The 2013 All-Herald Volleyball Team

Sarah Holtz, Lyle-Pacelli

Sarah Holtz, Lyle-Pacelli

Madison Worke

Blooming Prairie, setter

The junior finished with an area’s best 598 set assists for BP (22-8 overall) to go with her 110 kills, 188 digs, 73 complete blocks and 30 ace blocks. Worke was 96.1 percent on serves with 35 aces, and she now has 1,953 career set assists with one year left to play.

Jessie Foster

Hayfield, setter

The senior finished the season with 435 set assists, 72 kills, 172 digs and 10 blocks for the Vikings (20-9 overall). Foster served 22 aces.

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Nicole Inwards

Blooming Prairie, libero

The junior set a new BP single-season digs record with an area’s best 481 digs. Inwards added 17 kills, and was 96 percent on serving with 34 aces. Inwards has 1,156 career digs and was 96.4 percent on playable serve receives this season.

Dani Wagner

Hayfield, hitter

The senior spiked down 298 kills to go along with 77 blocks and 166 digs. Wagner was 98.3 on serving with 16 aces on the season.

Taylor Hagen

Blooming Prairie, hitter

The junior racked up an area’s best and BP school record 329 kills. She tallied 174 complete blocks, 85 ace blocks, 87 digs and she was 93.5 percent on serving with 40 aces.

Sarah Holtz

Lyle-Pacelli, hitter

The sophomore led LP (14-12 overall) with 241 kills and she added 162 digs and 46 ace blocks. Holtz was 93 percent on serve receives.

SECOND TEAM

Maggie Streightiff

Hayfield, setter

The eighth-grader burst onto the scene for the Vikings as she racked up 125 kills, 378 set assists, 21 blocks and 136 digs.

Courtney Walter

Lyle-Pacelli, setter

The sophomore had 391 set assists, 96 digs, 68 kills and 46 ace serves for the Athletics.

Bhrett Zahnle

Hayfield, libero

The junior was Hayfield’s top server as she racked up 63 ace serves with a 93.6 percent success rate. Zahnle finished the season with 174 digs.

Jo Bungum

Hayfield, hitter

The junior was second on Hayfield with 167 kills and led the team with 295 digs. Bungum was 93.4 percent on serves with 11 aces and she had 11 blocks.

Madison Truckenmiller

Lyle-Pacelli, hitter

The junior tallied 141 kills, 78 digs and 38 ace serves and 38 ace blocks.

Hitter —Morgan Schmitz, Southland

The senior had 200 kills and 201 digs for the Rebels (8-22 overall). Schmitz was 92.8 percent on serves with 24 aces.

HONORABLE MENTION

Olivia Gray

Southland, hitter

The sophomore had a strong rookie season for the Rebels as she finished with 156 kills and 169 digs. Gray led Southland in blocks (26), ace serves (41) and serve receives (465).

Bethany Strouf

Lyle-Pacelli, hitter

The freshman had a big season for LP as she had 125 kills and 148 digs. She was also a 96 percent server and was 91 percent on serve receives.

Sydney Tapp

Hayfield, hitter

The senior was second on the Vikings with 220 digs, and she added 107 kills and 10 ace serves with a serving percentage of 93.8.

Sara Noble

Blooming Prairie, hitter

The senior had 128 kills, 296 digs, 27 complete blocks and 17 ace blocks. Noble was 91.5 percent on serves with 32 aces.

Mer Gach

Austin, hitter

The junior finished the season with 93 kills and 95 blocks for the Packers (3-19 overall).

Shayley Vesel

Austin, setter

The sophomore had 50 kills, 109 set assists and 46 blocks as she adjusted from playing in a 5-1 offense to a 6-2.

—Compiled by Rocky Hulne, Illustrations by Eric Johnson

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