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Player of the Year - Nicole Peterson, Jesuit (Portland, Ore.)

Peterson was Oregon's 6A Player of the Year last season as an outside hitter, then moved to setter this season. She didn't just adapt - she thrived.

The National Player of the Year led her team to a No. 2 national finish (37-0) and tallied 956 assists (11.1 per set), 142 digs, 120 service aces, 95 kills and 22 blocks.

To learn more about what makes Peterson the MaxPreps National Volleyball Player of the Year, click here for a feature on her.

Team of the Year - Cathedral (Indianapolis)

The Fighting Irish won MaxPreps' mythical national championship with a 36-0 record and the Indiana 4A state title. The Nation's No. 1 team featured six seniors, seven juniors and three sophomores. Six of the players are 6-foot or taller.

All six seniors -- Kendall White (who has signed with Penn State), Anna Jensen (Ball State), Jasmine Smith (Butler), Meaghan Koors (Indiana), Audrey Adams (Xavier) and Megan Sloan (Louisville) -- are committed to Division 1 programs.

Three juniors – Nia Parker-Robinson (Wake Forest), Payton White (Auburn) and Maria Schorr (Dayton) – are committed to D-1 colleges as well.

Kendall White, Schoor, Sloan and Robinson were named first team all-state players in 4A. Ten players played in 55 or more matches and no one player played in all 105 sets (Kendall White led with 101 sets). Six players had more than 100 kills (led by Parker-Robinson's 340). The team kill percentage was 47.4 percent and the Fighting Irish blocked 252 shots (led by Jensen's 68).
Coach of the Year - Jean Kesterson, Cathedral

Kesterson has won her share of Coach of the Year honors, as her teams have captured 11 state titles over the years. However, she readily admits this is her "best ever" team. It is also her first unbeaten team.

Kesterson admitted that it was very early in the season when she realized just how special this season could be.

"When we beat Assumption (a perennial power from Kentucky), I knew we had the talent. It was only our second match of the season, but you could see the potential," said Kesterson. "This is such a physically strong team."

Kesterson knows talent. She has never had a losing season and has had only three seasons with double-digit losses while compiling a 794-173 record. Sixteen times her teams have won 30 or more matches in a season.
First team

S - Nicole Peterson, Jesuit (Portland, Ore.), 6-1 Sr.
MaxPreps' 2015 National Player of the Year, Peterson has been named the state's POY as a junior and senior and led Jesuit to a 69-0 record over two seasons. She led the Crusaders to a 32-0 record and the Class 6A state championship this past season as a setter with 956 assists, 142 digs, 120 service aces, 95 kills and 22 blocks while posting a .552 kill percentage and a .453 hitting percentage. In 2014, she played outside hitter and Jesuit was 37-0. She has signed with the University of San Francisco.

S - Norene Iosia, Redondo Union (Redondo Beach, Calif.), 6-0 Sr.
Iosia led the Sea Hawks to their second-straight California Division I title. Her coach says there is "no better player" than Iosia, who will play at Hawaii. A finalist for MaxPreps POY, she finished Redondo's 38-4 season averaging 9.4 assists, 3.2 digs, 1.0 blocks, 1.4 aces and hit 70.7 percent on kills.

S - Kristin Krause, Parkland (Allentown, Pa.), 5-9 Sr.
Krause led Parkland to back-to-back state titles, including a 36-2 record in 2015 when she recorded 1,225 assists, 186 digs, 76 service aces and 64 kills. Krause, who has signed with Penn State, was named the Gatorade State Player of the Year.

MH - Audriana Fitzmorris, St. James Academy (Lenexa, Kan.), 6-5 Sr.
Playing one of the nation's toughest prep schedules, Fitzmorris had a stellar senior season and helped St. James Academy win the Kansas 5A state title (its third in four seasons). She recorded 605 kills and added 249 digs to lead the Thunder (46-1) to a No. 4 national ranking. Fitzmorris, who is one of four All-Americans signed with Stanford, was Kansas 5A co-Player of the Year with her teammate Jenna Gray. A finalist for MaxPreps POY, she was also named USA Today's National POY.

MH - Madison Smeathers, Center Grove (Greenwood, Ind.), 6-4 Sr.
Smeathers led her team in kills (539) and blocks (140) this past season as the Trojans went deep in the Class 4A playoffs. Named Player of the Year for the Daily Journal's All-County Team, Smeathers has signed with Ohio State.

