The Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette has released its
2015 Girls Volleyball All-State Team, which is the 34th annual season the newspaper has selected an All-State team.
St. Francis senior Molly Haggerty, a four-time state champion, was named the Player of the Year.
The First Team and Second Team are listed below, click the link above or below for the Honorable Mention Team members:
FIRST TEAM
Claire Anderson St. Charles North Sr. 6-0 OH/RS
DePaul signee had 396 kills, 144 digs, 34 aces for regional champ North Stars
Kayla Caffey Mother McAuley Sr. 6-0 MB
Headed to Mizzou, Caffey led Mighty Macs’ middle with 286 kills, 96 blocks
Tiffany Clark Benet Academy Sr. 5-10 OH
Future Wolverine Clark totaled 496 kills and 390 digs for the RedWings
Catie Cronister Chicago Latin Sr. 5-10 OH
Eye-popping stats for the Wofford signee: 586 kills, 233 digs, 130 aces, 61 blocks
Jane DeJarld Mother McAuley Sr. 5-9 S
Coach’s daughter and Boston College signee finished season with 796 assists
Rachel Giustino Marian Central Catholic Sr. 5-11 OH
Hurricanes won 3A title with Murray State signee racking up 339 kills, 254 digs
Molly Haggerty Wheaton St. Francis Sr. 6-2 OH
Wisconsin signee capped senior year with 467 kills, 200 digs, 72 blocks
Kate Hoerdemann Bloomington Central Catholic Jr. 6-1 OH
Memphis commit had 300 kills and 467 digs for 2A state champions
Kaylin Korte Morris Sr. 6-0 OH
Future Illini had monster senior year with 557 kills, 228 digs, 70 blocks, 38 aces
Daley Krage St. Charles North Sr. 6-3 OH/RS
Northwestern signee had 294 kills and 157 digs for North Stars
Grace Loberg Geneva Jr. 6-2 OH
Wisconsin commit missed first month of the season but still totaled 276 kills
Dani Messa Wheaton St. Francis Sr. 5-7 S
Missouri State signee set team to state title with 911 assists, 195 digs, 87 kills
Sara Nielsen Benet Academy Jr. 6-0 S
Minnesota commit benefited from strong hitters: 883 assists, 190 digs, 121 kills
Morgan O’Brien Libertyville Jr. 5-6 L
Recent Illinois commit and solid passer racked up 558 digs, 52 aces for Tigers
Dana Rettke Riverside-Brookfield Jr. 6-7 MH
Wisconsin commit force for Bulldogs with 419 kills, 190 digs, 64 aces, 47 blocks
Natalie Schilling Glenbard West Sr. 6-1 OH
Duke signee guided Hilltoppers to 4A title match, finished with 505 kills, 224 digs
Ashley Shook Plainfield Central Jr. 6-2 S
Texas commit led Wildcats with 666 assists, 232 digs, 141 kills, 109 blocks
MacKenzi Welsh Plainfield East Sr. 6-0 S
Michigan signee had 444 assists, 216 digs, 141 kills and 51 aces for Bengals
SECOND TEAM
Madisen Babich Lyons Township Sr. 5-4 L
Cal State-Fullerton signee had 537 digs for Lions, who fell in stacked regional
Ally Barrett Geneva Jr. 6-1 OH
UConn commit stepped into lead role with Loberg out; totaled 280 kills, 187 digs
Grace Butler Carmel Jr. 5-11 S/RS
Central Michigan commit had 687 assists, 185 digs, 131 kills for regional champs
Heather Cross Murphysboro Sr. 5-11 MH
Murray State signee among top middles in state with 424 kills, 121 blocks
Makenzie Fink Lanark Eastland Jr. 6-1 OH
Cougars won 1A title with Fink leading the way with 469 kills and 189 digs
Taylor Gibson LaSalle-Peru Sr. 5-11 OH
Wright State signee had 362 kills, 248 digs, 30 aces for fourth-place 3A team
Veronica Katarzynski West Chicago Sr. 5-5 L
Wildcats defensive standout headed to UNC-Greensboro after 486 digs, 45 aces
Ashton Lee Orion Sr. 6-1 MH
MSU-Mankato signee’s 456 kills, 263 digs, 70 blocks led to 2A runner-up finish
Toni Leitshuh Lincoln-Way Central Sr. 5-7 OH
Knights leader headed to Gannon (Pa.) after 497 kills, 306 digs, 107 blocks
Kamryn Malloy Wheaton St. Francis Jr. 6-0 OH
Indiana commit gave Spartans nice 1-2 punch with Haggerty; 352 kills, 176 digs
Kolby McClelland Southeastern Jr. 5-11 MB
Murray State commit had 412 kills (at .422 percent), 127 digs and 76 blocks
Ginger Perinar Minooka Sr. 6-1 OH
Indians got 396 kills, 270 digs and 97 blocks from Southern Illinois signee
Isabel Potter Moline Jr. 5-9 S
Cal commit led Maroons with 675 assists, 208 digs, 141 kills and 53 aces
Alexandra Preuss York Sr. 5-8 OH
Dukes leader headed to D-II Lewis after notching 508 kills, 266 digs, 43 aces
Jori Radtke Stevenson Jr. 5-10 OH
NIU commit finished with 374 kills, 321 digs, 45 aces for 4A sectional champs
Lauren Stefanski Joliet West Sr. 6-4 MB
Loyola-Chicago signee led Tigers with 335 kills, 195 digs, 78 blocks, 59 aces
Jaclyn Taylor St. Charles North Sr. 6-2 S
Creighton signee guided North Stars’ attack with 755 assists and 119 digs
McKayla Wuensch Marian Central Catholic Jr. 5-9 S
State-champion setter had 1,053 assists, 176 digs and 85 kills for Hurricanes
Click here for Honorable Mention Team