FIRST TEAM
NAME SCHOOL YR. HT. POS. COMMENT
Jessica Brezwyn Hinsdale South Sr. 5-9 OH North Carolina-Greensboro recruit had team-high 432 kills, plus 276 digs, 88 aces and 62 blocks for a 31-8 team
Lauren Carlini West Aurora Sr. 6-1 OH/S Wisconsin recruit is a repeat first-teamer who had 333 kills, 303 assists, 156 digs and 92 aces for 32-6 conference champions
Lauren Cloyd Centennial Sr. 6-2 MH Rutgers recruit second on Class 3A third-place team (school-record 37-5 record) with 233 kills and 123 blocks
Sophia Dodd St. Ignatius Sr. 5-11 S/OH Wake Forest recruit tallied 385 assists, 258 digs, 213 kills and 39 aces for 28-10 team; set school career assists record (1,836)
Sheila Doyle Lisle Benet Sr. 5-5 L North Carolina recruit had team-high 375 digs for 40-2 team that repeated as Class 4A state titlists
Abby Fesl Hersey Sr. 5-11 S North Florida recruit had 792 assists, 117 kills, 31 blocks and team-high 65 aces for 32-6 team. Set school’s career assists record (2,568)
Ali Frantti Richmond-Burton Jr. 6-1 OH Led 37-5 Class 3A runner-up team with 557 kills and 72 aces; also had 232 digs and 54 blocks
Taylor Fricano Palatine Sr. 6-3 OH Dayton recruit had 293 kills, 231 digs, 43 blocks and 41 aces for 27-12 conference championship team
India Green Quincy Sr. 5-10 S Culver-Stockton recruit a repeat selection who had 847 assists and 129 kills for a 34-2 team; set school career assists record (2,641)
Maddie Haggerty Wheaton St. Francis Jr. 6-2 OH Nebraska recruit led 37-5 Class 3A state champs with 300 kills; also had 163 digs, 23 blocks, 18 aces
Dakota Hampton Sandburg Sr. 6-1 OH South Florida recruit had 350 kills, 250 digs and 30 aces as team won seventh straight regional, fourth straight conference title
Courtney Joyce McAuley Jr. 5-9 S Led 36-5 Class 4A third-place team in assists (631), was second in aces (41); also had 258 digs, 103 kills and 29 blocks
Hannah Kaminsky Lisle Benet Sr. 5-11 S Set school season record with 1,041 assists (No. 11 all time in IHSA) and led 40-2 state champs with 34 service aces; also 143 digs
Jaelyn Keene Jacksonville Jr. 6-2 MH Led 30-10 Class 3A third-place team with 471 kills, 101 blocks and 48 aces, second with 242 digs; has 1,013 career kills
Sarah Parker Edwardsville Sr. 6-0 MH Southwest Minnesota State recruit had 270 kills (10th all time at school for a season) for a 32-8 team, also 89 blocks and 40 aces
Morgan Reardon Joliet Catholic Sr. 6-0 OH Loyola recruit had 413 kills for a 32-7 team and ranks fourth at school for career kills (1,002); also had 281 digs and 46 aces
Katie Roustio O’Fallon Sr. 6-1 OH Illinois recruit is a repeat selection who had school-record kills (508) and aces (88) for 31-7 team. Broke 16 school marks
Cindy Zhou Libertyville Sr. 6-0 S Michigan recruit led 34-8 fourth-place 4A team in assists (648), aces (40), third with 190 kills; school career assists leader (2,110)
