Ryan Murken

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Reese Naeve led Regina to one of the best seasons in school history this fall with one of the best individual seasons for a player in program history.

On Monday Naeve was recognized as one of the best players in the state.

Naeve earned Class 2A first-team all-state honors and was named to the Iowa Girls Coaches Association’s eight-member elite team that recognizes the top players across all five classes when the organization released its postseason honors on Monday.

An Iowa State signee, Naeve led the state in kills for the second consecutive season this fall, hammering 730 kills while leading Regina to a 30-14 record and the first back-to-back state tournament appearances in program history.

Naeve had 192 more kills than any player in the state this season while hitting .334 and adding 505 digs, 40 blocks and 36 ace serves.

Joining Naeve on the Class 2A all-state teams were Regina juniors Addison Bollier and Nora Wilhelm.

Bollier was a second team selection in Class 2A while Wilhelm was named to the 2A third team.

Wilhelm ranked third in the state with 1,061 assists this season while Bollier led the state with 794 digs from her libero spot.

Clear Creek Amana had four players earn all-state honors in Class 4A after posting a 42-4 record and advancing to the state semifinals.

Seniors Averie Lower and Emily Henderson led the list of Clear Creek Amana all-state picks earning first-team honors in Class 4A.

Lower led the Clippers with 344 kills on .285 hitting and added 296 digs, 50 blocks and 28 ace serves.

Henderson had a team-high 1,012 assists to go with 92 kills on .433 hitting 249 digs, 26 blocks and 14 ace serves.

Junior Bailey Simpson earned second team honors in Class 4A after ranking second on the team with 298 kills on .379 hitting and leading the Clippers with 101 blocks.

Sophomore Julia Schlarbaum was a third-team pick in 4A following a breakthrough season in which she had 264 kills on .288 hitting and added 283 digs and a team-high 72 ace serves.

Class 5A state qualifier West High had a pair of all-state picks highlighted by junior Sophia Austen who was named to the 5A first team.

An Iowa State commit, Austen had 285 kills on .217 hitting and added 318 digs, 36 blocks and a team-high 34 ace serves while helping West High to the state tournament for the first time since 2016.

Teammate Lila Eastvold was named to the 5A third team after leading the Trojans with X assists City High junior Hattie Galloway and Liberty High junior Edie Miller were each named to the Class 5A second team.

Galloway led City High with 270 kills on .321 hitting and 73 blocks and also had 107 digs and 19 ace serves.

A Dayton commit, Miller led Liberty High with 480 digs and ranked second on the team with 34 ace serves.

Solon seniors Kiley Devery and Kennedey Whitford each earned third team honors in Class 4A.

A Fresno State recruit, Devery had a team-high 338 kills on .272 hitting and 56 blocks and 104 digs.

Whitford led Solon with 446 digs and had a team-leading 51 ace serves.

Iowa Girls Coaches Association All-State Volleyball

Elite Team – Bailey Boeve, Sr., Hinton; Channing Johnson, Sr., Denver; Isabelle Kremer, Sr., Pleasant Valley; McKenzie Moeller, Sr., North Scott; Reese Naeve, Sr., Regina; Katie Scheckel, Sr., Pella; Avery Vogt, Sr., Waukee Northwest; Logan Vogt, Jr., Waukee Northwest

Player of the year – Bailey Boeve, Sr., Hinton

Class 5A

First team – Sophia Austen, Jr., West High; Brynn Bakula, Sr., Cedar Falls; Cambel Drapeau, Sr., Dubuque Senior; Isabelle Kremer, Sr., Pleasant Valley; Piper Ladwig, Jr., Waukee Northwest; Avery Vogt, Sr., Waukee Northwest; Logan Vogt, Jr., Waukee Northwest; Jaelyn Wieland, Sr., West Des Moines Valley

Second team – Hattie Galloway, Jr., City High; Ava Groeteke, Sr., West Des Moines Dowling; Hailey Flanders, Sr., Ankeny; Mya Lei-Butters, Sr., Ankeny Centennial; Edie Miller, Jr. Liberty High; Ellie Muller, Sr., West Des Moines Dowling; Tatem Schmidt, Sr., Ankeny Centennial; Anni Wedgbury, Sr., Cedar Falls

