AVCA Announces All-America Team

MaxPreps.com Staff Report

LEXINGTON, Ky. – The American Volleyball Coaches Association announced its High school Senior All-America Team Friday.

For the second-straight year, the state of Texas led the way with five players honored. Four athletes from Ohio were selected, while North Carolina produced three AVCA High School All-Americans.

For more information on the AVCA High School Senior All-America Team, including breakdown of states by region, go to www.avca.org and click on the High School All-America link.  Only players in their high school senior season whose high school head coaches are AVCA members were eligible for nomination.

The AVCA High School Senior All-America Committee consists of: Region 1 – Rob Slavin, Sacred Heart High School (Mass.); Region 2 – Tony Crisafulli, North Star High School (Pa.); Region 3 – Joy Becker, Leon High School (Fla.); Region 4 – Al Bennett, Westlake High School (Texas); Region 5 – Carol Russo, Ohio High School Volleyball Coaches Association; Region 6 – Ken Corum, Oak Park High School (Mo.); Region 7 – Gwen Egbert, Papillion-LaVista South High School (Neb.); Region 8 – Brian Doyon, Battle Mountain High School (Colo.); Region 9 – Amy Fisher, Faith Lutheran High School (Nev.); Region 10 – Jeff Carroll, Billings Sr. High School (Mont.).

2007-08 AVCA HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR ALL-AMERICA TEAM

Name, School (City, State), Pos., College

Rachael Adams, Mt. Notre Dame (Reading, Ohio), MB, Texas

Brianne Barker, Amarillo (Texas), S, Oklahoma

Jillian Bates, Billings (Mont.), MB, Eastern Michigan

Kelsey Black, Amarillo (Texas), OH, Texas A&M

Katie Camp, Cardinal Gibbons (Raleigh, N.C.), MB, UCLA

Molly Coldren, Notre Dame (West Bloomfield, Mich.), OH, Central Michigan (softball)

Melanie Delimont, Andover (Kan.), MB, Kansas State

Sloane Donhoff, Assumption (Louisville, Ky.), OH, Michigan

Lainey Gera, Archbishop Mitty (San Jose, Calif.), DS/LIB,

Amanda Gil, Archbishop Mitty (San Jose, Calif.), MB, UCLA

Missy Harpenau, Mother of Mercy (Cincinnati, Ohio), OH, Cincinnati

Jordan Haverly, Rockford Keith (Rockford, Ill.), MB, Nebraska

Cat Highmark, Chaparral (Scottsdale, Ariz.), S/H, Long Beach State

Kaitlynn James, Assumption (Louisville, Ky.), OH, Nebraska

Kayla Jeter, Solon (Ohio), OH, Tennessee

Katie Kabbes, Cardinal Gibbons (Raleigh, N.C.), OH, Penn State

Camyrn Kleinert, Westlake (Austin, Texas), OH

Rachel Krabacher, McAuley (Cincinnati, Ohio), MB, Dayton

Mollie Lacy, Pius X (Lincoln, Neb.), MB, Washburn

Alyssa Lang, Deep Run (Glen Allen, Va.), OH, Maryland-Baltimore County

Andrea Nolan, Immaculate Heart (Washington Township, N.J.), OH

Jenny O’Brien, Charlotte Latin (Charlotte, N.C.), OH

Nneka Ogwumike, Cypress-Fairbanks (Cypress, Texas), MB, Stanford (basketball)

Brittany Quick, Hanford (Richland, Wash.), MB, Montana

Kasey Sauls, Shawnee Mission East (Prairie Village, Kan.), S, Appalachian State

Amanda Schmidt, North Star (Boswell, Pa.), MB

Christa Scholtz, Westlake (Austin, Texas), DS/LIB

Betsy Smith, Wesleyan (Norcross, Ga.), MB, Florida

Ally Taylor, Darien (Darien, Conn.), MB, Lafayette

Lauren VanOrden, Grandview (Aurora, Colo.), S/H, San Diego State

Ashley Welborn, Billings (Billings, Mont.), OH, Montana State-Billings

Courtney Zuber, Leon (Tallahassee, Fla.), DS/LIB