Iowa By the Numbers: Class of 2021
Ranking stat leaders in the Iowa junior class for the 2019 season based on numbers from QuikStatsIowa.com. Junior class kills leaders Name (school) kill total (attack attempts, kill percentage) Morgan Middleton Morgan Middleton OH Clarion-Goldfield Dows | 2021 State IA…
Access all of Prep Dig
Continue reading this article and more.
Continue ReadingRanking stat leaders in the Iowa junior class for the 2019 season based on numbers from QuikStatsIowa.com.
Junior class kills leaders
Name (school) kill total (attack attempts, kill percentage)
- Morgan Middleton Morgan Middleton OH Clarion-Goldfield Dows | 2021 State IA (Clarion-Goldfield-Dows) 577 (1265, .369)
- Belle Weber Belle Weber OH Union | 2021 State IA (Union) 510 (1050, .381)
- Lauren Schrock Lauren Schrock 6'2" | OH Mount Vernon | 2021 State IA (Mount Vernon) 505 (1086, .324)
- Jazlin De Haan (MOC-Floyd Valley) 484 (1333, .209)
- Elle Scarborough Elle Scarborough 5'9" | OH Glenwood | 2021 State IA (Glenwood) 468 (1246, .287)
- Daneille Johnson (Osage) 456 (863, .386)
- Allie Petry Allie Petry 5'7" | DS/L Council Bluffs St. Albert | 2021 State IA (St. Albert) 446 (1087, .277)
- Nicholaa Phillippe (Belle Plaine) 438 (1069, .288)
- Saari Kuehl Saari Kuehl OH Gladbrook-Reinbeck | 2021 State IA (Gladbrook-Reinbeck) 438 (960, .329)
- Ashlynn Kuhn (Hudson) 430 (800, .438)
- Paige Kisley Paige Kisley OH Osage | 2021 State IA (Osage) 426 (768, .424)
- Macy Vanfossan Macy Vanfossan OH Underwood | 2021 State IA (Underwood) 398 (947, .321)
- Sydney Marlow Sydney Marlow OH West Burlington | 2021 State IA (West Burlington) 396 (891, .312)
- Martha Pace Martha Pace 5'11" | OH West Liberty | 2021 State IA (West Liberty) 382 (760, .418)
- Jenny Wibholm Jenny Wibholm OH Iowa Falls-Alden | 2021 State IA (Iowa Falls-Alden) 381 (857, .274)
- Claire Pothitakis Claire Pothitakis RS Holy Trinity | 2021 State IA (Holy Trinity Catholic) 378 (1054, .200)
- Kylie Greenfield Kylie Greenfield MB Lake Mills | 2021 State IA (Lake Mills) 363 (863, .251)
- Lineya Wlls (Sioux City East) 348 (801, .273)
- Corinne Meier Corinne Meier 5'11" | OH Dubuque Hempstead | 2021 State IA (Dubuque Hempstead) 333 (916, .226)
- Layanna Green Layanna Green 6'0" | MB Waukee | 2021 State IA (Waukee) 332 (690, .352)
Notes:
— A North Dakota State recruit, Middleton’s kill number ranked fourth best overall in the state behind ACGC sophomore Chloe Largent Chloe Largent 6'1" | RS AC/GC | 2022 State IA , and seniors Aliyah Carter Aliyah Carter 5'9" | OH Dubuque Wahlert | 2020 State IA (Wahlert, Kansas State commit) and Morgan Weber Morgan Weber 5'11" | OH Dike New Hartford | 2020 State IA (Dike-New Hartford, Wichita State commit). Middleton also finished second in the state with 6.27 kills per set.
— Wayne State-bound De Haan was the state’s leading hitter in attack attempts (1,333) with 30 more than the next closest player in Iowa while playing six fewer sets. Middleton and Glenwood’s Elle Scarborough Elle Scarborough 5'9" | OH Glenwood | 2021 State IA (currently uncommitted) rounded out the top-five for hit attempts in Iowa.
— Drake University recruit Kuhn holds the best kill percentage on the list at .438. She had just 80 errors on 800 total attempts.
