Ryan Murken

Your Prep Sports

Clear Creek Amana secured a spot at the state tournament for the third consecutive season on Tuesday evening with a regional final win over Dallas Center-Grimes.

On Wednesday the Clippers began to rake in the rewards for another impressive season.

Clear Creek Amana had eight players earn all-division honors when the WAMAC Conference released its postseason awards on Wednesday.

Junior setter Emily Henderson was named WAMAC West Division player of the year to headline the list of eight Clippers to earn all-division recognition.

Henderson joined junior Averie Lower, sophomore Bailey Simpson and senior Kylie Koehn on the West Division first team.

The 5-foot-8 Henderson was a unanimous West Division first team pick after leading the Clippers with 853 assists and 42 ace serves.

Henderson added 280 digs, 44 blocks and 91 kills while directing the Clippers to a 37-7 record and a fourth consecutive WAMAC West Division title.

Simpson and Lower each joined Henderson as unanimous West Division first-team picks.

Lower led Clear Creek Amana with 376 kills on .258 hitting and ranked second on the team with 297 digs.

Simpson ranked second on the team with 204 kills while hitting .242 and ranked second with 67 blocks.

Koehn led the Clippers with 299 digs on her way to earning first-team West Division honors.

Juniors Sariah Sherman and Elizabeth Timmerman were both named to the West Division second team.

Sherman was third on the team with 155 kills and led Clear Creek Amana with 71 blocks while Timmerman was fourth on the team with 151 kills and added 28 blocks and 112 digs.

Seniors Kendra Eckrich and Olivia Webb each earned West Division honorable mention honors for Clear Creek Amana

Solon had four players named to the WAMAC East Division teams.

Senior Grace Erwin was a first-team pick while senior Yasmine Sell was named to the East Division second team.

Erwin led Solon in kills (204), hitting efficiency (.437) and blocks (93) and added 24 ace serves.

Sell ranked second team the team with 203 kills on .285 hitting and had 38 blocks.

Juniors Kennedey Whitford and Jozie Lahr each earned honorable mention status in the East Division for Solon.

WAMAC Volleyball Teams

East Division

First Team

*Chloe Meester, Sr., Mount Vernon; *Sydney Huber, Sr., Mount Vernon; *Sydney Maue, Sr., Mount Vernon; *Carlee Webber, Sr., Marion; *Gracie Hoskins, Sr., Center Point-Urbana; *Hannah Cantwell, Sr., West Delaware; Grace Erwin, Sr., Solon; Brooke Krogmann, Sr., West Delaware

Second Team

Paige Schurbon, Sr., Mount Vernon; Eryn Jackson, Sr., Mount Vernon; Olivia Halverson, Sr., West Delaware; Lauren LeClere, Jr., West Delaware; Brielle Trout, Soph., Center Point-Urbana; Addy Tupa, Sr., Center Point-Urbana; Joslynn Mehaffy, Sr., Marion; Yasmine Sell, Sr., Solon

Honorable mention

Maya Burkhart, Sr., Center Point-Urbana; Addilyn Wade, Sr., Center Point-Urbana; Sara Greiner, Sr., Independence; Sophie McGarvey, Sr., Independence; Madeline Pavelka, Sr., Marion; Chelsea Goudzwaard, Sr., Marion; Cali Whitaker, Jr., Mount Vernon; Mavrik Schweer, Soph., Mount Vernon; Kennedey Whitford, Jr., Solon; Jozie Lahr, Jr., Solon; Natalie Mensen, Jr., West Delaware; Vedah Langel, Jr., West Delaware

Player of the year – Chloe Meester, Sr., Mount Vernon

East Division

First Team

*Emily Henderson, Jr., Clear Creek Amana; *Averie Lower, Jr., Clear Creek Amana; *Bailey Simpson, Soph., Clear Creek Amana, Kylie Koehn, Sr., Clear Creek Amana; *Mackenzie McClelland, Sr., Grinnell; Isabel Hart, Sr., Grinnell; Clarissa Suhr, Soph., Williamsburg; Janette Cervantes, Sr., South Tama

Second Team

Sariah Sherman, Jr., Clear Creek Amana; Elizabeth Timmerman, Jr., Clear Creek Amana; Kennedy Harms, Sr., Grinnell; Kendra Nolton, Soph., Grinnell; Kylee Suhr, Fr., Williamsburg; Paisley Bro, Soph., South Tama; Talulah Schroeder, Fr., Benton Community; Aly Erickson, Jr., Vinton-Shellsburg

Honorable mention

Anna Embretson, Fr., Benton Community; Mabry Sadler, Sr., Benton Community; Olivia Webb, Sr., Clear Creek Amana; Kendra Eckrich, Sr., Clear Creek Amana; Kaitlyn Smith, Soph., Grinnell; Kaela Lavender, Sr., Grinnell; Macy Welsh, Sr., South Tama; Cailey Brown, Sr., South Tama; Josie Coots, Sr., Vinton-Shellsburg; Sadie Burke, Sr., Vinton-Shellsburg; Kalon Spratt, Sr., Williamsburg; Averie Nielsen, Jr., Williamsburg

Player of the year – Emily Henderson, Jr., Clear Creek Amana

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