Ryan Murken

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On Tuesday Clear Creek Amana junior Bliss Beck helped Clear Creek Amana snap a seven-year state tournament drought.

On Wednesday Beck extended her own personal streak of earning the top award in the WAMAC Conference.

Beck was named WAMAC West Division player of the year for the second consecutive season on Wednesday when then league released its postseason awards.

The 6-foot-2 Beck had a match-high 17 on Tuesday as Clear Creek Amana returned to the 4A state tournament for the first time since 2014 with a sweep of WAMAC rival West Delaware.

On Wednesday she was rewarded with West Division player of the year honors following a stellar junior season.

Beck ranks sixth in Class 4A with 348 kills and is second in 4A in both hitting efficiency (.423) and total blocks (133).

The player of the year honors for Beck highlight a group of six Clippers to earn all-West Division honors.

Junior Meg Berkland joined Beck on the West Division first team while junior Addison Gisleson and freshman Averie Lower were each named to the West Division second team.

Senior Silvana Kabolo and junior Sam Schrage were each honorable mention picks in the West Division.

Berkland leads Clear creek Amana and ranks fifth in Class 4A with 435 digs this season and is second on the team with 43 ace serves.

Gisleson is fourth on the team with 137 kills to go with 29 blocks and 284 digs while Lower ranks second on the team with 187 kills and has 45 blocks, 282 digs and 35 ace serves.

Solon had four players earn all-East Division honors after a 26-win season that included a spot in a Class 3A regional final.

Sophomore Grace Erwin was named to the East Division first team while senior Delaney Bombei was a second-team pick.

Sophomores Yasmine Sell and Aly Stahle were each honorable mention picks in the East Division.

Erwin ranked second on the team with 191 kills on .372 hitting and led the Spartans with 169 blocks.

Bombei had a team-high 220 kills for the Spartans while hitting .300 and had 62 blocks and 12 ace serves.

WAMAC All-Division Volleyball Teams

East Division

First team – *Madeleine Miller, Sr., Mount Vernon; *Chloe Meester, Soph., Mount Vernon; *Alivia Schulte, Sr., West Delaware; *Michaela Goad, Sr., Marion; *Avery Van Hook, Sr., Marion; Emma Meester, Sr., Mount Vernon; Dakota Whitman, Sr., Independence; Grace Erwin, Soph., Solon  

Second team – Kameron Brand, Sr., Mount Vernon; Brooke Ellyson, Jr., Mount Vernon; Natalee Hartman, Jr., Marion; Peyton Johnson, Sr., Marion; Hope Vanderlinden, Sr., Marion; Allie Demmer, Sr., West Delaware; Brooke Krogmann, Soph., West Delaware; Delaney Bombei, Sr., Solon

Honorable mention – Sophia Paulsen, Jr., Marion; Emily Dooley, Sr., Marion; Kyla Vaughn, Sr., Mount Vernon; Parker Whitham, Sr., Mount Vernon; Yasmine Sell, Soph., Solon; Aly Stahle, Soph., Solon; Kirstyn Kolbert, Soph., West Delaware; Olivia Halverson, Soph., West Delaware; Keely Post, Sr., Independence; Marie Gorman, Jr., Independence;

Player of the year – Madeleine Miller, Sr., Mount Vernon

West Division

First team – *Bliss Beck, Jr., Clear Creek Amana; *Brylee Bruce, Sr., Vinton-Shellsburg; *Abby Davis, Sr., Vinton-Shellsburg; *Piper Nelson, Jr., Benton Community; *Jessie Julius, Sr., Williamsburg; Meg Berkland, Jr., Clear Creek Amana; Gracie Hoskins, Soph., Center Point-Urbana; Addy Tupa, Soph., Center Point-Urbana

Second team – Addison Phillips, Sr., Benton Community; Olivia Janss, Sr., Benton Community; Logan Keller, Soph., Center Point-Urbana; Sydney Maue, Soph., Center Point-Urbana; Addison Gisleson, Jr., Clear Creek Amana; Averie Lower, Fr., Clear Creek Amana; Alyssa Griffith, Sr., Vinton-Shellsburg; Kortney Babinat, Sr., South Tama

Honorable mention – Emma Townsley, Jr., Benton Community; Mabry Sadler, Soph., Benton Community; Taylor Luscomb, Sr., Center Point-Urbana; Paige Foltz, Jr., Center Point-Urbana; Sam Schrage, Jr., Clear Creek Amana; Silvana Kabolo, Sr., Clear Creek Amana; Ashlynn Kriegel, Sr., South Tama; Cassandra Klosterman, Sr., South Tama; Ashlyn Murray, Jr., Vinton-Shellsburg; Ashlie Meyer, Sr., Vinton-Shellsburg; Phoenix Gryp, Jr., Williamsburg; Natalie Bemer, Sr., Williamsburg

Player of the year – Bliss Beck, Jr., Clear Creek Amana

*- Denotes unanimous selection

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