MB – Ronika Stone, Valley Christian (San Jose, Calif.), 6-3 Sr.
Stone, who has signed with Oregon, led Valley Christian to the California Division III state title by once again putting up big numbers (498 kills for a 5.6 per set average, 25 aces, 46 blocks and 331 digs (3.8 average). Stone, who is a finalist for MaxPreps National Medium Schools Player of the Year, is the daughter of former NFL player Ron Stone.

OH - Morgyn Greer, Dripping Springs (Texas), 6-2 Sr.
Green led the Tigers (51-3) to the Class 5A state championship as she recorded 629 kills, 358 digs and 45 service aces. She is a three-time all-state selection and was chosen Class 5A-6A Athlete of the Year by the Texas Girls Coaches Association. Greer has signed with Florida.

OH - Khalia Lanier, Xavier College Prep (Phoenix), 6-2 Sr.
Lanier, the daughter of NBA Hall of Famer Bob Lanier, recorded 496 kills, 324 digs and 28 service aces in leading the Gators (34-8) to the D-1 state final this past season. Lanier was a member of the U.S. Girls Youth National Volleyball Team and the USC signee was the Gatorade's National Volleyball Player of the Year.

OH - Payton Caffrey, Winter Springs (Fla.), 6-0 Sr.
Caffrey, who collected 576 kills, 216 digs, 47 blocks and 29 aces this season, led the 30-2 Bears to the 8A state title and was named Florida's Miss Volleyball. The West Virginia signee had 1,951 career kills.

OH - Gia Milana, Romeo (Mich.), 6-2 Sr.
Committed to Maryland, Milana was named Miss Volleyball in Michigan and led Romeo (43-5-1) to the state final. She recorded 773 kills, 318 digs and 105 service aces while posting a kill percentage of .657. Milana, a three-time first team all-state honoree, was named Michigan's Gatorade State Player of the Year.

OH - Jac'cara Walker, P.K. Yonge (Gainesville, Fla.), 5-10 Sr.
Walker, who has committed to Marshall, led P.K. Yonge to back-to-back state titles. As a senior, she registered 399 kills, 328 digs, 25 blocks, 165 service points and 21 aces and Yonge finished No. 6 in the Xcellent 25. Walker has also been named the State 3A Player of the Year by Florida Dairy Farmers and the Gatorade State Player of the Year.

OH - Molly Haggerty, St. Francis (Wheaton, Ill.), 6-2 Sr.
Haggerty led the Spartans to a 39-3 record and the Class 4A state title and recorded 467 kills with 200 digs and 21 service aces while posting a .587 kill percentage. The state's returning Gatorade State Player of the Year has signed with Wisconsin.

L - Kendall White, Cathedral (Indianapolis), 5-8 Sr.
The inspiration for Cathedral's greatest season and No. 1 national ranking, White led the Fighting Irish to a 36-0 record and the Class 4A title, as she totaled 366 digs, 72 assists, 27 service aces and 24 kills. A two-time 4A first team all-state honoree as named by the Indiana Coaches of Girls Sports Association, she concluded her prep career with a school-record 1,546 digs and was named the Gatorade State Player of the Year. She has signed with Penn State.

A-A - Jenna Gray, St. James Academy (Lenexa, Kan.), 5-11 Sr.
The versatile Gray led the Thunder to a 46-1 record and the Class 5A state title this past season. Gray, who has signed with Stanford, dished out 778 assists, drilled 289 kills (.619 percentage) and recorded 267 digs. A four-time first team all-state selection, Gray was the Kansas Volleyball Association's 2015 Class 5A co-Player of the Year with teammate Audriana Fitzmorris.

A-A - Kathryn Plummer, Aliso Niguel (Aliso Viejo, Calif.), 6-6 Sr.
Another Stanford signee, Plummer had 368 kills while recording a .591 kill percentage and .427 hitting percentage this past season, leading the Wolverines (23-7) to the D-1 Southern Section quarterfinals. Plummer totaled 368 assists, 226 digs, 60 blocks and 33 service aces in 30 matches. A member of the U.S. Girls Youth National Team and USA Volleyball's Beach U19 National Team, she is the only player in history to earn medals in both indoor and beach volleyball at the FIVB World Championships.

