Finalists. Hendrickson's talent might be generational. Heather played on three championship teams at Portage Northern from 1992-94 and for three seasons at IU and her final year at Western Michigan University. RELATED: Mattawan senior continues family, team legacy as Miss Volleyball finalist, Mattawan's Natalie Foster (11) taps the ball over the net during a volleyball match between Bronson High School and Mattawan High School at Gull Lake High School in Richland, Michigan on Tuesday, October 8, 2019. Brian Hayes | MLive.com. 1-ranked recruit from the Class of 2022 in all of New Jersey, Camden Catholic High's Bella Craig is one of the shortest players to make the list at just 5-foot-3. A second team all-state pick as a middle hitter in 2018, the 5-foot-7 Hescott has taken her game to a new level this year, which has resulted in Merrill's first regional championship since 1978. The 5-foot-10 Borellis helped No. Ackerman led Marist to the Class 4A state championship in 2020 and was named Class 4A Player of the Year in the process. Hoover went 50-1 behind McKinnon, who racked up an incredible 594 kills, 267 digs, 50 service aces and 29 blocks. Playing at 5-5 height, Meyer had 474 digs and served 23 aces as a junior, a year after getting 431 digs as a sophomore. Pierce is really bad news for elite opponents in Kansas on the high school volleyball and Midwest club level. She led the Kicking Mules to a state title as a senior in 2001 and a state runner-up finish in 1999. High school: Porter-Gaud School (Charleston, South Carolina), Accolades: VolleyballMag.com No. It's rare to earn Gatorade Player of the Year honors as an underclassmen, much less a sophomore, in any sport. Cookie Settings/Do Not Sell My Personal Information. O'Connell has 1,319 career assists headed into her senior season. RELATED: Freeland, Caitlinn Pistro jump past Swan Valley for district title, Grand Rapids Christians Jordyn Gates (1) sets the ball against Grand Rapids South Christian during the Division 2 district tournament championship at Grand Rapids Christian High School on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019. Michigan State University. Bottom line: With one season of high school volleyball left, Caleigh O'Connell already has a state championship and the school career assists record under her belt. Freeland won in three sets, 25-17, 28-18, 25-22. She still racked up 116 kills and 13 blocks. Few players in the country can dominate at the net like Hendrickson, who had 512 kills, 92 digs, 35 service aces and 30 blocks as a junior. She has averaged 4.6 kills per set over her first three high school seasons. Skyline's Kendall Murray (8) spikes the ball during Skyline's regional volleyball championship game against Novi at Howell High School on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019.Jacob Hamilton | MLive.com. Yates was also named EPAC Player of the Year after leading Hedgesville to the Class AAA state semifinals. Ardren was still able to dominate in the pandemic and was named the Gatorade Player of the Year for Vermont. She has traveled the world to play with the U.S. These are the best high school girls volleyball player in all 50 states from the classes of 2022, 2023 and 2024. Farmington Hills Mercy9. As a senior, she had more than 325 kills, servedabove 95 percent and recorded more than 1,000 assists as one of two setters on the floor. She played her best in the biggest match of the season, racking up 21 kills in the state championship match victory over Papillion-La Vista South. She also was the teams most valuable player for three seasons and helped East Kentwood to a state title in 2006. Bottom line: Erin Jones teamed up with All-State outside hitter Sidney Mcintosh to help lead La Cueva High to back-to-back Class 5A state championships in 2018 and 2019 before narrowly missing out on the three-peat in 2020-21. Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart6. Bottom line: Karlee Pinell helped lead Cheyenne Mountain to the Class 4A state semifinals in 2020. Gates and the rest of the Eagles look to continue their impressive campaign with a state quarterfinal win against No. She led the team with 800 assists, 125 digs, 42 service aces and 32 blocks despite being just 5-foot-7. Hescott and teammate Libby Fischer combined for 20 kills in last weeks regional title win over Fowler, and the front row duo will need another big game on Tuesday at Remus Chippewa Hills, where No. She has Corunnas school records in kills, digs and aces and was MaxPreps All-American. Bottom line: The West Coast is filled with up-and-coming volleyball phenoms California's Claire Little, Oregon's Sophia Gregoire-Salagean and Washington's Hailey Brockway, who was arguably the best player in her state as a freshman in 2019. Henrie's 2020 numbers were outstanding. 2 overall player in the Class of 2020 by VolleyballMag.com. Whitehall's Melissa Griffin, right, hits a spike during the Class B state semifinals in 2004. Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central5. High school: Parkland High School (Allentown, Pennsylvania), Accolades: Two-time Class 4A All-State (2019, 2020), AVCA Phenom List (2020), Class 4A state semifinalist (2019), Class 4A District 11 champion (2019), The Morning Call All-Area Volleyball (2020). The 6-foot-3 outside hitter is in her freshman season at Michigan State. Phelan has 1,872 assists through her first two seasons of high school volleyball and would have easily cleared 2,000 if not for the shortened season in 2020. 