List of Former Wisconsin Prep Players Going To The “Big Dance”!
The NCAA has just released the 64 team field competing for a Division One National Championship in Kansas City, with the Final Four to be held December 16-18. Besides the two in-state programs of Wisconsin and Marquette taking a handful of in-state players to the tournament, there are plenty of other former prep players who played their high school and club volleyball in Wisconsin, but have found their way to the “Big Dance” with programs out of state. Here is the complete list of players from the state of Wisconsin who will be playing in the NCAA tournament starting December 1.
*Ames, Iowa will be the place to be this weekend with in-state rivals Marquette playing Wisconsin on the campus of Iowa State University. The winner will play the winner of Iowa State and Princeton. Marquette play Wisconsin in Madison on September 14, with the Badgers winning the match 3-1.
Marquette
Sandy Mohr – Muskego, WI – Muskego
Hope Werch – Neenah, WI – Neenah
Jenna Rosenthal – Fond du Lac, WI – Fond du Lac
Allie Barber – Cedarburg, WI – Cedarburg
Madeline Mosher – Waterloo, WI – Waterloo
Allie Barber of Cedarburg High School/Milwaukee Sting and Hope Werch of Neenah High School/Wisconsin Volleyball Academy took home some Big East Hardware. Barber was voted Big East Player of the Year and Werch was the Big East Freshman of the year. Jenna Rosenthal of Fond du Lac was also vote on the All-Big East Team.
Allie Barber #10 of Cedarburg will lead the Golden Eagles into the NCAA Tournament.Wisconsin
Mallory Dixon – Manitowoc, WI – Lincoln
Sarah Dodd – Pleasant Prairie, WI – Kenosha Tremper
Mariah Whalen – Wausau, WI – Newman Catholic
Nicole Shanahan – Oconomowoc, WI – Oconomowoc
M.E. Dodge – East Troy, WI – East Troy
Out of State
Coastal Carolina
Kennedy Hehr – Fontana, WI – Big Foot HS
Iowa State
Hannah Bailey – Cameron, WI – Cameron
Illinois
Annika Gereau – Oshkosh, WI – Winneconne
Kentucky
Anna Nyberg – Tomahawk, WI – Tomahawk
Minnesota
Lauren Litzau – Greendale, WI – Greendale
Penn State
Simone Lee – Menomonee Falls, WI – Menomonee Falls
High Point
Haley Barnes – Neenah, WI – Neenah
Molly Livingston – Sun Prairie, WI – Sun Prairie
NC State
Sarah Konchman – Kenosha, WI – Kenosha Tremper
UNI
Taylor Allen – New Berlin, WI – Brookfield East
Western Kentucky
Amara Listenbee – Beloit, WI – Beloit Memorial