The 2023 HighSchoolOT All-State Volleyball Team
The fourth-annual HighSchoolOT volleyball all-state team features 24 players making a second or third appearance on the team, including two who were three-time first-team selections.
The all-state list features a first, second, and third team with 20 players each with the following positions allotted per team: seven outside hitters, one opposite or right-side hitter, two middle blockers, three liberos or defensive specialists, three setters, and four "at-large" spots. There is also an Honorable Mention list of 40 players regardless of position.
Previous All-State Teams, Final Rankings
Players are listed in by position within each team, and in alphabetical order after that. Positions were determined based on coaches association listing, if applicable. For players who played multiple roles, the first position is the one that earned them all-state honors.
Green Level's Asia Thigpen and Green Hope's Belle Patrick graduate as our first three-time all-state selections. Patrick made third team as a sophomore, second team as a junior, and first team as a senior. Thigpen is our only three-time first-team pick.
- Three-time all-state selections: Asia Thigpen, Belle Patrick.
- Two-time all-state selections: Emma Bryson, Ryan Hunter, Bianka Sola, Kiarrah Horne, Paige Overcash, Sally Perez, Laynie Smith, Avery Scoggins, Meile Songaila, Jordan Smart, Ava Lowder, Charlie Meadoweal, Olivia Melvin, Carlyn Tanis, Savannah Whaley, Macy Bolyard, Arielle Walker, Bailey Rowe, Catherine Rucker, Coley Shiflet, McKenzie Williams, Camryn Shelton.
- Three-time first-teamers: Thigpen.
- Two-time first-teamers: Horne, Overcash, Perez, Smith, Scoggins.
HighSchoolOT Volleyball All-State Team for 2023
First Team
OH: Megan Brown, Gaston Day (senior) — 436 kills (5.7/set, 44.3 kill%, 33.0 hit%) / 52 aces / 33 blocks / 262 digs (3.4/set, 11.4/match) / 248 assists (3.3/set) 8 BHE / Wofford recruit
OH: Kiarrah Horne, Millbrook (senior) — 392 kills (4.8/set, 48.8 kill%, 34.3 hit%) / 48 aces / 29 blocks / 263 digs (3.2/set, 10.5/match) / UCLA recruit
OH: Bella Hutchens, East Surry (senior) — 432 kills (4.6/set, 51.9 kill%, 38.7 hit%) / 59 aces / 53 blocks / 222 digs (2.4/set, 7.9/match) / Appalachian State recruit
OH: Paige Overcash, Ashe County (senior) — 481 kills (6.0/set, 49.4 kill%, 36.9 hit%) / 32 aces / 29 blocks / 184 digs (2.3/set, 8.0/match) / Liberty recruit
OH: Belle Patrick, Green Hope (senior) — 444 kills (5.3/set, 54.0 kill%, 42.6 hit%) / 32 aces / 22 blocks / 257 digs (3.1/set, 9.9/match) / Virginia Tech recruit
OH: Sally Perez, Middle Creek (senior) — 479 kills (5.5/set, 48.6 kill%, 37.0 hit%) / 47 aces / 24 blocks / 149 digs (1.7/set, 6.0/match) / UCLA (beach) recruit
OH: Tyne Ross, Union Pines (senior) — 360 kills (4.7/set, 50.2 kill%, 39.6 hit%) / 58 aces / 46 blocks / 321 digs (4.2/set, 13.4/match) / 16 assists / North Carolina A&T recruit
OH: Laynie Smith, Chapel Hill (senior) — 352 kills (5.3/set, 64.6 kill%, 49.9 hit%) / 41 aces / 33 blocks / 75 digs (1.1/set, 3.4/match) / Illinois recruit
OH: Meile Songaila, Kings Mountain (senior) — 499 kills (4.9/set, 45.7 kill%, 36.5 hit%) / 46 aces / 16 blocks / 337 digs (3.3/set, 9.6/match) / Davidson recruit
