Catholic (San Diego).

Bishop Moore is also our Medium Schools Team of the Year, as it was the second Florida high school volleyball team to go unbeaten. The Hornets won 86 of their 97 games this season.



Jarvis is the Coach of the Year as she guided Bishop Moore to the mythical national title.

All total, the Hornets played 16 schools from larger divisions and only six of their 2012 opponents had losing records, whereas more than half of their foes won 20 or more games.

It was Jarvis' first state title as a coach, but she had two as a player - at Bishop Moore.

MaxPreps 2012 Medium Schools Volleyball All-American teams

OH/MB - Bridget Bussell, St. Francis (Traverse City, Mich.), 6-1 Senior
Bussell led St. Francis to the Michigan Class C finals. On the season, she tallied 580 kills, 110 aces (445 serves), 63 blocks, 331 digs, and 430 serve receptions.

MH/OH - Makayla Lindburg, Crook County (Prineville, Ore.), 6-0 Senior
Lindburg led 36-4-1 Crook County to its seventh-straight 4A state title. She recorded 477 kills, 48 aces, 276 digs, 93 blocks and only 12 errors in 358 serve receptions. A three-time Oregon 4A Player of the Year and four-time state tournament MVP, Lindburg signed with the University of Portland.

MH/OH - Rachel Sharp, Tarkington (Cleveland, Texas), 6-0 Senior
Sharp led Tarkington to a 37-8 record and a Final Four berth at the state tournament. During the season, she tallied 480 kills (51.5 percent), 253 digs, 189 blocks, 555 serves (33 aces) and a 97.8 percent serving percentage.



OH - Eve Davis, Charlotte Latin (N.C.), 6-1 Senior
Davis led Latin to a 38-1 record and North Carolina's 3A state title. She recorded 654 kills, 76 aces, 379 digs, 47 blocks, and 477 serve receptions. Davis signed with North Carolina State.

OH - Tatiana Durr, Cathedral Catholic (San Diego), 6-0 Senior
Durr helped lead Cathedral to California's D-III title. She totaled 479 kills, 90 percent serving on 400 serves (59 aces), 54 blocks, 306 serve receptions (15 errors) and 209 digs.

OH - Allie Davenport, Sandy Creek (Tyrone, Ga.), 5-11 Senior
Davenport posted 645 kills, 141 aces, 343 digs, 56 blocks, 98 assists and 550 serve receptions (25 errors) in leading Sandy Creek to the state 4A title. She will attend the University of Chattanooga.

OH - Carli Snyder, Dakota (Macomb, Mich.), 6-2 Junior
Snyder led Dakota to Michigan's Class A state title and a 43-3 record. She had 931 kills on the season.

OH - Katherine Carlson, Notre Dame Prep (Pontiac, Mich.), 5-10 Sophomore
Carlson amassed 923 kills (61.5 kill percentage) in leading NDP to a 52-10 record. She also totaled 403 digs, 45 aces and 62 blocks.

OH - Alexis Conaway, MOC-Floyd Valley (Orange City, Iowa), 6-0 Junior
Conaway led MOC-Floyd Valley to the Class 3A state championship and was named Iowa's State Player of the Year. A standout in basketball and track, Conaway slammed 489 kills for a 33-8 squad that won each of its last nine matches in its first state appearance.



S - Allie Monserez, Bishop Moore (Orlando, Fla.), 5-10 Junior
A playmaker for unbeaten Bishop Moore (Florida 4A title winner), she totaled 202 digs, 36 kills, 40 aces and 850 assists.

S - Lauren Miller, Cathedral Catholic (San Diego), 5-9 Senior
Miller helped lead CC (34-4) to the California D-III title. On 479 serves, she recorded 43 aces and had a 97 percent serving percentage. She also had 1,060 assists and 210 digs.

DS/L - Brooke Fasciana, Jensen Beach (Fla.), 5-5 Senior
Fasciana led Jensen Beach (26-5) to the Florida 5A state title. She compiled 572 digs and 358 serve receptions.

