The rules for varsity play are a little different in Mississippi, and Laurendine has been on the Clinton High varsity since she was an eighth-grader. It was quite a feat for the sophomore setter who averaged 10.6 assists per set. Bottom line: The first Gatorade Player of the Year from North Raleigh Christian Academy, Riley Buckley has one of the more intriguing skill sets of any player on the list. When it was clear that her native California wasn't going to have high school sports in the fall, Gravatt's family moved almost 2,000 miles to Maryville so she could play. The latest edition of the Top 150 Player Rankings for the Class of 2024! Related organizations. Barletta's breakout season included 724 digs and 46 servie aces as she was also named to the Times-Union All-Star Team and the All-Suburban Council. Is McKinnon the greatest high school volleyball player in Alabama history? Bottom line: At just 5-foot-4, Cardinal Spellman High's Elizabeth Hurm is one of the shortest outside hitters on this list, but that doesn't lessen her impact on the court. High school: La Cueva High School (Albuquerque, New Mexico), Accolades: AVCA Phenom List (2020), two-time NMHSCA Class 5A All-State (2019, 2020), two-time Class 5A State Champion (2018, 2019). High school: Fayetteville High School (Fayetteville, Arkansas), Accolades: AVCA Phenom List (2020), Class 6A state champion (2020), All-NWADG (2020), Class 6A All-State (2020). Title Author Date ; In The Gym With Avery Howell: Chris Hansen : 2023-02-21 10:08 : ELITE 150 Watch List - 2027 She also won a Class 6A state championship at Clinton in 2019. Macaria "Cari" Spears is one of only two players from the Class of 2025 to make the list. Lexi Thornton helped lead Great Falls CMR to the Class AA state championship in 2021. High school: Rampart High School (Colorado Springs, Colorado), Bottom line: Rampart High's Izzy Starck was the only non-senior named Class 5A All-State in 2021, which she did as a sophomore. Breitenbach led Rogers High into the state playoffs in 2020 and is already a two-time Providence Journal All-State pick headed into her senior season. Please view the link for upcoming volleyball uniform changes from the NFHS. Welcome to the latest edition of PrepVolleyball.coms Top 150, the countrys best volleyball players listed from No. Please contact the IHSA office with any questions. Bottom line: The daughter of former BYU safety Jack Damuni, Silina Damuni turned high school volleyball on its head in 2020 when her family moved from Hawaii to Utah after her father was hired as the BYU football team's on-campus recruiting coordinator and director of community/player relations. High school: St. Mark's High School (Wilmington, Delaware). High school: Brookfield Central High School (Brookfield, Wisconsin), Accolades: MaxPreps All-American (2020), AVCA Phenom List (2020), U18 Youth National Team (2021), two-time WVCA Division I All-State (2019, 2020). 5. Bottom line: Shenendehowa High's Kasia Barletta wasn't just the only sophomore to make the NYVCA Class AA all-state team in 2021. Nissley led Century to an undefeated season and state championship in 2021, when she averaged 21.4 points and 3.6 steals, and seems headed for a top-level Division I program. High school: Hoover High School (Hoover, Alabama), Accolades: Alabama Gatorade Player of the Year (2021), VolleyballMag.Com All-American (2020), AVCA Phenom List (2020), AL.com Super All-State Player of the Year (2020), Class 7A state champion (2020), Class 7A State Tournament MVP (2020), MaxPreps All-American (2020). Accolades: AVCA Phenom List (2020), PrepVolleyball.com No. 5 in the final MaxPreps Top 25 rankings as Papio South went 39-0 and won the Class A state championship, becoming the first Class A team to go undefeated since 2011. 2 singles player in tennis. Class A team to go undefeated since 2011. being named MaxPreps Underclassmen All-American, Star Ledger Volleyball Player of the Year, Tulsa World Volleyball Player of the Year, committed to play volleyball for Washington, Class 5A Player of the Year by The Deseret News, West Virginia Gatorade Player of the Year, Most High School Girls Volleyball State Championships, Greatest Women's College Volleyball Teams of All Time, Best High School Girls Volleyball Player in Every State in 2021. Tam had 20 kills and 11 digs in the state finals against Wellesley. All that being said, Ella Wrobel could be the best of the bunch. High school: Dorman High School (Roebuck, South Carolina). The