Texas prospects receive AVCA Best and Brightest Award

The state of Texas had as many as 163 senior high school volleyball players awarded by the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) for their sports and academic achievements, it was announced this week. The first ever AVCA Best and Brightest Awards recognized 972 student-athletes across the country, who made the cut but achieving a pre-determined GPA in their junior year of high school and played in at least 50% of their varsity team's sets during their senior season. Players were split in first (3.7 Unweighted GPA/4.2 Weighted GPA or above), second (3.3 Unweighted GPA/3.8 Weighted GPA or above) and third (3.0 Unweighted GPA/3.5 Weighted GPA or above) teams according to their academic results. First Team (92) Aba Essel – HS: LV Berkner – Middle Blocker Abigail Daehler – HS: Regents – Outside Hitter Abrey Galt – HS: Tascosa - Setter Addy Polk – HS: Concordia Lutheran – Setter Alexandria Causey – HS: LV Berkner – Outside Hitter Alexis Andrews – HS: Stratford – Outside Hitter [player_tooltip player_id="87474" first="Allie" last="Sczech"] – HS: George Ranch – Right Sider Alyssa Boisvert – HS: LV Berkner - Setter Alyssa Clark – HS: Cedar Ridge – Libero Amelia Griswell – HS: Vista Ridge – Right Sider Ashley Carlisle – HS: Weatherford - Libero Audrey Gass – HS: The Hockaday - Libero [player_tooltip player_id="99504" first="Ava" last="Roberts"] – HS: Mansfield – Right Sider [player_tooltip player_id="99508" first="Avery" last="Shimaitis"] – HS: George Ranch – Outside Hitter Barbara Irwin – HS: Tascosa – Middle Blocker Berkley Warren – HS: Tascosa – Right Sider Briana Zamora – HS: Clear Creek – Libero Brianna Van Pelt – HS: Smithson Valley – Right Sider Brielle Worley – HS: Amarillo – Outside Hitter Brynn Botkin – HS: Magnolia – Middle Blocker [player_tooltip player_id="119915" first="Brynn" last="Williams"] – HS: Mansfield – Outside Hitter Callie Humphrey – HS: VR Eaton - Libero Cassidy MacLean – HS: The Woodlands - Libero Claire Antosh – HS: Schulenburg – Outside Hitter Claire Biggers – HS: Frisco Wakeland – Outside Hitter Elena Bilhartz – HS: Cedar Ridge – Middle Blocker Ella Belknap – HS: Frisco – Middle Blocker Ellie Alexander – HS: Granbury – Middle Blocker [player_tooltip player_id="151759" first="Emily" last="Hellmuth"] – HS: Highland Park – Outside Hitter Emily Lewis – HS: VR Eaton - Libero Faith Cox – HS: Cedar Ridge – Setter [player_tooltip player_id="140418" first="Grace" last="Milliken"] – HS: Lovejoy – Middle Blocker Grey Foster – HS: Westlake - Setter Halle Sherlock – HS: Timbercreek - Setter [player_tooltip player_id="87471" first="Ifenna" last="Cos-Okpalla"] – HS: Marcus – Middle Blocker [player_tooltip player_id="87506" first="Ireland" last="McCauley"] – HS: Vandergrift - Libero Isabella Kerr – HS: Smithson Valley – Right Sider Isabella Trujilo – HS: Reedy – Right Sider [player_tooltip player_id="87484" first="Jaci" last="Mesa"] – HS: Smithson Valley - Libero Jailen Hurley – HS: Frisco Lone Star – Outside Hitter Jane Hudson – HS: Westlake – Middle Blocker [player_tooltip player_id="140395" first="Jordan" last="Chapman"] – HS: Reedy - Setter Julianna Green – HS: Northwest – Outside Hitter Kailee Gims – HS: Cypress Ranch - Libero Karis Clifton – HS: Cedar Park – Libero Karson Haelzle – HS: Tascosa – Libero [player_tooltip player_id="99521" first="Katelyn" last="Krienke"] – HS: Vista Ridge – Middle Blocker