One day after five Cincinnati high school volleyball teams advanced to the 2024 state tournament, the Ohio High School Volleyball Coaches Association released the all-state teams.
There are many past honorees on this year’s lists, but with the sport expanding from four divisions to seven, several players earned All-Ohio honors for the first time. A total of 21 Cincinnati-area players from 13 schools were honored.
Here are the 2024 All-Ohio teams, with local players in bold.
Division I
First team
Sydney Borowy, Magnificat; Jetta Brenning, Olentangy Liberty; Hailey Campagna, Hilliard Davidson; Sakura Codling, Seton ; Emma Cugino, Olentangy Orange; Annabelle Groomes, Cleveland St. Joseph; Dylan Hunt, Pickerington North; Mackenzie Palumbo, Dublin Jerome
Second team
Ava Buddelmeyer, Findlay; Sophie Burkey, Perrysburg; Ava Carney, Magnificat; Callie Combs, Seton ; Makenna Grimes, Pickerington Central; Madison Lee, Pickerington Central; Makayla Meister, Newark; Elizabeth Scholvin, Olentangy Orange
Division II
First team
Molly Creech, St. Ursula ; Ava McIntyre, Kings ; Emily Odon, Olmsted Falls; Leah Pike, Anthony Wayne; Mallory Pike, Anthony Wayne; Sara Snowbarger, Wooster; Londyn Stone, Avon; Maddie Zechman, Dublin Scioto
Second team
Lauren Decker, Wadsworth; Kendall Hubbard, Mount Notre Dame ; Rowan Kelly, Wadsworth; Makenna Kirlin, Loveland ; Mykie Ross, Dublin Scioto; Charlotte Routh, Worthington Kilbourne; Rylie Simons, Austintown-Fitch; Sophia Skidmore, Hudson; Emsley Venard, St. Ursula
Division III
First team
Aubrey Anders, Gilmour Academy; Evelyn Brown, Bloom-Carroll; Arianna Buckley, Marietta; Katie Gielas, Ursuline ; Luci Heid, Badin ; Layla Hoying, Bishop Watterson; Ella Jackson, Gilmour Academy; Amber Watson, Archbishop Hoban
Second team
Addyson Butts, Miami Trace; Savannah Clawson, Tippecanoe; Sophie Davis, Bellbrook; Dylan Fox, Sheridan; Kaela Jenkins, Columbian; Corinne Knapp, Bloom-Carroll; Mallory Matheny, Bishop Hartley; Lucy Schlotterer, Norwalk; Lyla Stewart, St. Francis DeSales
Third team
Avari Amstutz, Kenston; Marlie Davis, Gilmour Academy; Caroline Hanner, Dover; Ali Hayes, Jonathan Alder; Karleigh Hutchins, Shawnee; Macie Mintz, Archbishop Hoban; Ava Riesen, New Philadelphia; Sidney Vandall, New Philadelphia; Quincey Werntz, Dover
Honorable mention
Amira DePree, Toledo Notre Dame; Sianna Dykes, Howland; Addy Franz, Ursuline ; Kaley Jablonski, Padua Franciscan; Madison Mintz, Archbishop Hoban; Lindy Radaszewski, Ursuline ; Anna Ritter, Marietta; Mac Wineman, Norwalk; Kylie Yeazel, Miami Trace
Division IV
First team
Ava Brown, Lexington; Annie Fincham, Kenton Ridge; Mariah Gaines, Roger Bacon ; Layne Graffice, Marlington; Mallory Mailach, Lakeview; Kameron Stover, Highland; Larsen Terrill, Highland; Christian Thompson, Fairfield Union
Second team
Haley Balo, River View; Madison Henkel, Shelby; Ally Hughes, Roger Bacon ; Caroline Moore, Mercy McAuley ; Journey Nicola, Meadowbrook; Catie Patterson, Woodridge; Reagan Price, Lakeview; Faith Vencill, Edgewood
Third team
Gracyn Clark, Gallia; Lena Creed, Ontario; Ashley Sims, London; Savanna Stacey, McNicholas ; Mia Stahler, Benjamin Logan; Ally Thornsley, Circleville; Lilly Tierney, McNicholas ; Cali Young, Marlington
Honorable mention
Natalie Burosky, Struthers; Ava Green, East Liverpool; Ragan Greeneisen, West Banch; Sarah Hutchinson, McNicholas ; Annie Shaffer, Kenton Ridge; Katie Stoney, Meadowbrook; Kylie Stutzman, Taylor ; Reagan Waller, Roger Bacon ; Hannah Ward, Crestwood
Division V
First team
Alaina Auer, Crestview; Katie Burns, Adena; Keely Culler, Archbold; Abbey Emch, Crestview; Sienna Fry, Ottawa-Glandorf; Clara Kilgore, Elyria Catholic; Gracie Perkins, Wheelersburg; Sidney Sprada, Brookville
Second team
Aubrie Barr, Tuscarawas Valley; Katelynn Boerger, North Adams; Ava Heinrich, Columbiana; Kelsey Lykins, Willard; Kendall Northern, Summit Country Day ; Azure Waldock, Huron; Bailey Walters, Girard; Emma Yager, Union Local
Third team
Allie Boyd, Fairbanks; Chloe Dick, New Lexington; Claire Mason, Madison Plains; Kiley May, Versailles; Leah McCloskey, Huntingon; Morgan Meiring, Fenwick ; Olivia Wortman, Union Local; Gracie Yarnell, Bluffton
Honorable mention
Jorja Burkhart, New Lexington; Kaci Carroll, Huntington; Hailey Conrad, Tuslaw; Ellie Jackson, Columbiana; Taylor Mathis, Triway; Taylor Moore, Edison; Madelyn Schreiber, Galion; Laken Vinskovich, Union Local; Caitlyn, Willard
Divisions VI and VII
There were no Cincinnati-area players that earned All-Ohio honors.
Coaching awards
Seton head coach Kelly Crowley was named the Division I Coach of the year for the first time. The Saints are 24-2 and beat Mason in Saturday’s regional final to advance to the state tournament for the first time since 2005…