SECOND TEAM
NAME SCHOOL YR. HT. POS. COMMENT
Alyssa Baznik Naperville Central Sr. 5-11 OH Evansville recruit is a four-year varsity starter who had 346 kills and 189 digs as a senior for a 28-9 team
Whitney Beck Edwards County Jr. 6-0 OH Butler recruit led 37-5 fourth-place Class 2A team with 378 kills, 285 digs and 42 aces; also had 62 blocks
Erienne Berry St. Charles East Sr. 6-0 S Western Michigan recruit had 788 assists, 189 digs, 41 aces (team high) and 35 blocks for a 25-13 team
McKenzie Dorris Massac County Sr. 6-2 MH/OH Southern Illinois recruit had school-record kills (394), blocks (108) for a 31-6 team; totaled school-record 980 career kills
Alyssa Ehrhardt Jacobs Sr. 5-10 OH Toledo recruit had school-record 457 kills, 226 digs, 144 aces (seventh on IHSA season charts) for 27-10 team; 1,342 career kills
Cassidy Foley Quincy Notre Dame Jr. 5-5 OH Had 424 digs, 332 kills and 42 aces fo a 28-8-1 team
Breanna Howe Mount Pulaski Sr. 5-6 S/OH Led 33-9 Class 1A runner-up team (school’s 12th state trophy) with 538 assists and 77 aces, third with 274 digs; also 95 kills
Kara Johnson Centennial Sr. 5-8 OH Illinois-Chicago recruit led 37-5 third-place 3A team with 81 aces (school-record 282 for career); had 224 kills, 215 digs
Rachel Jones Centennial Sr. 6-0 MH Bradley recruit led third-place 3A team with 276 kills and 128 blocks; part of school-record 137 wins in four-year career
Kendall Korte Morris Sr. 5-8 OH Lander University recruit had 329 digs (871 for career) and 203 kills (737 for career) for a 21-15 team
Marie Less Decatur St. Teresa Jr. 5-10 OH Had school-record 457 kills, breaking the mark (349) she set as a junior; had 464 digs, 51 blocks and 38 aces for a 32-7 team
Courtney Pence Springfield So. 5-8 OH Had team-high 362 kills for 25-9-1 team, was second with 348 digs; also had 57 blocks and 20 aces
McKenzie Ranson Orion Sr. 5-5 L Had school-record 512 digs as a junior, followed up with 473 digs and 31 aces as a senior for a 32-5-1 team
Caleigh Ryan Glenbard West Sr. 5-10 S Northwestern recruit amassed school-record 703 assists this season, led 37-3 team to first conference, regional title since 1985
Mallory Salis Marist Sr. 5-9 OH Ohio University recruit led 29-6 team in kills (311) and aces (77); also had 349 digs and 40 blocks
Brittani Steinberg New Trier Sr. 5-11 OH Led 39-2 Class 4A state runner-up team with 305 kills; second with 218 digs, also had 37 blocks, 29 aces
Jacqueline Twing Rock Island Sr. 5-9 S Fourth-year setter had 652 assists, 30 aces for 30-6 team that set school record for wins in season, breaking 28-10 mark set in 2011
Kristen Webb Libertyville Sr. 5-7 L Had more digs (773) than any player whose team reached state; had 52 assists and 41 kills for 34-8 fourth-place 4A team
SPECIAL MENTION 50
NAME SCHOOL YR. HT. POS.
Lauren Anderson Deer Creek-Mackinaw So. 5-9 S