Katherine Alex – HS: Cedar Park – Outside Hitter Katherine Brown-Roberts – HS: Tascosa - Libero Katie Warden – HS: Crawford – Outside Hitter [player_tooltip player_id="140408" first="Kelsey" last="Perry"] – HS: Reedy – Middle Blocker [player_tooltip player_id="87476" first="Kierstyn" last="McFall"] – HS: Klein – Middle Blocker Kyla Malone – HS: Canyon – Outside Hitter Kymorah Carter – HS: Cedar Park – Libero Lainee Roberts – HS: Cedar Park – Middle Blocker Lainey Taylor – HS: Salado – Right Sider Larissa Rowe – HS: Tomball – Right Sider [player_tooltip player_id="87488" first="Lexi" last="Guinn"] – HS: Frisco – Outside Hitter Lexi Moody – HS: Crawford – Setter Lilian Bickley – HS: VR Eaton – Right Sider [player_tooltip player_id="87522" first="Lindsey" last="Kriendler"] – HS: Cypress Creek – Outside Hitter [player_tooltip player_id="87478" first="Logan" last="Lednicky"] – HS: George Ranch – Right Sider Lydia Mendoza – HS: Vista Ridge - Libero Lydia Mesusan – HS: Klein – Right Sider Mackenzie Howton – HS: Vista Ridge – Outside Hitter [player_tooltip player_id="87470" first="Maddie" last="Waak"] – HS: Katy - Setter Madison DeMauro – HS: Frisco Wakeland – Libero [player_tooltip player_id="151758" first="Maggie" last="Boyd"] – HS: Marcus – Outside Hitter Maggie Farmer – HS: Ball – Outside Hitter Makaila Van Buren – HS: Tomball - Libero [player_tooltip player_id="87467" first="Maya" last="Duckworth"] – HS: Birdville – Outside Hitter Mecca Freeman – HS: Mayde Creek – Outside Hitter Megan Rosen – HS: Timbercreek - Libero Megan Woods – HS: Cedar Park – Outside Hitter Missy Varni – HS: Granbury – Libero Nicole Kula – HS: Frisco Wakeland – Middle Blocker Olivia Sims – HS: Tascosa – Outside Hitter [player_tooltip player_id="152994" first="Paige" last="Crawford"] – HS: Wiberley – Outside Hitter [player_tooltip player_id="152995" first="Paige" last="Mooney"] – HS: VR Eaton – Outside Hitter Paulina Acuna – HS: Franklin – Outside Hitter Reagan Whatley – HS: The Woodlands – Outside Hitter Rockelle Collier – HS: Canton – Outside Hitter [player_tooltip player_id="99506" first="Rosemary" last="Archer"] – HS: Lovejoy – Right Sider Sadie Snow – HS: Reedy – Middle Blocker Sara Gabriel – HS: Ball – Libero Shaylan Wright – HS: Smithson Valley - Setter [player_tooltip player_id="87486" first="Sophia" last="Keene"] – HS: Concordia Lutheran – Outside Hitter Sydnee Fuentes – HS: Tascosa – Libero Sydney Eyestone – HS: The Hockaday – Outside Hitter [player_tooltip player_id="140394" first="Sydney" last="Whitfield"] – HS: Concordia Lutheran – Outside Hitter Tatum Parker – HS: Paschal - Libero Tori Robinson – HS: Canton - Libero   Second Team (48) Aden Britt – HS: Weiss - Setter Alex Ayres – HS: Tascosa – Right Sider Alexa Pyle – HS: Smithson Valley – Middle Blocker Annika Flora – HS: Georgetown – Setter [player_tooltip player_id="87496" first="Ava" last="Camacho"] – HS: Lovejoy – Libero Ava Scott – HS: Pearland – Middle Blocker [player_tooltip player_id="87389" first="Averi" last="Carlson"] – HS: Lovejoy – Setter Bailey Howton – HS: Tomball – Middle Blocker [player_tooltip player_id="141633" first="Bailey" last="Miller"] – HS: Boles – Middle Blocker Breez Whitehead – HS: Hutto – Outside Hitter Caitlyn Benson – HS: Weatherford - Setter Caitlyn Snedaker – HS: Brazos – Libero Camile Williams – HS: Cypress Woods – Middle Blocker [player_tooltip player_id="140396" first="Camryn" last="Hill"] – HS: Reedy – Outside Hitter [player_tooltip player_id="151747" first="Casey" last="Batenhorst"] – HS: Seven Lakes – Setter Cate Boldrick – HS: Westlake – Middle Blocker Caton Letbetter – HS: Troy - Libero Elaine Gregersen – HS: Cypress Woods – Libero Ella Gomilion – HS: Regents - Setter [player_tooltip player_id="87473" first="Emma" last="Williams"] – HS: Brazoswood – Middle Blocker Graycee Mosley – HS: Troy – Outside Hitter Jada Gibson – HS: Memorial – Middle Blocker [player_tooltip player_id="99525" first="Jackie" last="Velzis"] – HS: Cypress Woods – Right Sider Jordan Hairell – HS: Tomball – Right Sider Jordan Sommer – HS: Schulenburg – Right Sider Karys Dove – HS: Hendrickson - Setter [player_tooltip player_id="87502" first="Kasen" last="Rosenthal"] – HS: Austin – Setter [player_tooltip player_id="101855" first="Keegan" last="O'Connor"] – HS: Weatherford - Libero [player_tooltip player_id="140419" first="Kendall" last="Hewitt"] – HS: Prosper – Right Sider Layni Tanner – HS: Troy – Libero [player_tooltip player_id="119920" first="Lindsey" last="Harris"] – HS: VR Eaton – Middle Blocker Macey Lopez – HS: Granger – Middle Blocker Mackenzie Tijerina – HS: Antonian Prep – Outside Hitter [player_tooltip player_id="140416" first="Madelyn" last="Dennis"] – HS: Smithson Valley - Setter Madison Blanco – HS: Franklin - Setter Mary Lacy Rieke – HS: Memorial – Middle Blocker Meagan Demmy – HS: Brazos – Setter Megan Xie – HS: Memorial - Libero Mia Medina – HS: Cypress Woods - Setter [player_tooltip player_id="87479" first="Mia" last="Moore"] – HS: Heritage – Right Sider Natassia Baptiste – HS: Tompkins – Middle Blocker Olivia Arredondo – HS: Antonian Prep – Setter Olivia Johnson – HS: Cedar Ridge – Outside Hitter [player_tooltip player_id="101853" first="Rebekah" last="Williams"] – HS: Smithson Valley – Outside Hitter [player_tooltip player_id="151751" first="Riley" last="Weigelt"] – HS: Vandergrift - Libero Samantha Unbehagen – HS: Austin – Outside Hitter Sarah Sitton – HS: Friendswood – Middle Blocker Zoe Martinez – HS: Goose Creek Memorial – Setter Third Team (23) Abbie Smith – HS: Cy Falls - Libero [player_tooltip player_id="87480" first="Alexis" last="Roberson"] – HS: Ridge Point – Middle Blocker Alyssa Finister – HS: Cy Falls – Middle Blocker Ava McCrary – HS: Timbercreek – Right Sider [player_tooltip player_id="87526" first="Brooke" last="Jeffrey"] – HS: Austin – Outside Hitter Caroline Howell – HS: Memorial - Setter Carly Berkman – HS: Memorial – Outside Hitter D'Nari Mills – HS: Cypress Woods – Outside Hitter Ella Wendell – HS: Hendrickson – Middle Blocker [player_tooltip player_id="152918" first="Emily" last="Canaan"] – HS: Allen – Libero [player_tooltip player_id="140407" first="Jazzlyn" last="Ford"] – HS: Prosper – Middle Blocker Kate Bueche – HS: Friendswood – Outside Hitter Kenzie Smith – HS: Santa Fe – Outside Hitter Kloe Kutac – HS: Schulenburg – Middle Blocker Madison Johnson – HS: Brazoswood – Libero Makenna Miller – HS: Northwest – Outside Hitter Mary-Stella Ekpe – HS: Weiss – Middle Blocker [player_tooltip player_id="151749" first="Melanie" last="McGann"] – HS: Keller – Outside Hitter Nylah Raspberry – HS: Ridge Point – Libero Paris Herman – HS: Tompkins – Outside Hitter Samantha Cousins – HS: Memorial – Outside Hitter [player_tooltip player_id="87514" first="Samantha" last="Wunsch"] – HS: Vandergrift – Right Sider Sydney Hill – HS: Hendrickson – Right Sider   Congratulations, y'all!