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Mizuno/Volleyball Girls High School Awards
February 2007
Our annual prep honors are revealed.
Kendall
Bateman
5’11” | Junior
| S | Mira Costa (Manhattan Beach, Calif.)
Bateman, who has committed to USC, was an all-state
tournament selection who had 38 assists and eight digs in Mira
Costa’s state title victory. Bateman helped lead 2006
Mizuno/Volleyball Girls High School Team of the Year Mira Costa
to a 37-1 record and the program’s sixth state title.
Dull, an Ohio State recruit, had 34 kills, eight
aces and 19 digs in the state title match and earned her third
all-state first-team selection this season. Dull set single-season
school records this year for kills (481) and aces (96). She
also had 329 blocks and 65 digs.
Lauren
Bledsoe
6’2” | Senior
| MB/Opp. | Mira Costa (Manhattan Beach, Calif.)
The 6’2” Bledsoe, who will play at
Florida next season, recorded 10 kills in Mira Costa’s
state title victory and earned all-state tournament honors.
Bledsoe helped Mira Costa go undefeated in Bay League play for
the 22nd straight season. Bledsoe was an All-CIF Southern Section
Division I first-team selection this season.
Juliann
Faucette
6’2” | Senior
| OH/Opp. | Westview (San Diego, Calif.)
The San Diego Union-Tribune’s player of
the year, Faucette led Westview to the San Diego Section Division
II title after a pair of runner-up finishes. Faucette, who touches
10’5”, was a two-time all-league selection for Westview.
Faucette, the daughter of former San Diego Chargers linebacker
Chuck Faucette, will continue her career at Texas.
Kaitlin
Craven
5’10” | Senior
| OH | Assumption (Ky.)
Craven, who will continue her career at Morehead
State, is a three-time all-state honoree who led Assumption
to three consecutive district, region and state titles. This
past season, Craven was an all-tournament selection at Durango
and at the Kentucky state finals.
Gil, who had not made a college choice as of
press time, led Archbishop Mitty to a California state championship
title match appearance and was named to the state all-tournament
team. Gil, who totalled 354 kills and 144 blocks this year,
was the WCAL MVP and the Central Coast Section Player of the
Year.
Kanani
Herring
5’9” | Junior
| OH | Kamehameha School (Honolulu, Hawaii)
Herring was named the Honolulu Advertiser Player
of the Year for the second straight season after helping lead
Kamehameha to the Hawaii state championship. Herring had 19
kills and 10 digs in the championship victory over Punahou.
Herring also earned her second straight Honolulu Star-Bulletin
All-State Player of the Year honor.
Dicey McGraw
5’10” | Senior
| OH | Santa Margarita (Calif.)
McGraw led Santa Margarita to a Trinity League
title, a 34-4 mark and a berth in the Southern California Division
III championship match. McGraw, who will continue her career
at UCLA, was also named the MVP of the Redondo tournament.
Kaitlynn
James
5’11” | Junior
| OH | Assumption (Ky.)
An all-state honoree, James was selected to the
all-tournament team at the Nike Challenge in Chicago (which
featured a number of national powerhouses). James, who has committed
to Nebraska, was also a major catalyst in Assumption winning
its third straight state championship.
Colleen
Ward
6’2” | Junior
| OH | Naperville (North), Ill.
Ward, one of the rising Class of 2008 talents
and a member of the 2006 U.S. Junior National Team, finished
the season with 431 kills and 180 digs for regional champion
Naperville North. Ward, an All-DuPage Valley Conference selection
for the third year in a row, also made another appearance on
the Chicago Tribune All-State list, this time as a first-team
selection.
Alix Klineman
6’4” | Senior
| OH | Mira Costa (Manhattan Beach, Calif.)
The 2006 Mizuno/Volleyball Girls High School
Player of the Year, Klineman led Mira Costa to its third straight
state title. Klineman, the top recruit in the Class of 2007,
was also named the state tournament MVP for a second time. Klineman,
a repeat Mizuno/Volleyball Girls High School All-American first-team
selection, will play at Stanford next season.
Lexi Zimmerman
5’11” | Senior
| S | Barrington (Ill.)
Zimmerman, who will play at Michigan next season,
led Barrington to a 33-10 record, the Mid-Suburban Conference
East title and a berth in the Illinois Class AA state finals
(where it finished fourth). Zimmerman finished with 795 assists
and 199 kills. Zimmerman was named the co-captain of the Daily
Herald’s (Cook County edition) All-Area Team.
Brianne Barker, Jr., S, Amarillo (Tex.);
Emily Burke, Sr., S, Cathedral (Indianapolis, Ind.); Laura
DeBruler, Sr., OH, Downers Grove (Ill.) North; Devon Dykstra,
Jr., OH, Redondo Union (Redondo Beach, Calif.); Suzanne
Haydel, OH, Academy of the Sacred Heart (New Orleans,
La.); Carli Lloyd, Sr., S/Opp., Fallbrook (Calif.); Jaz
Machado, Sr., S, La Costa Canyon (Carlsbad, Calif.); Lindsay
Mango, Sr., L, Naperville (Ill.) Central; Lisa Meeter,
OH, Colorado Springs (Colo.) Christian; Tara Mueller,
OH, Desert Mountain (Scottsdale, Ariz.); Kelly Murphy,
Opp./S, Joliet (Ill.) Catholic; Larissa Nordyke, Sr.,
OH, Punahou (Honolulu, Hawaii); Alyssa Rio, Sr., OH/Opp.,
Wheaton (Ill.) St. Francis; Callie Rivers, Sr., OH/Opp.,
Winter Park (Fla.); Geena Urango, L-OH, Los Alamitos (Calif.);
Mary Ashley Tippins, S, Marist (Atlanta, Ga.); Allison
Wack, Sr., OH, Westosha Central (Salem, Wis.); Beth Wildermuth,
Sr., S, Santa Margarita (Calif.)
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