VolleyballMag.com HS midseason “ION” watch list: Michigan through Wyoming
Best of the Best
John Tawa
October 5, 2022
Editor’s note: This is part 2 of John Tawa’s list of the top performers throughout the country as we hit the midseason point of the high school volleyball season. Today, Michigan through Wyoming. Wednesday we had Alabama through Massachusetts.
MICHIGAN Laurece Abraham, 6-1 Sr. MB, Detroit Country Day Campbell Flynn, 6-3 Soph. S, Mercy Nina Horning, 6-5 Sr. OH, Lake Orion Kennedy Louisell, 6-0 Sr. OH, Forest Hills Northern Erin Madigan, 6-2 Sr. S, Dakota Harper Murray, 6-2 Sr. OH, Skyline Abigail Reck, 6-2 Sr. MB, Northville Ava Sarafa, 6-0 Sr. S, Marian Ella Schomer, 6-0 Sr., RS, Marian Izzy Swiercz, 6-1 Jr. OH, Hudsonville Sarah Vellucci, 5-11 Sr. OH, Novi
MINNESOTA Samantha Ball, 5-10 Sr. OH, NOVA Classical Cameron Berger, 5-11 Sr. S, Eden Prairie Ava Blascziek, 5-10 Sr. S, Lakeville North Alexa Dietz, 5-11 Jr. MB, East Ridge Carly Gilk, 6-2 Soph. RS, Champlin Park Sydney Jaynes, 6-0 Sr. OH, Northfield Leah Jones, 6-2 Sr. OH, Marshall Sydney Schnichels, 6-4 Sr. OH, Willmar Kate Simington, 6-4 Sr. MB, Minnetonka Stella Swenson, 6-1 Jr. S, Wayzata Kate Thibault, 5-4 Sr. libero, Watertown-Mayer
Allie Hazelwood
MISSISSIPPI Allie Hazelwood, 6-0 Sr. S, Madison Central Laken Laurendine, 6-2 Sr. OH, Jackson Academy Kaylee Lowther, 5-4 Jr. libero, Jackson Academy Sunni Sheppard, 5-4 Sr. OH, Brandon Torrey Tkach, 6-3 Sr. MB, Oxford
MISSOURI Abby Christian, 5-9 Sr. libero, Liberty North Carlie Cisneros, 6-1 Jr. OH, Liberty North MaKya Clayton, 5-6 Sr. libero, Lee’s Summit Olivia Hasbrook, 5-9 Sr. libero, Eureka Holly Heldt, 5-10 Sr. OH, Hermann Shaye Koski, 5-11 Sr. OH, Park Hill Claire Morissey, 6-0 Jr. OH, St. Joseph’s Academy Abigail Mullen, 6-2 Soph. RS, Liberty Ashley Mullen, 5-10 Sr. S, Liberty Ella Swindle, 6-3 Sr. S, Rock Bridge Maya Witherspoon, 5-11 Soph. OH, Lafayette
MONTANA Kourtney Grossman, 6-0 Jr. OH, Billings West Rylee Kogolshak, 5-9 Sr. S, Billings Senior Leela Ormsby, 6-3 Soph. MB, Billings Senior Sydney Pierce, 6-4 Jr. MB, Billings West Avarey Stuff, 5-6 Sr. libero, Great Falls CMR Lexi Thornton, 5-10 Sr. MB, Great Falls CMR
Alanna Bankston of Millard West
NEBRASKA Stella Adeyemi, 5-10 Sr. OH, Papillion-La Vista South Alanna Bankston, 6-1 Sr. OH, Millard West Grace Heaney, 6-2 Sr. OH, Elkhorn North Karli Heidemann, 6-1 Sr. OH, Diller-Odell Samantha Laird, 6-0 Sr. OH, Omaha Westside Malayah Long, 6-0 Jr. S, Lincoln Southwest Olivia Mauch, 5-6 Jr. libero, Bennington Lauren Medeck, 6-0 Jr. OH, Papillion – La Vista South Destiny Ndam-Simpson, 6-1 Sr. OH, Omaha Westside Mia Tvrdy, 6-0 Jr. MB, Papillion – La Vista
