2025 Club Team Spotlights: MVP Elite 17U
Heelan ’26 Ava Lloyd (Photo: Rob Howe/Prep Dig)
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<p>[program_tooltip program_id='429059' first='Midwest' last='Volleyball Power'] (MVP) Elite 17s boasts a number of top members in Iowa's 2026 Class. They're teaming up with a trio of standouts from Sioux City, S.D.'s Dakota Valley High this season in creating an intriguing club squad. </p>
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<p>It's headlined by Creighton commitment [player_tooltip player_id='389079' first='Bailey' last='Boeve'] from Hinton. She'll be pumped to get back onto the court after injury impacted her junior season. </p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='389834' first='Ava' last='Lloyd'] earned all-state honors in playing a large role during Bishop Heelan's march to the Class 4A state championship. The junior piled up 275 kills and 241 digs. </p>
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<p>Fellow Crusader [player_tooltip player_id='493653' first='Dara' last='Mollett'] joins Lloyd on this team after contributing to the Heelan rotation as a sophomore in 2024. Boeve's Hinton teammate, [player_tooltip player_id='552898' first='Karlyn' last='Kovarna'], enters club season after cranking out 304 kills and coming up with 179 digs as a 10th-grader during the fall. </p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='447578' first='Kinslee' last='Walrod'] handed out 488 assists at Sioux City North last season. She also contributed 221 digs for the North Stars. </p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='389843' first='Jaylee' last='Jackson'] pounded out 288 kills as a Sioux City East sophomore in '24. She matched Walrod with 221 digs. </p>
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<p>Sergeant Bluff-Luton reached the 4A state semifinals after knocking off top-seeded Xavier in the opening round. [player_tooltip player_id='389844' first='Bre' last='VanDenTop'] paced the Warriors with 358 kills (.306) and 79.0 blocks. </p>
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<p>Dakota Valley's Madie Munch, Claire Munch and Samantha Kimbell led their team to a runner-up finish at the state tournament last season. Claire Munch committed to Northern Iowa in December. </p>
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Midwest Volleyball Power (MVP) Elite 17s boasts a number of top members in Iowa's 2026 Class. They're teaming up with a trio of standouts from Sioux City, S.D.'s Dakota Valley High this season in creating an intriguing club squad.
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