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