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Iowa high school volleyball 2023: 12 area players to watch
Four first-team all-staters return: Clear Creek Amana’s Bliss Beck, Cedar Rapids Xavier’s Libby Fandel, Marion’s Michaela Goad and Mount Vernon’s Chloe Meester
Aug. 7, 2023 7:51 am, Updated: Aug. 7, 2023 9:54 am
Twelve of the top area returning players for the 2023 volleyball season, with last year’s statistics and honors:
Bliss Beck, 6-2, sr., Clear Creek Amana — Averaged 3.47 kills and 1.33 blocks per set. Posted a kill efficiency of .411 and served 94.8 percent. Class 4A first-team all-state.
Meg Berkland, 5-2, sr., Clear Creek Amana — Averaged 4.70 digs and 0.38 aces per set. Served 95.0 percent. Class 4A second-team all-state.
Ava Czarnecki, 5-6, sr., Lisbon — Averaged 3.59 kills and 2.43 digs per set. Posted a kill efficiency of .367. Class 2A honorable-mention all-state.
Libby Fandel, 6-0, jr., Cedar Rapids Xavier — Averaged 4.00 kills, 2.35 digs and 0.54 aces per set. Posted a .252 kill efficiency and served 90.5 percent. Class 4A first-team all-state.
Michaela Goad, 6-2, sr., Marion — Averaged 3.88 kills, 1.41 digs and 0.73 blocks per set. Posted a .347 kill efficiency. Class 4A first-team all-state.
Asta Hildebrand, 5-11, jr., Iowa City Liberty — Averaged 0.88 kills, 7.99 assists and 2.53 digs per set. Served 95.5 percent. Class 5A honorable-mention all-state.
Avery Knoop, 5-7, jr., Union Community — Averaged 9.53 assists, 2.39 digs and 0.41 aces per set. Class 3A third-team all-state.
Jayden Kuper, 5-9, jr., Monticello — Averaged 4.77 kills, 2.64 digs and 0.79 aces per set. Posted a .284 kill efficiency. Class 3A honorable-mention all-state.
Chloe Meester, 6-2, jr., Mount Vernon — Averaged 5.19 kills and 1.55 digs per set. Posted a .421 kill efficiency and served 90.4 percent. Class 3A first-team all-state.
Dakota Mitchell, 5-4, jr., Mid-Prairie — Averaged 6.49 digs per set. Served 91.6 percent. Class 3A third-team all-state.
Reese Naeve, soph., Iowa City Regina — Averaged 5.08 kills and 3.34 digs per set. Posted a .350 kill efficiency and served 96.3 percent. Class 2A honorable-mention all-state.
Kate Passmore, 5-11, jr., Linn-Mar — Averaged 4.34 kills and 1.40 digs. Posted a .324 kill efficiency and served 91.7 percent. Class 5A second-team all-state.
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