latest edition of the Top 150 Player Rankings for the Class of 2025! Alex's father, Danny, played basketball for BYU, and her grandfather, Wayne, played football for BYU. High school: Marist School (Atlanta, Georgia), Accolades: Class 4A Player of the Year (2020), Class 4A All-State (2020), Class 4A State Champion (2020), two-time Class 4A All-Region 7 (2019, 2020), AVCA Phenom List (2020). Tam was also the only sophomore named to the Massachusetts All-Scholastic Team. February 28, Rachel Kass Damrow, the No. She's increased both her kills and her kill percentage each of her first three seasons, including 432 kills at a 37 percent clip in 2020. They are future NCAA champions and gold medalists who will become household names in the next few years. That's the kind of athleticism that elite Division I colleges are looking for. Bottom line: Skylar Yates became just the second player in Hedgesville High to earn West Virginia Gatorade Player of the Year honors in 2020 with some eye-popping stats 513 kills, 321 digs, 44 service aces and 39 blocks. She's also won three state championships through her first three seasons. You can't get around the fact that Thomas might be listed as a middle blocker but very much seems like she could be either that position or an outside hitter or right-side hitter at the next level. View Illinois Volleyball ranking list. Rachel Kass One of the nation's elite liberos, Halter had exactly 766 digs each of the last two seasons and passed 2,000 digs for her career in 2020. Spears is the daughter of former NFL defensive lineman Marcus Spears. She was the only underclassman out of four all-state picks for Essex. Her father, Garrett Wrobel, played for Ohio State and her older sister, Jenna Wrobel, was a four-time All-Big Ten pick at Michigan State and an All-American in 1998. These are the best high school girls volleyball players in all 50 states from the classes of 2023, 2024 and 2025. High school: Shenendehowa High School (Clifton Park, New York). While Nissley is the best volleyball player in North Dakota, she's also one of the best high school basketball players in the nation. Bottom line: There was little Cameron Lloyd didn't accomplish for Cedar Ridge High as a junior in 2021, leading her team to a 31-2 record and the first state championship in school history. Bottom line: Knoxville Catholic setter Devyn Dunn made history as a junior in 2021, leading her school to a Division II-AA state championship and becoming the first player from her school to be named Tennessee Gatorade Player of the Year. But don't overlook her talent. Bottom line: Hannah Howard put it all together as a junior in 2021, leading Musselman High to a a 46-4-2 record and the school's second consecutive Class 3A state championship behind her 478 kills, 427 digs, 79 service aces and 27 blocks. She earned her biggest honor following her junior year when she became the fourth West Virginia Gatorade Player of the Year in Musselman history. High school: North Allegheny High School (Wexford, Pennsylvania). To that end, she was almost unstoppable with 329 kills in 2021 with a hit percentage of 38.6 percent. 14 Overall (2023). 16 overall recruit in the Class of 2022 by PrepVolleyball.com. High school: Essex High School (Essex Junction, Vermont). 19962013 Illinois High School Association. IL Volleyball Associations Rankings Chicago Public Schools Illinois High School Association Scoreboards Chicago Public Schools Illinois High School Association IL Volleyball Metros Rankings Champaign-Springfield Chicago Davenport Paducah Peoria Quincy Rockford Scoreboards Champaign-Springfield Chicago Davenport Paducah Peoria Quincy Rockford She's already a Top 20 recruit in the Class of 2023, according to PrepVolleyball.com, and there aren't a lot of those coming out of South Dakota. She was also a member of the U18 USA National Team that won a bronze medal at the Pan Am Games. Club and High School Volleyball Rankings. Bottom line: Kennedy Phelan was a dynamo for Fayetteville on the way to winning the Class 6A state championship in 2020. Nya Bunton, sr., DuPont Manual (Kentucky) No NIC-10 boys basketball player has committed to an NCAA Division I school this year. High school: Cheyenne Mountain High School (Colorado Springs, Colorado), Accolades: Class 4A All-State (2020), AVCA Phenom List (2020), MaxPreps All-American (2020). In 2019, Brockway racked up a staggering 578 kills, 246 digs and 62 blocks on the way to a third-place finish at the Class 4A