Iowa all-state volleyball 2022: 4 area players earn Elite honors

The Wamac Conference had some Elite setting this season, wouldn’t you say?

Marion’s Avery Van Hook and Mount Vernon’s Madeleine Miller were named the Class 4A and Class 3A state volleyball players of the year, according to the Iowa Girls Coaches Association, which released its all-state teams Tuesday morning.

Van Hook and Miller are joined on the nine-player Elite team by Cassidy Hartman of Iowa City Liberty and Ella Meyer of Western Dubuque.

All four are seniors.

Lily Dykstra of Urbandale is the state player of the year.

Van Hook, bound for the University of South Dakota, averaged 2.22 kills, 8.81 assists and 2.50 digs per set as Marion (35-7) reached the 4A state quarterfinals. She posted a kill efficiency of .321.

Miller was equally adept at the net in setting and attacking. The University of New Mexico recruit averaged 1.71 kills (on a .503 kill efficiency), 10.23 assists and 2.47 digs per set. Mount Vernon (35-6) was a 3A state semifinalist.

Hartman earned Elite all-state honors for the third consecutive year after leading Liberty (33-8) to its first state championship in any team sport; the Lightning captured the 5A title. Bound for the University of Northern Iowa, the versatile Hartman posted 4.98 kills and 3.97 digs per set and owned a .348 efficiency.

Meyer was a member of Western Dubuque’s 2021 Class 4A championship team; the Bobcats (25-11) were 4A semifinalists this time around. She averaged 6.75 digs per set and has pledged to Western Illinois University.

That area foursome highlights a crew of 14 first-team all-staters:

* Liberty’s Shelby Kimm joins Hartman on the 5A first team.

* Led by Van Hook and Meyer, seven of the eight 4A first-teamers are from The Gazette’s circulation area. Libby Fandel of state-champion Cedar Rapids Xavier is on the list, along with Bliss Beck of runner-up Clear Creek Amana, Michaela Goad of Marion, Libby Lansing of Western Dubuque and Alivia Schulte of West Delaware.

* Hard-hitting Chloe Meester of Mount Vernon joins Miller on the 3A team, as does Aubrey Gates of Union Community.

* Nia Howard of Springville and Jadyn Rausch of North Tama are honored in 1A.

Xavier Coach Austin Filer, who announced at state that this was his final year with the Saints, was tabbed as the 4A coach of the year. Xavier reached the state tournament in all of Filer’s seven seasons, winning 4A titles in 2020 and 2022. He posted a record of 214-45 in his career, 32-4 this season.

2022 IGCA all-state volleyball teams

Elite

Lily Dykstra, sr., Urbandale

Isabelle Elliott, jr., Sumner-Fredericksburg

Cassidy Hartman, sr., Iowa City Liberty

Ella Meyer, sr., Western Dubuque

Madeleine Miller, sr., Mount Vernon

Payton Petersen, jr., Dike-New Hartford

Ava Schubert, sr., Davenport Assumption

Avery Van Hook, sr., Marion

Stella Winterfeld, sr., Western Christian

Player of the year — Lily Dykstra, sr., Urbandale

Class 5A

FIRST TEAM

Chloe Cline, sr., Pleasant Valley

Lily Dykstra, sr., Urbandale

Cassidy Hartman, sr., Iowa City Liberty

Shelby Kimm, sr., Iowa City Liberty

Katie Remmert, sr., Cedar Falls

Molly Romano, jr., Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln

Molly Trachta, sr., Johnston

Halle Vice, sr., Pleasant Valley

Player of the year — Lily Dykstra, sr., Urbandale

Coach of the year — Jeremy Mikesell, West Des Moines Valley

SECOND TEAM

Mackenzie Dean, jr., West Des Moines Dowling

Ava Helming, jr., Johnston

Kate Passmore, soph., Linn-Mar

Jaeden Pratt, soph., Ankeny Centennial

Siena Roethler, sr., Pleasant Valley

Tanith Roush, jr., Ankeny

Aowyn Schrader, jr., Ankeny

Emma Tallman, sr., West Des Moines Dowling

HONORABLE MENTION (area only)

Allie Barlow, sr., Cedar Rapids Jefferson

Asta Hildebrand, soph., Iowa City Liberty

Class 4A

FIRST TEAM

Bliss Beck, jr., Clear Creek Amana

Libby Fandel, soph., Cedar Rapids Xavier

Michaela Goad, jr., Marion

Abbey Hayes, soph., North Scott

Libby Lansing, sr., Western Dubuque

Ella Meyer, sr., Western Dubuque

Alivia Schulte, sr., West Delaware

Avery Van Hook, sr., Marion

Player of the year — Avery Van Hook, sr., Marion

Coach of the year — Austin Filer, Cedar Rapids, Xavier

SECOND TEAM

Brittany Bacorn, jr., Knoxville

Meg Berland, jr., Clear Creek Amana

Maliyah Hacker, soph., Sioux City Heelan

Anika Ivester, sr., Cedar Rapids Xavier

Aspen Nelson, soph., Indianola

Anna Shoger, sr., Cedar Rapids Xavier

Anna Strohmeier, jr., Lewis Central

Noelle Sutcliffe, jr., Norwalk

HONORABLE MENTION (area only)

