Whalen leads local all-state group
WAUSAU — Newman Catholic, which won its third straight WIAA Division 4 state championship, had three players named to the Wisconsin Volleyball Coaches Association all-state volleyball team, which was released this week.
The Cardinals' Mariah Whalen was a first team all-state selection for the second straight season, and nine other local players were honorable mention selections.
Whalen was one of five repeat selections to the first team, joined by Verona's Victoria Brisack, East Troy's Mary Dodge, Waterloo's Madeline Mosher and Burlington's Quinn Spieker.
Whalen was a second-team selection in her freshman season.
Newman Catholic's Abbey Fox and Riley Vaughn were both honorable mention picks along with Merrill's Emily Page and Ali Zamzow, Tomahawk's Becca Doughty and Hanna Meyer, D.C. Everest's Regan Stefan, Mosinee's Claire Nievinski and Marshfield's Anna Ripp.
Fox and Meyer were also both named to the all-state team last year.
Vaughn, Fox and Whalen were also selected to the WVCA all-state tournament team in Division 4.
The complete WVCA all-state team follows.
WVCA All-State
First team
Mariah Whalen, jr., Newman Catholic; Hope Werch, jr., Neenah; Victoria Brisack, sr., Verona; Quinn Spieker, sr., Burlington; Mary Dodge, sr., East Troy; Brooke Andersen, so., Lake Country Lutheran; Leah Fenske, so., Oconomowoc; Madeline Mosher, sr., Waterloo; Maddy Rondeau, jr., Catholic Memorial; Allie Barber, sr., Cedarburg; Annie Ertz, sr.,. DSHA; Maddie Yoss, sr., DSHA.
Second team
KaSandra Springer, sr., Altoona; Samantha Jaeke, sr., Lourdes Academy; Ali Rueter, sr., Burlington; Katrina Santos, sr., East Troy; Heather Moutvic, sr., Oconomowoc; Kylie Wilks, sr., Union Grove; Lexi Alden, jr., Catholic Memorial; Ivey Whalen, jr., Catholic Memorial; Katie Arnold, jr., DSHA; Lauren Litzau, sr., Greendale; Sarah Dodd, sr., Kenosha Tremper; Sandra Mohr, sr., Muskego.
Third team
Jenna Hoffstatter, sr.,Stanley-Boyd; Shae Brey, sr., Regis; Jenna Miller, jr., Appleton North; Corinne Meglic, jr., Notre Dame; Morgan Stecklein, sr., Platteville; Michelle Budden, sr., Southwestern; Claire Chaussee, so., Sun Prairie; Kylie Schmaltz, sr., Verona; Jenna Stefan, sr., Arrowhead; Miranda Wucherer, so., Brookfield Central; Rachel Frankowski, sr., Menomonee Falls; Brooke Gostomski, jr., Muskego.
Honorable mention
Bekka Baures, sr., Cameron; Lakken Meredith, sr., Colfax; Olivia Tucker, sr., Grantsburg; Emily Latenschlager, sr., Hortonville; Madi Walter, sr., Hortonville; Jamie Reit, sr., Stanley-Boyd; Taylor Schneider, sr., Turtle Lake; Regan Stefan, jr., D.C. Everest; Anna Ripp, jr., Marshfield; Emily Page, sr., Merrill; Ali Zamzow, sr., Merrill; Claire Nievinski , sr., Mosinee; Abbey Fox, sr., Newman Catholic; Riley Vaughn, so., Newman Catholic; Becca Doughty, sr., Tomahawk; Hanna Meyer, sr., Tomahawk; Kristi Springer, jr., Altoona; McKenzie Baeseman, so., Royall; Paige Hyer, sr., Royall; Megan Schweitzer, sr., Appleton East; Alyssa Wolslegel, sr., Appleton North; Sarah Johnshoy, sr., Appleton West; April Gehl, sr., Hilbert; Laura Chier, sr., Lourdes Academy; Haley Yagodinski, sr., Luxemburg-Casco; Mallory Dixon, sr., Manitowoc Lincoln; Katie Henry, sr., Manitowoc Lincoln; Bailey Ramich, sr., Neenah; Maureen Schick, sr., Notre Dame; Hailey Hendrix, sr., Oshkosh West; Annika Gereau, sr., Winneconne; Sydney Stroud, sr., Madison Memorial; Logan Welti, sr., Middleton; Alyssa Mueller, sr., River Valley; Julie Touchett, sr., Verona; Greta Paszek, so., Arrowhead; Kennedy Hehr, jr., Big Foot; Phoebe Hozeska, sr., Burlington; Mackenzie Ebert, jr., Campbellsport; Morgan Raley, sr., Fall River; Amanda Dahlman, jr., Kettle Moraine Lutheran; Hannah Kuehl, so., Kettle Moraine Lutheran; Amber Rowoldt, so., Lakeside Lutheran; Erin Dietzler, jr., Mukwonago; Katie Schoessow, so., Mukwonago; Natalie Perrault, jr., Oconomowoc; Mia Grunze, so., Waterford; Claire Mosher, so., Waterloo; Ellee Jensen, jr., Watertown; Maya Roberts., jr., Watertown; Kyra Verheyen, sr., Waupun; Lexie Uselding, sr., West Bend East; Cami Herman, so., Brookfield Central; Abigail Strebig, sr., Brookfield Central; Louise Kiekhofer, sr., Brookfield East; Katherine Christian, jr., Catholic Memorial; Katie Rolfe, jr., DSHA; Megan Marks, sr., Germantown; Jessica Grabowski, so., Greendale; Kayce Litzau, fr., Greendale; Elizabeth Kalous, sr., Greenfield; Kayla Dowler, fr., Hamilton; Juliana Tirabassi, sr., Kenosha Tremper; Aniya Whittington, sr., Kenosha Tremper; Mackenzie Robertson, jr., Menomonee Falls; Allie Beckers, sr., Mequon Homestead; Alexandria Brown, sr. Milwaukee Lutheran; Kara Conley, jr., Nicolet; Mackenzie Efort, jr., Nicolet; Sara Januszewski, sr., Oak Creek; Ellie LeCount, sr. St. Catherine's; Clare Honan, jr., Wauwatosa West; Abby Arena, so., West Allis Nathan Hale; Kendall Striblin, sr., Whitnall; Annie Rasmussen, sr., Wisconsin Lutheran; Elle Van Grinsven, jr., Wisconsin Lutheran.