state tournament. VolleyballMag.com's 2019 national preseason high school rankings continue with teams 1 through 25. Hurm was a Division 3 All-State pick in 2019 as a sophomore with 350 kills, but her 46 service aces and 447 digs show she could be a defensive specialist/libero on the next level. Posted: Sep 30, 2022 / 11:16 PM CDT. Another state title for Hoover and McKinnon in 2021 answers that question for good. Bottom line: Kamehameha High's Maui Robins kept up the family tradition by being named Gatorade Player of the Year in 2020. High school: Bedford High School (Bedford, New Hampshire), Accolades: New Hampshire Gatorade Player of the Year (2021), AVCA Phenom List (2020), Division I state champion (2020), two-time Division I All-State (2019, 2020). Bottom line:Wayzata High setter Stella Swenson became the second member of her family to be named Minnesota Gatorade Player of the Year in 2021, following her older sister, Samantha, who won the award in 2014. High school: Mother McAuley High School (Chicago, Illinois). Gubbins, who's 6-foot-3, was one of just three sophomores named as a MaxPreps All-American in 2021 after she racked up 322 kills, 279 digs and 58 blocks as Mater Dei finished with a 36-6 record. Bottom line: Macaria "Cari" Spears is one of only two players from the Class of 2025 to make the list. 5-11 / 165. The 5-foot-10 outside hitter led McCutcheon High to a 30-6 record and the Class 4A state championship in 2021. NRCA went 17-1 and won the North Carolina Independent Schools Athletic Association Class 4A state championship in 2020 as Buckley racked up 235 assists, 151 digs, 136 kills and 24 service aces with an out-of-sight 57.1 kill percentage. Reilly, who is committed to play for Nebraska, helped lead Team USA to a bronze medal at the U18 World Championships in 2021. February 25, Chris Fitzgerald 2022 Top 150 Kelenna should return to the court in a big way after seeing her 2020 season wiped out. She is committed to play volleyball for Washington. MaxPreps Illinois High School Volleyball Rankings. High school: Assumption High School (Louisville, Kentucky). Bottom line: Purdue landed an elite national recruit out of its own backyard when it got Chloe Chicoine to flip from Penn State to the Boilermakers. Just check out her weighted 4.67 GPA. Bottom line: Jordan Middleton was named the No. High school: Laramie High School (Laramie, Wyoming). High school: Papillion-La Vista South High School (Papillion, Nebraska). Bottom line: Standing just 5-foot-2, Bishop Kelley's Jessica Shildt is the shortest player to make this list. High school: Wilmar High School (Wilmar, Minnesota), Accolades: AVCA Phenom List (2020), PrepDig.com Minnesota No. She has 78 blocks over the last two seasons and saw her kills jump from 80 to 192 from her sophomore to her junior season. Committed to play for Penn State, Starck is as rare of a college prospect as they come as a 6-foot-2 setter who can also play outside hitter essentially the equivalent of a 6-foot-10 point guard in basketball. Bottom line: Vermont made the unusual decision to play their volleyball season outdoors in 2020-21, and we had to make an exception and include Essex High setter Molly Ardren as the only Class of 2021 player on our list. High school: Jackson Academy (Jackson, Mississippi). 3 Overall Underclassmen (2022), AVCA Phenom List (2020), SCISA Class 3A State Champion (2019), PrepVolleyball.Com All-American (2020). Bottom line: Rya McKinnon became the first Gatorade Player of the Year from Hoover High after leading her team to the first volleyball state championship in school history. Bottom line: Skyline High's Harper Murray helped lead the Team USA U18 National Team to a bronze medal at the Pan Am Games, then returned home to lead Skyline High to a state runner-up finish. Bottom line: Valley High outside hitter Hayden Kubik is arguably the top recruit in the Class of 2022 and headed to the nation's No. 10 overall recruit in the country and committed to stay in her home state and play for the University of Florida. Already committed to play for BYU, Little was arguably the best player in California as a freshman, when she was named Inland Empire Player of the Year and National Freshman of the Year. Her standout junior year earned New York Gatorade Player of the Year honors for Rzeszotarski. Haury, at 5-foot-10, was named Class 5A all-state and Oregon Gatorade Player of the Year in 2021. She finished the season with 396 assists, 82 digs, 52 kills, 38 service aces and 28 blocks. Mater Dei High School (Santa Ana, Calif.) Record: 24-4 4.. Because Rhode Island is off the beaten trail for many college volleyball recruiters, it would be smart of the in-state Division I schools to try and land Breitenbach and keep her in-state. 