OH: Asia Thigpen, Green Level (senior) — 364 kills (4.6/set, 48.1 kill%, 34.2 hit%) / 26 aces / 160 digs (2.0/set, 7.6/match) / Kentucky recruit
OPP/RS: Macy Bolyard, Northern Guilford (senior) — 322 kills (3.4/set, 55.4 kill%, 36.1 hit%) / 86 aces / 22 blocks / 209 digs (2.2/set, 7.7/match) / 444 assists (4.7/set) 50 BHE / USC (beach) recruit
OPP/RS: Ryan Hunter, Cox Mill (junior) — 387 kills (4.3/set, 49.9 kill%, 31.7 hit%) / 49 aces / 51 blocks / 169 digs (1.9/set, 6.5/match) / Nebraska recruit
MB: Meleah Foster, Brevard (senior) — 414 kills (3.8/set, 55.2 kill%, 43.1 hit%) / 51 aces / 139 blocks / 89 digs
MB: Gabby Nichols, Reagan (junior) — 247 kills (2.7/set, 61.4 kill%, 55.0 hit%) / 14 aces / 95 blocks / 47 digs / Penn State recruit
S: Marlee Cook, Green Hope (senior) — 49 kills / 70 aces / 6 blocks / 106 digs (1.3/set, 4.1/match) / 1,021 assists (12.2/set) 18 BHE / Queens recruit
S: Avery Scoggins, Middle Creek (senior) — 110 kills / 54 aces / 45 blocks / 218 digs (2.3/set, 8.1/match) / 919 assists (9.9/set) 15 BHE / Arizona recruit
S: Jordan Smart, Reagan (senior) — 41 kills / 82 aces / 33 blocks / 302 digs (2.9/set, 7.9/match) / 1,081 assists (10.4/set) 2 BHE / James Madison recruit
DS/OH: Teagan Hogan, Leesville Road (senior) — 188 kills (2.8/set) / 35 aces / 8 blocks / 259 digs (3.8/set, 13.0/match) / 10 assists / Virginia recruit
L: Addie Canady, Cary Academy (junior) — 26 kills / 66 aces / 0 blocks / 371 digs (4.9/set, 18.6/match) / 39 assists / Maryland recruit
L: Coley Shiflet, Southwestern Randolph (senior) — 0 kills / 42 aces / 0 blocks / 595 digs (5.9/set, 19.8/match) / 96 assists / Houston recruit
Second Team
OH: Avery Booker, Middle Creek (senior) — 300 kills (3.3/set, 42.8 kill%, 22.7 hit%) / 102 aces / 16 blocks / 242 digs (2.6/set, 9.0/match) / 56 assists / George Mason recruit
OH: Daven Brabble, Perquimans (senior) — 397 kills (4.1/set, 48.4 kill%, 36.9 hit%) / 98 aces / 5 blocks / 140 digs (1.4/set, 4.7/match) / Meredith (D3) recruit
OH: Julia Gnida, St. Stephens (junior) — 467 kills (4.9/set, 41.9 kill%, 27.1 hit%) / 52 aces / 26 blocks / 322 digs (3.4/set, 12.9/match) / 28 assists / College of Charleston recruit
OH: Eliza Jenkins, North Iredell (senior) — 392 kills (31.9 hit%) / 46 blocks / 269 digs
OH: Olivia Melvin, Cape Fear (senior) — 334 kills (3.6/set, 47.6 kill%, 32.4 hit%) / 58 aces / 34 blocks / 242 digs (2.6/set, 8.3/match) / Mount Olive (D2) recruit
OH: Sophia Overholt, Polk County (junior) — 285 kills (2.8/set, 46.8 kill%, 39.4 hit%) / 30 aces / 31 blocks / 371 digs (3.7/set, 12.0/match)
OH: Bailey Rowe, North Henderson (senior) — 516 kills (5.0/set, 36.9 kill%, 24.1 hit%) / 82 aces / 12 blocks / 240 digs (2.3/set, 7.5/match)
OH: Catherine Rucker, Carrboro (senior) — 411 kills (4.0/set, 49.5 kill%, 40.2 hit%) / 79 aces / 30 blocks / 122 digs (1.2/set, 3.9/match) / Elon recruit
OH: Britni Silver, D.H. Conley (sophomore) — 500 kills (5.1/set, 47.3 kill%, 29.6 hit%) / 56 aces / 26 blocks / 201 digs (2.0/set, 7.2/match)
OPP/RS: Josie Zynczak, Middle Creek (senior) — 179 kills (2.5/set, 39.3 kill%, 26.1 hit%) / 42 aces / 38 blocks / 153 digs (2.1/set, 7.3/match) / 9 assists / Columbia recruit