Amelia Dugger, sr., Decorah

Peyton Johnson, sr., Marion

Class 3A

FIRST TEAM

Aubrey Gates, sr., Union Community

Reagan Jansen, sr., Sioux Center

Olivia Lombardi, sr., Des Moines Christian

Chloe Meester, soph., Mount Vernon

Madeleine Miller, sr., Mount Vernon

Gracie Schoonhoven, sr., Unity Christian

Ava Schubert, sr., Davenport Assumption

Player of the year — Madeleine Miller, Mount Vernon

Coach of the year — Julie Oldenkamp, Sioux Center

SECOND TEAM

Claudia Aschenbrenner, sr., Osage

Willow Bleeker, sr., Sioux Center

Brooklyn Buysse, sr., West Liberty

Gabby Lombardi, jr., Des Moines Christian

Maren Miller, sr., Des Moines Christian

Monica Morales, sr., West Liberty

Ellie Schubert, soph., Davenport Assumption

THIRD TEAM

Marissa Cahoy, jr., New Hampton

Lily Goos, sr., Nevada

Hadley Hardersen, soph., Des Moines Christian

Claire Johnson, sr., Sheldon

Maggie Johnson, jr., Davenport Assumption

Avery Knoop, soph., Union Community

Dakota Mitchell, soph., Mid-Prairie

HONORABLE MENTION (area only)

Kameron Brand, sr., Mount Vernon

Jayden Kuper, soph., Monticello

Berlin Trondle, sr., Waukon

Class 2A

FIRST TEAM

Bailey Boeve, fr., Hinton

Isabelle Elliott, jr., Sumner-Fredericksburg

Kayla Knowles, sr., Denver

Madelyn Norton, sr., Dike-New Hartford

Jadyn Petersen, jr., Dike-New Hartford

Payton Petersen, jr., Dike-New Hartford

Molly Shafer, soph., Eddyville EBF

Stella Winterfield, sr., Western Christian

Co-players of the year — Payton Petersen, sr., Dike-New Hartford, and Stella Winterfield, sr., Western Christian

Coach of the year — Diane Harms, Dike-New Hartford

SECOND TEAM

Rowan Jensen, jr., Ridge View

Hannah Knight, sr., Wapsie Valley

Ellie Knock, sr., Dike-New Hartford

Sydney Matthias, sr., Wapsie Valley

Ella Myler, sr., Missouri Valley

Kate Shafer, soph., Eddyville EBF

Abby VerBurg, sr., Western Christian

Carlie Willis, jr., Grundy Center

THIRD TEAM

Sophia Armstrong, sr., West Burlington

Sophie Badding, sr., Carroll Kuemper

Riley Batta, sr., South Central Calhoun

Maryn Bixby, jr., Dike-New Hartford

Hannah Broek, sr., Western Christian

Chloe Huisman, soph., Pella Christian

Whitney Klyn, sr., Eddyville EBF

Peyton Robinson, sr., Lisbon

HONORABLE MENTION (area only)

Ava Czarnecki, jr., Lisbon

Jenna Lansing, sr., Dyersville Beckman

Reese Naeve, fr., Iowa City Regina

Iva Senio, sr., West Branch

Class 1A

FIRST TEAM

Mary Kate Bendlage, jr., Fort Madison Holy Trinity

Carley Craighead, soph., Ankeny Christian

Gabby Deery, sr., Burlington Notre Dame

Nia Howard, sr., Springville

Katie Quick, soph., Ankeny Christian

Jadyn Rausch, sr., North Tama

Brynn Smith, sr., Ackley AGWSR

Ava Wyatt, jr., Gladbrook-Reinbeck

Player of the year — Gabby Deery, sr., Burlington Notre Dame

Coach of the year — Michele Quick, Ankeny Christian

SECOND TEAM

Kennady Breitfelder, sr., Springville

Megan Cooley, sr., Gladbrook-Reinbeck

Shae Ewoldt, sr., North Tama

Cadence Goebel, sr., Le Mars Gehlen

Mallory Mueller, sr., Tripoli

Emma Nye, sr., New London

Trevyn Smith, soph., Ackley AGWSR

Emily Williams, sr., East Mills

THIRD TEAM

Veronica Andrusyshyn, sr., Oakland Riverside

Natalie Burden, sr., New London

Lily Clark, sr., Springville

Grace Coble, sr., WACO

Macey Nehring, soph., Ankeny Christian

Alivia Ruble, sr., Southeast Warren

Mary Walker, sr., Newell-Fonda

Miyah Whitehead, sr., Le Mars Gehlen

HONORABLE MENTION (area only)

Addison Hochstetler, fr., North Tama

Caitlyn Jensen, sr., North Cedar

Breanna Sebetka, sr., North Tama

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