1 setter in the Class of 2024, Silverton High star Alexis Haury led her team to the Class 5A state quarterfinals with 398 assists, 224 digs and 201 kills as a sophomore in 2021. 12. High school: Bismarck Century High School (Bismarck, North Dakota). She led Rogers to the Division 3 state championship as a freshman and the state semifinals as a sophomore. These are the best high school girls volleyball player in all 50 states from the classes of 2022, 2023 and 2024. Future All-Americans and Olympians must prove their skills on the prep level before ascending to stardom on the next level. Halter finished the season with 2,212 career digs and has a shot at passing 3,000 digs for her career in her senior season. Bottom line:North Allegheny's Mia Tuman can do a little bit of everything on the volleyball court. Murray, a 6-foot-2 outside hitter, racked up 652 kills, 312 digs and 82 service aces as Skyline went 55-4-2 and she was named a MaxPreps All-American. Silina Damuni led Timpview High to a Class 5A state championship in 2020 with 868 assists, 69 service aces, 60 blocks and 211 digs. Playing in a shortened season in 2021, Jones was still able to show the kind of improvement that makes her an elite setter. 2 overall player in the Class of 2020 by VolleyballMag.com. The younger sister of Oral Roberts middle blocker/outside hitter and former teammate Jaxie Wakley, Bella Wakley racked up a staggering 566 kills on the way to the 2020 Class 5A state title. High school: Colgan High School (Manassas, Virginia). Bottom line: Kate Baker was the best player in Louisiana as a junior and one of the best setters in the nation when she led St. Mary's to the Division I state championship with 957 assists, 357 digs, 173 kills, 64 service aces and 33 blocks. Robbins was named a MaxPreps Underclassmen All-American in 2021 and is a top 50 player for the Class of 2024. She was the only freshman on the prestigious Washington Post All-Metro Team in 2021 playing for Flint Hill (Virginia), which includes the best players from the entire D.C. metro area an area with a population of approximately 5.3 million. Bottom line: Roncalli High's Emma Halter was the first Class of 2022 commit for powerhouse University of Texas, and she did so with a full two seasons of high school volleyball left. High school: Kamehameha Kapalama (Honolulu, Hawaii), Accolades: Hawaii Gatorade Player of the Year (2021), Honolulu Star-Advertiser All-State (2019), two-time All-Interscholastic League of Honolulu (2019, 2020), Division I State Champion (2019), All-Division I State Tournament Team (2019). High school: St. Mary's Dominican High School (New Orleans, Louisiana). Want an even more amazing stat for Howard? It can't be a very long list of the players who might compete for that title, but our money is on her. Copyright Advanced Sports Media 2022, All Rights Reserved. High school: Cedar Ridge High School (Hillsborough, North Carolina), Position: Outside hitter/defensive specialist. Bottom line: If you're in the betting pool for who will be the Tennessee Gatorade Player of the Year next season, the smart money is on 5-foot-10 Maryville High setter Liv Gravatt. Schnichels is 6-foot-4 and was dominant in her first two seasons of high school volleyball with 376 kills in 119 sets. Over 20 new updates in this month's edition of the College Classifieds: 2023! High school: Roncalli High School (Indianapolis, Indiana), Accolades: Two-time Class 4A All-State (2019, 2020), AVCA Phenom List (2020), Class 4A All-Central District (2020), AAU All-American (2019). Bottom line: Lexi Thornton helped lead Great Falls CMR to the Class AA state championship in 2021. 0.8767. Alaska actually has a pair of NCAA Division II schools with volleyball programs University of Alaska-Anchorage and University of Alaska-Fairbanks. Bottom line: Logan Nissley led Bismarck Century High to its fifth state championship in the past six seasons in 2020. The requirements for having an athlete on the AVCA Phenom List are: the student-athlete must be an underclassmen who has been recognized in some form for her outstanding volleyball abilities (All-Region, All-State, PVB Watchlist, USAV HP team, etc.) High school: Skyline High School (Ann Arbor, Michigan).