MB: Emma Bryson, West Henderson (junior) — 395 kills (3.7/set, 39.9 kill%, 26.3 hit%) / 45 aces / 102 blocks / 269 digs (2.5/set, 8.4/match) / Georgia recruit
MB: Talia Francom, Green Level (junior) — 146 kills (1.8/set, 46.8 kill%, 35.3 hit%) / 13 aces / 90 blocks / 18 digs / N.C. State recruit
MB: Winn Godier, Hoggard (senior) — 220 kills (2.3/set, 50.6 kill%, 40.0 hit%) / 32 aces / 64 blocks / 33 digs / Holy Cross recruit
S: Anne Bradley Bing, Gaston Day (junior) — 310 kills (4.1/set, 34.9 kill%, 27.4 hit%) / 92 aces / 27 blocks / 320 digs (4.3/set, 14.3/match) / 480 assists (6.3/set) 11 BHE / South Carolina recruit
S: Genevieve Harris, Cardinal Gibbons (sophomore) — 70 kills / 29 aces / 11 blocks / 147 digs (2.3/set, 8.6/match) / 613 assists (9.6/set) 19 BHE
S: Camden Pasour, Kings Mountain (sophomore) — 91 kills / 46 aces / 19 blocks / 295 digs (3.0/set, 8.4/match) / 1,053 assists (10.5/set) 16 BHE
S: Camryn Shelton, Ardrey Kell (senior) — 30 kills / 31 aces / 47 blocks / 175 digs (2.5/set, 8.0/match) / 536 assists (7.7/set) 32 BHE / UCF recruit
L: Kacey Gore, McMichael (senior) — 54 kills / 54 aces / 0 blocks / 387 digs (3.9/set, 10.8/match) / 85 assists / Mount Olive (D2) recruit
L: Madison Mirra, J.H. Rose (senior) — 6 kills / 54 aces / 0 blocks / 315 digs (3.5/set, 11.7/match) / 30 assists / East Carolina recruit
L: Katie Raymer, Apex (sophomore) — 3 kills / 60 aces / 0 blocks / 325 digs (4.3/set, 14.8/match) / 98 assists
Third Team
OH: Shalyn Bell, North Stanly (junior) — 491 kills (5.3/set, 47.7 kill%, 37.6 hit%) / 35 aces / 24 blocks / 231 digs (2.5/set, 8.0/match)
OH: Kinnady Boothe, East Forsyth (sophomore) — 461 kills (5.0/set, 45.0 kill%, 29.7 hit%) / 55 aces / 28 blocks / 230 digs (2.5/set, 9.2/match)
OH/DS: Emma Clarke, West Rowan (senior) — 372 kills (4.7/set, 37.2 kill%, 23.8 hit%) / 37 aces / 28 blocks / 311 digs (3.9/set, 13.0/match) / Tennessee (softball) recruit
OH: Maria Nix, Cannon School (junior) — 325 kills (4.3/set, 43.7 kill%, 23.7 hit%) / 38 aces / 18 blocks / 167 digs (2.2/set, 6.7/match) / Butler recruit
OH: Arielle Walker, Cox Mill (senior) — 328 kills (3.5/set, 44.6 kill%, 27.0 hit%) / 41 aces / 39 blocks / 166 digs (1.8/set, 5.9/match)
OH: Savannah Whaley, Farmville Central (senior) — 371 kills (4.6/set, 50.8 kill%, 41.0 hit%) / 51 aces / 3 blocks / 260 digs (3.2/set, 10.4/match) / UNC-Pembroke (D2) recruit
OH/DS: Ella Wimsatt, Orange (senior) — 456 kills (4.2/set, 37.6 kill%, 25.7 hit%) / 35 aces / 6 blocks / 419 digs (3.9/set, 13.1/match) / Lenoir-Rhyne (D2) recruit
OH: Josie Zettlemoyer, Marvin Ridge (senior) — 307 kills (3.4/set, 41.7 kill%) / 36 aces / 22 blocks / 270 digs (3.0/set, 8.4/match)
OPP/RS: Lainy Evans, Ayden-Grifton (sophomore) — 350 kills (3.5/set) / 62 aces / 52 blocks / 118 digs (1.2/set, 4.5/match)
OPP/RS: Carlyn Tanis, Camden County (senior) — 338 kills (3.6/set, 40.9 kill%, 25.0 hit%) / 63 aces / 25 blocks / 257 digs (2.8/set, 9.5/match) / Methodist (D3) recruit
MB: Myracle Davis, Kings Mountain (senior) — 371 kills (3.7/set, 54.3 kill%, 43.3 hit%) / 72 blocks / 44 digs / Fayetteville State (D2) recruit
MB: Jordin Glass, Davidson Day (junior) — 312 kills (3.7/set, 53.8 kill%, 40.7 hit%) / 62 aces / 74 blocks / 46 digs / UT-Chattanooga recruit