3 Overall Underclassmen (2022), AVCA Phenom List (2020), SCISA Class 3A State Champion (2019), PrepVolleyball.Com All-American (2020). Lake Odessa Lakewood5. Photos by Ben Allan SmithPhotos by Ben Allan Smith, Mikayla Haut, Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central. The younger sister of Oral Roberts middle blocker/outside hitter and former teammate Jaxie Wakley, Bella Wakley racked up a staggering 566 kills on the way to the 2020 Class 5A state title. NRCA went 17-1 and won the North Carolina Independent Schools Athletic Association Class 4A state championship in 2020 as Buckley racked up 235 assists, 151 digs, 136 kills and 24 service aces with an out-of-sight 57.1 kill percentage. She's committed to play for the University of Missouri. She was the first MSU volleyball player to earn All-Big Ten honors three times and the first to earn first-team All-America honors twice (1995-96). Few players in the country can say they went on the volleyball odyssey Gravatt and her family embarked on in 2020. Reitsma already has more than 1,300 career kills, including almost 800 this year, to go along with an impressive .358 hitting percentage. From spikers to setters, Michigan has had plenty of talent the past 25 years in high school volleyball. When it was clear that her native California wasn't going to have high school sports in the fall, Gravatt's family moved almost 2,000 miles to Maryville so she could play. Ackerman had a staggering 104 service aces in just 82 sets in 2020 to go with a team-high 323 digs and 104 assists. Check out the Michigan Player Database to find a comprehensive collection of Michigan high school volleyball player profiles Bottom line: The only player from the Class of 2024 to make the list is Olathe Northwest's Skylar Pierce, a 6-foot-1 outside hitter who was named Class 6A All-State as a freshman in the largest division in Kansas. Is she the best high school setter in the nation? She was listed as an All-American by Prepvolleyball.com. She was great in the postseason as well, leading Darien to the finals of the FCIAC West Region playoffs. Meredith Norris, Corunna, Class of 2017. High school: Ryle High School (Union, Kentucky), Accolades: Northern Kentucky Athletic Conference Division I Most Outstanding Player (2019), AVCA Phenom List (2020), USA Volleyball A1 National Training Program (2019), PrepDig.Com No.1 Kentucky (2022). She led Rogers to the Division 3 state championship as a freshman and the state semifinals as a sophomore. Brian Hayes | MLive.com. High school: Plainfield North High School (Plainfield, Illinois), Accolades: AVCA Phenom List (2020), VolleyballMag.com Top 25 Underclassmen (2020), Bugle News All-Area Volleyball (2020), Illinois Prep Volleyball All-State (2019). An all-state selection in each of her first two years with Lakewood, the junior middle hitter earned first team honors in Division 2 last year and is poised for more postseason recognition, as she leads the Vikings into the state quarterfinals for the sixth consecutive year. 24: Brishia Stroven, St. Louis, Class of 2005. (Danny Miller | MLive.com file), No. In fact, she may have already been the best player in the nation at that point. Breitenbach led Rogers High into the state playoffs in 2020 and is already a two-time Providence Journal All-State pick headed into her senior season. Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement, Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement, and Your Privacy Choices and Rights (each updated 1/26/2023). High school: La Cueva High School (Albuquerque, New Mexico), Accolades: AVCA Phenom List (2020), two-time NMHSCA Class 5A All-State (2019, 2020), two-time Class 5A State Champion (2018, 2019). High school: South Anchorage High School (Anchorage, Alaska), Accolades: AVCA Phenom List (2020), Class 4A state champion (2019). Merrill's Ashtyn Hescott attacks a ball from the middle as Freeland's Elli Howard and Caroline Talaga block during the Freeland varsity volleyball quad meet on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019.Rachel Ellis | MLive.com. A member of the Legacy Volleyball Club, Mruzik helped her team register a 72-4 record over the summer and capture an AAU national championship in Orlando. High school: Burnt Hills-Balston Lake High School (Burnt Hills, New York), Accolades: New York Gatorade Player of the Year (2021), AVCA Phenom List (2020), Class A State Champion (2019), Class A State Tournament Most Valuable Player (2019), Times Union Volleyball Player of the Year finalist (2019), two-time Class A All-State (2019, 2020), Suburban Council championship (2020), Suburban Council Most Valuable Player (2020). Who are the top volleyball players within the Class of 2026? She now has 1,040 career kills headed into her senior season. She's also a basketball standout. 1 college volleyball powerhouse at the University of Nebraska. She earned all-MAC honors as an outside hitter for the Broncos. In last week's regional championship sweep over Manton, Gerow tallied 24 kills and 10 digs, and she'll need to have another strong performance in Tuesday's quarterfinal showdown with Traverse City St. Francis at Houghton Lake. No. She's already a Top 20 recruit in the Class of 2023, according to PrepVolleyball.com, and there aren't a lot of those coming out of South Dakota.