A-A - Morgan Hentz, Notre Dame Academy (Park Hills, Ky.), 5-7 Sr.
A member of the U.S. Girls Youth National Team, Hentz is an all-around standout and has committed to Stanford. As a senior, she recorded 465 kills, 476 digs and 41 blocks this past season, leading the Pandas (33-6) to the state semifinals. Hentz was named Miss Kentucky Volleyball by the Kentucky Volleyball Coaches Association and the Gatorade State Player of the Year.

A-A - Sydney Hilley, Champlin Park (Champlin, Minn.), 6-0 Jr.
Hilley is the only junior named to the first team. In 2015, she led the Rebels (30-5) to the 3A state semifinals and recorded 517 kills, 463 assists and 290 digs. A three-time first team all-state selection, Hilley was a member of the U.S. Girls Youth National Volleyball Team, leading the team to the 2015 FIVB U18 World Championship final in Peru last summer. She has committed to Wisconsin.

Second Team

MH - Orie Agbaji, Oak Park (Kansas City, Mo.), 6-4 Sr.
The first team all-state player averaged 5.6 kills (52.2 percent), served 93 percent (27 aces), blocked 80 shots (1.2 average) and had 250 digs (3.8 average). Agbaji, who has committed to Texas, was a member of the 2015 U.S. Women's Junior National Team.

MB - Regan Pittman, Aquinas (Overland Park, Kan.), 6-5 Sr.
Pittman averaged 1.7 blocks per set, as well as five kills (58.1 percent), and served 90 percent. Committed to Minnesota, Pittman was a member of the 2015 U.S. Junior National Team.

MB - Jamie Peterson, West Liberty-Salem (West Liberty, Ohio), 6-4 Sr.
Peterson averaged 6.6 kills and 1.3 blocks per set for West Liberty-Salem. She was named to the All-Ohio first team and District 9 first team while also earning Player of the Year honors in both District 9 and the Ohio Heritage Conference as she led her team to an OHC championship. She has signed with Dayton University.

OH - Victoria Iacobelli, Novi (Mich.), 5-10 Sr.
Runner-up to Michigan's Miss Volleyball (Gia Milana), Iacobelli led Novi to the state 4A title (over Milana's Romeo team). She recorded a total of 531 kills in 2015 while hitting .401 on her attacks. She also had 487 digs and 81 aces.

OH - Hannah Rose Frohling, Edmond North (Okla.), 5-10 Sr.
Frohling led Edmond North to the state large school title and a 32-1 record. A four-time first team all-state selection, Frohling recorded 408 digs, 330 kills and 104 service aces while posting a kill percentage of .438. The Pepperdine signee was the Oklahoma City POY, as well as being named Gatorade State Player of the Year.

OH - Emily Tanski, Gabriel Richard (Ann Arbor, Mich.), 5-10 Sr.
The team captain of MaxPreps' No. 3 team led Gabriel Richard to a 3A state title and 42-0 record. She averaged 5.2 kills per set (552 total) and added 48 aces, 59 blocks, 393 digs (3.7 average) and had 310 serve receptions. The future New Hampshire University athlete was first team Class B all-state.

OH - Nia Parker-Robinson, Cathedral (Indianapolis), 6-2 Jr.
Robinson was an offensive power for Cathedral and averaged five kills per set in the state tournament. She led the nation's No. 1 team with 340 kills (3.7 average), a 50.3 kill percentage and had 50 blocks. An all-state, all-city and Indiana All-Junior selection, Robinson has verbally committed to Wake Forest.

OH - Keegan Nelms, Santa Fe (Texas), 5-11 Sr.
Nelms was named District 23-5A MVP, all-state and Galveston co-Player of the Year after recording 866 kills (7.1 average), 367 digs, 117 aces and 50 blocks. She has committed to McNeese State.

OH - Shannon Webb, Cherokee Trail (Aurora, Colo.), 6-1 Sr.
The state Player of the Year led the Courgars to the 5A state title, finishing with 516 kills. Webb, who has signed with American University, also had 387 service receptions, 256 digs, 76 blocks and 34 service aces.

S - Jessie Prichard, Santiago (Corona, Calif.), 5-9 Sr.
Prichard is a two-time CIF Southern Section first-team honoree and has led the Sharks to the D-I championship match two of the last three seasons. As a senior, she recorded 941 assists (10.0 average), 63 aces (95.3 percent) and had 138 digs. She will attend Loyola Marymount.