Kelli Bates Bradley-Bourbonnais Jr. 5-10 OH
Krista Brakawskas Providence Sr. 5-9 S
Amie Bunting Edwards County Sr. 5-7 S
Cassidy Clark Orion Sr. 6-1 MH
Amber Clay Marian Catholic Jr. 5-10 OH
Sammy Condon Naperville Central Sr. 6-1 MH
Jill Conrad Stagg Sr. 5-11 S/OH
Olivia Cotton Genoa-Kingston Jr. 5-2 L
Elise Dahlke Mahomet-Seymour Sr. 5-11 OH
Danielle Davis Bloomington CC Sr. 5-8 OH
Melissa Deatsch Elmhurst York Sr. 5-11 OH
Ryann DeJarld McAuley So. 5-9 OH
Amanda Dolan Lincoln-Way Central Sr. 6-3 MH
Rebekah Ehresman El Paso-Gridley Jr. 5-7 OH
Camille Evans St. Ignatius Sr. 6-1 OH
Kristen Gengenbacher Quincy Notre Dame Jr. 5-9 S
Laura Gross Schlarman So. 5-11 S/MH
Molly Haggerty Wheaton St. Francis Fr. 6-0 OH/MH
Morgan Hickman Clinton Sr. 5-6 S
Ciara Hill Bolingbrook Sr. 5-10 MH
Mackenzi Humm Prairie Ridge Sr. 5-10 S/OH
Bailey Kampwerth Breese Mater Dei Sr. 5-10 OH
McKenna Kelsay St. Francis Sr. 5-7 S
Kristen Koncelik Batavia Sr. 6-1 MH
Molly Lawrence Bloomington Sr. 6-0 OH/MH
Sarah Livingston Morton Sr. 6-2 OH
Krista Loos Sterling Sr. 5-10 OH
Morgan Mammosser Rock Falls Sr. 5-8 OH/S
Kelly Marcinek Marist Sr. 5-10 OH
Cara Mattaliano Lisle Benet Sr. 6-1 OH
Meghan McDowell Hinsdale Central Sr. 6-4 S
Amber Meyer Tri-County Sr. 5-7 S
Emily Milligan Nazareth Sr. 5-6 L
Bailey Nichol Normal U-High Sr. 6-0 S
Hannah Nimrick Riverdale Sr. 5-8 S
Cassidy Norman Tri-Valley Sr. 5-6 S
Kelsey Reis Freeburg Sr. 6-3 MH
Taylor Schill Hersey Sr. 5-6 L
Danielle Schroeder Chicago Young Sr. 6-1 OH
Layne Self Lake Zurich Sr. 6-1 MH
Megan Tallman Wauconda Sr. 5-10 S/OH
Taylor Tashima New Trier Jr. 6-0 S
Sarah Thompson Dakota Jr. 5-11 OH
Madison Timmerman Breese Central Jr. 5-10 MH
Alison Webb Goreville Sr. 6-0 MH
Bryanna Weiskircher Rockford Boylan Jr. 6-1 S/OH
Maddie Werths Edwardsville Sr. 6-1 OH
Jaelyn Westfield Champaign Central Sr. 6-0 MH
Erika Wilson Metamora Sr. 5-7 L
HONORABLE MENTION 100
NAME SCHOOL YR. HT. POS.
Carly Adams Sherrard Sr. 5-7 S
Sarah Adler Joliet Catholic Sr. 5-4 L
Rachel Amundson Normal West Sr. 6-0 OH
Brooke Antenen Neuqua Valley Sr. 6-0 S/OH
T’ara Austin Joliet Central Sr. 5-9 MH
Kortnie Bailey Christopher Jr. 5-10 MH
Joyce Balash Lombard Montini Jr. 6-1 MH
Lizzy Barnard Tri-County Jr. 5-9 OH
Abby Barrow Metamora Jr. 5-11 OH
Jessica Bartczyszyn Cary Grove Sr. 5-10 S
Marian Barton Braidwood Reed-Custer Sr. 5-10 OH
Courtney Bemis DeKalb Jr. 6-2 OH
Paige Bendell Sandburg Sr. 6-0 S/OH
Tara Blake Marian Central Sr. 5-8 OH/S
Diamond Boyd Elk Grove Sr. 5-10 OH
Caitlin Brauneis Prairie Ridge Sr. 5-10 OH/S
Allison Brent Sacred Heart-Griffin So. 5-10 MH
Maria Brown Lincoln-Way Central Jr. 5-7 OH
Stephanie Budlong Wheaton South Sr. 5-8 OH
Katie Chatten Morris Sr. 5-8 S
Bianca Cifaldi Wheaton Academy Sr. 5-11 OH
Jaycee Cleaver Dakota So. 5-8 S
Morgan Corn Benton Sr. 5-9 OH
Kayla Currier Lincoln-Way East Jr. 6-0 MH
Paige Dacanay Prairie Ridge Sr. 5-2 L