NEW HAMPSHIRE Lindsey Healey, 5-11 Jr. OH, Bedford Sophia Jordan, 5-6 Sr. S, Hollis-Brookline Lana McCarthy, 6-4 Jr. MB, Bedford Alyssa Stanton, 5-7 Sr. OH, Nashua North Tory Vitko, 5-11 Sr. S, Dover
NEW JERSEY JoAnna Andrews, 5-4 Sr. S, Williamstown Ashanna Caviness, 5-11 Sr. OH, Bogota Taylor Miller, 6-2 Jr .OH, Demarest Cammi Quirk, 5-9 Sr. S, Ridgewood Brookelyn Talmadge, 6-0 Sr. MB, Immaculate Heart Academy Dajah Williams, 6-0 Jr. OH, Williamstown
NEW MEXICO Bella Castro, 5-5 Sr. libero, Centennial Tess Fuqua, 6-0 Sr. OH, Centennial Alexis Massey, 6-0 Sr. S, Las Cruces Ella Sanders, 5-10 Sr. OH, La Cueva Karyna Werley, 5-9 Soph. S, La Cueva
NEW YORK Nicole Bell, 5-11 Sr. OH, Penfield Meghan Clifford, 6-3 Jr. MB, Fairport Reagan Ennist, 6-2 Soph. OH, Shenendehowa Morgan Reese, 6-2 Jr. OH, Sayville Ariana Rodriguez, 5-11 Sr. S/RS, Poly Prep Julia Stoliker, 5-11 Sr. Oh, Millbrook Carson Tyler, 5-10 Jr. OH, St. Mary’s of Lancaster
NORTH CAROLINA Emily Bobbitt, 5-11 Jr. OH/S, Corinth Holders Laney Choboy, 5-4 Sr. OH/libero, Leesville Road Julia DePinto, 5-10 Jr. S, Chapel Hill Kiarrah Horne, 5-11 Jr. OH, Millbrook Ryan Hunter, 6-2 Soph. RS, Mallard Creek Laynie Smith, 6-4 Jr. OH/RS, Chapel Hill Maddie Smith, 6-1 Jr. OH, University Christian Asia Thigpen, 5-11 Jr. OH, Green Level
NORTH DAKOTA Raina Chwialkowski, 5-8 Fr. Libero, West Fargo Emma Dalby, 5-11 Sr. MB, Fargo South Payton Foster, 5-8 Sr. S, Bismarck Logan Nissley, 6-0 Sr. OH, Bismarck Century Kalee Waasdorp, 5-9 Sr. OH, West Fargo Sheyenne
OKLAHOMA Landry Braziel, 6-0 Jr. OH, Community Christian Carley Butler, 6-1 Jr. MB, Owasso Ally Fees, 6-0 Jr. OH, Mount St. Mary Emma Henry, 5-8 Sr. S, Norman Curry Kendall, 6-1 Jr. OH, Bishop Kelley Katie Kolar, 5-9 Sr. S, Norman North Brynn Roberts, 5-10 Sr. S, Jenks Olivia Vance, 5-10 Sr. OH, Broken Arrow Kat Rowe, 5-7 Soph. S/OH, Edmond Memorial
OREGON Sophia Gregoire-Salagean, 6-2 Sr. OH, Newberg Alexis Haury, 5-10 Jr. S, Silverton Chloe LeLuge, 6-3 Jr. OH, Bend Olivia Maulding, 6-2 Â Sr. MB, Â La Salle Prep Isabel Patterson, 5-11 Sr. OH, Jesuit Makenna Wiepert, 5-11 Sr. OH/S, Wilsonville
PENNSYLVANIA Bailey Corrigan, 6-0 Soph. Oh, Liberty Ella Deeter, 5-10 Sr. S/OH, North Allegheny Kaili Doctor, 5-11 Sr. OH, Pine-Richland Reese Hazelton, 6-2Â Jr. OH, Philipsburg-Osceola Elena Pursell, 6-1 Sr. MB, Parkland Mia Tuman, 6-0 Sr. S/OH/RS, North Allegheny