AA - Carley Hoover, Daniel (Central, S.C.), 6-2 Senior
Hoover led the Tigers to a 28-12 record and recorded 452 kills, 63 aces, 264 digs, and 468 receptions. She will play softball at Stanford.

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Second team All-Americans

MB - Kylie Jenkins, Wylie (Abilene, Texas), 5-11 Senior
Named the top player on the state's top 3A team. She recorded 641 kills, 85 blocks and 72 aces as Wylie recorded 43-5 record in winning the state title.

MB - Haleigh Nelson, Cardinal Gibbons (Raleigh, N.C.), 6-3 Senior
Nelson tallied 120 digs, 28 aces, 95 blocks, 336 kills (55.5 percent) and 201 reception serves as Gibbons won the 3A state title. She will attend Wisconsin.



MB/OH - Maddie Cannon, Rio Americano (Sacramento, Calif.), 6-1 Senior
Cannon totaled 570 kills, 309 digs, 58 blocks and had a 93 percent serving rate (62 aces) in 420 attempts in leading the Raiders to a 32-9 record.

OH - Arianna Person, St. James Academy (Lenexa, Kan.), 5-8 Junior 
Person battled back from knee injuries to record 370 kills, 38 aces, 280 digs and lead St. James to 40-4 record and the 5A state title.

OH - Kayla Ellis, Century (Pocatello, Idaho), 5-8 Sophomore
Ellis tallied 591 kills, 32 blocks, 411 digs and 64 aces as Century won the 4A state title and won 41 of 44 matches.

OH/MH - Kiahna Steiner, Billings (Mont.), 6-0 Senior
Steiner led Billings to the state title and a 38-0 record. Billings won 95 of 103 games as Steiner recorded 259 Kills, 41 aces, 105 digs and 118 blocks.

MH - Mikaela Foecke, Holy Trinity Catholic (Fort Madison, Iowa), 6-3 Sophomore
Foecke was the most prolific hitter in the state in kill efficiency with 601 (54.5 percent), and she recorded 208 digs. Foecke also served 95 percent (60 aces) and added 106 blocks (45 solos) as Holy Trinity went 42-4 and won another state title.

MH - Kelsey Cave, Solon (Iowa), 6-2 Senior
In leading Solon to a 33-5 record, Cave totaled 610 kills, 189 digs and 83 blocks. She will play at Bradley.



S/OH - Kali Eaken, Bishop Miege (Shawnee Mission, Kan.), 5-9 Junior
Eaken led Bishop Meige to the state semifinals with 1,073 assists, 244 digs, 54 blocks and 177 kills (only 18 errors in 325 serves).

S - Kirsten Mead, Valley Christian (San Jose, Calif.), 5-11 Junior
Mead guided Valley Christian to a 35-9 record and the semifinals of the California D-III tournament. She registered 249 kills, 330 digs, 606 assists and 83 aces.

S - Mariah Hebert, Biddeford (Maine), 5-7 senior
Hebert led the Tigers to the Class A championship match and had 48 aces while serving at 96 percent, missing only 10 serves all year. She also had 350 assists and 56 digs.

DS/L - Aaliyah Lewis, Dimond (Anchorage, Alaska), 5-3 Senior
Lewis led Dimond to the state's Class A championship and a 34-3 record. She registered 713 digs, 60 aces (408 serves, 94.6 percent), 440 serve receptions and 30 errors.

AA - Amelia Held, St. Pius X (Festus, Mo.), 5-10 Senior
Held recorded 399 kills, 397 digs, 100 blocks and had a 94 percent serving percentage in leading St. Pius to a 34-4-1 record. She will play at UNI.

AA - Alexis Patterson, Northwest Christian (Phoenix), 6-0 Junior
Patterson led Northwest to a 31-12 record with 436 kills, 109 aces (94 percent on 500 serves), 35 blocks, 343 digs and 393 assists.