Junior class assists leaders
Name (school) assist total (assists per set)
Bobinet-
Ellie Bobinet Ellie Bobinet S Osage | 2021 State IA (Osage) 1189 (11.22)
- Allie Driscol (Union) 1103 (9.68)
- Gabby Gergen Gabby Gergen 5'8" | S Janesville | 2021 State IA (Janesville) 983 (8.86)
- Peyton Cook (Underwood) 890 (8.99)
- Stowe Audrey (ACGC) 876 (9.13)
- Carla Martinez (MOC-Floyd Valley) 869 (8.69)
- Deni McDaniel (Humboldt) 859 (9.87)
- Lexxi Link (Carlisle) 850 (8.17)
- Lauryn Montgomery Lauryn Montgomery 5'8" | S Wahlert | 2021 State IA (Wahlert) 840 (9.13)
- Alaina Freisbleben (Clarion-Goldfield-Dows) 823 (8.95)
- Moriah Prewitt (Des Moines Christian) 810 (9.64)
- Sara Hansen Sara Hansen MB Hudson | 2021 State IA (Hudson) 802 (8.35)
- Brooklyn Grady (Sheldon) 792 (8.70)
- Zoe Eschman (Central Lee) 777 (8.35)
- Kenna Ford (Riverside) 721 (7.00)
Notes:
— Uncommitted Bobinet was second overall in Iowa for total assists while leading the state in assists per set (11.22). Considering she worked 106 total sets, that’s a very impressive number. Union’s Driscol also cracked the top five in assist total while Humboldt’s McDaniel finished top five in assists per set.
— Driscol (3A), Hansen (2A), Bobinet (2A), Freisbleben (2A) and Gergen (1A) each ran offenses that appeared in the state tournament in their respective classes.
Junior class digs leaders
Name (school) dig total (digs per set)
- Isabel Manning Isabel Manning MB Van Buren | 2021 State IA (Van Buren County) 595 (6.01)
- Trinity Zika Trinity Zika 5'4" | DS/L Marion | 2021 State IA (Marion) 579 (5.36)
- Kyra Linkin (New London) 527 (5.17)
- Aubri Garnsey (WACO) 518 (5.89)
- Jorie Randall Jorie Randall 5'7" | DS/L Mount Vernon | 2021 State IA (Mount Vernon) 504 (4.27)
- Kinsie Zinnel Kinsie Zinnel DS/L Boone | 2021 State IA (Boone) 500 (6.10)
- Ashley Hall (Harlan) 492 (4.78)
- Brooklynn Page (Southeast Warren) 478 (5.56)
- Maggie Wilkins (Knoxville) 470 (5.60)
- Brooke Beatty (Independence) 468 (4.25)
- Mia Trotter (Atlantic) 467 (3.99)
- Emma Link (Dubuque Senior) 466 (4.85)
- Addie Bowman (Maquoketa) 463 (4.82)
- Caria Hall (Waterloo West) 447 (4.91)
- Laura Sweeney (Carroll) 443 (4.52)
- Hayden Heimensen (Central Lyon) 440 (4.78)
- Marah Hartrick (New London) 440 (4.31)
- Maria Rauenbuehler (Holy Trinity Catholic) 434 (4.77)
- Norah Matt (Van Meter) 429 (5.36)
- Katie Carver (Urbandale) 421 (4.48)
- Jadyn Jondle Jadyn Jondle DS/L Clarion-Goldfield Dows | 2021 State IA (Clarion-Goldfield-Dows) 413 (4.49)
- Toni Maloy (Charles City) 402 (3.69)
- Ella Imler (Maquoketa Valley) 402 (5.36)
- Natalie Yonker (Nodaway Valley) 402 (5.36)
- Jessica Larson (Alta-Aurelia) 399 (4.69)
— Van Buren County’s Manning (listed as uncommitted) finished third overall in Iowa with her dig total and Marion’s Zika finished top five.
— Zinnel (6.10), Manning (6.01) and Garnsey (5.89) each finished top five in the state for digs per set. All three players are listed as uncommitted.
Junior class blocks leaders
Name (school) total blocks (blocks per set)
- Krystal Van Dyke (Lynnville-Sully) 144 (1.87)
- Avery Sutter (Mount Pleasant) 125 (1.37)
- Alexa Steinkuehler (Woodbine) 115 (1.49)
- Kayal Schleifman (Council Bluffs Lincoln) 114 (1.16)
- Monika Fehr (West Bend-Mallard) 111 (1.28)
- Ella Larsen (Newell-Fonda) 110 (1.08)
- Jada Mitchell (Kee) 107 (1.45)
- Bailey Wollesen (East Sac County) 102 (1.11)
- Sydney Mosinski Sydney Mosinski DS/L Nevada | 2021 State IA (Nevada) 94 (.90)
- Rachel Drake (East Mills) 93 (.99)
- Danielle Stock (Charles City) 91 (.84)
- Mya Merschman Mya Merschman OH Central Lee | 2021 State IA (Central Lee) 90 (1.05)
- Kelsey Fields (Creston) 90 (.99)
- Gretchen Wallace (Glidden-Ralston) 90 (1.27)
- Ashlynn Kuhn (Hudson) 90 (.94)
— Lynnville-Sully’s Van Dyke had the second-highest block total in Iowa while leading the state with 1.87 blocks per set. She also had 22 more solo blocks (123) than anyone else in Iowa. Mount Pleasant’s Sutter cracked the top five in the state with her block total.
— While she had an adequate solo block number, Newell-Fonda’s Larson had far and away the most block assists of any junior with 89. That put her second overall in the state in that category.