Volleyball Coach, Katie Hoblyn and her team celebrated a successful season this past Saturday at their annual fall sports banquet.
2023 AVCA and (United State Marine Corp) Team Academic Award
Coach Hoblyn shared, “ I’m very proud of this award. It is a national award in which our school, volleyball team and athletes are getting recognized for their efforts.The requirements are for the varsity team members have to have team average GPA of 3.3 or above from the previous season. This is the 7th consecutive year the A-M Volleyball team has earned this award.”
Varsity members of the 2022 team included Carlee Bartak, Shaylyn Safranek, Koral Schmidt, Keirsten Brandon, Mackenzie Burnett, Karsee McGinn, Adyson Priest, Halsey Baxter, Makenna Miller, Rylee Schmidt, Sadie Stewart, Shayleigh Coleman, Rhianen Myers, Lily Thornton
AVCA National Awards Best and Brightest
Coach Hoblyn shared “Another award in which I’m incredibly proud of is the American Volleyball Coaches Association Best and Brightest. Only seniors that have a GPA of a 3.5 or above during their junior year and were a major contributor during their senior season are eligible for nomination. We had two athletes receive this award. Athletes receiving this recognition are arranged into 1st/2nd/3rd team and honorable mention based on GPA.”
- Adyson Priest – 1st Team (not pictured)
- Keirsten Brandon – 3rd Team
Academic All-State
- Adyson Priest
- Makenna Miller
MNAC All-Conference
- Lily Thornton – All-Conference Honorable Mention
- Shayleigh Coleman – All-Conference Honorable Mention
- Keirsten Brandon – All-Conference Honorable Mention
- Adyson Priest – All-Conference 2nd Team
- Makenna Miller – All-Conference 1st Team
- Team Voted Awards
- Team Captains
Coach Hoblyn shared “ this is team voted award in which the captains model the leadership and ethics of the team, they focus more on the team and not on the individual. Our captains this year were”
- Keirsten Brandon, Adyson Priest and Makenna Miller
- Teammate of the Year
- Karsee McGinn & Sadie Stewart
- Season MVP
- Makenna Miller
Letter Winners
- Seniors – Keirsten Brandon, Mackenzie Burnett, Karsee McGinn and Adyson Priest
- Juniors – Halsey Baxter, Jessica Carr, Kayley Klein, Makenna Miller, Rylee Schmidt, Sadie Stewart
- Sophomores – Shayleigh Coleman, Rhianen Myers and Lily Thornton
Athletic Director Spencer Goodman shared the following "We are very proud of our fall activities athletes and teams! Both teams had a good amount of success and tonight's banquet was a great way to show our appreciation for each of them and their efforts both on and off the court!"