142 Texas Class of 2023 players make it to AVCA Phenom List

The American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) released on Monday its prestigious annual AVCA Phenom List, which features the most promising underclassmen in the entire nation. Once again, the strength of Texas volleyball was highlighted. The Lone Star state saw 213 of its prospects make the cut, accounting for more than 10% of the 2,065 athletes selected across the United States. The list of Texans selected is so massive (everything is bigger in Texas) that we'll split it in three articles. We start with the class of 2023, which had the vast majority of the total, accounting for 142 selections.   AVCA Phenom List – Texas – Class of 2023 Name – Position – High School – Club [player_tooltip player_id="141244" first="Alex" last="Bull"] – Middle Blocker – Magnolia – Houston Skyline [player_tooltip player_id="99495" first="Alyssa" last="Manitzas"] – Libero – Ronald Reagan - Alamo Amaya Malhas – Libero – Princeton - Summit [player_tooltip player_id="122888" first="Ariana" last="Brown"] – Outside Hitter – Klein - Willowbrook [player_tooltip player_id="87548" first="Arissa" last="Smith"] – Middle Blocker – Ridge Point – [program_tooltip program_id='431166' first='Houston' last='Juniors'] Ashlyn German – Libero – Clear Falls – [program_tooltip program_id='431166' first='Houston' last='Juniors'] [player_tooltip player_id="87556" first="Ava" last="Harrington"] – Middle Blocker – Episcopal – Houston Skyline Ava Salo – Outside Hitter – Vandergrift – Austin Skyline Avery Kinzer – Middle Blocker/Right Sider – John Paul II - [program_tooltip program_id='431200' first='Madfrog' last=''] [player_tooltip player_id="141251" first="Avery" last="Wilks"] – Middle Blocker – Barbers Hill – Houston Stellar Ayanna Pierre Louis – Middle Blocker – Crockett – Austin Performance Bianca Muoneke – Outside Hitter – Cypress Ranch – [program_tooltip program_id='431166' first='Houston' last='Juniors'] Blaire Bayless – Outside Hitter – Plano West - [program_tooltip program_id='431200' first='Madfrog' last=''] Brenda Montes Solis – Middle Blocker – San Elizario Briana Zamora – Libero – Clear Creek – Houston Stellar [player_tooltip player_id="99493" first="Brooke" last="Bentke"] – Outside Hitter – Brenham – Houston Skyline [player_tooltip player_id="87567" first="Brooklyn" last="Jaeger"] – Outside Hitter – Fayeteville – TexStar Bryce Ranney – Outside Hitter – Glenda Dawson – Houston Stellar Campbell Love – Libero – Byron Nelson - [program_tooltip program_id='431200' first='Madfrog' last=''] Carly Lange – Libero – Belville – Houston Skyline Carter Galley – Libero – Glenda Dawson – Houston Stellar Cierra Pesak – Outside Hitter – Friendswood – Absolute Volleyball Academy [player_tooltip player_id="87549" first="Cindy" last="Tchouangwa"] – Outside Hitter – Tompkins – [program_tooltip program_id='431166' first='Houston' last='Juniors'] Claire Dewine – Setter/Right Sider – The Woodlands – Houston Skyline [player_tooltip player_id="87565" first="Courtney" last="O'Brien"] – Outside Hitter – Cinco Ranch – Houston Skyline [player_tooltip player_id="122908" first="Courtney" last="Pope"] – Middle Blocker – Canyon – Tri-County Volleyball Association [player_tooltip player_id="87563" first="Crystal" last="Creek"] – Outside Hitter – Bastrop – Austin Skyline [player_tooltip player_id="87551" first="Devyn" last="Lewis"] – Middle Blocker – Manvel – Absolute Volleyball Academy [player_tooltip player_id="87574" first="Dylan" last="Gilkey"] – Setter – Cedar Park – Texas Eclipse [player_tooltip player_id="141132" first="Ella" last="Busey"] – Outside Hitter – Colleyville – TAV [player_tooltip player_id="87554" first="Ella" last="Chaney"] – Middle Blocker – Prosper - Skyline Ella Folse – Outside Hitter – Katy Jordan – Houston Skyline [player_tooltip player_id="122899" first="Ellie" last="Mattox"] – Setter – Vandergrift – Austin Juniors [player_tooltip player_id="99492" first="Emma" last="Halstead"] – Outside Hitter – Brandeis – Alamo [player_tooltip player_id="87580" first="Emily" last="Keohen"] – Setter – Richland – Texas Image Emily Milikan – Middle Blocker – Round Rock Christian – Texas Fury [player_tooltip player_id="87557" first="Emily" last="Schaper"] – Outside Hitter – Cy Woods – Houston Skyline [player_tooltip player_id="87536" first="Emily" last="Simmons"] – Outside Hitter – Eaton - TAV Gabriella Espiricueta – Libero – Cypress Creek – Texas Tornados Grace Lanier – Libero – Seven Lakes – Houston Skyline [player_tooltip player_id="141246" first="Gracie" last="Campbell"] – Outside Hitter – Klein Oak – Woodlands Revolution [player_tooltip player_id="87530" first="Greyson" last="Button"] – Outside Hitter – Grapevine – Texas Image Haley Mullaney – Setter – Victory Christian Academy – Texas Pistols [player_tooltip player_id="141121" first="Halle" last="Schroder"] – Outside Hitter – Reedy – Drive Nation Hannah Clear – Middle Blocker – Northwest – Texas Pistols [player_tooltip player_id="153291" first="Hannah" last="Gonzalez"] – Middle Blocker - Lovejoy Hannah Smith – Setter – Kingwood – Houston Stellar [player_tooltip player_id="141248" first="Hannah" last="Whittingstall"] – Middle Blocker – Alamo Heights – Alamo [player_tooltip player_id="87539" first="Harper" last="Cooper"] – Setter – Parish Episcopal – [program_tooltip program_id='431200' first='Madfrog' last=''] [player_tooltip player_id="87533" first="Isabella" last="Breeden"] – Setter – Westlake – Austin Skyline Jade Clack – Right Sider – Stephen F. Austin Jaycee Harris – Setter - Gilmer Jo Moffitt – Setter – Amarillo – Amarillo Xtreme Jaida Sione – Outisde Hitter – Flower Mound – Drive Nation Jolie Frosch – Setter – D'Hanis [player_tooltip player_id="87571" first="Jordan" last="Eager"] – Libero – Clear Springs – Houston Stellar Kaitlin Lopez – Outside Hitter – Tompkins – Houston Skyline [player_tooltip player_id="87552" first="Karley" last="Black"] – Middle Blocker – Rouse – Austin Performance [player_tooltip player_id="87541" first="Karley" last="Sledge"] – Outside Hitter – Dripping Springs – Austin Skyline [player_tooltip player_id="87545" first="Kate" last="Hansen"] – Middle Blocker – Weatherford - TAV Kayla Lopez – Outside Hitter – Rouse – Austin Performance Kea Whillock – Libero – Keller - [program_tooltip program_id='431200' first='Madfrog' last=''] Kellen Dorotik – Right Sider – East Bernard – Katy United [player_tooltip player_id="122895" first="Kelli" last="Northup"] – Setter – Round Rock Christian - Roots [player_tooltip player_id="87547" first="Kennedy" last="Kays"] – Outside Hitter – Bridgeland – Houston Skyline [player_tooltip player_id="87561" first="Kylie" last="Mueller"] – Outisde Hitter – Dulles – Houston Skyline [player_tooltip player_id="87534" first="Kyndal" last="Stowers"] – Right Sider - Guyer Kynzie Lily – Libero – Fort Bend Christian – Katy United Landry Baughman – Outside Hitter – L.V. Berkner – Excel [player_tooltip player_id="141123" first="Landry" last="McEachern"] – Libero – Keller – Drive Nation Lanna Tello – Libero – Buda Johnson – Austin Performance [player_tooltip player_id="87540" first="Lauren" last="Ingram"] – Outside Hitter – The Hockaday – Skyline Juniors Lauren Mann – Outside Hitter – Richland [player_tooltip player_id="122887" first="Lauren" last="Murphy"] – Middle Blocker/Right Sider – Round Rock – Austin Juniors Layla Smith – Middle Blocker – Atascosita – Houston Skyline [player_tooltip player_id="141125" first="Leah" last="Ford"] – Middle Blocker – Keller – Drive Nation [player_tooltip player_id="87555" first="Leah" last="Oyewole"] – Middle Blocker/Right Sider – Bishop Lynch – [program_tooltip program_id='431200' first='Madfrog' last=''] [player_tooltip player_id="122902" first="Lillie" last="Johnson"] – Middle Blocker – Smithson Valley – Bulverde Volleyball Club [player_tooltip player_id="122897" first="Lily" last="Nicholson"] – Setter – McKinney North – Drive Nation Lydia Seymour – Middle Blocker – Northwest – Texas Pistols [player_tooltip player_id="87544" first="Lyric" last="Berry"] – Middle Blocker – Bishop Lynch – [program_tooltip program_id='431200' first='Madfrog' last=''] Lyric Jordan – Outside Hitter – Manvel – Houston Skyline Mabry Hermann – Middle Blocker – D'Hanis [player_tooltip player_id="99562" first="Mackenzie" last="Behl"] – Middle Blocker – Buda Johnson – Austin Performance [player_tooltip player_id="87537" first="Mackenzie" last="Plante"] – Outside Hitter – Lake Travis – Austin Performance Maddie Cox – Middle Blocker – Flower Mound Maddie Perkins – Outside Hitter – Dallas Christian Maddy Chaapel – Outside Hitter – Katy – Houston Skyline [player_tooltip player_id="99500" first="Madisyn" last="Jones"] – Setter – Boerne – Alamo Mallory Madison – Libero – College