MB: Ava Wilkerson, Orange (sophomore) — 293 kills (2.9/set, 51.1 kill%, 42.1 hit%) / 20 aces / 79 blocks / 52 digs
MB: Morgan Yoder, Polk County (junior) — 330 kills (3.4/set, 61.6 kill%, 51.7 hit%) / 56 aces / 94 blocks / 116 digs (1.2/set, 3.9/match)
S: Arianna Lopez, Cannon School (junior) — 101 kills / 73 aces / 17 blocks / 242 digs (3.2/set, 9.7/match) / 574 assists (7.6/set) 16 BHE / Tampa (D2) recruit
S/OH: Charlie Meadoweal, Palisades (senior) — 251 kills (3.0/set, 37.3 kill%, 23.9 hit%) / 41 aces / 13 blocks / 226 digs (2.7/set, 9.0/match) / 375 assists (4.5/set) 4 BHE / North Carolina A&T recruit
S: Chloe Painter, Uwharrie Charter (senior) — 181 kills / 40 blocks / 64 aces / 204 digs / 447 assists / UNC-Pembroke (D2) recruit
L: Chloe Maughan, Hoggard (senior) — 0 kills / 42 aces / 0 blocks / 321 digs (3.3/set, 9.7/match) / 114 assists / Saint Louis recruit
L: McKenzie Williams, Midway (senior) — 1 kill / 23 aces / 0 blocks / 469 digs (5.8/set, 18.0/match) / 31 assists
L: Claire Wilson, Brevard (junior) — 58 kills / 57 aces / 0 blocks / 422 digs (3.9/set, 12.8/match) / 69 assists
Honorable Mention
OH: Reagan Chisholm, Mallard Creek (senior) — 423 kills (4.4/set, 38.8 kill%, 23.3 hit%) / 95 aces / 28 blocks / 227 digs (2.3/set, 7.8/match) / 24 assists
OH: Jordan Griffin, Hough (senior) — 363 kills (4.0/set, 38.1 kill%, 22.7 hit%) / 66 aces / 24 blocks / 249 digs (2.7/set, 7.5/match) / Wingate (D2) recruit
OH: Brooke McCall, Covenant Day (junior) — 245 kills (4.0/set, 38.0 kill%, 26.8 hit%) / 22 aces / 12 blocks / 166 digs (2.7/set, 9.8/match) / West Virginia recruit
OH: Lauren Richardson, South Columbus (senior) — 215 kills (3.2/set, 58.9 kill%) / 106 aces / 10 blocks / 142 digs (2.1/set, 6.8/match)
OH: Keira Rosenmarkle, Seaforth (sophomore) — 407 kills (4.5/set, 47.1 kill%, 30.1 hit%) / 29 aces / 17 blocks / 193 digs (2.1/set, 6.9/match)
OH: Taylor Shumate, Jordan (senior) — 334 kills (3.7/set, 44.1 kill%, 24.8 hit%) / 30 aces / 10 blocks / 239 digs (2.7/set, 9.6/match) / Hampton recruit
OH: Bree Sinnett, Butler (senior) — 290 kills (3.6/set, 40.4 kill%, 27.6 hit%) / 46 aces / 19 blocks / 350 digs (4.3/set, 15.2/match)
OH: Brooklyn Stanberry, Watauga (senior) — 430 kills (5.0/set, 42.0 kill%, 29.2 hit%) / 36 aces / 24 blocks / 236 digs (2.7/set, 9.8/match)
OH: Ella Whittington, Hough (senior) — 367 kills (4.0/set, 45.1 kill%, 30.2 hit%) / 27 aces / 263 digs (2.9/set, 7.7/match)
OPP/RS: Sydney Abeyounis, Albemarle School (senior) — 462 kills (6.2/set, 47.0 kill%, 33.8 hit%) / 53 aces/ 58 blocks / 152 digs (2.0/set, 6.1/match)
OPP/RS: Alissa Clabo, Mount Airy (senior) — 327 kills (3.2/set, 45.1 kill%, 32.0 hit%) / 56 aces/ 101 blocks/ 249 digs (2.4/set, 8.9/match)
OPP/RS: Karaleigh Dodson, Chatham Central (junior) — 248 kills (2.8/set, 55.4 kill%, 34.4 hit%) / 42 aces / 54 blocks / 73 digs
RS/S: Nejari Crooks, Wesleyan Christian (freshman) — 235 kills (3.1/set, 52.3 kill%, 38.5 hit%) / 99 aces / 39 blocks / 167 digs (2.2/set, 7.6/match) / 325 assists (4.3/set) 4 BHE
MB: Rachael Chambers, West Carteret (junior) — 216 kills (3.1/set, 52.3 kill%, 42.1 hit%) / 24 aces / 97 blocks / 16 digs
