Iowa high school volleyball 2022: 17 area players to watch

Top area returning area volleyball players for the 2022 Iowa high school season:

Allie Barlow, sr., Cedar Rapids Jefferson — Averaged 1.3 kills, 6.2 assists and 2.8 digs per set last year. Posted a .253 kill efficiency. Class 5A honorable-mention all-state.

Bliss Beck, jr., Clear Creek Amana — Averaged 3.2 kills and 1.0 blocks per set last year. Posted a .332 kill efficiency and served 95.9 percent. Class 4A honorable-mention all-state.

Brooklyn Buysse, sr., West Liberty — Averaged 2.0 kills, 9.5 assists and 3.3 digs per set. Posted a .476 kill efficiency. Class 3A 3rd-team all-state.

Shae Ewoldt, sr., North Tama — Averaged 2.9 kills per set last season. Class 1A 3rd-team all-state.

Cassidy Hartman, sr., Iowa City Liberty — Averaged 4.23 kills and 4.00 digs per set last season. Posted a .351 kill efficiency. Class 5A 1st-team all-state and Elite all-state.

Nia Howard, sr., Springville — Averaged 1.19 kills, 9.02 assists and 2.83 digs per set last season. Class 1A 1st-team all-state.

Peyton Johnson, sr., Marion — Averaged 2.1 kills and 2.6 assists per set. Posted a .226 kill efficiency. Class 4A honorable-mention all-state.

Shelby Kimm, sr., Iowa City Liberty — Averaged 2.69 kills and 3.64 digs per set last season. Posted a .281 kill efficiency. Class 5A 1st-team all-state.

Libby Lansing, sr., Western Dubuque — Averaged 2.4 kills and 0.9 blocks per set last season. Posted a .462 kill efficiency. Class 4A 2nd-team all-state.

Chloe Meester, soph., Mount Vernon — Averaged 3.7 kills per set. Posted a .313 kill efficiency. Class 3A 3rd-team all-state.

Ella Meyer, sr., Western Dubuque — Averaged 4.9 digs per set last season. Class 4A honorable-mention all-state.

Madeleine Miller, sr., Mount Vernon — Averaged 1.62 kills, 9.32 assists and 2.30 digs last season. Posted a .446 kill efficiency. Class 3A 1st-team all-state.

Monica Morales, sr., West Liberty — Averaged 6.2 digs per set last sesason. Served 94.4 percent. Class 3A 3rd-team all-state.

Jadyn Rausch, sr., North Tama — Averaged 2.3 kills, 6.7 assists and 2.1 digs per set last season. Posted a .274 kill efficiency. Class 1A 1st-team all-state.

Peyton Robinson, sr., Lisbon — Averaged 3.3 kills and 4.5 assists last season. Posted a .252 kill efficiency. Class 1A 2nd-team all-state.

Alivia Schulte, sr., West Delaware — Averaged 3.59 kills and 3.16 digs per set last season. Posted a .299 kill efficiency. Class 3A 2nd-team all-state.

Avery Van Hook, sr., Marion — Averaged 2.99 kills, 3.98 assists and 2.88 digs per set last season. Posted a .326 kill efficiency. Class 4A 1st-team all-state.

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