Third team – Kampbll Bryte, Sr., Dubuque Hempstead; Maegan Cheeseman, Sr., Ankeny Centennial; Lila Eastvold, Jr., West High; Marlee Ellison, Jr., Ankeny; Leah Janulewicz, Jr., Waukee Northwest; Ava Jones, Jr., Waterloo West; Kaylie Klein, Jr., West Des Moines Dowling; Kennedy Krecklow, Jr., Cedar Falls; Lauren Olson, Sr., Indianola; Malia Rogers, Jr., Waukee; Hanley Schmidt, Sr., Pleasant Valley; Mazie Sweers, Jr., Pleasant Valley; Hailey Wiederin, Soph., Ankeny

Player of the year – Isabelle Kremer, Sr., Pleasant Valley; Logan Vogt, Jr., Waukee Northwest

Coach of the year – Jeremy Mikesell, West Des Moines Valley

Class 4A

First team – Aubree Davis, Sr., Council Bluffs Lewis Central; Gwen Farley, Jr., Dallas Center-Grimes; Averie Lower, Sr., Clear Creek Amana; Emily Henderson, Sr., Clear Creek Amana; McKenzie Moeller, Sr., North Scott; Katie Scheckel, Sr., Pella; Courteney Schmidt, Sr., Sioux Center; Bre VanDenTop, Sr., Sergeant Bluff-Luton

Second team – Addison Allen, Sr., North Scott; Rachel Borwich, Sr., Nevada; Maryn Franken, Jr., Sioux Center; Elle Hatlevig, Soph., Norwalk; Anna Jackson, Soph., Dallas Center-Grimes; Abbey Kirk, Fr., Marion; Maggie Leifker, Jr., Dallas Center-Grimes; Bailey Simpson, Jr., Clear Creek Amana

Third team – Bailey Ball, Jr., Sergeant Bluff-Luton; Brenna Baumgardner, Sr., Ballard; Abbie Brand, Sr., Pella; Kiley Devery, Sr., Solon; Reese Heim, Jr., Norwalk; Brielle Hoegh, Soph., MOC-Floyd Valley; Ireland Jackson, Sr., Sioux City Heelan; Macie Lupkes, Sr., Cedar Rapids Xavier; Kyla Ramler, Jr., Western Dubuque; Julia Schlarbaum, Soph., Clear Creek Amana; Grace Whalen, Sr., Marion; Kennedey Whitford, Sr., Solon; Kaylee Wray, Sr., Glenwood

Player of the year – Katie Scheckel, Sr., Pella

Coach of the year – Julie Oldenkamp, Sioux Center

Class 3A

First team – Ellah Derrer, Sr., Davenport Assumption; Scarlett Winterfeld, Sr., Western Christian; Lauren LeClere, Sr., West Delaware; Maggie Van Schepen, Sr., Western Christian; Jovi Evans, Sr., Mid-Prairie; Sophie Sander, Sr., Anamosa; Jocelyn O’Neal, Sr., Red Oak; Adelynn Goodell, Soph., Humboldt

Second team – Kaylie Simons, Sr., Carroll Kuemper; Morgan Koolman, Soph., Western Christian; Addie Waldorf, Soph., Humboldt; Jaida Barrow, Sr., Unity Christian; Diedra Doeden, Jr., Cherokee; Paycee Sorgenfrey, Sr., Tipton; Aleigha Cahoy, Soph., New Hampton; Cali Whitaker, Sr., Mount Vernon

Third team – Brookelyn Jondie, Jr., Roland-Story; Elsa Tiefenthaler, Sr., Carroll Kuemper; Kate Limbaugh, Fr., Algona; Leah Caffery, Jr., Wilton; Olivia Miller, Sr., Anamosa; Emily Sebeniecher, Sr., Red Oak; Mavrik Schweer, Jr., Mount Vernon; Carsyn Kelley, Sr., Davenport Assumption

Fourth team – Milley Geise, Jr., Roland-Story; Leighton Messinger, Sr., Washington; Karley Belken, Sr., Dubuque Wahlert; Addy Wolfswinkel, Jr., Cherokee; Tenley Nixt, Jr., West Liberty; Kolbi Peter, Soph., Carroll Kuemper; Sophia Meester, Jr., Mount Vernon; Natalie Marzen, Jr., Van Meter; Brielle Trout, Jr., Center Point-Urbana; Jeorgia Evans, Soph., Mid-Prairie; Milley Wagoner, Soph., Clarinda