MB: Kaydan Flowers, North Iredell (junior) — 42.7 hit% / 77 blocks
MB: Kensley Haneline, Crest (junior) — 348 kills (4.2/set, 49.1 kill%, 37.1 hit%) / 55 aces / 55 blocks / 128 digs (1.5/set, 5.3/match) / USC-Upstate recruit
MB: Mallory Jenkins, Fike (senior) — no stats available / Tennessee Tech recruit
MB: Kendall Jones, Central Cabarrus (senior) — 152 kills (2.3/set, 47.8 kill%) / 31 aces / 100 blocks / 31 digs / Catawba (D2) recruit
MB: Giselle Little, Mountain Island Charter (senior) — 235 kills (2.8/set, 55.8 kill%, 36.1 hit%) / 1 ace / 66 blocks / 17 digs / Winthrop recruit
MB: Reagan Smith, Jordan-Matthews (senior) — 275 kills (3.0/set, 47.3 kill%, 33.0 hit%) / 104 aces / 145 blocks / 144 digs (1.6/set, 5.8/match)
MB: Georgia Trexler, North Lincoln (junior) — 149 kills (2.6/set, 49.3 kill%, 31.5 hit%) / 26 aces / 55 blocks / 28 digs / Virginia Tech recruit
MB: Sarah Turner, Lake Norman Charter (senior) — 325 kills (3.4/set, 53.3 kill%, 41.8 hit%) / 31 aces / 92 blocks / 48 digs
S/OH: Brooke Bombatepe, Cape Fear (senior) — 209 kills (2.3/set, 40.3 kill%, 29.2 hit%) / 62 aces / 24 blocks / 233 digs (2.6/set, 8.0/match) / 465 assists (5.1/set) 55 BHE
S: Ava Brovet, Trinity Academy (junior) — 77 kills / 86 aces / 9 blocks / 184 digs (2.6/set, 8.0/match) / 801 assists (11.1/set) 24 BHE
S: Marleigh Cooper, Perquimans (senior) — 52 kills / 115 aces / 4 blocks / 161 digs (1.8/set, 5.4/match) / 579 assists (6.4/set) 6 BHE
S: Madison Fox, Lake Norman (senior) — no stats available / USC-Aiken (D2) recruit
S: Megyn Gaither, North Iredell (junior) — 247 digs / 788 assists
S: Maris Huneycutt, Seaforth (junior) — 50 kills / 76 aces / 23 blocks / 198 digs (2.1/set, 6.8/match) / 864 assists (9.1/set) 6 BHE
S: Bella Lineberger, Apex (senior) — 67 kills / 20 aces / 37 blocks / 177 digs (2.2/set, 7.7/match) / 650 assists (8.1/set) 20 BHE / Tennessee Tech recruit
S: Ava Lowder, Mount Pleasant (senior) — no stats available / Presbyterian recruit
S: Bloom Princell, Hough (senior) — 134 kills / 132 aces / 15 blocks / 187 digs (2.0/set, 5.7/match) / 505 assists (5.5/set) 16 BHE / UNC Greensboro recruit
S: Bianka Sola, McMichael (junior) — 36 kills / 72 aces / 16 blocks / 263 digs (2.7/set, 7.3/match) / 827 assists (8.5/set) 24 BHE
DS/OH: Alina Ryan, Cardinal Gibbons (junior) — 177 kills (2.6/set) / 37 aces / 7 blocks / 258 digs (3.9/set, 14.3/match) / 5 assists / UCLA (beach) recruit
L: Morgan Falk, Grimsley (sophomore) — 4 kills / 25 aces / 0 blocks / 391 digs (5.1/set, 14.0/match) / 55 assists
L: Maggie Kennelly, Christ the King (senior) — 42 kills / 28 aces / 0 blocks / 499 digs (5.1/set, 16.6/match) / 53 assists
L: Carly Markham, Apex Friendship (sophomore) — 7 kills / 22 aces / 0 blocks / 235 digs (4.2/set, 14.7/match) / 59 assists
L: Cameron Ring, West Stokes (senior) — 58 aces / 509 digs / 54 assists / Palm Beach Atlantic (D2, beach) recruit
L: Evie Robbins, Watauga (senior) — 5 kills / 43 aces / 0 blocks / 530 digs (6.2/set, 22.1/match) / 76 assists
L: Kayla Schlautman, Gray's Creek (senior) — 5 kills / 23 aces / 0 blocks / 359 digs (4.2/set, 13.8/match) / 79 assists
L: Erin Wholley, Ardrey Kell (senior) — 1 kill / 64 aces / 0 blocks / 450 digs (4.3/set, 14.5/match) / 55 assists