Park – Houston Skyline Makenna Tryon – Outside Hitter – Waller – Houston Skyline [player_tooltip player_id="87573" first="Margot" last="Manning"] – Setter – St. John XXII – Houston Skyline [player_tooltip player_id="141247" first="Maya" last="Jones"] – Right Sider - Canyon – Alamo Megan Hubbard – Setter – Friendswood – Absolute Volleyball Academy [player_tooltip player_id="87576" first="Mia" last="Howell"] – Middle Blocker/Right Sider - Rockwall-Heath – Dallas Premier [player_tooltip player_id="87538" first="Mikala" last="Sampson"] – Middle Blocker – Klein – Willowbrook [player_tooltip player_id="87559" first="Mikalah" last="Burrow"] – Libero – Rockwall-Heath – Dallas Premier Molly Tuozzo – Libero – The Woodlands – Houston Skyline Morgan Madison – Libero – The Woodlands College Park – Houston Skyline [player_tooltip player_id="87528" first="Nayeli" last="Gonzalez"] – Middle Blocker – Cornerstone Christian – Alamo Nina Terry – Setter – Stratford – Houston Skyline [player_tooltip player_id="87582" first="Olivia" last="Abbott"] – Libero – Stratford – Absolute Volleyball Academy Payton Arbaugh – Libero – The Hockaday - TAV Payton Hull – Middle Blocker – Peaster – Texas Pistols Piper Stephenson – Setter/Right Sider – St. Agnes Academy – [program_tooltip program_id='431166' first='Houston' last='Juniors'] Presley Powell – Setter – Tompkins – Houston Skyline Rachel Kim – Libero – Liberty – Dallas Premier Rayanna Mauldin – Outside Hitter – Gunter – Dallas Premier Reagan Blank – Outside Hittter – Brazoswood – Texas United [player_tooltip player_id="141135" first="Reagan" last="Engler"] – Middle Blocker – Coppell – TAV [player_tooltip player_id="122892" first="Reagan" last="Fifer"] – Setter/Right Sider – Liberty Christian – Excel Reagan Sawyer – Setter – Round Rock Christian – Austin Juniors Reese Miller – Middle Blocker/Right Sider – Reedy – Dallas Arsenal Renata Bolado Corona – Outside Hitter – Dulles – Houston Skyline Riley Cox – Libero – Cedar Ridge – Austin Skyline Riley Hemphill – Middle Blocker – Plano East – Victory Volleyball Club Riley Steubing – Libero – George Ranch – Houston Skyline [player_tooltip player_id="153297" first="Ryan" last="Williams"] – Middle Blocker – William B. Travis – [program_tooltip program_id='431166' first='Houston' last='Juniors'] Ryann Holley – Outisde Hitter – Round Rock Christian – Austin Juniors [player_tooltip player_id="122896" first="Ryleigh" last="Garis"] – Setter – Vista Ridge – Austin Performance [player_tooltip player_id="141119" first="Sadie" last="McAda"] – Outside Hitter – Pleasanton - Alamo Sara Welch – Setter – Granbury – Ft. Worth Fire Sarah Sitton – Middle Blocker – Friendswood – Houston Stellar Savannah Johnson – Outside Hitter – Round Rock Christian – Texas Fury Sharlotte McClintock – Middle Blocker – Stratford – Houston Stars Shea Stone – Setter – Fort Bend Christian – Katy United Skye LaMendola – Outside Hitter – Coppell – Excel Skylar George – Outside Hitter - Stratford – Absolute Volleyball Academy [player_tooltip player_id="87542" first="Sophia" last="Luo"] – Right Sider – Westlake – Austin Performance Sophie Ocampo – Outside Hitter – Kingwood – Houston Stellar [player_tooltip player_id="153301" first="Stratton" last="Sneed"] – Right Sider – Clear Creek – Houston Stellar [player_tooltip player_id="141116" first="Sydney" last="Garrison"] – Outside Hitter – Aubrey – Excel [player_tooltip player_id="87531" first="Sydney" last="Jordan"] – Outside Hitter – Ridge Point – [program_tooltip program_id='431166' first='Houston' last='Juniors'] [player_tooltip player_id="87569" first="Tanon" last="Rosenthal"] – Setter – Stephen F. Austin - Roots [player_tooltip player_id="87532" first="Taylor" last="Anderson"] – Setter/Right Sider – Cornerstone Christian – Alamo [player_tooltip player_id="87577" first="Taylor" last="Polivka"] – Setter – Keller – Texas Image Tendai Titley – Outside Hitter – Tompkins – Houston Skyline Tene Ariyo – Right Sider – Awty International – Houston Skyline [player_tooltip player_id="87527" first="Trinity" last="Blackwood"] – Middle Blocker – Wylie – Dallas Premier Vanessa Benitez – Outside Hitter – San Elizario – PSA Thunder [player_tooltip player_id="141118" first="Victoria" last="Powell"] – Middle Blocker – Fulshear – Houston Skyline Vivian Chaney – Libero – Lamar – [program_tooltip program_id='431166' first='Houston' last='Juniors']