Whopping Number Of Academic All-Staters Named By IHSVCA
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Warsaw’s Elizabeth Schmidt was one of a host of local volleyball players named to the IHSVCA Academic All-State list. InkFreeNews file photo by Mike Deak
By Mike Deak
InkFreeNews
INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana High School Volleyball Coaches Association announced Thursday a record number of Academic All-State award winners for the 2020 season. The IHSVCA posted 721 recipients, nearly 300 more than the 2019 award list. Part of the boost is a new-high of 234 coaches as part of the membership, to which is part of the requirement for the honor.
Volleyballers must meet IHSVCA requirements of being a senior on the varsity roster, their coach must be part of the IHSVCA, and the player must carry at least a 3.5 GPA. Impressive among the 700-plus athletes is the group as a whole averaged a 3.93 GPA overall.
With such a lengthy list, there was an obviously high amount of area recipients. Those players will be listed by school below, in alphabetical order by school:
Bethany Christian – Mia Reinhardt, Sadie Brenneman, Trami Nguyen
Central Noble – Amber Spencer, Bridgette Gray, Casey Hunter, Emma Marker, Jenica Berkes, Lydia Andrews, Macy Coney, Rachel Imhof
Columbia City – Abigail Potts, Abigail Price, Kari Zent
Culver Academy – Catherine Ver Meulen, Grace Trefren, Luci Landry, Mary Boland
Culver Community – Madison Shedrow
East Noble – Aliyah Jimenez, Jalyn Baxter, Jaycee Knafel, Kylie Garton, Morgan Walz, Rachael Carlson, Shayla Bowker
Elkhart – Brookelyn Edgerton, Emily Anderson, Felisha Campanello, Kendra Randles, Kyleigh Estes, Maddie Boomershine, Michaela Whitaker, Morgan Hunt, Taryn Roberson
Fairfield – Kayla Miller, Madisyn Steele
John Glenn – Alexandria Flaherty, Cami Ennis, Emma Romer, Jordan Keeley
Goshen – Brynn Shoup-Hill, Kathryn Detwiler, Megan Gallagher, Sasha Ramos
Lakeland – Bailey Hartsough, Kendall Moore
LaVille – Alaina Kertai, Allison Medors, Rebecka Bower, Rebekah Beehler, Sydney Coblentz
Maconaquah – Anna Borden, Brooke Borden, Elizabeth Martin, Keady Lawhorn
Manchester – Alison Sites, Allison Zartman, Karen Jimenez-Saucedo
Mishawaka – Abby Barson, Taylor Pyle
NorthWood – Alea Minnich, Ali Dutkowski, Ali Knepp, Bre Wise, Ella Gongwer, Kendal Miller, Kennedy Hochstetler
Penn – Addy Kois, Kristin Garrage, Lauren Baker, Macy Sherman, Whitney Zarazee
Pioneer – Mackenzie Walker, Madison Blickenstaff, Olivia Brooke
Prairie Heights – Ella Thompson
Rochester – Carlee Blackburn, Chloe Harris, Dalanie Chipps, Hannah Houston, Kaitlin Rogers
South Bend Adams – Secilia Scheffler
South Bend Riley – Allison Pflugner, Rachel Phelan
South Bend St. Joe – Alayna Campbell, Katherine Schmitt, Sydney Hull
Southwood – Erin McGouldrick, Maggie Ball, Natalie Haycraft
Triton – Emma Hepler, Jaela Faulkner, Jaelyn Bules, Lexia Hostrawser
Wabash – Kyndal Fields, Mariah Wyatt
Warsaw – Betty Barnett, Kendra Love, Kennedy Lauck, Elizabeth Schmidt
Wawasee – Ava Rush, Delaney Hare, Coryn Nyce
Winamac – Aubrey Gearhart, Maggie Smith