Player of the year – Ellah Derrer, Sr., Davenport Assumption

Coach of the year – Kara Waldorf, Humboldt

Class 2A

First team – Bailey Boeve, Sr., Hinton; Taylor Buhr, Sr., Wapsie Valley; Abby Jensen, Sr., Dike-New Hartford; Channing Johnson, Sr., Denver; Karlyn Kovarna, Sr., Hinton; Bailey Mullihan, Sr., Denver; Reese Naeve, Sr., Regina; Mylee Thurm, Sr., Denver

Second team – Alexa Buhman, Sr., Sumner-Fredericksburg; Addi Hogan, Jr., Dyersville Beckman; Nora Konz, Sr., Treynor; Mykala Luzum-Selmon, Sr., Lisbon; Grace Mullihan, Sr., Denver; Bentley Rone, Sr., Riverside; Lacey Taylor, Sr., Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont; Zoey Uhlenhopp, Sr., Aplington-Parkersburg

Third team – Addison Bollier, Jr., Regina; Ryanne Brubaker, Jr., Grundy Center; Katie Hoefling, Sr., Hinton; Keely Kauten, Sr., Dike-New Hartford; Stella Largent, Jr., ACGC; Rachel Schany, Sr., Emmetsburg; Taylen Smith, Jr., Union; Ruby Varney, Soph., Dike-New Hartford

Fourth team – Hayden Berkland, Sr., Alta-Aurelia; Ava Burkle, Sr., Dyersville Beckman; Sophia Fenner, Jr., Riverside; Bianca Grimm, Jr., Union; Rylee Hemmingsen, Sr., Treynor; Brenna Johnson, Sr., Westwood; Calista Joyce, Sr., Emmetsburg; Sara Mead, Sr., Jesup; Ava Moline, Jr., Manson-Northwest Webster; Sydney Somers, Jr., Riverside; Jordan Tegeler, Jr., Northeast; Nora Wilhelm, Jr., Regina

Player of the year – Bailey Boeve, Sr., Hinton

Coach of the year – Jamie Johnson, Denver

Class 1A

First team – Addison Hochstetler, Sr., North Tama; Rowan Jacobi, Sr., Springville; Jacey Johnson, Sr., Saint Ansgar; Lindsay Kruse, Sr., Saint Ansgar; Presley Meyers, Sr., Fort Madison Holy Trinity; Sophia Parrot, Sr., Saint Ansgar; Tayah Pollock, Jr., Janesville; Mya Wagner, Jr., Wapello

Second team – Kennedy Brandt, Sr., Gladbrook-Reinbeck; Lilee Boriskey, Sr., Edgewood-Colesburg; Lexi Clendenen, Sr., Southeast Warren; Kruiz Ewoldt, Sr., North Tama; Ava Falk, Sr., Saint Ansgar; Grace Farnsworth, Jr., BCLUW; Kylee Pexa, Jr., Dunkerton; Aubrey Shields, Sr., Mount Ayr

Third team – Ana Aguilar, Sr., Cedar Ridge Christian; Addie Brockway, Sr., Burlington Notre Dame; Malia Clayburg, Sr., Coon Rapids-Bayard; Elsie Hoegh, Jr., Boyden-Hull; Taylor Kipp, Jr., Dunkerton; Olivia Peters, Jr., BCLUW; Alaney Sienknecht, Fr., North Tama; Quinn Sweeney, Fr., Janesville

Fourth team – Hayden Anderson, Jr., Janesville; Breeze Bentz, Soph., Ankeny Christian; Keagan Eischeid, Soph., IKM-Manning; Honor Hovenga, Jr., Janesville; Gabi Jacobs, Sr., Sidney; Adalyn Kruse, Jr., Fort Madison Holy Trinity; Kailey Larsen, Jr., Gladbrook-Reinbeck; Nataliya Linder, Jr., North Mahaska; Quinn Osgood, Jr., Saint Ansgar; Loycee Palmer, Sr., East Mills; Brooklyn Rutledge, Jr., Council Bluffs St. Albert; Elly Sieh, Sr., Gladbrook-Reinbeck; Delaney Toneff, Sr., Dunkerton

Player of the year – Rowan Jacobi, Sr., Springville

Coach of the year – Stephanie Beaver, Saint Ansgar

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