LEXINGTON, KY – The American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) announced that a pair of Nebraska seniors has been named to the 2013-14 Under Armour Girls High School All-America teams. Sydney Townsend, a 5-foot-8 outside hitter/libero for Lincoln Pius X was…
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SubscribeLEXINGTON, KY – The American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) announced that a pair of Nebraska seniors has been named to the 2013-14 Under Armour Girls High School All-America teams.
Sydney Townsend, a 5-foot-8 outside hitter/libero for Lincoln Pius X was named to the 2nd team. Townsend is a University of Nebraska recruit. Her versatility has helped the Thunderbolts to a 32-6 record and #2 ranking in Class B this season. She has registered 213 kills on the season with a hitting percentage of .228. Townsend has also averaged 4.7 digs per set and has 38 service aces on the season.
Olivia Boender, a 6-foot-2 outside hitter for Waverly was named Honorable Mention All-America. Boender is also a Nebraska recruit. She has helped lead the Vikings to a record of 30-4 and a #3 ranking in Class B by averaging 5.6 kills and 4.4 digs per set. On the season she has a total of 471 kills, 43 ace serves and 15 ace blocks.
This is the 8th year AVCA has honored the top 100 seniors in the nation with its All-America teams. A total of 24 players are name to each of the 1st and 2nd teams and an additional 52 receive honorable mention. Below is a complete listing of the All-Americans.
2013-14 UNDER ARMOUR FIRST-TEAM ALL-AMERICA
Name | School | City | State | Position | Height | College |
Brittany Abercrombie | La Costa Canyon High School | Carlsbad | CA | RS | 6’2″ | Southern Calif. |
Stephanie Aiple | Round Rock High School | Round Rock | TX | S | 6’1″ | Texas A&M |
Christina Ambrose | Winter Park High School | Winter Park | FL | OH | 6’4″ | Purdue |
Reily Buechler | Torrey Pines High School | San Diego | CA | OH | 6’1″ | UCLA |
Courtney Crable | Mercy Academy | Louisville | KY | OH | 6’1″ | Auburn |
Lydia Dimke | Blaine High School | Blaine | MN | RS/S | 6’2″ | Purdue |
Kali Eaken | Bishop Miege High School | Roeland Park | KS | S | 5’9″ | Kansas State |
Ali Frantti | Richmond Burton Community HS | Richmond | IL | OH | 6’2″ | Penn State |
Lauryn Gillis | New Castle High School | New Castle | IN | OH | 6’2″ | Southern Calif. |
Alyssa Goehner | Lakeville North High School | Lakeville | MN | OH | 5’10” | Marquette |
Marion Hazelwood | Barbers Hill High School | Mont Belvieu | TX | MB | 6’3″ | Oklahoma |
Christian Jones | Los Alamitos High School | Los Alamitos | CA | OH | 6’3″ | Washington |
Simone Lee | Menomonee Falls High School | Menomonee Falls | WI | OH | 6’1″ | Penn State |
Cat McCoy | Carroll Senior High School | Southlake | TX | L | 5’7″ | Texas |
Beth Nordhorn | Winter Park High School | Winter Park | FL | MB | 6’6″ | North Carolina |
Ashlie Reasor | Ronald Reagan High School | San Antonio | TX | RS | 6’2″ | Texas A&M |
Nia Reed | Immaculate Heart Academy | Wash. Township | NJ | MB | 6’2″ | Penn State |
Luisa Schirmer | Pittsford Sutherland High School | Pittsford | NY | OH | 6’2″ | Ohio State |
Courtney Schwan | Bellarmine Preparatory School | Tacoma | WA | OH | 6’2″ | Washington |
Ashten Smith-Gooden | Los Osos High School | Cucamonga | CA | OH | 6’2″ | California |
Carli Snyder | Dakota High School | Macomb | MI | OH | 6’1″ | Florida |
