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High school volleyball 2025: 10 top area players to watch
North Tama’s Kruiz Ewoldt, Clear Creek Amana’s Averie Lower are returning first-team all-staters
Aug. 25, 2025 7:00 am
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Ten area players to watch for the 2025 high school volleyball season:
S/OH JOVI EVANS, sr., Mid-Prairie — Averaged 3.49 kills, 5.66 assists and 3.63 digs per set. Posted a .356 kill efficiency. Class 3A second-team all-state.
OH KRUIZ EWOLDT, sr., North Tama — Averaged 3.84 kills per set with a .232 kill efficiency. Class 1A first-team all-state.
S EMILY HENDERSON, 5-8, sr., Clear Creek Amana — Averaged 8.59 assists and 2.80 digs per set, attacking at a .260 rate. Class 4A third-team all-state.
L ADDISON HOCHSTETLER, sr., North Tama — Averaged 5.07 digs and 1.17 assists per set. Class 1A second-team all-state.
MH ROWAN JACOBI, 6-2, sr., Springville — Averaged 4.54 kills, 2.24 digs and 0.83 blocks per set, posting a .385 kill efficiency. Class 1A third-team all-state.
MH MACIE LUPKES, 6-2, sr., Cedar Rapids Xavier — Averaged 2.49 kills and 0.98 blocks per set. Posted a .347 kill efficiency. Class 4A second-team all-state.
OH AVERIE LOWER, 6-0, jr., Clear Creek Amana — Averaged 3.80 kills and 3.09 digs per set. Posted a .246 kill efficiency and served 95.3 percent. Class 4A first-team all-state.
L EDIE MILLER, 5-6, soph., Iowa City Liberty — Averaged 6.11 digs per set. Class 5A third-team all-state.
OH REESE NAEVE, 5-8, sr., Iowa City Regina — Averaged 7.43 kills and 3.43 digs per set, posting a .320 kill efficiency. Class 2A second-team all-state.
S SOPHIE SANDER, 5-11, sr., Anamosa — Averaged 1.09 kills, 9.98 assists and 2.65 digs per set. Compiled a .381 kill efficiency. Class 3A second-team all-state.
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