High school: Bishop O'Gorman High School (Sioux Falls, South Dakota), Accolades: South Dakota Gatorade Player of the Year (2021), Class AA Player of the Year (2020), AVCA Phenom List (2020), MaxPreps All-American (2020), Class AA State Champion (2020), USA Volleyball National Training Team (2020), PrepVolleyball.com 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. Bottom line: Karlee Pinell helped lead Cheyenne Mountain to the Class 4A state semifinals in 2020. Pistro will continue her career at Saginaw Valley State, but before she becomes a Cardinal, she'll try to get Freeland into the state semifinals for the first time since 2005, when they meet Kingsley at Ionia on Tuesday. Is she the best high school setter in the nation? Merrill's Ashtyn Hescott attacks a ball from the middle as Freeland's Elli Howard and Caroline Talaga block during the Freeland varsity volleyball quad meet on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019.Rachel Ellis | MLive.com. Of course, state quarterfinal opponent Mount Pleasant will have something to say about that, but if Lake Orion is going to advance to Kellogg Arena, Robertson will play a vital role. 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. High school: Elkhorn South High School (Elkhorn, Nebraska), Accolades: Class A state champion (2020), AVCA Phenom List (2020), PrepDig.Com No. In a sad twist, Hurm's original high school, Sacred Heart High, closed its doors after the 2019-20 school year, and she was forced to find a new home and played her junior year at Cardinal Spellman High. The 5-11 outside hitter is currently playing at Valparaiso. 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. This year, the Michigan State commit has more than 1,000 assists to help guide the Marlins to their third consecutive regional title. In last week's regional championship sweep over Manton, Gerow tallied 24 kills and 10 digs, and she'll need to have another strong performance in Tuesday's quarterfinal showdown with Traverse City St. Francis at Houghton Lake. 25: Jenna Lange, Marlette, Class of 2008. Grand Rapids Christian7. Olivia Kohler, the Miss Volleyball winner from North Branch, went on to play at Grand Valley State University. Grand Rapids Forest Hills. At last check, the 6-foot-1 outside hitter can touch 10-foot-1 on a jump approach. Weve tweaked our original list after reader input and have ranked the players. She was a standout as a defensive specialist at George Washington University from 2012-15. Fish was the team captain of a national club tournament team and finished her career ranked fifth on the Virginia Tech record list for assists. All rights reserved (About Us). RELATED: Schoolcraft senior overcomes scoliosis to become Miss Volleyball finalist. Whitehall's Melissa Griffin, right, hits a spike during the Class B state semifinals in 2004. Gates and the rest of the Eagles look to continue their impressive campaign with a state quarterfinal win against No. 5 Michigan (2022), MaxPreps Freshman All-American (2018), PrepVolleyball.com All-American (2020), MIVCA Division I All-State (2020). 2021 Michigan High School Volleyball Player Rankings | Prep Dig Michigan 2021 Rankings WL indicates Watch List Access all of Prep Dig Subscribe for access to all premium articles and rankings. A member of the Legacy Volleyball Club, Mruzik helped her team register a 72-4 record over the summer and capture an AAU national championship in Orlando. Her marks for kills and career aces (447) remain in the top-five in the MHSAA record books. She enjoyed a four-year career at the University of Minnesota and was academic-All Big Ten three times. Accolades: AVCA Phenom List (2020), PrepVolleyball.com No. High school: Valley High School (West Des Moines, Iowa). The middle hitter was a dominating player in high school in the mid-1990s and went on to a standout career at Michigan State. Michigan State University. She finished her career with 2,979 kills, 19-5 digs and 679 blocks. 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. The 6-foot-1 right-side hitter was the only freshman to earn a first team spot on last year's Division 2 all-state list, and like her older sister, she's a dominant presence around the net. Bottom line: Jordan Middleton was named the No. High school: Clinton High School (Clinton, Mississippi), Accolades: AVCA Phenom List (2020), three-time SBLive All-State (2018-2020), three-time Class 6A All-State (2018-2020), Class 6A state champion (2019). Through three seasons, Ackerman has 1,140 digs and 323 service aces. Top Volleyball High Schools Broadneck High School - Annapolis, MD (7 Athletes) Southfield High School - Southfield, MI (6 Athletes) South Gwinnett High School - Snellville, GA (5 Athletes) King Philip Regional High School - Wrentham, MA (5 Athletes) Westside High School - Anderson, SC (4 Athletes) Miami Edison High School - Miami, FL (3 Athletes) High school: Laramie High School (Laramie, Wyoming), Accolades: Wyoming Gatorade Player of the Year (2021), AVCA Phenom List (2020), Wyoming Class 4A state champion (2020), Class 4A Player of the Year (2020), three-time Class 4A All-State (2018-20), MaxPreps All-American (2020). Notre Dame Prep's Katherine Carlson hits a spike in the Class B state finals against Grand Rapids South Christian in 2013. MaxPreps.com; High School Volleyball; Michigan; Michigan Rankings; MI High School Volleyball Rankings. 16 overall recruit in the Class of 2022 by PrepVolleyball.com. We released the Classes of 2021 Top 150 and 2022 Top 150 and will continue with 2024 next . She earned all-MAC honors as an outside hitter for the Broncos. High school: Hedgesville High School (Hedgesville, West Virginia), Accolades: West Virginia Gatorade Player of the Year (2021), AVCA Phenom List (2020), Eastern Panhandle Athletic Conference Player of the Year (2020), Class AAA state semifinals (2020), Class AAA All-State (2020). Ackerman led Marist to the Class 4A state championship in 2020 and was named Class 4A Player of the Year in the process. Bottom line: Having an elite, 6-foot setter is like having a 6-foot-9 point guard in basketball, which is what Baylor has on the way in Lovejoy High superstar Averi Carlson. Few players in the country can dominate at the net like Hendrickson, who had 512 kills, 92 digs, 35 service aces and 30 blocks as a junior. Jones was a three-time all-stater for the Falcons and named the states Miss Volleyball winner in 2007. 