Six area players get all-state slots
Six area players get all-state slots
Timber Creek's Jessica Yingling is the only 1st-team all-state pick of 5A and 6A teams.
Orlando area volleyball players netted six of the 18 all-state volleyball slots for Class 6A first, second and third teams released by the Florida Sports Writers Association on Saturday.
Leading the way was Timber Creek slugger Jessica Yingling, who was the area's only first-team all-state selection out of the Class 5A and 6A teams.
Yingling, a junior, led the Wolves to a No. 1 state ranking before falling to eventual 6A champion Gainesville Buchholz in a region final.
She finished the season with 398 kills and 221 digs.
Others to share top honors: Julianne Dougherty, a senior hitter from Timber Creek, and Virginia Tech signee Kirsty Blue, of Oviedo, were named to the second team.
Lizzy Manno, a senior setter for Winter Park, Ciara Jones, a senior outside for Edgewater, and Osceola County player of the year Kayla Burton, an Osceola senior middle blocker, were third-team selections.
Seminole County player of the year Corey Johnson of Lake Howell earned second-team all-state status for Class 5A.
She, along with her teammate and honorable mention Whitney Welborn, helped the Silver Hawks reach the state final four for the third consecutive season.
Class 5A
FIRST TEAM -- Kellie Catanach, Tampa Plant, senior, setter Maddie Martin, Tampa Plant, sophomore, outside hitter Brittany Potanovic, Fort Myers, senior, outside hitter/libero Casey Taylor, Venice, senior, outside hitter
Tosin Elebute, Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas, senior, middle hitterCourtney Zuber, Tallahassee Leon, senior, libero
SECOND TEAM --Correy Johnson, Winter Park Lake Howell, junior, middle blocker Muki Kangwa, Fort Myers, senior, outside hitter Danielle Erb, Tampa Plant, junior, outside hitter Nickie Halbert, Venice, senior, setter Paige Pridgeon, Tallahassee Lincoln, junior, outside hitterKatie Leitner, Lakeland George Jenkins, senior, outside hitter
THIRD TEAM -- Channing Salava, Clearwater, senior, setterKaylee Ream, Venice, senior, outside hitterElise Walch, Stuart Martin County, sophomore, middle hitterChloe Mann, Gainesville Eastside, junior, middle blocker Sarah Beebe, Gainesville, junior, outside hitterJennica Hagberg, Niceville, senior, setter
HONORABLE MENTION -- Laurie Gegen, Fort Myers, senior, middle blocker; Courtney McDonald, Bradenton Manatee, junior, middle hitter; Sarah Garner, Daytona Beach Mainland, junior, middle hitter; Morgan Thomas, Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas, senior, middle hitter; Whitney Welborn, Winter Park Lake Howell, junior, setter; Briana Bahr, Gonzalez Tate, senior, middle hitter; Ali McCurdy, Tampa Plant, sophomore, libero; Sara Rex, Tarpon Springs East Lake, senior, outside hitter; Julie Howlett, Venice, senior, libero/outside hitter; Katie DiGirolamo, Bradenton Southeast, sophomore, outside hitter; Erin Maynard, Gainesville, junior, setter; Kelsey Braley, Gainesville Eastside, sophomore, setter.
Class 6A
FIRST TEAM -- Joelle Warring, Miami Killian, senior, outside hitterJessica Yingling, Orlando Timber Creek, junior, outside hitterMadison Truluck, Clearwater Countryside, junior, outside hitter Kelsey Hodge, Gainesville Buchholz, senior, outside hitterMargaret Doyle, Gainesville Buchholz, senior, setterShelbey Bleke, Gainesville Buchholz, senior, middle blocker
SECOND TEAM -- Christine Pinder, Gainesville Buchholz, sophomore, outside hitter
Krista Andersen, Lakeland, junior, outside hitter/middle hitterAlexa Donini, Plant City Durant, senior, setter Brooke Kohler, Jupiter, senior, outside hitterJulianne Dougherty, Orlando Timber Creek, senior, outside hitter Kirsty Blue, Oviedo, senior, middle blocker
THIRD TEAM -- Lizzy Manno, Winter Park, senior, setterCassady Cook, Royal Palm Beach, junior, outside hitter/setterCiara Jones, Orlando Edgewater, senior, outside hitter Lauren Wilson, Sarasota Riverview, senior, middle hitterSara Vance, Tampa Sickles, senior, outside hitter Kayla Burton, Osceola, senior, middle blocker
HONORABLE MENTION -- Jesyca Schiffman, Miami Dr. Krop, sophomore, setter; Emily Sikorski, Weston Cypress Bay, senior, middle hitter; KaLee Duggan, Port Orange Spruce Creek, senior, setter/outside hitter; Janeen McCormick, Boca Raton Spanish River, senior, outside hitter; Chelsea Morris, Plant City Durant, junior, outside hitter; Ashley Brown, Miami Killian, senior, setter; Jamie Turner, Miami Varela, senior, middle hitter; Ashley Skidmore, Gainesville Buchholz, senior, libero; Megan Arago, Osceola, junior, setter; Janice Rivera, Orlando Olympia, senior, libero; Kristin Walewski, Miami Ferguson, sophomore, setter; Michelle Cordell, Orlando Edgewater, senior, setter/outside hitter.
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- Shannon J. Owens |Sentinel Staff Writer