RHODE ISLAND Somadina Amaechina, 6-0 Sr. OH, La Salle Ava Brock, 5-8 Sr. OH, South Kingstown Anna Draper, 5-9 Jr. RS North Kingstown Melis Kocak, 5-11 Sr. OH, East Greenwich Ella Maack, 6-1 Jr. S North Kingstown Natalia McNeal, 5-8 Sr. S/OH, South Kingstown Taylor Stevenin, 5-2 Sr. libero, Coventry
Maggie Elliott of Beckham
SOUTH CAROLINA Lauren Dow, 6-1 Jr. S, Pickens Sierra Dudley, 6-1 Sr. S, Dorman
Sierra Dudley
Maggie Elliott, 6-1 Jr. OH, Beckham Kennedy Martin, 6-7 Sr. OH, Nation Ford Emily Normand, 5-10 Sr. OH, St. Joseph’s Catholic Carly O’Brien, 5-10 Jr. OH, Dorman Ava Reeves, 5-9 Sr. OH, River Bluff Jurnee Robinson, 6-0 Sr. OH, Mauldin Lexi Rogers, 5-10 Sr. OH, Byrnes Emma Sanders, 6-1 Sr. RS, Wando Julia Waugh, 6-1 Sr. OH, Clover
SOUTH DAKOTA Brogan Beck, 6-4 Sr. MB, O’Gorman Olivia Kieffer, 5-10 Sr. OH, Rapid City Christian Logan Miller, 5-7 Sr. S, Dakota Valley Bergen Reilly, 6-1 Sr. OH, O’Gorman Joslyn Richardson, 5-10 Sr. OH, Sioux Falls Washington Lizzie Tyler, 5-6 Sr. OH, Mitchell
VERMONT Finnley Jacobson, 6-0 Sr. MB, Rice Memorial Izzy Nerad, 6-1 Jr. OH, Essex Gabby Sneddon, 5-9 Jr. OH, Rice Memorial Anouk Von Bernewitz, 5-6 Sr. S, Rice Memorial Grace Wells, 5-7 Sr. OH, Champlain Valley Union
VIRGINIA Sydney Bryant, 5-11 Sr. OH, Flint Hill Ryla Jones, 6-4 Jr. MB, Flint Hill Alexis Keeter, 5-10 Jr. OH, Grafton Brielle Kemavor, 6-5 Sr. MB, Charles J. Colgan Natalie Nguyen, 5-5 Jr. S, Flint Hill
WASHINGTON Elizabeth Andrew, 6-5 Soph. MB, Ridgefield Hailey Brockway, 5-11 Sr. OH, Graham-Kapowsin Danielle Brown, 6-3 Jr. MB, Puyallup Isabella Christensen, 6-1 Sr. OH, Lake Stevens Emily Dean, 5-8 Sr. S, Lakeside School Kyleene Filimaua, 6-1 Sr. OH, North Creek Abby Harrell, 5-10 Sr. OH, Ellensburg
WEST VIRGINIA Emily Dennison, 6-0 Sr. MB, Philip Barbour. Hannah Howard, 5-8 Sr. OH, Musselman Ada McCoy, 5-11 Soph. OH, Musselman Sydney Shamblin, 5-11 Sr. OH, Herbert Hoover Ashlyn Six, 5-8 Jr. OH, Oak Glen Meg Williams, 5-11 Sr. MB, Shady Springs
Saige Damrow of Howard’s Grove
WISCONSIN Zoe Behrendt, 5-11 Sr. S, Whitefish Bay Anna Bjork, 6-3 Sr. MB, Oconomowoc Saige Damrow, 5-9 Sr. OH, Howards Grove Ella Demetrician, 6-2 Jr. OH, Appleton North Kyla Dunaway, 6-4 Sr. RS, Kimberly Grace Grocholski, 5-8 Sr. OH, Kettle Moraine Madison Quest, 6-3 Soph. OH, Divine Savior Holy Angels Lilly Wagner, 6-0 Jr. S, Oconomowoc Lily Wagner, 5-11 Sr. OH, Germantown Sylvie Zgonc, 6-0 Sr. OH, Sussex Hamilton
WYOMING Peyton Carruth, 5-9 Sr. OH, Kelly Walsh Megan Hagar, 5-10 sr. OH, Natrona County Abby Milby, 5-10 Sr. OH, Kelly Walsh Joelie Spelts, 6-2 Sr. OH, Thunder Basin Maddy Stucky, 5-11 Jr. S/RS, Laramie
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