Haley Templeton | Chattahoochee High School | Johns Creek | GA | S | 6’1″ | Miami |
Haleigh Washington | Doherty High School | Colorado Springs | CO | MB | 6’4″ | Penn State |
Bryanna Weiskircher | Boylan High School | Rockford | IL | S | 6’1″ | Penn State |
2013-14 UNDER ARMOUR SECOND-TEAM ALL-AMERICA
Name | School | City | State | Position | Height | College |
Christine Alftin | Woodside High School | Woodside | CA | OH | 6’0′ | California |
Sidney Brown | Berkeley Preparatory School | Tampa | FL | OH | 5’10” | Stanford |
Danielle Cuttino | Ben Davis High School | Indianapolis | IN | MB | 6’4″ | Purdue |
Courtney Eckenrode | The Woodlands High School | The Woodlands | TX | S | 5’9″ | San Diego State |
Mylan Eugene | Cypress Falls High School | Cypress | TX | OH | 6’0″ | LSU |
Alexa Filley | Assumption High School | Louisville | KY | S | 5’9″ | Auburn |
Alyssa Garvelink | Holland Christian High School | Holland | MI | MH/OPP | 5’9″ | Michigan State |
Madeline Haggerty | St. Francis High School | Wheaton | IL | OH | 6’2″ | Nebraska |
Kat Hutson | Ravenwood High School | Brentwood | TN | OH | 6’3″ | Alabama |
Lily Johnson | Lafayette Senior High School | Wildwood | MO | OH | 5’11” | Missouri State |
Claire Kieffer-Wright | South Pasadena High School | South Pasadena | CA | MB | 6’2″ | Michigan |
Mary-Kate Marshall | Coppell High School | Coppell | TX | MB | 6’1″ | Oregon State |
Kristen Massa | Saint Ursula Academy | Cincinnati | OH | OH | 6’1″ | Xavier |
Carly O’Sullivan | Bogota High School | Bogota | NJ | OH | 5’8″ | |
Arianna Person | Saint James Academy | Lenexa | KS | OH | 5’9″ | Belmont |
Maddie Plumlee | Saint Mary’s School | Wake Forest | NC | OH | 6’1″ | Notre Dame |
Devan Porter | Bettendorf High School | Bettendorf | IA | OH | 6’0″ | Georgia |
Lanesha Reagan | Snohomish High School | Snohomish | WA | OH | 5’9″ | Oregon State |
Maggie Scott | Lafayette Senior High School | Wildwood | MO | S | 5’11” | Oregon |
Andie Shelton | Ripon Christian High School | Ripon | CA | S | 5’9″ | Pacific |
Gabby Simpson | Doherty High School | Colorado Springs | CO | S | 6’4″ | Colorado State |
Sarah Sponcil | Veritas Preparatory Academy | Phoenix | AZ | S | 5’10” | Loyola Marymount, California |
Azariah Stahl | Elkhart Central High School | Elkhart | IN | OH | 5’11” | Purdue |
Sydney Townsend | Lincoln Pius X High School | Lincoln | NE | OH | 5’8″ | Nebraska |
2013-2014 UNDER ARMOUR HONORABLE MENTION ALL-AMERICA
Name | School | City | State | Position | Height | College |
Alexa Armendariz | Blue Springs South High School | Blue Springs | MO | L | 5’6″ | Missouri |
Ashley Askin | Sacred Heart Academy | Louisville | KY | OH | 6’1″ | Georgia Tech |
Kelli Bates | Bradley Bourbonnais HS | Bradley | IL | OH | 5’11” | Wisconsin |
Maddie Beal | Cheyenne Mountain High School | Colo. Springs | CO | MB | 6’0″ | Minnesota |
Gabrielle Benda | Wakefield High School | Raleigh | NC | S | 6’0″ | Marquette |
Olivia Boender | Waverly High School | Waverly | NE | OH | 6’2″ | Nebraska |
Piyusha Boteju | Trinity High School | Euless | TX | S | 5’11” | Denver |
Julia Brown | William A. Hough High School | Cornelius | NC | OH | 6’2″ | North Carolina State |
Brigitte Burcescu | Walter Panas High School | Cortlandt Manor | NY | OH | 6’1″ | Northeastern |
Alyssa Cavanaugh | Assumption High School | Louisville | KY | MB | 5’11” | Western Kentucky |
Claudia Coco | Chattahoochee High School | Johns Creek | GA | L | 5’4″ | Tennessee |
