Gatorade Volleyball State Players Of The Year Announced

See the 2017-2018 Gatorade Volleyball State Players of the Year award winners.

Jan 16, 2018 by Katie Kabbes

Gatorade Volleyball State Players Of The Year Announced

Gatorade has released its list of state girls volleyball players of the year. The award, which has recognized some of the best volleyball players of all time in its 33 years, honors athletic, academic, and community achievement.

See the complete list of state honorees below.

State	Player of the Year	Grade	Position	College Commitment
Alabama	Kenya McQuirter	Junior	Outside Hitter	Samford
Alaska	Zoey Keene	Senior	Setter	Alaska Fairbanks
Arizona	Brooke Nuneviller	Senior	Outside Hitter	Oregon
Arkansas	Haley Warner	Senior	Right Side	Florida
California	Devon Chang	Senior	Setter	UCLA
Colorado	Keeley Davis	Senior	Outside Hitter	Creighton
Connecticut	Alana Hruska	Senior	Middle Blocker	Towson
Delaware	Emily Jarome	Senior	Outside Hitter	Towson
District of Columbia	Rebecca Frye	Senior	Setter	JMU
Florida	Marlie Monserez	Senior	Setter	Florida
Georgia	Gabby Gonzales	Junior	Outside Hitter	Ohio State
Hawaii	Lexis Akeo	Junior	Setter	Pittsburgh
Idaho	Dani Nay	Senior	Outside Hitter	Weber State
Illinois	Mica Allison	Senior	Setter/Outside Hitter	Auburn
Indiana	Melani Shaffmaster	Sophomore	Setter/Right Side	Minnesota
Iowa	Madi Kubik	Junior	Outside Hitter	Nebraska
Kansas	Taylor Kuper	Senior	Outside Hitter/DS	Illinois
Kentucky	Rylee Rader	Sophomore	Middle Blocker	Ohio State
Louisiana	Ellie Holzman	Junior	Middle Blocker	Illinois
Maine	Molly Mawhinney	Senior	Outside Hitter
Maryland	Jenaisya Moore	Junior	Outside Hitter
Massachusetts	Emma Smallcomb	Senior	Setter
Michigan	Erin O'Leary	Senior	Setter	Michigan
Minnesota	McKenna Melville	Senior	Outside Hitter	UCF
Mississippi	Callie Minshew	Junior	Outside Hitter
Missouri	Gabby Blossom	Senior	Setter	Penn State
Montana	Raegan Steiner	Senior	Right Side/Outside Hitter	Idaho State
Nebraska	Jaela Zimmerman	Senior	Outside Hitter	Creighton
Nevada	Whittnee Nihipali	Senior	Outside Hitter	Arizona
New Hampshire	Maddie Norris	Junior	Outside Hitter
New Jersey	Julia Morris	Senior	Setter
New Mexico	Cat Kelly	Senior	Outside Hitter	NMSU
New York	MacKenzie Cole	Senior	Outside Hitter/Libero	Duke
North Carolina	Taylor Rowland	Senior	Outside Hitter	Auburn
North Dakota	Megan Gaffaney	Senior	Setter/Middle Blocker
Ohio	Jonni Parker	Senior	Setter/Right Side	Penn State
Oklahoma	Olivia Curtis	Junior	Outside Hitter
Oregon	Chloe Brown	Senior	Outside Hitter	Miami
Pennsylvania	Renee Schultz	Senior	Setter
Rhode Island	Maile Somera	Junior	Outside Hitter
South Carolina	Thayer Hall	Senior	Outside Hitter	Florida
South Dakota	Avery Thorson	Senior	Setter	Augustana
Tennessee	Nicklin Hames	Senior	Setter/Right Side	Nebraska
Texas	Adanna Rollins	Senior	Outside Hitter	Minnesota
Utah	Heather Gneiting	Senior	Middle Blocker	BYU
Vermont	Charlotte Frivoll	Senior	Libero
Virginia	Elena Shklyar	Senior	Setter/Right Side	Michigan State
Washington	Calley Heilborn	Senior	Outside Hitter
West Virginia	Tessa Wyner	Senior	Outside Hitter	Virginia Tech
Wisconsin	Brooke Andersen	Senior	Outside Hitter	Iowa State
Wyoming	Madison Vinich	Senior	Outside Hitter