Senior Sydney Nilles earned player of the year honors for AVCTL-I volleyball and was also named all-league all four years at Derby. That is tied to her first all-state selection by the Kansas Volleyball Association.
Junior Sophie Connor joined Nilles on the first-team list and was a part of six selections for coach Shelby Kraus’ squad. Kraus also earned coach of the year honors
AVCTL-I postseason all-league selections
1ST TEAM—
S: Sydney Nilles, SR, Derby
S: Marah Zenner, JR, Newton
OH/S: Peyton Froome, SR, Salina South
OH/DS: Sophie Connor, JR, Derby
OH/DS: Asha Regier, JR, Newton
OH/DS: Tina Robertson, SR, Hutchinson
OH/DS: Mallory Koehn, JR, Maize
2ND TEAM—
L: Heather Mills, SR, Derby
L: McKenzie Ontjes, SR, Hutchinson
L: Ashley Matthews, SR, Salina Central
S/OPP: Peyton Allen, SR, Hutchinson
S/OPP: Kenna Lane, SR, Maize
M/DS: Kelsey Huggans, SR, Campus
OPP: Tatum Boettjer, SO, Derby
HONORABLE MENTION—
OH/DS: Jalen Keener, SR, Derby
OH/DS: Bailey Miller, JR, Maize
OH/DS: Kiara Montey, SR, Salina South
OH/DS: Mylana Moore, SO, Campus
MB/DS: Lindsey Antonowich, JR, Newton
MB: Antigone Colon, JR, Derby
MB: Sydney Lentz, JR, Maize
MB: Victoria Maxton, SR, Salina South
OH: Gracie Rains, SO, Newton
OH: Capri Meyers, JR, Salina South
L: Olivia Antonowich, FR, Newton
OPP: Maliyah Johnson, FR, Hutchinson
S: Mariah Janda, JR, Salina South
COACH OF THE YEAR: Shelby Kraus, Derby
PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Sydney Nilles, Derby
KVCA all-state selections
1ST TEAM—
OH: Evelyn Diederich, SR, Blue Valley
OH: Brooklyn DeLeye, FR, Washburn Rural
OH: Reagan Karlin, SR, Garden City
MB: Lindsay Lahr, SR, Blue Valley
MB: Kaiti Parks, SR, Olathe Northwest
MB: Macy DeLeye, SR, Washburn Rural
S: Kendra Wait, JR, Gardner-Edgerton
2ND TEAM—
OH: Jasmine Dulan, SO, BV North
OH: Kaitlyn Hamilton, SR, Lawrence Free State
OH: Morgan McIntire, SR, Gardner-Edgerton
S/OH: Courtney Jackson, JR, Olathe Northwest
S: Sydney Nilles, SR, Derby
S: Taylor Dauernheim, SR, Blue Valley
L: Eisa Mondragon, SR, Washburn Rural
HONORABLE MENTION—
OH: Addy McAleer, SR, Blue Valley
MB: Sarah Bingham, JR, SM East
S: Reanne Debose, JR, SM Northwest
S: Camryn Honn, SR, BV Northwest
L: Jaden Ravnsborg, JR, Mill Valley
L: Grace Reininga, SR, BV North
L: Ramsey Witterstaetter, SR, BV West
COACH OF THE YEAR: Dave Johnson, Blue Valley
PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Evelyn Diedrich, Blue Valley