2 Camden-Frontier faces No. High school: John Burroughs School (St. Louis, Missouri). She has Corunnas school records in kills, digs and aces and was MaxPreps All-American. 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. McKinzie led St. Philip to four consecutive Class D state titles from 2009-12 and capped her career as the Miss Volleyball winner. She has averaged 4.6 kills per set over her first three high school seasons. Robins' teammate, Devin Kahahawai, is one of the top recruits in the nation, and they are one of the most formidable duos in the country. A four-year varsity player, she still ranks No. 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. - Mercy's Julia Bishop serves the ball during a 2018 Division 1 state semifinal matchup with Lake Orion on Friday, Nov. 16 at Kellogg Arena. Like many players on this list, Buckley is SEC-bound. 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. She'll continue her athletic and academic careers at Saginaw Valley State. (Photo courtesy of University of Florida), No. After four seasons on Bedfords varsity from 1998-2001, Bankowski graduated with school records for digs (680) and service points (554) in a season and career service points (1,200). 15 in her class nationally by PrepVolleyball.com. 6: Amy Gruszynski, Pinconning, Class of 1998. Log in She was also third on the team with 24 service aces. Almost all high schools and colleges in the United States have female volleyball teams, and most regions of the country have developmental programs for girls of all ages as well. The 6-foot-2 DeWeese is a terror at the net, and her athleticism also shows up in her distinguished careers on the basketball court and on the track, where she set a Kingsley record by high jumping 5 feet, 6 inches last spring. Henrie's 2020 numbers were outstanding. 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. Network: 2022 Volleyball Finals Highlights After 2021 Runner-Up Finish, North Branch Ends 2022 Back On Top P-W Volleyball Adds to School's Championship Tradition with 1st Finals Win Marian Avenges Season's Lone Loss in Clinching 3rd-Straight Title 2023 Road to the Finals Practice Begins -- Aug. 7 First Contest -- Aug. 16 The only sophomore to earn first team all-state honors in Division 4 last year, the 5-foot-9 outside hitter tallied more than 600 kills, including 18 in Mendon's three-set state championship win over Leland. Posted 204 kills, 170 digs, and 28 aces for the Beavers. Jones had 808 assists in 72 sets in 2019 before putting up 275 assists in just 23 sets in 2020. MaxPreps High School Volleyball Rankings. Feel free to share your memories about the players in the comments section, and let us know of others worthy of recognition. All that being said, Ella Wrobel could be the best of the bunch. A year ago, Osorio tallied more than 400 digs, and her strong defensive play will be crucial in Tuesday's state quarterfinal showdown at Remus Chippewa Hills between No. She still holds the IU career record for service aces and ranks in the top 10 for kills and digs. RELATED: Michigan high school volleyball quarterfinal brackets, RELATED: See Michigans final set of high school volleyball state rankings for 2019, RELATED: See Michigans 10 finalists for the 2019 Miss Volleyball award, Lake Orion's Kendall Robertson (19) celebrates a point during a 2018 Division 1 state semifinal matchup with Mercy on Friday, Nov. 16 at Kellogg Arena. Robins, at 5-foot-11, led the Warriors to an 8-2 record with 111 kills, 80 digs, 14 blocks and 11 service aces in their abbreviated season on the way to the Interscholastic League of Honolulu Tournament championship. 13: Jordan Fish, North Branch, Class of 2010. We don't have to worry about how she missed her entire sophomore season. Baker has an outside-of-the-box athletic career path waiting for her. Bottom line: Tori Harper became the first Gatorade Player of the Year from Bishop Manogue High in 2020 despite only playing in 24 sets during a shortened season. Glass has gone on to play for the U.S. womens national team, including the bronze-medal winning team in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio. The senior setter led Christian to its first volleyball state championship in program history last year by tallying 38 assists and 29 digs in the 2018 state finals matchup with Pontiac Notre Dame Prep. Which ones will lead their team to Battle Creek's Kellogg Arena? She was selected Miss Volleyball and set national records for aces in a season (296), career aces (937) and career kills (3,584). T ake into account she was the only underclassmen named to the Cincinnati Enquirer's Division I All-State team and was also named the newspaper's Division I Co-Player of the Year. (J. Scott Park | MLive.com). She also was part of the U18 gold medal team in Egypt last September while also landing on the Lincoln Journal Star Super-State first team and the Omaha World-Herald All . Doyle also set the schools scoring record in basketball and went on to play volleyball at Western Michigan University. A first team all-state selection the past two years, Simkins is likely to make it three in a row, after leading top-ranked Schoolcraft to a regional semifinal sweep over four-time defending Division 3 champ Bronson, then following it up with another strong effort against Niles Brandywine to capture the Eagles' first regional championship since 2014. 20: Maddy Doyle, Farmington Hills Mercy, Class of 2012. As a freshman, Laurendine led Clinton to the Class 6A state championship. She earned Miss Volleyball honors in 2005 and went on to become a three-time all-GLIAC player at Hillsdale College. "She has been in the gym her whole life, and it shows on the court." S Natalie Perez, Westview, Sr. Perez is part of a deep senior class for the Wildcats which has helped the team start 17-3.