Kelly Dalheim Geneva Sr. 5-5 L
Skyler Day Minooka Jr. 5-10 OH
Meg DeMaar Glenbard West Jr. 5-9 L
Hope Demel Elgin Sr. 6-0 S/OH
Erin Dodd Marion Sr. 5-3 OH
Brandi Donnelly Williamsville Jr. 5-8 OH
Reilly Dunne Bartonville Limestone Sr. 5-10 OH/MH
Jenna Erickson Sacred Heart-Griffin Sr. 5-6 S
Kate Federico Plainfield North Jr. 5-10 S
Ashley Gagen Belleville Althoff Sr. 5-9 S
Corinne Gajcak Naperville North Sr. 5-10 OH
Gabby Gallois Sparta Jr. 5-10 OH
Ratasha Garbes Sycamore Sr. 6-0 S
Shae Genenbacher Decatur St. Teresa Sr. 5-4 L
Jordan Giddings Rock Falls Sr. 6-1 MH
Alora Goodey Lincoln Jr. 6-0 MH
Emily Halliday Coal City Jr. 5-9 OH
Jordi Harre Nashville So. 5-6 S/OH
Kyle Hodyl Lombard Montini Sr. 5-10 S
Amber Hopf Manteno Sr. 5-11 MH
Abby Horn Herrin Sr. 6-1 MH
Brittany Huber Sycamore Sr. 5-10 OH
Hannah Juley Lyons LaGrange So. 5-11 S
Alyssa Keeve Lyons LaGrange Sr. 5-11 OH
Michelle Kelly Princeton Jr. 5-5 S
Stephanie Korbakes Shepard Sr. 5-10 S/OH
Alli Lampen Breese Mater Dei Sr. 5-10 OH
Mary Lawrence Bloomington Sr. 6-0 MH
Erika Leever Mount Pulaski Sr. 5-9 OH
Lauren Leverenz Crystal Lake Central Jr. 6-1 MH
Mikayla Leyden River Forest Trinity Sr. 5-9 OH
Megan Litoborski Lemont Sr. 5-10 S
Rebekah Maddox DuQuoin Sr. 6-1 MH
Delaney Mahoney Oregon So. 5-5 S
Alyssa Maloney Providence Sr. 6-0 MH
Mallory Mangun Joliet Catholic Sr. 5-7 S
Iman McGary Rockford Keith So. 5-11 OH
Cassidy Melliere Red Bud Sr. 5-5 L
Rachel Minarick Waubonsie Valley Jr. 6-2 S/OH
Allie O’Reilly Burlington Central Jr. 5-4 L
Brittany Pavich Lisle Benet Jr. 6-3 MH
Liza Pflugradt Stevenson Sr. 6-0 OH
Nicole Phil Seneca Sr. 6-1 OH
Jenna Radtke Stevenson Sr. 6-0 MH
Jenn Rahn Sterling Sr. 6-1 MH
Paige Rakers Carlyle Sr. 5-11 OH
Michelle Ravel Monmouth United Sr. 5-8 OH
Jessica Reber Byron Sr. 5-10 S
Brandy Reinhardt Red Bud Sr. 6-1 MH
Alex Rosignol Mount Carmel Jr. 5-11 MH
Emma Ross Olympia Sr. 5-8 OH
Olivia Rusek Niles West Jr. 5-11 OH
Libby Rutan Chillicothe IVC Sr. 5-7 OH
Stephanie Sanidas Tri-Valley Sr. 5-9 MH
Tara Saracco Lyons LaGrange So. 5-6 L
Montana Schafer Marion Jr. 6-0 MH
Alex Schroeder Edinburg Sr. 5-6 OH
Allison Smiley Johnston City Sr. 5-5 S
Taylor Smith Mattoon So. 5-10 OH
Brianna Stewart Elgin Larkin Jr. 5-10 OH
Jessica Suarez LaSalle-Peru Sr. 5-10 OH
Julia Thompson Barrington Sr. 6-0 OH
Jane Trzaska Glenbard South Sr. 5-9 OH
Taryn Vanearwage Rock Island So. 5-9 OH
Alexis Varga Rockford Boylan So. 6-0 OH
Hailey Vitacco Huntley Sr. 6-0 MH
Lexi Wallen St. Thomas More So. 6-0 OH
MacKenzi Welsh Plainfield East Fr. 6-0 S/OH
Paige Whipple Valmeyer Sr. 6-0 MH
Mallory Wilczynski Cary-Grove Sr. 6-2 MH
Ellen Wilkie Goreville Sr. 5-10 MH
Daniellie Williams Washington Sr. 5-8 S/OH
Elisabeth Wilson Carterville Sr 5-11 MH
Savannah Wittenbrink Columbia Sr. 5-9 MH
Nicole Woods St. Charles East Sr. 6-1 OH
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