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the highland park landmark | November 15, 2018 | 29<br />
girls Volleyball<br />
Welcome to the 22nd Century Media All-Area team: Team 22. Thanks to the help from<br />
area coaches, and the eyes of 22nd Century Media staff, the best players were selected<br />
from six high schools — Glenbrook North (GBN), Glenbrook South (GBS), Highland Park<br />
(<strong>HP</strong>), Lake Forest (LF), Loyola Academy (LA) and New Trier (NT) — in our coverage area.<br />
First Team<br />
Second Team<br />
Outside Hitters<br />
Alyssa Thrash, LF junior<br />
• 243 kills, 270 digs; The<br />
second-year varsity player, and<br />
team MVP, led the Scouts in<br />
kills and had the second most<br />
digs on the team.<br />
OUTSIDE HITTER<br />
Ireland Hieb, <strong>HP</strong> senior<br />
• 292 kills, 43 aces, 132<br />
digs, 33 blocks; The Team 22<br />
First Team returnee had an<br />
impressive end to her career,<br />
leading the Giants the same<br />
year she was named Central<br />
Suburban League North Division<br />
Player of the Year.<br />
OUTSIDE HITTER<br />
Mary Kate Lopez, LA senior<br />
• 248 kills, 70 blocks, 389<br />
assists; An Oregon State<br />
commit, and the first Loyola<br />
Pacific-12 Conference recruit,<br />
Lopez was the Girls Catholic<br />
Athletic Conference Player<br />
of the Year and earned All-<br />
Conference honors.<br />
Middle Blocker/Hitter<br />
Elizabeth Ford, Loyola senior<br />
• 117 kills, 69 blocks; The<br />
University of Pennsylvania<br />
commit didn’t let missing<br />
eight games due to injury get<br />
in the way of a strong season.<br />
She was an All-Conference<br />
honoree.<br />
Middle Blocker/Hitter<br />
Maggie Bodman, NT junior<br />
• 127 kills, 69 blocks; The<br />
CSL All-Conference selection<br />
always seemed to be there<br />
whenever the Trevians needed<br />
a big kill.<br />
Taite Ryan, NT senior<br />
• 145 kills, 25 aces, 177 digs,<br />
27 blocks; A CSL All-Conference<br />
honoree and Dartmouth<br />
College commit, Ryan was a<br />
key part of a talented Trevians<br />
attack.<br />
Middle Blockers/Hitters<br />
Gillian Klise, NT senior<br />
• 52 blocks, 106 kills; Klise<br />
earned CSL All-Conference<br />
honors after providing New<br />
Trier a threat from the middle.<br />
Erin Rosdahl, GBN senior<br />
• 137 kills, 47 blocks; The<br />
Spartan earned CSL All-<br />
Conference honors after she<br />
was a steady force for GBN.<br />
SETTER<br />
Payton Hielscher, NT senior<br />
• 517 assists, 38 aces, 123 digs; The CSL<br />
Co-Player of the Year helped lead a dominant<br />
Trevians attack. Hielscher will play at Boston<br />
College next fall.<br />
LIBERO<br />
Maggie Myers, GBN senior<br />
• 300 digs, 23 aces; Named to the CSL<br />
All-Conference team, Myers was a consistent<br />
player for the Spartans.<br />
Honorable Mentions:<br />
OH Kendeall Smith, GBS junior;<br />
MH Kate Gregory, GBS senior; OH/<br />
MB Vanessa Kuliga, GBS junior; S<br />
Casey Brown, GBN junior; OH Madilyn<br />
Schooley, GBN senior; OH Olivia Carter,<br />
<strong>HP</strong> senior; MB Georgia Sullivan, <strong>HP</strong><br />
junior; MB Helena Grobelny, <strong>HP</strong> senior;<br />
OH Caroline Graham, LF sophomore; S/<br />
RH Anne Martinson, LA senior; OH Lizzie<br />
Walker, LA senior; OH Julia Martinez,<br />
LA senior; OH Cat Flood, NT junior; OH<br />
Maddie McGregor, NT senior<br />
Setter<br />
Allyson Gordon, <strong>HP</strong> senior<br />
• 541 assists, 28 kills, 33<br />
aces, 209 digs; Gordon, a four<br />
time All-Conference player, put<br />
together a career year in her<br />
final run with the Giants.<br />
Libero<br />
Ella Weil, <strong>HP</strong> senior<br />
• 242 digs, 29 aces; Vying to<br />
beat her own dig record from<br />
last season, Weil was a crucial<br />
player for the Giants.