S - Maddie Yoss, Divine Savior Holy Angels (Milwaukee), 5-9 Sr.
Yoss was among national leaders for assists with 1,444 (10.7 average) and led her team to the state large school title. She also served 91 percent and had 251 digs. Named the Greater Metro Player of the Year, Yoss will attend UW-Green Bay.

S - Mariah Pardo, Clear Creek (League City, Texas), 5-9 Sr.
Pardo, who has committed to Dartmouth, averaged career highs for assists (11.2 average, 1,512), blocks (65), aces (44) and kills (110) to lead Clear Creek to a 41-6 record. In four varsity seasons, she averaged 10.3 assists and totaled 4,994.

A-A - Meghan Donovan, Villa Duchesne (St. Louis), 6-3 Sr.
Donovan led the Saints (33-7-1) to the 3A state championship by recording 1,049 assists, 230 digs, 200 kills, 54 blocks and 48 service aces. A Georgia signee, she concluded her prep volleyball career with a state-record 3,468 assists as well as 949 digs and 605 kills. Donovan was Missouri's Gatorade Player of the Year.

A-A - Holly Carlton, Potomac Falls (Sterling, Va.), 6-5 Sr.
Carlton, who has signed with North Carolina, recorded 669 assists, 368 kills (.483 kill percentage), 326 digs, 81 service aces and 63 blocks this past season in leading the Panthers (21-9) to the 5A state final.

L - Celeste Fitzgerald, Walton (Marietta, Ga.), 5-7 Sr.
In leading Walton to its 10th state title, Fitzgerald averaged 7.8 digs and recorded 96 aces on 92.6 percent serving. She was named Georgia's 7A Player of the Year. Next stop: Georgia State.

L - Brittany Witt, Marian (Omaha, Neb.), 5-7 Sr.
Witt led Marian to a 41-3 season and the large school state title when she recorded 5.4 digs and 795 serve receptions. She also had 62 aces. She will attend Creighton.

L – Tiffany Clark, Benet Academy (Lisle, Ill.), 5-11 Sr.
Clark led Benet to the 4A state semifinals and a 37-3 record. The Naperville Sun Girls Volleyball Player of the Year, Clark had 179 kills and 390 digs. The Michigan commit was a member of the U.S. Girls Youth National Team.

Third Team

MB - Alicia Starr, Blue Springs (Mo.), 6-1 Sr.
The South Carolina signee was among the national leaders for kill average (6.6). The first team 4A all-state player also served 98 percent and averaged 3.1 digs and 3.9 serve receptions.

MB - Sarah Langs, Lovejoy (Lucas, Texas), 6-3 Sr.
Playing in her third state tournament, the TCU signee had 24 kills in two matches as Lovejoy finished as the Class 5A runner-up. Langs was an all-state honoree and the District 10-5A Blocker of the Year twice. She finished with 132 blocks (100 solo) and had 393 kills.

MH - Mariah Whalen, Newman (Wausau, Wis.), 6-1 Jr.
A three-time first team all-state selection, Whalen led Newman to a 40-1 season and the D-4 state title when she once again put up big numbers: 697 kills (6.2 per set, 58.1 kill percentage), recorded 88 aces, blocked 112 shots in 112 sets, had 310 digs (2.8 average) and returned 427 serves. She has committed to Wisconsin.

OH - Meredith Norris, Corunna (Mich.), 6-3 Jr.
Norris made headlines a year ago by recording 53 kills in a match. This year, she had a high of 56 to go along with a season total of 836 (6.4 per set average) as Corruna won 32 matches. Named the Player of the Year on the Lansing State Journal's Elite Team, she also had 74 aces (94 percent), blocked 56 shots and had a team-high 585 digs (4.5) and 696 serve receptions. She has committed to Michigan State.

OH - Sara Carr, Mountain Brook (Birmingham, Ala.), 5-11 Sr.
Alabama's returning Gatorade State Player of the Year, Carr led the Spartans to a 46-5 record and a second-straight Class 7A state championship when she recorded 656 kills while recording a .454 kill percentage. Carr is also the returning State Player of the Year as named by AL.com. The Emory signee amassed 581 digs, 116 service aces and 55 blocks.

