Third team
Alexa "Crash" Parker, Snow Canyon
Photo by Dave Argyle
Utah's Gatorade winner, Parker led the Warriors to a 28-4 record and the 3A state championship this past season. She recorded 466 kills, 315 digs, 40 blocks and 39 service aces. The two-time Region 9 MVP, Parker is also a three-time first team all-state honoree and the Spectrum & Daily News Most Valuable Player for the 2014 volleyball season.
OH - Alivia Fraase, Shanley (Fargo, N.D.), 6-0 SR Fraase led the Deacons to a 31-1 record and the 1A state title. The state's reigning Gatorade Volleyball Player of the Year, Fraase slammed 341 kills with 257 digs, 45 assists, 44 service aces and 40 blocks. She has signed with North Dakota.
OH - Carley Cappello, Hammond Bishop Noll (Ind.), 5-8 SR
Carrie Wentzel, Branson
Photo by Greg Jungferman
Cappello, a first team all-state pick and Times POY, rewrote the record books at Bishop Noll. With 650 kills (5.9) this season, she had 1,652 in three seasons. She also had more than 1,200 digs in her career with 408 (3.7) this season. More importantly, she guided Bishop Noll to back-to-back state title matches.
OH - Carrie Wentzel, Branson (Ross, Calif.), 6-0 JRWentzel enjoyed a breakout year — hitting .338 for a team-high 509 kills, good for over four per set and at least eight in 38 of 42 games as Branson won a D-V silver medal.
OH - Alex Ratzlaff, Hillsboro (Kan.), 5-10 JRRatzlaff averaged 6.8 kills (669), 1.5 aces (143), 4.8 digs (472) and had only 23 service errors in 572 receptions as the Trojans finished 39-5 and 3A state runners-up.
OH - Lauren Anderson, Deer Creek-Mackinaw (Mackinaw, Ill.), 5-10 SRThe Lipscomb recruit averaged an area-leading 5.2 kills and 4.6 digs and had 146 aces for the 36-3 2A state champions. She is a three-time Journal-Star POY.
OH - Kylie Scruggs, Goodpasture Christian (Madison, Tenn.), 5-11 SRScruggs averaged 4.2 kills, 5.2 digs and had 87 aces in leading Goodpasture Christian to its third-straight title.
MH - Jenna Huffman, McComb (Ohio), 6-2 JRHuffman, the District 8 Player of the Year, led the Panthers at the net with 491 kills and a .469 kill percentage. She also added 111 blocks with 200 digs and 61 aces. The Panthers won their first 29 matches before losing in the title match.
S - Mason Rooney, Westminster (Atlanta), 6-2 SRRooney led Westminster to three consecutive Georgia AA state championship matches and earned Georgia AA All-Area and All-State first-team honors three times. Registering 4.4 assists per set with 114 aces, 2.8 digs per set and 2.9 kills, Rooney was tabbed the Georgia AA Player of the Year as a junior and senior. She received Under Armour All-American third-team accolades in 2014.
S - Tara Atkins, Lindsay (Texas), 5-6 SRAtkins finished with 1,362 (9.9 average) assists this season, while totaling 204 digs to go with 14 solo blocks and 62 kills as the Knights finished 41-5.
S - Loryn Huffman, McComb (Ohio), 5-8 SOHuffman teamed with her All-American sister (Jenna) to lead the Panthers to the state final and a 29-1 record as she set the state record for assists in a season with 1,110. She has also added 1,107 serve receptions and 243 digs.
MB - Kirstie Hillyer, Bayfield (Colo.), 6-6 SRHillyer, who was named a 2014-15 Under Armour Honorable Mention All-American, hit 65.3 with 377 kills (4.5) and blocked 102 shots (1.2) as Bayfield reached the state semifinals. She earned four IML first-team selections (2011-14) and two all-state honors (2013-14). She has signed with Colorado State.
MB - Brooklyn Goodsel, Corry (Pa.), 6-2 SR
Leah Roberson, Swink
Photo by Matt Daniels
Goodsel, who was named the Erie Times POY, was all-state and Under Armour First-Team All-American. Goodsel led Corry to the state quarterfinals when she averaged 4.9 kills, 2.4 digs and committed just 27 service errors in 118 sets. She also had 80 blocks and 60 aces. She has signed with Ball State.
MB - Kassidy Lommori, Yerington (Nev.), 5-11 JRNamed Nevada 3A Player of the Year, Lommori led the team in kills with 502 (4.8), as well as blocks with 74 and digs with 275. The Lions won the state 3A title and finished the year 36-2.
MB - Leah Roberson, Swink (Colo.), 6-0 SRRoberson was the Lions' top hitter with 357 kills (4.8) as the team went 26-1. She also led Swink in blocks with 149 (2.0). Roberson had 257 digs (3.5) and recorded 53 aces.
A-A - Taryn White, Mt. Edgecumbe (Sitka, Alaska), 5-11 SRWhite, who averaged 6.2 kills (404), 1.9 digs and 3.5 assists per set, also received All-American honors from the AVCA. She led the Braves to the 3A state title and a 21-1 record.
A-A - Montana Swanson, Bishop England (Charleston, S.C.), 5-5 JRSwanson was named state 2A POY after leading Bishop England to its 15th-straight title and national record 25th overall.