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Third team All-Americans

MB - Ann Clappier, Century (Pocatello, Idaho), 6-1 Senior 
In helping Century go 41-3 and win the Class 4 Idaho state title, Clappier totaled 479 kills and 201 blocks. She will attend Southern Utah University.

MB - Omtola Itiola, Carrollton Christian Academy (Texas), 6-2 Senior
Itiola compiled impressive stats in 22 matches. She had 43 aces in 175 serves, 226 kills, 151 blocks, 129 digs and in 118 serve receptions had only nine service errors. She will play at Baylor.

MB - Malaya Johnson, North Surry (Mt. Airy, N.C.), 6-2 Junior
Johnson blocked 197 attempts (191 solo) and recorded 312 kills, 42 aces (378 service points) to lead the 33-2 Greyhounds to the North Carolina 2A state title.

OH/MB - Katelyn Atkinson, Goodpasture Christian (Madison, Tenn.), 5-11 Senior
Atkinson led Goodpasture to the 2A state title and a 27-3 record. She had 429 kills, 358 digs, 71 aces and 25 blocks. For her career, she had 1,373 kills, 894 digs, 189 aces and 311 blocks. Atkinson has signed with Trevacca Nazarene University.

OH/MB - Annie Shurtz, Campolindo (Moraga, Calif.), 6-1 Senior
Shurtz totaled 345 kills, 47 blocks, 47 aces and 97 digs in leading the Cougars to a runner-up finish in California's D-III state finals.



OH - Jayden Peques, Muncie Central (Ind.), 5-9 Senior
Peques recorded 561 kills, 321 digs and 51 blocks in a 24-10 season. She will play at IPFW.

OH - Marissa Collier, Bishop Chatard (Indianapolis), 5-11 Senior
Collier blasted 302 kills, 308 digs, 35 aces, 71 blocks and 486 serve receptions in leading the Trojans to a 32-7 record and an Indiana 3A title.

OH - Jordan Abalos, Safford (Ariz.), 5-10 Junior
Abalos led Safford (23-7-1) to the state D-3 final match. A three-sport All-American (volleyball, basketball and track), Abalos has committed to New Mexico State where she will play volleyball and compete in the high jump.

MH - Lana Brown, Shasta (Redding, Calif.), 6-0 Junior
In leading Shasta to the Northern Section title, Brown amassed a state-leading 298 blocks and had 377 kills as the Wolves finished 23-16.

MH/RS - Jessica Holler, Blessed Trinity (Roswell, Ga.), 6-2 senior
Holler led Blessed Trinity to a 54-2 record and the Georgia 3A title. She totaled 414 kills, 236 digs, 110 blocks and 46 aces. Holler will attend Emory University.

S - Tucker Smith, Wylie (Abilene, Texas), 5-10 Senior
Smith was the playmaker who led the team to the state 3A title and a 43-5 won-loss record. She was the State Tournament MVP and recorded 49 assists in the finals match. On the season, she totaled 1,045 assists, 318 digs, 97 kills and 48 aces.



S - Kiley Lingenfelter, Wapahani (Selma, Ind.), 5-5 Sophomore
Lingenfelter totaled 1,137 assists, 458 serves (58 aces), 100 digs and 24 blocks to lead Wapahani (33-4) to the state 2A championship.

DS - Hannah Strat, Notre Dame Prep (Pontiac, Mich.), 5-4 Junior
Stratt garnered 777 digs, 69 aces, and had only 23 errors in 551 serves (69 aces). The Fighting Irish were 52-10 on the season.

AA - Courtney Chacon, Valley (Gilcrest, Colo.), 5-6 Senior
Chacon recorded 314 kills, 341 digs, 40 aces, 250 assists and 176 serve receptions for Valley's 29-0 3A state champion.

AA - Abby Cash, Miami East (Casstown, Ohio), 6-0 Senior
In leading Miami East to the 3A state title, Cash collected 190 kills, 144 digs, 491 assists and 92 aces. She will attend Chicago State.