OH - Jordan Yauch, Hebron (Carrollton, Texas), 6-0 Sr.
Yauch led Hebron to a Texas 6A title and 43-5 season with 4.5 kills per set (601 total), 92 percent serving (66 aces), and averages of 2.5 digs and 3.5 serve receptions. Yauch, who will play at the University of New Orleans next year, was named VYPE 6A Hitter of the Year, MVP of District 6-6A, MVP of the Class 6A state championship match and is SportsDay's All-Area Player of the Year.

OH - Willow Johnson, Notre Dame Prep (Scottsdale, Ariz.), 6-3 Sr.
The daughter of former MLB pitcher Randy Johnson, Willow Johnson led Notre Dame to a state D-2 title and recorded 593 kills (5.4 per set), 65 aces, 87 blocks, 415 serve receptions (3.9) and 228 (2.1) digs. The unanimous first team all-state selection has signed with Oregon.

OH - Quinn Spieker, Burlington (Wis.), 6-2 Sr.
Spieker, a three-time all-state selection, led Burlington to a 42-4 record and a 2015 state runner-up trophy when she recorded 470 kills, 49 blocks, 43 assists, 68 aces and 339 digs. She has signed with North Carolina State.

OH - Savvy Simo, Torrey Pines (San Diego), 5-10 Sr.
The future UCLA Bruin finished the season with 380 kills, 186 digs, 32 aces and 26 blocks as Torrey Pines finished the season 35-2. Simo, who will play both indoor and sand volleyball for the Bruins, was named the CIF San Diego Section Player of the Year.

S - Anna Zwiebel, Sacred Heart (Louisville, Ky.), 5-11 Sr.
Zwiebel, the 2015 Kentucky Volleyball Coaches Association Region 7 Player of the Year, has signed with LSU. The two-year captain had 1,095 assists (10.0 average) for the 33-7 Valkyries to go along with 265 (2.6) digs, 68 blocks and 29 service aces this past season.

S - Abigail Stomp, La Cueva (Albuquerque, N.M.), 5-9 Sr.
Heading to Northern Arizona, Stomp led the Bears to a 22-0 record and the Class 6A state championship. She totaled 727 assists, 198 digs, 154 blocks, 99 kills and 86 service aces while posting a kill percentage of .513. Stomp was the NMPreps.com Player of the Year and Gatorade State Player of the Year winner.

S - Hannah Jones, George Washington (Charleston, W. Va.), 5-7 Sr.
The quarterback of the state champion Patriots, Jones was second in the nation with 1,571 assists (a 10.3 average). In leading the Patriots to a 65-1-1 record, the unanimous all-state choice also had 236 digs and recorded 50 aces.

S - Cali Thompson, Coronado (Henderson, Nev.), 5-10 Sr.
Thompson guided Coronado to its third-straight D-1 state championship this past season, as she recorded 1,262 assists, 174 digs, 86 service aces and 76 kills. She is a three-time All-Southern Nevada selection and was named MVP of the Southeast League and the Sunrise Region. Nevada's Gatorade State Player of the Year will attend Portland.

L - Montana Watts, Boyd (McKinney, Texas), 5-7 Sr.
The SMU signee was named SportsDay's All-Area Defensive Player of the Year for the second year in a row, and Watts was also named all-state and the District 6-6A Defensive Player of the Year. She finished with 969 digs (8.9 per set).

A-A - Hunter Atherton, Dublin Coffman (Dublin, Ohio), 6-0 Sr.
Atherton, who will attend Nebraska, dished out 734 assists and racked up 171 digs and 146 kills, leading the Shamrocks (26-3) to the D-1 state final. A two-time first team all-state selection, she was Ohio's Gatorade Player of the Year.

A-A - Madison Lilley, Blue Valley West (Stilwell, Kan.), 5-11 Jr.
Lilley led her team to a state 6A title and 40-4 record. Lilley, who played on the USA 2015 Junior Women's Team, recorded 200 kills (2.2), 57 aces (93.7), 61 blocks, 213 digs (2.2) and 746 assists (8.2). She has committed to Kentucky.

AA - Raegan LeGrand, Papillion-LaVista South (Papillion, Neb.), 5-10 Sr.
LeGrand, named the POY on the State Elite Team, slammed 485 kills while recording a .426 kill percentage, leading the Titans (35-7) to the Class A state semifinals. Named Nebraska's Gatorade State Player of the Year, LeGrand amassed 700 service receptions, 443 digs, 69 assists, 63 blocks and 25 service aces. She has signed with Nebraska.