Kyra Coundourides | Walsh Jesuit High School | Cuyahoga Falls | OH | S | 5’9″ | Virginia Tech |
Neka Cuppetilli | New Braunfels High School | New Braunfels | TX | OH | 6’1″ | Baylor |
Maggie DeJong | Roosevelt High School | Sioux Falls | SD | MB | 6’0″ | Louisville |
Abby Detering | Lake Catholic High School | Mentor | OH | S | 6’1″ | Florida |
Carla Dibbs | Episcopal School of Acadiana | Broussard | LA | OH | 6’0″ | Columbia |
Madeleine Dilfer | Valley Christian High School | San Jose | CA | S | 5’11” | Notre Dame |
Samantha Dubiel | St. Francis High School | Wheaton | IL | DS | 5’7″ | Florida |
Katie Elgan | Rocky Mountain High School | Meridian | ID | MB | 5’10” | Southern Utah |
Sarah Fairchild | Stone Bridge High School | Ashburn | VA | L/DS | 5’5″ | |
Jane Feddersen | Loudon County High School | Leesburg | VA | MB | 6’2″ | |
Sam Fry | Ursuline Academy | Cincinnati | OH | MB | 6’2″ | Notre Dame |
Josie Gandall | Bishop Kelley High School | Tusla | OK | OH | 6’0″ | St. Louis University |
Brianna Gogins | Columbus High School | Columbus | GA | MB | 6’2″ | Florida International |
Megan Good | Fort Defiance High School | Fort Defiance | VA | OH | 6’0″ | James Madison (softball) |
Jasmine Hanna | Queen Creek High School | Queen Creek | AZ | OH | 6’1″ | Colorado State |
Monique Harris | Clinton High School | Clinton | IA | S | 5’8″ | Iowa State |
Deja Harris | Calvary Chapel Christian HS | Las Vegas | NV | OH | 6’1″ | San Diego State |
Jace Henderson | Billings Senior High School | Billings | MT | S | 6’0″ | Montana |
McKenna Hollingsworth | Tri-City Christian High School | Vista | CA | OH | 6’0″ | Oregon State |
Sierra Hubbard Neil | St. Philip Catholic Central HS | Battle Creek | MI | OH | 5’10” | Western Michigan |
Paige Humphrey | The Madeira School | McLean | VA | OH | 6’2″ | William & Mary |
Eliza Katoa | Layton High School | Layton | UT | OH | 5’10” | Utah |
Brittany Kelly | Winter Park High School | Winter Park | FL | MH | 6’0″ | South Florida |
Anna Kropf | St. Teresa’s Academy | Kansas City | MO | MH | 6’2″ | Duke |
Darian Mack | Wakefield High School | Raleigh | NC | OH | 6’1″ | Kentucky |
Rachel Minarick | Waubonsie Valley High School | Aurora | IL | S | 6’3″ | Michigan State |
Rhegan Mitchell | McIntosh High School | Peachtree City | GA | S/H | Virginia Tech | |
Katarina Morton | Pearland High School | Pearland | TX | L | 5’7″ | Kennesaw State |
Maddie Palmer | Hillcrest High School | Simpsonville | SC | OH | 6’0′ | |
Mandy Powers | Loudon County High School | Leesburg | VA | S | 5’10” | North Carolina, Ashville |
Kelly Quinn | The Woodlands High School | The Woodlands | TX | L | 5’3″ | LSU |
Macy Reece | Good Pasture Christian School | Madison | TN | MB | Auburn | |
Emily Richards | Penfield High School | Penfield | NY | OH | 5’8″ | Belmont |
Leah Swiss | Dimond High School | Anchorage | AK | OH | 6’0″ | Alaska-Anchorage |
Heidi Thelen | Notre Dame Academy | Park Hills | KY | MB | Penn State | |
Hunter Thompson | Brentwood High School | Brentwood | TN | S | 5’10” | Furman |
Regina Tillis | Rockwall Heath High School | Rockwall | TX | OH | 5’11” | LSU |
Anna Tovo | Aiken High School | Aiken | SC | OH | 5’11” | |
Caitlin Wernentin | Bettendorf High School | Bettendorf | IA | OH | 6’0″ | UNLV |
Taylor Wheatley | Orange Lutheran High School | Orange | CA | OH | 6’2″ | Southern Calif. |
Mackenzie Zielinski | St. Thomas Aquinas High School | Fort Lauderdale | FL | S | 5’7″ | Miami (OH) |